Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 at Jamsil Gymnasium, Hanyang University Gymnasium, and Saemaul Sports Hall.
The men's tournament was expanded to twelve teams for the first time in the program since Munich 1972.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Peru |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Argentina |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 China |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | United States Craig Buck Robert Ctrvtlik Scott Fortune Charles Kiraly Ricci Luyties Robert Partie Jon Root David Saunders Eric Sato Jeffery Stork Troy Tanner Stephen Timmons |
Soviet Union Iaroslav Antonov Vladimir Chkourikhine Andrei Kouzentsov Evgueny Krasilnikov Valeri Lossev Iouri Pantchenko Igor Rounov Iouri Sapega Alexandre Sorokolet Iouri Tcherednik Raimond Vilde Viatcheslav Zaitsev |
Argentina Daniel Jorge Castellani Daniel Colla Hugo Nestor Conte Juan Carlos Cuminetti Alejandro Diz Waldo Ariel Kantor Eduardo Martinez Esteban de Palma Raul Nicolas Quiroga Jon Emili Uriarte Carlos Weber Claudio Zulianello |
| Women | Soviet Union Olga Chkournova Svetlana Korytova Marina Kournych Tatiana Krainova Olga Krivocheeva Marina Nikoulina Elena Ovtchinnikova Valentina Oguienko Irina Parkhomtchouk Tatiana Sidorenko Irina Smirnova Elena Volkova |
Peru Luisa Cervera Demisse Fajardo Miriam Gallardo Rosa Garcia Alejandra de la Guerra Isabel Heredia Katherine Horny Natalia Malaga Gabriela Perez del Solar Cecilia Tilt Gina Torrealva Cenaida Uribe |
China Cui Yongmei Hou Yuzhu Jiang Ying Li Guojun Li Yueming Su Huijuan Wang Yajun Wu Dan Yang Xiaojun Yang Xilan Zhao Hong Zheng Meizhu |
Statistics[]
- There were 238 total athletes from 15 countries.
- Fernanda Venturini was the youngest participant with 17 years and 333 days.
- Viatcheslav Zaitsev was the oldest participant with 35 years and 325 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- Peru won its first-ever medal in the sport and its only medal of Seoul 1988.
- Argentina won its first-ever medal in the sport.
