First Olympic team sport for women

According to Official Guinness Records,

Introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games, volleyball was the first Olympic team sport for female athletes. The round-robin event was won comfortably by the Japanese team, who lost just one set in the course of the competition and beat the silver medal-winning Soviet Union in straight sets.

For a complete list of 1964 records, please visit 1964 Guinness Records in Japan.

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