Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the 6th 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 Long Beach, California, United States from 29 July to 11 August 1984.^[1]

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Long Beach Arena
Date	29 July – 11 August
Competitors	118 from 10 nations
Medalists
United States (1st title)  Brazil  Italy
← 1980 1988 →

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 May 1978	Athens	1	United States
1980 Olympic Games	20 July – 1 August 1980	Moscow	1	Soviet Union   China*
1981 World Cup	19–28 November 1981	Japan	1	Cuba   Tunisia*
1982 World Championship	1–15 October 1982	Argentina	1	Brazil
1983 African Championship	December 1983	Port Said	1	Egypt
1983 Asian Championsnip	23 November – 1 December 1983	Fukuoka	1	Japan
1983 European Championship	17–25 September 1983	East Germany	1	Poland   Italy*
1983 NORCECA Championship	13–17 July 1983	Indianapolis	1	Canada
1983 South American Championship	27–31 July 1983	São Paulo	1	Argentina
World Repechage	4–8 January 1984	Barcelona	1	Bulgaria   South Korea*
Total			10

* Soviet Union, Cuba, Poland and Bulgaria withdrew because of the Soviet-led boycott and were replaced by China, Tunisia, Italy and South Korea respectively.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
United States (Hosts)	Canada
Argentina	China
Brazil	Egypt
South Korea	Italy
Tunisia	Japan

Rosters

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

Venue

All matches
Long Beach, United States
Long Beach Arena
Capacity: 13,609

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	3	1	7	10	4	2.500	191	144	1.326	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	1	7	9	4	2.250	168	117	1.436
3	South Korea	4	3	1	7	9	6	1.500	203	162	1.253	5th–8th semifinals
4	Argentina	4	1	3	5	7	9	0.778	184	207	0.889
5	Tunisia	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	64	180	0.356	9th place match

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–7	15–7	15–7			45–21
29 Jul	United States	3–1	Argentina	15–6	15–7	10–15	15–8		55–36
31 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–8	15–8	16–18	15–13		61–47
31 Jul	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	15–2	15–3			45–8
2 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–9	15–2			45–16
2 Aug	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–9	15–6			45–28
4 Aug	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–7	15–3			45–19
4 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Brazil	15–4	15–13	13–15	15–8		58–40
6 Aug	South Korea	3–2	Argentina	15–6	14–16	13–15	15–7	15–12	72–56
6 Aug	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–10	15–11	15–2			45–23

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	7	10	3	3.333	167	122	1.369	Semifinals
2	Italy	4	3	1	7	11	4	2.750	210	143	1.469
3	Japan	4	3	1	7	9	5	1.800	179	162	1.105	5th–8th semifinals
4	China	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	124	160	0.775
5	Egypt	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	90	183	0.492	9th place match

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	Japan	3–0	China	15–9	15–9	15–8			45–26
29 Jul	Italy	3–1	Canada	10–15	15–4	15–6	15–7		55–32
31 Jul	Canada	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–9	15–3			45–22
31 Jul	Italy	3–0	China	15–5	16–14	15–13			46–32
2 Aug	China	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–5	18–16			48–24
2 Aug	Japan	3–2	Italy	5–15	11–15	15–10	15–10	16–14	62–64
4 Aug	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–10	15–11			45–27
4 Aug	Canada	3–0	China	15–8	15–7	15–3			45–18
6 Aug	Canada	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–8	15–9			45–27
6 Aug	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17

Final round

9th–10th places

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Aug	Tunisia	3–2	Egypt	15–13	15–9	5–15	13–15	15–5	63–57

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	8 August
	South Korea	3
					10 August
	China	1
					South Korea	3
	8 August
					Argentina	1
	Argentina	3
	Japan	1
					7th place match
					10 August
					China	0
					Japan	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Aug	South Korea	3–1	China	15–4	15–11	6–15	19–17		55–47
8 Aug	Argentina	3–1	Japan	9–15	15–10	15–10	15–11		54–46

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Aug	China	0–3	Japan	14–16	9–15	6–15			29–46

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Argentina	15–13	9–15	15–9	15–7		54–44

Final four

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	8 August
	Brazil	3
					11 August
	Italy	1
					Brazil	0
	8 August
					United States	3
	United States	3
	Canada	0
					Bronze medal match
					11 August
					Italy	3
					Canada	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Italy	12–15	15–2	15–3	15–5		57–25
8 Aug	United States	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–10	15–7			45–23

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	Italy	3–0	Canada	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	Brazil	0–3	United States	6–15	6–15	7–15			19–45

Final standing

Rank Team     United States     Brazil     Italy 4   Canada 5   South Korea 6   Argentina 7   Japan 8   China 9   Tunisia 10   Egypt

1984 Men's Olympic champions    United States 1st title 12–man roster Dusty Dvorak, Dave Saunders, Steven Salmons, Paul Sunderland, Rich Duwelius, Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Marc Waldie, Chris Marlowe (c), Aldis Berzins, Patrick Powers, Karch Kiraly Head coach Doug Beal

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Dusty Dvorak Dave Saunders Steven Salmons Paul Sunderland Rich Duwelius Steve Timmons Craig Buck Marc Waldie Chris Marlowe (c) Aldis Berzins Patrick Powers Karch Kiraly Head coach: Doug Beal	Brazil (BRA) Bernardinho Xandó Badalhoca Montanaro Rui Renan William (c) Amauri Marcus Vinícius Domingos Maracanã Bernard Rajzman Fernandão Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas	Italy (ITA) Marco Negri Pier Paolo Lucchetta Giancarlo Dametto Franco Bertoli Francesco Dall'Olio Piero Rebaudengo Giovanni Errichiello Guido De Luigi Fabio Vullo Giovanni Lanfranco Paolo Vecchi Andrea Lucchetta Head coach: Silvano Prandi

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Steve Timmons

• Best scorer

    Kang Man-soo

• Best spiker

    José Montanaro

• Best blocker

    Hugo Conte

• Best server

    José Montanaro

• Best receiver

    Aldis Berzins

References

1. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

External links

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