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
Medalists
United States  Brazil  Italy

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*
1981 World Cup	19–28 November 1981	Japan	1	Cuba*
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*
1983 NORCECA Championship	13–17 July 1983	Indianapolis	1	Canada
1983 South American Championship	27–31 July 1983	São Paulo	1	Argentina
World Qualifier	4–8 January 1984	Barcelona	1	Bulgaria*
Total			10

*  China,  Tunisia,  Italy and  South Korea replaced Soviet Union, Cuba, Poland and Bulgaria, who withdrew from the tournament because of the Soviet-led boycott.

Pools composition

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

Rosters

Venue

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

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th place match

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	7	3	1	10	4	2.500	191	144	1.326
2	United States	7	3	1	9	4	2.250	168	117	1.436
3	South Korea	7	3	1	9	6	1.500	203	162	1.253
4	Argentina	5	1	3	7	9	0.778	184	207	0.889
5	Tunisia	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	64	180	0.356

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Canada	7	3	1	10	3	3.333	167	122	1.369
2	Italy	7	3	1	11	4	2.750	210	143	1.469
3	Japan	7	3	1	9	5	1.800	179	162	1.105
4	China	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	124	160	0.775
5	Egypt	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	90	183	0.492

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 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 Dvorak, Saunders, Salmons, Sunderland, Duwelius, Timmons, Buck, Waldie, Marlowe, Berzins, Powers, Kiraly Head Coach 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 Aldis Berzins Patrick Powers Karch Kiraly	Brazil (BRA) Bernardo Rezende Mário Oliveira Antônio Ribeiro José Montanaro Rui Nascimento Renan Dal Zotto William Silva Amauri Ribeiro Marcus Freire Domingos Lampariello Bernard Rajzman Fernando Ávila	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

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. "Volleyball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com