Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

2nd Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Mexico City 1968
Tournament details
Olympics1968 Summer Olympics
Host nation Mexico
CityMexico City
DatesOctober 13 – 26
Men's Medals(10 teams)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Czechoslovakia
Women's Medals(8 teams)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Poland

Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team and women's team.[1] The Olympic Committee initially dropped volleyball for the 1968 Olympics, meeting protests.[2]

  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ Black Belt Vol. 2, No. 2. Active Interest Media, Inc. Mar 1964. p. 27.