| Event: | Men's volleyball |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Venue: | Jamsil Gymnasium, Hanyang University Gymnasium and Saemaul Sports Hall |
| Date: | 17 September – 2 October |
| Gold: | (2nd title) |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
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The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the 7th 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 Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 2 October 1988.[1]
| width=30% | Means of qualification! | width=27% | Date! | width=18% | Host! | width=6% | Vacancies! | width=19% | Qualified |
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| Host Country | 30 September 1981 | Baden-Baden | 1 | ||||||
| 1984 Olympic Games | 29 July – 11 August 1984 |  Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||
| 1985 World Cup | 22 November – 1 December 1985 | 1 | |||||||
| 1986 World Championship | 25 September – 5 October 1986 | 1 | |||||||
| 1st World Qualifier | 10–17 May 1987 |  Brasília | 1 | ||||||
| 1987 African Championship | December 1987 |  Tunis | 1 | ||||||
| 1987 Asian Championsnip | 15–25 October 1987 | Kuwait City | 1 | ||||||
| 1987 European Championship | 25 September – 3 October 1987 | 1 | |||||||
| 1987 NORCECA Championship | 12–19 June 1987 |  Havana | 1 | ||||||
| 1987 South American Championship | 20–27 September 1987 | Montevideo | 1 | ||||||
| 2nd World Qualifier | 31 January – 7 February 1988 | Amsterdam | 1 | ||||||
| 3rd World Qualifier | 20–25 May 1988 |  Florence | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 12 | ||||||||
* Cuba withdrew because of the North Korea-led boycott and were replaced by Italy, who won the best-of-three playoff against China.
| width=50% | Pool A | width=50% | Pool B |
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See main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.
| width=33% | Main venue | width=33% | Sub venue | width=33% | Sub venue |
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| Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | |||
| Jamsil Gymnasium | Hanyang University Gymnasium | Saemaul Sports Hall | |||
| Capacity: 13,409 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 4,500 | |||
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| 12–man roster | |
| Troy Tanner, Dave Saunders, Jon Root, Bob Ctvrtlik, Douglas Partie, Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Scott Fortune, Ricci Luyties, Jeff Stork, Eric Sato, Karch Kiraly (c) | |
| Head coach | |
| Marv Dunphy |
