Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

These page shows the results of the inaugural Men's Beach Volleybal Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The first Olympic Beach Volleyball competition took place in Atlanta Beach from July 23 to July 28 in a 10.000-seat stadium.

Contents

Results

Winner’s Bracket, First-round

Winner’s Bracket, Second-round

Winner’s Bracket, Third-round

Winner’s Bracket, Fourth-round

Loser’s Bracket, First-round (losers eliminated, place 17th)

Loser’s Bracket, Second-round (losers eliminated, place 13th)

Loser’s Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place ninth)

Loser’s Bracket, Fourth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh)

Loser’s Bracket, Fifth-round (losers eliminated, place fifth)

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold Medal match

Final round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
July 26        
  Kiraly/Steffes (USA)  1
July 27
  Smith/Henkel (USA)  0  
  Kiraly/Steffes (USA)  1
 
    Child/Heese (CAN)  0  
  Child/Heese (CAN)  1
July 28
  Bosma/Jimenez (ESP)  0  
  Kiraly/Steffes (USA)  2
 
    Dodd/Whitmarsh (USA)  0
  Dodd/Whitmarsh (USA)  1
 
  Bosma/Jimenez (ESP)  0  
  Dodd/Whitmarsh (USA)  1 Third place
 
    Maia/Brenha (POR)  0  
  Maia/Brenha (POR)  1   Child/Heese (CAN)  2
  Smith/Henkel (USA)  0     Maia/Brenha (POR)  0
 

Final ranking

RANK NAME ATHLETES SEED
 Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes (USA) 3
 Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh (USA) 4
 John Child and Mark Heese (CAN) 8
4.  João Brenha and Miguel Maia (POR) 18
5.  Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith (USA) 2
 Javier Bosma and Sixto Jimenez (ESP) 9
7.  Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide (NOR) 6
 Francisco Alvarez and Juan Rossell (CUB) 10
9.  Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto (BRA) 1
 Zé Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego (BRA) 5
 Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager (GER) 11
 Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner (AUS) 13
13.  Martin Conde and Eduardo Martínez (ARG) 7
 Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud (FRA) 12
 Andrea Ghiurghi and Nicola Grigolo (ITA) 14
 Marek Pakosta and Michal Palinek (CZE) 16
17.  Michel Everaert and Sander Mulder (NED) 15
 Miguel Prieto and José Yuste (ESP) 17
 Glenn Hamilton and Reid Hamilton (NZL) 19
 Eddie Drakich and Marc Dunn (CAN) 20
 Avo Keel and Kaido Kreen (EST) 21
 Shoji Setoyama and Kazuyuki Takao (JPN) 22
 Tom Englen and Fredrik Petersson (SWE) 23
 Markoji Markoji and Muchammad Nurmufid (INA) 24

See also

References