| Volleyball at the Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC Code | VVO |
| Governing body | FIVB |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
| Summer Olympics | |
Volleyball has been part of theSummer Olympics program for both men and women consistently since1964.
Brazil,France, theUnited States and the formerSoviet Union are the only teams to win multiple gold medals at the men's tournament since its introduction. The remaining six editions of the Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament were won each by a different country includingJapan,Poland,Netherlands,Russia and the defunctYugoslavia.
Gold medals are less evenly distributed in women's volleyball than in men's; the sixteen editions of the Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament were won by seven countries:Brazil,Cuba,China,Japan,Italy, theUnited States and the formerSoviet Union.
The history of Olympic volleyball can be traced back to the1924 Summer Olympics inParis, where it was an unofficial demonstration event. Its addition to the Olympic program, however, was given only afterWorld War II, with the foundation of theFIVB and of some of the continental confederations. In 1957, a special tournament was held during the53rd IOC session inSofia, Bulgaria, to support such request. The competition was a success, and the sport was officially introduced in1964. The International Olympic Committee attempted to drop volleyball for the1968 Olympics, but this was met with protest.[1][2]
The volleyball Olympic tournament was originally a simple competition, whose format paralleled the one still employed in theWorld Cup: all teams played against each other team and then were ranked by number of wins, set average and point average. One disadvantage of this round-robin system is that medal winners could be determined before the end of the games, making the audience lose interest in the outcome of the remaining matches.[citation needed]
To cope with this situation, the competition was split into two phases: a "final round" was introduced, consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. Since its creation in1972, this new system has become the standard for the volleyball Olympic tournament, and is usually referred to as the "Olympic format".[citation needed]
The number of teams involved in the games has grown steadily since 1964. Since1996, both men's and women's indoor events count 12 participant nations. Each of the five continental volleyball confederations has at least one affiliated national federation involved in the Olympic Games.[citation needed]
| Event | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 16 |
| Women's tournament | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 16 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
The first two editions of the volleyball Olympic tournament were won by theSoviet Union team. Bronze in1964 and silver in1968,Japan won gold in1972. In1976, the introduction of a new offensive skill, the back row attack, helpedPoland win the competition over the Soviets in a very tight five-setter.
In1980, many of the strongest teams in men's volleyball belonged to theEastern Bloc, so theAmerican-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics did not have as great an effect on these events as it had on the women's. The Soviet Union collected their third Olympic gold medal with a 3–1 victory overBulgaria. With a Soviet-led boycott in1984, theUnited States confirmed their new volleyball leadership in the Western World by sweeping smoothly overBrazil in the finals. In that edition a minor nation,Italy, won their first medal, but Italy would rise to prominence in volleyball in later decades. A long-awaited confrontation between the US and Soviet volleyball teams came in the1988 final: powerplayersKarch Kiraly andSteve Timmons pushed the United States to a second gold medal setting the issue in favor of the Americans.
In1992, Brazil upset favoritesUnified Team,Netherlands, and Italy for their first Olympic championship. Runners-up Netherlands, withRon Zwerver andOlof van der Meulen, came back in thefollowing edition for a five-set win over Italy. In spite of their success in other major volleyball competitions in the 1990s, Italy did not fare well at the Olympics. After winning bronze in Atlanta,Serbia and Montenegro, led byVladimir andNikola Grbić, beatRussia at the final in2000 to secure the gold (in 1996 and 2000 they played under the nameFederal Republic of Yugoslavia).
