Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 30 July 1976 at the Montreal Forum and Paul Sauvé Arena.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Cuba |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
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| Men | Poland Bronislaw Bebel Ryszard Bosek Wieslaw Gawlowski Marek Karbarz Lech Lasko Zbigniew Lubiejewski Miroslaw Rybaczewski Wlodzimierz Sadalski Edward Skorek Wlodzimierz Stefanski Tomasz Wojtowicz Zbigniew Zarzycki |
Soviet Union Vladimir Chernyshov Efim Chulak Vladimir Dorohov Alecsandr Ermilov Vladimir Kondra Oleg Moliboga Anatoliy Polishuk Alecsandr Savin Pavel Selivanov Yuriy Starunskiy Vladimir Ulanov Viacheslav Zaitsev |
Cuba Alfredo Figueredo Victor Garcia Diego Lapera Loenel Marshall Ernesto Martinez Lorenzo Martinez Jorge Perez Antonio Rodriguez Carlos Salas Victoriano Sarmientos Jesus Savigne Raul Virches |
| Women | Japan Yuko Arakida Takako Iida Katsuko Kanesaka Kiyomi Kato Echiko Maeda Noriko Matsuda Mariko Okamoto Takako Shirai Shoko Takayanagi Hiromi Yano Juri Yokoyama Mariko Yoshida |
Soviet Union Larisa Bergen Ludmila Chernysheva Zoya Iusova Olga Kozakova Natalia Kushnir Nina Muradian Lilia Osadchaya Anna Rostova Lubov Rudovskaya Inna Ryskal Ludmila Shetinina Nina Smoleeva |
South Korea Baik Myung-sun Byon Kyung-ja Chang Hee-sook Jo Hea-jung Jung Soon-ok Lee Soon-bok Lee Soon-ok Ma Kum-ja Park Mi-kum Yu Jung-ye Yu Kyung-hwa Yun Young-nae |
Statistics[]
- There were 216 total athletes from 13 countries.
- Maria del Risco was the youngest participant with 15 years and 331 days.
- Irma Cordero was the oldest participant with 34 years and 144 days.
- Katsutoshi Nekoda of Japan and Teresa Nunez of Peru were the only volleyball players chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- Poland won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Cuba and South Korea won their first-ever medal in the sport.
