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Volleyball in the Olympics began in 1964.
1st World Championships 1949 Prague, TCH MEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-TCH, 3rd-BUL, 4th-ROM 1952 Moscow, URS MEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-TCH, 3rd-BUL, 4th-ROM WOMEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-POL, 3rd-TCH, 4th-BUL 1956 Paris, FRA MEN - 1st-TCH, 2nd-ROM, 3rd-URS, 4th-POL WOMEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-ROM, 3rd-POL, 4th-TCH 1960 Rio de Janeiro, BRA MEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-TCH, 3rd-ROM, 4th-POL WOMEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-JPN, 3rd-TCH, 4th-POL 1962 Moscow, URS MEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-TCH, 3rd-ROM, 4th-BUL WOMEN - 1st-JPN, 2nd-URS, 3rd-POL, 4th-ROM 1966 Prague, TCH MEN - 1st-TCH, 2nd-ROM, 3rd-URS, 4th-GDR 1967 Tokyo, JPN WOMEN - 1st-JPN, 2nd-USA, 3rd-KOR, 4th-PER 1970 Sofia, BUL MEN - 1st-GDR, 2nd-BUL, 3rd-JPN, 4th-TCH 1970 Varna, BUL WOMEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-JPN, 3rd-KOR, 4th-GDR 1974 Mexico City, MEX MEN - 1st-POL, 2nd-URS, 3rd-JPN, 4th-GDR 1974 Guadalajara, MEX WOMEN - 1st-JPN, 2nd-URS, 3rd-KOR, 4th-GDR 1978 Rome, ITA MEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-ITA, 3rd-CUB, 4th-KOR 1978 Leningrad, URS WOMEN - 1st-CUB, 2nd-JPN, 3rd-URS, 4th-KOR 1982 Buenos Aires, ARG MEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-BRA, 3rd-ARG, 4th-JPN 1982 Lima, PERU WOMEN - 1st-CHN, 2nd-PER, 3rd-USA, 4th-JPN 1986 Paris, FRA MEN - 1st-USA, 2nd-URS, 3rd-BUL, 4th-BRA 1986 Prague, TCH WOMEN - 1st-CHN, 2nd-CUB, 3rd-PER, 4th-GDR 1990 Rio de Janeiro, BRA MEN - 1st-ITA, 2nd-CUB, 3rd-URS, 4th-BRA 1990 Beijing, CHN WOMEN - 1st-URS, 2nd-CHN, 3rd-USA, 4th-CUB 1994 Athens, GRE MEN - 1st-ITA, 2nd-NED, 3rd-USA, 4th-CUB 1994 Sao Paulo, BRA WOMEN - 1st-CUB, 2nd-BRA, 3rd-RUS, 4th-KOR 1998 Osaka, JAPAN WOMEN MEN