In2004, Brazil beat Italy in the final, adding a second gold medal to their record and confirming their role as the men's volleyball superpowers of the 2000s. In2008, United States beat Brazil in the final, winning their third gold medal. Russia won the bronze for the second time by defeating Italy. In the2012 final, Russia came back from a 0–2 set deficit, not letting the Brazilians take advantage of any of their 2 match points in the third set.Dmitriy Muserskiy scored 31 points, which is an Olympic Games record in a final. Italy defeated Bulgaria and took Bronze.[3]
After coming up short in the previous two editions of the Olympics as runners-up, the Brazilians captured their third gold medal in the history of the competition playing home in2016 after their straight-set victory against Italy in the final.[4] The United States pulled off a comeback from a 0–2 deficit to claim the bronze medal with a victory over Russia.[5]
The2020 tournament, held in 2021 due to the globalCOVID-19 pandemic causing a delay, had the French team ofEarvin N'Gapeth win its first gold by defeating the Russian Olympic Committee, who returned to the podium after missing out in 2016.[6] In a repeat of the 1988 bronze medal match, Brazil were upset by neighbor Argentina.[7]
Gold medals appear to be more evenly distributed in men's volleyball than in women's: the former Soviet Union (three titles), United States (three), Brazil (three), and France (two) are the only teams to have won the tournament more than once. The remaining six editions were won each by a different country. Despite having been a major force in men's volleyball since the 1990s and never missing a tournament since 1976, Italy are the only volleyball powerhouse that lack a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
The opening edition of the volleyball Olympic tournament, in1964, was won by the host nationJapan. There followed two victories in a row by theSoviet Union, in1968 and1972.South Korea were expected to get their first gold after beating Japan in the 1975 Pre-Olympic Games, but Japan came back again in1976 for one last Olympic gold before losing their status of women's volleyball superpowers.
TheAmerican-led boycott of the1980 Games left many strong volleyball nations like Japan and South Korea out of the games. As a result, the Soviet Union easily secured a third Olympic gold medal. In1984, theEastern bloc was, in its turn, boycotting the games, and the Soviet Union did not participate. As a result, host nationUnited States won its first medals in volleyball, losing the finals toChina. With eastern and western nations again involved in the Olympics, the Soviet Union obtained a remarkable victory overPeru after trailing 0–2 in1988's marking one of the most dramatic female matches of the 20th century. The 1988 games were, however, boycotted byCuba, who would become the next dominating force.
1992 saw a new force go down in Olympic history: organized under the nameUnified Team, the nations of the former Soviet Union that chose to form a combined team easily reached the gold medal game, but could not neutralize the power play of the young, rising Cuban squad. Led by superstarsMireya Luis andRegla Torres, Cuba would eventually set the record for consecutive wins in the Olympic Games by also taking the gold in1996 and2000 against China andRussia, respectively.
In2004, the winners were once again China. Second were Russia who beatBrazil in a very tough and dramatic semifinal match after being down 1–2, 19–24 in the fourth set.
In2008, Brazil finally won the gold, beating the United States in the final and losing only one set in the competition. China were awarded the bronze by beating Cuba. After a troubled start, Brazil secured the double gold in2012 after beating the United States once again in the final.[8] Japan won the bronze medal after defeating South Korea.
In2016, home team Brazil were favorites to once again win the title, thus equalling Cuba's three consecutive gold medals between 1992 and 2000. After winning all of their preliminary round matches without dropping a set, the team was, however, stunned by a young Chinese squad in a tiebreaker in the quarterfinals. China went on to win the title, their third in Olympic history, by beatingSerbia in four sets in the gold medal match.[9] In the process,Lang Ping became the first person to win a gold medal as a player in Los Angeles 1984 and repeat the feat now as a coach in Rio de Janeiro.[10] China also became the first team to win the Olympics after losing three matches in the preliminary round. The United States defeated theNetherlands 3–1 to capture the bronze medal.[11]
In thefifteenth edition of the games in 2020, the United States faced Brazil for the third final in four editions, only this time they broke the long title drought. Thus the Americans became only the sixth country to win the women's tournament, after Brazil, China, Cuba, Japan, and the former Soviet Union.[12] Serbia got the bronze, beating South Korea.[13]
The volleyball Olympic tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Yugoslavia (FRY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 ROC(ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
| Team | 1964 |  1968 |  1972 |  1976 | 1980 | 1984 |  1988 |  1992 | 1996 |  2000 |  2004 |  2008 |  2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 3rd | • | 8th | 4th | =5th | • | =5th | =5th | 3rd | 11th | 9 |
| Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | =11th | • | =9th | • | • | • | 3 |
