The inaugural Women's
Volleyball
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Tournament in the
Summer Olympic Games
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was held during
Olympic Games of Tokyo, from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze, respectively.
Qualification
*North Korea did not send athletes to the Olympic Games due to bad relations with Japan.
Format
The tournament was played in a
single round-robin format, all teams were placed into a single pool and faced each other once.
Rosters
Venues
*
Komazawa Volleyball Courts in
Tokyo
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*
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
is an indoor sports arena located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and was opened in 1962.
It is a five-minute walk from the closest subway station, Kannai Station, on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway.
...
in
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...
Round robin
*All times are
Japan Standard Time
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(
UTC+09:00).
Final standings
Medalists
Gallery
References
External links
Brazilian site with full resultsOfficial results(pgs. 621, 656-668)
Video of the moments of victory and of awarding gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics
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Women's volleyball in Japan
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