The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 2nd 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 Mexico City, Mexico from 13 to 26 October 1968.
Qualification Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country18 October 1963 Baden-Baden11964 Olympic Games13–23 October 1964 Tokyo11966 World Championship30 August – 11 September 19663*1967 African ChampionshipJuly 1967 Tunis1*Asian Qualifier1967Unknown11967 European Championship26 October – 8 November 196711967 Pan American Gamesfor NORCECA24 July – 3 August 1967 Winnipeg1for CSV 1Total10
* Romania and Tunisia withdrew and were replaced by Belgium and Bulgaria respectively.
Rosters
Venues Main venueSub venueSub venue Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, MexicoPalacio de los Deportes Juan EscutiaGimnasio Olímpico Juan de la BarreraRevolution Ice RinkCapacity: 22,370Capacity: 5,292Capacity: 1,500No Image
Round robin
Final standing
RankTeam45678910
12–man RosterEduard Sibiryakov, Yuriy Poyarkov, Georgy Mondzolevski, Valeri Kravchenko, Volodymyr Byelyayev, Yevhen Lapinsky, Ivans Bugajenkovs, Oļegs Antropovs, Vasilijus Matuševas, Viktor Mikhalchuk, Borys Tereshchuk, Volodymyr IvanovHead coachYuri Chesnokov
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeEduard SibiryakovYuriy PoyarkovGeorgy MondzolevskiValeri KravchenkoVolodymyr ByelyayevYevhen LapinskyIvans BugajenkovsOļegs AntropovsVasilijus MatuševasViktor MikhalchukBorys TereshchukVolodymyr IvanovHead coach: Yuri ChesnokovMasayuki MinamiKatsutoshi NekodaMamoru ShiragamiIsao KoizumiKenji KimuraYasuaki MitsumoriNaohiro IkedaJungo MoritaTadayoshi YokotaSeiji OkoTetsuo SatōKenji ShimaokaHead coach: Yasutaka MatsudairaBohumil GoliánAntonín ProcházkaPetr KopJiří SvobodaJosef MusilLubomír ZajíčekJosef SmolkaVladimír PetlákFrantišek SokolZdeněk GroesslPavel SchenkDrahomír KoudelkaHead coach: Vladimir Matiásek
References
External links Final Standing (1964–2000) Results at Todor66.com Results at Sports123.com