Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 29 July to 11 August 1984 at the Long Beach Arena.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
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Men | United States Aldis Berzins Craig Buck Rich Duwelius Dusty Dvorak Karch Kiraly Chris Marlowe Pat Powers Steve Salmons Dave Saunders Paul Sunderland Steve Timmons Marc Waldie |
Brazil Fernando Avila Marcus Freire Domingos Lampariello Nego Jose Montanaro Junior Ruy Campos Nasciemento Mario Xando Oliveira Nego Bernard Rajzman Bernardo Rezende Amauri Ribeiro Antonio Ribeiro William Silva Ranan Zotto |
Italy Franco Bertoli Francesco Dall'Ollo Giancarlo Dametto Giovanni Errichiello Giovanni Lanfranco Andrea Lucchetta Pier Paolo Lucchetta Guido de Luigi Marco Negri Piero Rebaudengo Paolo Vecchi Fabio Vullo |
Women | China Hou Yuzhu Jiang Ying Lang Ping Li Yanjun Liang Yan Su Huijuan Yang Xiaojun Yang Xilan Zhang Rongfang Zheng Meizhu Zhou Xiaolan Zhu Ling |
United States Jeanne Beauprey Carolyn Becker Linda Chisholm Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Debbie Green Flora Hyman Rose Magers Kimberly Ruddins Julie Vollertsen Paula Weishoff Susan Woodstra |
Japan Yumi Egami Norie Hiro Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Yoko Mitsuya Keiko Miyajima Kimie Morita Kumi Nakada Emiko Odaka Sachiko Otani Kayoki Sugiyama |
Statistics[]
- There were 208 total athletes from 12 countries.
- Gabriela Perez del Solar was the youngest participant with 16 years and 20 days.
- Kazuya Mitake was the oldest participant with 32 years and 363 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- China and the United States won their first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Brazil and Italy won their first-ever medal in the sport.