Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

6th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
6th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Los Angeles 1984
Tournament details
Olympics	1984 Summer Olympics
Host nation	United States
City	Los Angeles
Dates	July 29 – August 11
Men's Medals(10 teams)
Gold	United States
Silver	Brazil
Bronze	Italy
Women's Medals(8 teams)
Gold	China
Silver	United States
Bronze	Japan

This page presents the results of men's and women's volleyball tournaments during the Los Angeles Olympics in the summer of 1984. The competition was held in the Long Beach Arena, which had a capacity of 12,033.[1]

Schedule

P	Preliminary round	C	Classification	½	Semifinals	F	Finals

Event↓/Date →	30th Mon	31st Tue	1st Wed	2nd Thu	3rd Fri	4th Sat	5th Sun	6th Mon	7th Tue	8th Wed	9th Thu	10th Fri	11th Sat
Men	P	P	P		P	P	½	C	F
Women	P	P	P		P		½	C	F

Events

Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams, 120 athletes)
Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams, 96 athletes)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	1	1	0	2
2	China	1	0	0	1
3	Brazil	0	1	0	1
4	Italy	0	0	1	1
4	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor	United States (USA) Douglas Dvorak Dave Saunders Steven Salmons Paul Sunderland Rich Duwelius Steve Timmons Craig Buck Marc Waldie Chris Marlowe (c) Aldis Berzins Patrick Powers Karch Kiraly Head coach: Doug Beal	Brazil (BRA) Amauri Ribeiro Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro Bernard Rajzman Bernardo Rocha de Rezende Domingos Lampariello Neto Fernando Roscio de Ávila Marcus Vinícius Simões Freire José Montanaro Junior Renan Dal Zotto Rui Campos do Nascimento William Carvalho da Silva Xandó Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas	Italy (ITA) Franco Bertoli Francesco Dall'Olio Giancarlo Dametto Guido De Luigi Giovanni Errichiello Giovanni Lanfranco Andrea Lucchetta Pier Paolo Lucchetta Marco Negri Piero Rebaudengo Paolo Vecchi Fabio Vullo Head coach: Silvano Prandi
Women's indoor	China (CHN) Hou Yuzhu Jiang Ying Lang Ping Li Yanjun Liang Yan Su Huijuan Yang Xiaojun Yang Xilan Zhang Rongfang Zheng Meizhu Zhou Xiaolan Zhu Ling Head coach: Yuan Weimin	United States (USA) Jeanne Beauprey Carolyn Becker Linda Chisholm Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Debbie Green-Vargas Flo Hyman (c) Rose Magers Kimberly Ruddins Julie Vollertsen Paula Weishoff Susan Woodstra Head coach: Arie Selinger	Japan (JPN) Yumi Egami Norie Hiro Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Yuko Mitsuya Keiko Miyajima Kimie Morita Kumi Nakada Emiko Odaka Sachiko Otani Kayoko Sugiyama Head coach: Shigeo Yamada

Highlights

The United States won their first men's title. Brazil took second. It was Karch Kiraly's first Olympic Gold medal.
China won the women's title. The United States took second. It was the Iron Hammer Lang Ping's first Olympic Gold medal.
The China National Women's Volleyball National Team completed the three-peat (winners in the World Cup 1981, World Volleyball Championships 1982, and Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984).

References

"Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

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[Olympedia-1] "Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved August 11, 2023.