 Belgium | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Brazil | 7th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 5th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 8th | 16 |
| Bulgaria | 5th | 6th | 4th | • | 2nd | • | 6th | • | 7th | • | • | =5th | 4th | • | • | • | 8 |
| Canada | • | • | • | 9th | • | 4th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | =5th | 8th | 10th | 6 |
| China | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | =5th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Cuba | • | • | 10th | 3rd | 7th | • | • | 4th | 6th | 7th | • | • | • | =11th | • | • | 7 |
 Egypt | • | • | • | WD | • | 10th | • | • | • | =11th | • | =11th | • | =9th | • | 12th | 6 |
| France | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | =9th | • | • | =9th | 1st | 1st | 6 |
| Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | • | • | • | • | =9th | =5th | • | • | 6th | 3 | ||||||
| Great Britain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | • | • | • | 1 |
| Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =5th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Hungary | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Iran | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =5th | 9th | • | 2 |
| Italy | • | • | • | 8th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 13 |
| Japan | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | • | 7th | 10th | 6th | • | • | • | =11th | • | • | 7th | 7th | 10 |
 Libya | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Mexico | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | • | • | 2 |
| Netherlands | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 5th | =9th | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| Poland | • | 5th | 9th | 1st | 4th | • | • | • | =11th | • | =5th | =5th | =5th | =5th | 5th | 2nd | 11 |
| Romania | 4th | • | 5th | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Russia | See Soviet Union | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | • | 7[A] | |||||||
 Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | =5th | =9th | • | • | 9th | 3 | |||||||||
 Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | 1 | ||||||
 South Korea | 10th | • | 7th | 6th | • | 5th | 11th | 9th | =9th | =9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
| Spain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | =9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Sweden | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Tunisia | • | • | 12th | • | • | 9th | 12th | • | =11th | • | =11th | • | =11th | • | 11th | • | 7 |
| United States | 9th | 7th | • | • | • | 1st | 1st | 3rd | =9th | =11th | 4th | 1st | =5th | 3rd | 10th | 3rd | 13 |
 Venezuela | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | • | • | 12th | • | 2 |
| Discontinued nations | |||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 8th | • | • | • | See Czech Republic | 5 | |||||||
| East Germany | • | 4th | 2nd | • | • | • | • | See Germany | 2 | ||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | See Yugoslavia | • | 3rd | 1st | =5th | See Serbia | 3[B] | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | • | 2nd | 7th | See Russia | 7[C] | |||||||
| West Germany | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | See Germany | 1 | ||||||||
| Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
| Team | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | =11th | • | • | • | 2 |
| Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | 11th | • | 2 |
| Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Brazil | • | • | • | • | 7th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | =5th | 2nd | 3rd | 12 |
| Bulgaria | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Cameroon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | • | • | 1 |
| Canada | • | • | • | 8th | • | 8th | • | • | =9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| China | • | • | • | • | • | 1st | 3rd | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | =5th | 1st | 9th | 5th | 11 |
 Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
| Cuba | • | • | 6th | 5th | 5th | • | • | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | • | • | • | • | 8 |
 Dominican Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | • | =5th | • | 8th | 8th | 4 |
| France | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 1 |
| Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | • | 8th | 6th | =9th | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||
| Great Britain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | • | • | • | 1 |
| Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Hungary | • | • | 5th | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Italy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | =5th | =5th | =5th | =9th | 6th | 1st | 7 |
| Japan | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | • | 3rd | 4th | 5th | =9th | • | =5th | =5th | 3rd | =5th | 10th | 9th | 14 |
 Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | =9th | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||
 Kenya | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | =11th | • | • | • | 12th | 12th | 4 |
| Mexico | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Netherlands | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 5th | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | 10th | 4 |
| North Korea | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Peru | • | 4th | • | 7th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | • | =11th | =11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| Poland | 3rd | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | • | • | • | 6th | 4 |
