Volleyball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated Italy (3-0)
- Defeated Brazil (3-0)
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
- Semi Finals
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- Lost to Poland (2-3)
- Bronze Medal Match
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- Lost to Cuba (0-3) → Fourth place
- Team Roster
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- Taka Maruiyama
- Katsutoshi Nekoda
- Katsumi Oda
- Tetsuo Nishimoto
- Yassunori Yassuda
- Yoshi Fukao
- Shoichi Yanagimoto
- Mikiyasu Tanaka
- Tadayoshi Yokota
- Seiji Ohko
- Kinji Shimaoka
- Tetsuo Satō
- Head Coach: Tsutomu Koyama
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated Hungary (3-0)
- Defeated Peru (3-0)
- Defeated Canada (3-0)
- Semi Finals
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- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Final
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- Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Gold Medal
- Team Roster
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- Takako Iida
- Mariko Okamoto
- Echiko Maeda
- Noriko Matsuda
- Takako Shirai
- Kiyomi Kato
- Yuko Arakida
- Katsuko Kanesaka
- Mariko Yoshida
- Shoko Takayanagi
- Hiromi Yano
- Juri Yokoyama
- Head Coach: Shigeo Yamada
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