Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the 7th 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 Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 2 October 1988.^[1]

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Gymnasium, Hanyang University Gymnasium and Saemaul Sports Hall
Date	17 September – 2 October
Medalists
United States (2nd title)  Soviet Union  Argentina
← 1984 1992 →

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	30 September 1981	Baden-Baden	1	South Korea
1984 Olympic Games	29 July – 11 August 1984	Los Angeles	1	United States
1985 World Cup	22 November – 1 December 1985	Japan	1	Soviet Union
1986 World Championship	25 September – 5 October 1986	France	1	Bulgaria
1st World Qualifier	10–17 May 1987	Brasília	1	Argentina
1987 African Championship	December 1987	Tunis	1	Tunisia
1987 Asian Championsnip	15–25 October 1987	Kuwait City	1	Japan
1987 European Championship	25 September – 3 October 1987	Belgium	1	France
1987 NORCECA Championship	12–19 June 1987	Havana	1	Cuba  Italy*
1987 South American Championship	20–27 September 1987	Montevideo	1	Brazil
2nd World Qualifier	31 January – 7 February 1988	Amsterdam	1	Netherlands
3rd World Qualifier	20–25 May 1988	Florence	1	Sweden
Total			12

* Cuba withdrew because of the North Korea-led boycott and were replaced by Italy, who won the best-of-three playoff against China.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
South Korea (Hosts)	Argentina
Brazil	France
Bulgaria	Japan
Sweden	Netherlands
Italy	Tunisia
Soviet Union	United States

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue	Sub venue
Seoul, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
Jamsil Gymnasium	Hanyang University Gymnasium	Saemaul Sports Hall
Capacity: 13,409	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 4,500
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Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	248	190	1.305	Semifinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	9	14	7	2.000	296	225	1.316
3	Sweden	5	2	3	7	9	11	0.818	220	262	0.840	5th–8th semifinals
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	190	194	0.979
5	Italy	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	203	222	0.914	9th–12th semifinals
6	South Korea	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	200	264	0.758

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 September 1988	Sweden	3–2	South Korea
	(10–15, 5–15, 15–12, 17–15, 15–4)

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18 September 1988	Brazil	3–0	Italy
	(15–7, 15–4, 17–15)

18 September 1988	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria
	(15–7, 15–9, 15–8)

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19 September 1988	Soviet Union	3–0	Sweden
	(15–8, 15–7, 16–14)

19 September 1988	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy
	(15–7, 15–8, 15–6)

19 September 1988	South Korea	3–2	Brazil
	(19–17, 15–8 ,6–15, 11–15 ,15–12)

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22 September 1988	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria
	(13–15, 15–6, 15–12, 15–12)

22 September 1988	Italy	3–2	Sweden
	(9–15, 15–6, 12–15, 15–12, 15–3)

22 September 1988	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea
	(15–6, 15–7, 15–13)

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24 September 1988	Brazil	3–1	Sweden
	(15–6, 13–15, 15–0, 15–12)

24 September 1988	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea
	(15–7, 15–10, 15–8)

24 September 1988	Soviet Union	3–1	Italy
	(15–9, 15–9, 12–15, 15–12)

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26 September 1988	Italy	3–0	South Korea
	(15–10, 15–7 ,15–5)

26 September 1988	Brazil	3–2	Soviet Union
	(12–15, 9–15, 15–8, 15–11, 15–6)

26 September 1988	Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria
	(15–11, 15–12 ,15–8)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	263	155	1.697	Semifinals
2	Argentina	5	3	2	8	11	7	1.571	219	211	1.038
3	France	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	222	190	1.168	5th–8th semifinals
4	Netherlands	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	202	183	1.104
5	Japan	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	182	225	0.809	9th–12th semifinals
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	101	225	0.449

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 September 1988	Netherlands	3–1	France
	(15–8, 7–15, 15–11, 15–7)

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18 September 1988	United States	3–0	Japan
	(15–13, 15–2, 15–2)

18 September 1988	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–5, 15–11, 15–6)

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19 September 1988	United States	3–1	Netherlands
	(15–7, 12–15, 15–1, 15–11)

19 September 1988	France	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–10, 15–3 ,15–9)

19 September 1988	Argentina	3–1	Japan
	(15–11, 15–12 ,11–15, 15–11)

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22 September 1988	United States	3–2	Argentina
	(11–15, 11–15 ,15–4, 17–15, 15–7)

