| Event: | Men's volleyball |
| Games: | 1964 Summer |
| Venue: | Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium and Komazawa Volleyball Courts |
| Date: | 13–23 October |
| Competitors: | 120 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | (1st title) |
| Next: | 1968 |
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first 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 Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan from 13 to 23 October 1964.[1]
| width=34% colspan="2" | Means of qualification! | width=26% | Date! | width=17% | Host! | width=6% | Vacancies! | width=17% | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Country | 26 May 1959 | Munich | 1 | ||||||
| 1962 World Championship | 13–26 October 1962 | 4 | |||||||
| African Qualifier | December 1963 | Alexandria | 1 | ||||||
| Asian Qualifier | 22–30 December 1963 |  New Delhi | 1 | ||||||
| 1963 European Championship | 21 October – 2 November 1963 | 1 | |||||||
| 1963 Pan American Games | for NORCECA | 21 April – 3 May 1963 |  São Paulo | 1 | |||||
| for Volleysur | 1 | ||||||||
| European Qualifier | January 1964 |  Brussels | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 10 | ||||||||
* Morocco withdrew and were replaced by Bulgaria.
See main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.
| width=50% | Main venue | width=50% | Sub venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokohama, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium | Komazawa Volleyball Courts | ||
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 3,908 | ||
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| width=40 | Rank | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
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| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 |
| 12–man Roster | |
| Bugajenkovs, Burobin, Chesnokov, K'ach'arava, Kalachikhin, Kovalenko, Lugailo, Mondzolevski, Poyarkov, Sibiryakov, Vengerovsky, Voskoboynikov | |
| Head coach | |
| Yuri Chesnokov |