This page presents the results of men's and women's
volleyball
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tournaments during the
Los Angeles Olympics in the summer of
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
. The competition was held in the
Long Beach Arena
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, which had a capacity of 12,033.
Medal table
Medal summary
Highlights
* USA won the men's title. Brazil took second. It was
Karch Kiraly
Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly () (born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. In the 1980s he was a central part of the United States men's national volleyball team, U.S National Team that won gold ...
's first Olympic Gold medal.
* China won women's title. USA took second.
* Chinese Women Volleyball National Teams finished three-peats (Winners in World Cup 1981, World Volleyball Championships 1982 and Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984).
See also
*
Volleyball at the Friendship Games
References
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
O
1984 Summer Olympics events
International volleyball competitions hosted by the United States
Volleyball in California