| Event: | Women's volleyball |
| Games: | 1968 Summer |
| Venue: | Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium Revolution Ice Rink |
| Date: | 13–26 October |
| Competitors: | 94 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | (1st title) |
| Prev: | 1964 |
| Next: | 1972 |
The 1968 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 2nd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Ciudad de México, Mexico from October 13 to 26, 1968.[1]
| width=280 | Qualifiers! | width=150 | Date! | width=200 | Host! | width=80 | Vacancies! | width=200 | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Country | 18 October 1963 | Baden-Baden | 1 | ||||||
| 1964 Olympic Games | Oct. 11–23, 1964 |  Tokyo | 1 | ||||||
| 1967 World Championship | Jan. 25 – 29, 1967 | Tokyo | 3 | ||||||
| 1967 European Championship | Oct. 22 – Nov. 7, 1967 |  İzmir | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 8 | ||||||||
The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all teams were placed into a single pool and faced each other once.
See main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters.
| Place | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 |
| 12-woman roster | |
| Lyudmila Buldakova, Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya, Tatyana Veinberga, Vera Lantratova, Vera Galushka-Duyunova, Tatyana Sarycheva, Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova, Nina Smoleeva, Inna Ryskal, Galina Leontyeva, Roza Salikhova, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova | |
| Head coach | |
| Givi Akhvlediani |