22 September 1988	France	3–1	Japan
	(10–15, 15–10 ,17–15, 15–12)

22 September 1988	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–6, 15–10, 15–5)

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24 September 1988	United States	3–0	France
	(17–15, 15–6, 15–13)

24 September 1988	Japan	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–4, 15–11 ,15–7)

24 September 1988	Argentina	3–0	Netherlands
	(15–11, 15–7 ,15–8)

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26 September 1988	France	3–0	Argentina
	(15–7, 15–5, 15–5)

26 September 1988	United States	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–4, 15–6 ,15–4)

26 September 1988	Netherlands	3–0	Japan
	(15–7, 15–4 ,15–8)

Final round

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	28 September
	Italy	3
					30 September
	Tunisia	0
					Italy	3
	28 September
					Japan	2
	South Korea	2
	Japan	3
					11th place match
					30 September
					Tunisia	0
					South Korea	3

9th–12th semifinals

28 September 1988	Italy	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–2, 15–2, 15–5)

28 September 1988	South Korea	2–3	Japan
	(15–13, 15–6, 9–15, 13–15, 9–15)

11th place match

30 September 1988	Tunisia	0–3	South Korea
	(11–15, 9–15, 7–15)

9th place match

30 September 1988	Italy	3–2	Japan
	(15–11, 15–11, 12–15, 13–15, 15–7)

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	28 September
	Sweden	2
					1 October
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	3
	28 September
					Bulgaria	0
	Bulgaria	3
	France	0
					7th place match
					1 October
					Sweden	3
					France	2

5th–8th semifinals

28 September 1988	Bulgaria	3–0	France
	(15–8, 15–12, 15–11)

28 September 1988	Sweden	2–3	Netherlands
	(10–15, 15–13, 15–8, 11–15 ,14–16)

7th place match

1 October 1988	Sweden	3–2	France
	(12–15, 15–5, 8–15, 15–12, 15–12)

5th place match

1 October 1988	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria
	(15–6, 15–8, 15–10)

Final four

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	30 September
	Soviet Union	3
					2 October
	Argentina	0
					Soviet Union	1
	30 September
					United States	3
	Brazil	0
	United States	3
					Bronze medal match
					2 October
					Argentina	3
					Brazil	2

Semifinals

30 September 1988	Brazil	0–3	United States
	(3–15, 5–15, 11–15)

30 September 1988	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina
	(15–11, 17–15, 15–8)

Bronze medal match

2 October 1988	Argentina	3–2	Brazil
	(15–10, 15–17 ,15–8, 12–15 ,15–9)

Gold medal match

2 October 1988	Soviet Union	1–3	United States
	(15–13, 10–15, 4–15, 8–15)

Final standing

Rank Team  United States  Soviet Union  Argentina 4  Brazil 5  Netherlands 6  Bulgaria 7  Sweden 8  France 9  Italy 10  Japan 11  South Korea 12  Tunisia

1988 Men's Olympic champions  United States 2nd title 12–man roster Troy Tanner, Dave Saunders, Jon Root, Bob Ctvrtlik, Douglas Partie, Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Scott Fortune, Ricci Luyties, Jeff Stork, Eric Sato, Karch Kiraly (c) Head coach Marv Dunphy

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Troy Tanner Dave Saunders Jon Root Bob Ctvrtlik Douglas Partie Steve Timmons Craig Buck Scott Fortune Ricci Luyties Jeff Stork Eric Sato Karch Kiraly (c) Head coach: Marv Dunphy	Soviet Union (URS) Yuriy Panchenko Andrei Kuznetsov Vyacheslav Zaytsev Igor Runov Vladimir Shkurikhin Evgeni Krasilnikov Raimonds Vilde Valeri Losev Yuri Sapega Oleksandr Sorokalet Yaroslav Antonov Yuri Cherednik Head coach: Vladimir Kondra	Argentina (ARG) Claudio Zulianello Daniel Castellani Esteban Martínez Alejandro Diz Daniel Colla Javier Weber Hugo Conte Waldo Kantor Raúl Quiroga Jon Uriarte Esteban de Palma Juan Cuminetti Head coach: Luis Muchaga

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Karch Kiraly

• Best spiker

  Andrea Gardini

• Best blocker

  Steve Timmons

• Best server

  Ron Zwerver

• Best digger

  Eizaburo Mitsuhashi

• Best setter

  Ferdinando De Giorgi

• Best receiver

  Bob Ctvrtlik

References

1. "Volleyball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com^{[dead link‍]}