Volleyball, Men

Competition	1978 Volleyball Men's World Championship
Venue	various ITA
Held	20 September – 1 October 1978
Status	Medal
Competitors	36
Countries	3

ITA qualified for the 1980 Moskva Olympics as the URS was already qualified as host.

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
🥇	Soviet Union	URS	—
	Vladimir Dorokhov / Aleksandr Yermilov / Vladimir Kondra / Valery Krivov / Fyodor Lashchonov / Viljar Loor / Oleg Moliboga / Anatoly Polishchuk / Aleksandr Savin / Pāvels Seļivanovs / Vladimir Chernyshov / Vyacheslav Zaytsev
🥈	Italy	ITA	—
	Antonio Alessandro / Massimo Concetti / Francesco Dall'Olio / Mauro Di Bernardo / Claudio Di Coste / Sebastiano Greco / Fabio Innocenti / Giovanni Lanfranco / Alessandro Lazzeroni / Fabrizio Nassi / Marco Negri / Antonio Scilipoti
🥉	Cuba	CUB	—
	Alfredo Figueredo / Víctor García / Ángel Gilbert / Leonel Marshall / Ernesto Martínez / Luis Oviedo / Antonio Pérez / Carlos Ruiz / Carlos Salas / Jesús Savigne / José David Suárez / Raúl Vilches