 Puerto Rico | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | • | • | 1 |
| Romania | 4th | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Russia | See Soviet Union | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | =5th | =5th | =5th | 7th | • | 7[A] | |||||||
| Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | =5th | =11th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 5 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | • | 5th | 8th | • | 6th | 8th | =5th | • | 4th | =5th | 4th | • | 12 |
| Spain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =9th | • | 5th | 4th | 3 |
 Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | =11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||
| United States | 5th | 8th | • | • | • | 2nd | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | =5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 13 |
| Venezuela | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | =11th | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Discontinued nations | |||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | • | 6th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | See Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||
| East Germany | • | • | • | 6th | 2nd | • | 5th | See Germany | 3 | ||||||||
| Soviet Union | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | • | 1st | 2nd | See Russia | 7[C] | |||||||
| West Germany | • | • | 8th | • | • | 6th | • | See Germany | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
Sources:[14]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia (FRY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ROC(ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | |
| Team | Matches played | Wins | Losses | Winning percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 55 | 27 | 28 | 49.1% |
| Australia | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22.2% |
| Belgium | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
| Brazil | 113 | 69 | 44 | 61.1% |
| Bulgaria | 60 | 32 | 28 | 53.3% |
| Canada | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32.1% |
| China | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25.0% |
| Cuba | 47 | 22 | 25 | 46.8% |
| Czechoslovakia | 37 | 24 | 13 | 64.9% |
| East Germany | 16 | 11 | 5 | 68.8% |
| Egypt | 20 | 1 | 19 | 5.0% |
| France | 31 | 14 | 17 | 45.2% |
| Germany | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27.3% |
| Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| Hungary | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| Iran | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.4% |
| Italy | 85 | 55 | 30 | 64.7% |
| Japan | 62 | 35 | 27 | 56.5% |
| Libya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0.0% |
| Netherlands | 45 | 26 | 19 | 57.8% |
| Poland | 62 | 35 | 27 | 56.5% |
| Romania | 22 | 14 | 8 | 63.6% |
| Russia[A] | 56 | 38 | 18 | 67.9% |
| Serbia | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 |
| Serbia and Montenegro[B] | 22 | 15 | 7 | 68.1% |
| South Korea | 51 | 16 | 35 | 31.4% |
| Soviet Union[C] | 51 | 41 | 10 | 80.4% |
| Spain | 13 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% |
| Sweden | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| Tunisia | 38 | 1 | 37 | 2.7% |
| United States | 84 | 49 | 35 | 58.3% |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10.0% |
| West Germany | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% |
| Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| Team | Matches played | Wins | Losses | Winning percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10.0% |
| Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% |
| Brazil | 75 | 52 | 23 | 69.3% |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% |
| Cameroon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 15 | 1 | 14 | 6.7% |
| China | 65 | 41 | 24 | 63.1% |
| Croatia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% |
| Cuba | 52 | 37 | 15 | 71.2% |
| Czechoslovakia | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% |
| Dominican Republic | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29.4% |
| East Germany | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46.7% |
| Germany | 21 | 7 | 14 | 33.3% |
| Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% |
| Hungary | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46.7% |
| Italy | 34 | 17 | 17 | 50.0% |
| Japan | 73 | 42 | 31 | 57.5% |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% |
| Kenya | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% |
| Netherlands | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52.4% |
| North Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% |
| Peru | 37 | 12 | 25 | 46.2% |
| Poland | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53.0% |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Romania | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40.0% |
| Russia[A] | 48 | 32 | 16 | 66.6% |
| Serbia | 27 | 13 | 14 | 48.1% |
| South Korea | 76 | 31 | 45 | 40.8% |
| Soviet Union[C] | 37 | 32 | 5 | 86.5% |
| Spain | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Turkey | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45.5% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% |
| United States | 82 | 50 | 32 | 61.0% |
| Venezuela | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% |
| West Germany | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20.0% |
Sone Kaminaga black belt.
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