Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Introduction 150pxThe '''men's tournament in volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics''' was the 2nd edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 13 to 26 October 1968.
Qualification Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost Country18 October 1963 Baden-Baden11964 Olympic Games13–23 October 1964 Tokyo11966 World Championship30 August – 11 September 19663*1967 African ChampionshipJuly 1967 Tunis1*Asian Qualifier1967Unknown11967 European Championship11967 Pan American Gamesfor N. America24 July – 3 August 1967 Winnipeg1for S. America1Total10 Romania and Tunisia withdrew and were replaced by Belgium and Bulgaria respectively.
Rosters
Venues Main venueSub venueSub venue '''Mexico City, Mexico''' '''Mexico City, Mexico''' '''Mexico City, Mexico'''Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la BarreraPalacio de los Deportes Juan EscutiaRevolution Ice RinkCapacity: '''5,242'''Capacity: '''22,370'''Capacity: '''1,500'''200px200pxNo Image
Round robin
Final standing RankTeam45678910'''12–man Roster'''Eduard Sibiryakov, Yuriy Poyarkov, Georgy Mondzolevski, Valeri Kravchenko, Volodymyr Byelyayev, Yevhen Lapinsky, Ivans Bugajenkovs, Oļegs Antropovs, Vasilijus Matuševas, Viktor Mikhalchuk, Borys Tereshchuk, Volodymyr Ivanov'''Head coach'''Yuri Chesnokov
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeEduard SibiryakovYuriy PoyarkovGeorgy MondzolevskiValeri KravchenkoVolodymyr ByelyayevYevhen LapinskyIvans BugajenkovsOļegs AntropovsVasilijus MatuševasViktor MikhalchukBorys TereshchukVolodymyr IvanovHead coach:Yuri ChesnokovMasayuki MinamiKatsutoshi NekodaMamoru ShiragamiIsao KoizumiKenji KimuraYasuaki MitsumoriNaohiro IkedaJungo MoritaTadayoshi YokotaSeiji OkoTetsuo SatōKenji ShimaokaHead coach:Yasutaka MatsudairaBohumil GoliánAntonín ProcházkaPetr KopJiří SvobodaJosef MusilLubomír ZajíčekJosef SmolkaVladimír PetlákFrantišek SokolZdeněk GroesslPavel SchenkDrahomír KoudelkaHead coach:Vladimir Matiásek
References
External links * Final Standing (1964–2000)* Results at Todor66.com* Results at Sports123.com