Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1988 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Seoul, South Korea was held from 20 to 29 September 1988.

Qualification QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country30 September 1981 Baden-Baden11984 Olympic Games30 Jul – 7 Aug 1984 Los Angeles11986 World Championship2–13 September 1986 Prague1 1987 Asian Championsnip6–14 June 1987 Shanghai1*1987 NORCECA Championship 12-19 June 1987 Havana1*1987 South American Championship 20-29 September 1987 Punta del Este11987 European Championship25 Sep – 3 Oct 1987 Auderghem11988 Olympic qualification tournament Italy 1Total8 * Notes: 1. Cuba was the 1986 World Championship runners-up (champions China had already qualified as 1984 Olympic champions), but together with 6 another countries, boycotted the games and their spot was given to Peru, as the team finished in the 3rd place at the 1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. 2. Peru won the 1987 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, but as they had already qualified, the South American place was reassigned to Brazil. 3. Japan was the 1987 Asian Championship runners-up (champions China had already qualified as 1984 Olympic champions). 4. United States was the 1987 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions Cuba had already qualified as 1986 World Championship runners-up).

Format The tournament was played in two different stages. In the (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 (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 APool B

Squads

Venues Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea Saemaul Sports Hall, Seoul, South Korea Hanyang University Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

5th to 8th place

5th–8th place semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

PlaceTeam45678

12-woman roster Valentina Ogiyenko, Yelena Volkova, Marina Kumysh, Irina Smirnova, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Parkhomchuk, Tatyana Kraynova, Olga Shkurnova, Marina Nikulina, Yelena Ovchinnikova, Olga Krivosheyeva, Svetlana KorytovaHead coachNikolay Karpol

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Awards

Most valuable player

Best setter

Best scorer

Best spiker

Best blocker

Best receiver

Best digger

Best server

Statistics leaders

Best scorers RankName Total PointsSpikeBlockServe1 SMINRNOVA, Irina115104742 OBAYASHI, Motoko109101533 PEREZ DEL SOLAR, Gabriela108891634 TAIT, Cecilia10396435 HOU Yuzhu9890356 RAMOS, Ana Claudia9488337 KEMNER, Caren9077678 LAHME, Susanne88691829 SIDORENKO, Tatyana85803210 FAJARDO, Denise807342

Best attackers RankName Total killsEfficiency%1 ODEN, Kimberly6539.272 OVCHINNIKOVA, eLENA7237.653 WU Dan6636.444 SMIRNOVA, Irina10434.535 JENSEN, Grit6133.46

Best blockers RankName Total blocksAvg by set1 LAHME, Susanne181.982 PEREZ DEL SOLAR, Gabriela161.633 URIBE, Cenaida151.224 MALAGA, Natalia110.925 LI Yueming100.88

Best servers RankName Total acesAvg by set1 JENSEN, Grit100.772 SACHIKO, Fujita90.643 SUGIYAMA, Akemi80.624 ROCK, Angela80.575 SIDORENKO, Tatyana60.48

Best diggers RankName Total digsAvg by set1 ARITT, Maike391.822 WU Dan331.583 GARCIA, Rosa311.374 MASAKAYAN, Liz 311.355 PARK Min Hee301.28

Best setters RankName ExcellentAvg by set1 YANG Xilan21011.282 PARKHOMCHUK, Irina19610.523 NAKADA, Ikumi1658.834 GARCIA, Rosa 1487.435 KIM Yun-hye1286.726 KESSEL, Laurel 1035.377 RICHA, Ana Maria 975.228 STUDEMANN, Dorte 843.98

Best receivers RankName Excellent%1 PARK Mi-Hee67.402 FAJARDO, Denise67.003 ARIT, Maike65.424 MARUYAMA, Yumi 64.895 KEMNER, Caren62.82

See also

Volleyball at the Summer Olympics Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

References

External links Results Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org Official results (pgs. 625–627, 635–638)