Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach, California, United States from July 30 to August 7, 1984.

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Long Beach Arena
Date	30 July – 7 August
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
China (1st title) United States Japan

Competition schedule

P

Preliminary round

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Mon 30	Tue 31	Wed 1	Thu 2	Fri 3	Sat 4	Sun 5	Mon 6	Tue 7
P		P		P		½	B	F

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 May 1978	Athens	1	United States
1980 Summer Olympic Games	21–29 July 1980	Moscow	1	Soviet Union
1982 World Championship	12–25 September 1982	Lima	1	China
1983 NORCECA Championship	12–16 July 1983	Indianapolis	1	Cuba Canada*
1983 South American Championship	2–6 August 1983	São Paulo	1	Peru
1983 European Championship	17–25 September 1983	Rostock	1	East Germany West Germany
1983 Asian Championsnip	10–17 November 1983	Fukuoka	1	Japan
Wild cards	–	–	2	Brazil*
				South Korea*
Total			8

* Notes:

1. Cuba was the 1983 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions United States, were already qualified as hosts), but together with East Germany (1983 European champion), Soviet Union (1980 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.

2. Canada, South Korea and West Germany replaced Cuba, East Germany and the Soviet Union.

3. In a change in the classification process, in relation to the previous Games, the best team in the FIVB ranking that had not qualified for the Games would gain a spot on tournament. In this way, the remaining place went to South Korea, however with the boycott there was another placed was left and was reassigned to the second best non qualifier, which was Brazil.

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the eight participants were divided into two pools of four teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The Final round (second stage) was played in a single elimination format, where the preliminary round two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the semifinals and the two lowest ranked teams advanced to the 5th–8th place semifinals.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil	Canada
China	Japan
United States	Peru
West Germany	South Korea

Squads

Main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Venues

• Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	167	139	1.201	1st–4th semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	144	101	1.426
3	West Germany	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	93	126	0.738	5th–8th semifinals
4	Brazil	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	120	158	0.759

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	China	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–10	15–11			45–34	Report
30 Jul	United States	3–0	West Germany	17–15	15–8	15–10			47–33	Report
1 Aug	West Germany	0–3	China	5–15	6–15	3–15			14–45	Report
1 Aug	United States	3–2	Brazil	12–15	10–15	15–5	15–5	15–12	67–52	Report
3 Aug	Brazil	0–3	West Germany	9–15	14–16	11–15			34–46	Report
3 Aug	China	1–3	United States	13–15	15–7	14–16	12–15		54–53	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	143	73	1.959	1st–4th semifinals
2	Peru	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	123	125	0.984
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	137	125	1.096	5th–8th semifinals
4	Canada	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	55	135	0.407

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	Peru	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–10	15–4			45–23	Report
30 Jul	Japan	3–1	South Korea	8–15	15–11	15–2	15–7		53–35	Report
1 Aug	Canada	0–3	South Korea	10–15	1–15	3–15			14–45	Report
1 Aug	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–7	15–5			45–20	Report
3 Aug	Peru	3–2	South Korea	15–8	15–6	7–15	6–15	15–13	58–57	Report
3 Aug	Japan	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–6	15–6			45–18	Report

Final round

5th to 8th place

	Semifinals				5th place
	5 August
	South Korea	3
					7 August
	Brazil	1
					South Korea	3
	5 August
					West Germany	0
	Canada	0
	West Germany	3
					7th place
					7 August
					Canada	0
					Brazil	3

5th–8th place semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Brazil	13–15	15–13	15–9	15–10		58–47	Report
5 Aug	Canada	0–3	West Germany	5–15	7–15	1–15			13–45	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	Canada	0–3	Brazil	9–15	3–15	8–15			20–45	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	South Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–10	15–10	15–2			45–22	Report

Final

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	5 August
	Japan	0
					7 August
	China	3
					China	3
	5 August
					United States	0
	Peru	0
	United States	3
					Bronze medal match
					7 August
					Japan	3
					Peru	1

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	Peru	0–3	United States	14–16	9–15	10–15			33–46	Report
5 Aug	Japan	0–3	China	10–15	7–15	4–15			21–45	Report

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	Japan	3–1	Peru	13–15	15–4	15–7	15–10		58–36	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	China	3–0	United States	16–14	15–3	15–9			46–26	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	United States
	Japan
4	Peru
5	South Korea
6	West Germany
7	Brazil
8	Canada

1984 Women's Olympic champions
China 1st title

12-woman roster

Lang Ping, Liang Yan, Zhu Ling, Hou Yuzhu, Yang Xilan, Jiang Ying, Li Yanjun, Yang Xiaojun, Zheng Meizhu, Zhang Rongfang (c), Su Huijuan, Zhou Xiaolan

Head coach

Yuan Weimin

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China (CHN) Lang Ping Liang Yan Zhu Ling Hou Yuzhu Yang Xilan Jiang Ying Li Yanjun Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Zhang Rongfang (c) Su Huijuan Zhou Xiaolan Head coach: Yuan Weimin	United States (USA) Paula Weishoff Sue Woodstra (c) Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Carolyn Becker Flo Hyman Rose Magers Julie Vollertsen Debbie Green-Vargas Kimberley Ruddins Jeanne Beauprey Linda Chisholm Head coach: Arie Selinger	Japan (JPN) Yumi Egami Kimie Morita Yuko Mitsuya Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Norie Hiro Kayoko Sugiyama Sachiko Otani Keiko Miyajima Emiko Odaka Kumi Nakada Head coach: Shigeo Yamada

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Lang Ping (CHN)

• Best scorer

  Isabel Salgado (BRA)

• Best spiker

  Julie Vollertsen (USA)

• Best blocker

  Rose Magers (USA)

• Best receiver

  Heloisa Roese (BRA)

• Best server

  Meizhu Zheng (CHN)

See also

China's first-ever Olympic volleyball title was commemorated in the following movies:

• My People, My Country: 2019 Chinese film
• Leap: 2020 Chinese film

External links

• Volleyball
• Final standings (1964-2000) at FIVB.org
• Official results (pgs. 591-599)