Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's beach volleyball

These page shows the results of the inaugural Women's Beach Volleybal Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, held from July 23 to July 27, 1996. There were a total number of eighteen participating couples.

Results

Winner’s Bracket, First-round

*Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (No. 17-seeded team) def. Malowney/Oullette, Canada (16), 15-10 (44 minutes)
*Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) def. Hernandez/Soto, Mexico (15) 15-11 (28)

Winner’s Bracket, Second-round

*Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9) def. Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8), 15-10 (26)
*Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Solazzi/Turetta, Italy (12) 17-15 (57)
*Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. Bernsten/Hestad, Norway (13) 15-4 (41)
*Castro/Richardson, United States (3) def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands (14) 15-8 (34)
*Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. Cooper/Glover, England (11) 15-4 (38)
*Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7) def. Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan (10) 15-8 (36)
*Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (17) 15-2 (26)
*McPeak/Reno, United States (2) def. Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) 15-4 (33)

Winner’s Bracket, Third-round

*Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9), 15-13 (45)
*Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Fontana/Hanley, United States (4), 15-10 (55)
*Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. Castro/Richardson, United States (3), 15-7 (38)
*McPeak/Reno, United States (2) def. Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7), 15-6 (36)

Winner’s Bracket, Fourth-round

*Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5), 15-4 (33)
*Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. McPeak/Reno, United States (2), 15-13 (65)

Loser’s Bracket, First-round

*"Losers eliminated, place 17th"
**Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) def. Malowney/Oullette, Canada (16), 15-13 (68)
**Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (17) def. Hernandez/Soto, Mexico (15) 15-11 (29)

Loser’s Bracket, Second-round

*"Losers eliminated, place 13th"
**Cooper/Glover, England (11) def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands (14), 15-12 (50)
**Bernsten/Hestad, Norway (13) def. Solazzi/Turetta, Italy (12) 15-11 (42)
**Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan (10) def. Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) (26)
**Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8) def. Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (17), 15-0 (18)

Loser’s Bracket, Third-round

*"Losers eliminated, place ninth"
**Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan (10), 15-6 (32)
**Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9) def. Cooper/Glover, England (11), 15-12 (38)
**Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7) def. Bernsten/Hestad, Norway (13), 15-9 (45)
**Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8) def. Castro/Richardson, United States (3), 15-11 (49)

Loser’s Bracket, Fourth-round

*"Losers eliminated, place seventh"
**Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9), 15-6 (37)
**Fujita-Takahashi, Japan (8) def. Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7), 15-4 (32)

Loser’s Bracket, Fifth-round

*"Losers eliminated, place fifth"
**Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. McPeak/Reno, United States (2), 15-10 (49)
**Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil(5) def. Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8), 15-6 (45)

emi-finals

*Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Fontana/Hanley, United States (4), 15-8 (39)
*Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6), 15-3 (27)

Bronze Medal Match

*Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. Fontana/Hanley, United States (4), 12-11 and 12-7 (111)

Gold Medal Match

*Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5), 12-11 and 12-6 (69)

Final Ranking

ee also

* Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament
* Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

References

* [http://www.bvbinfo.com/Tournament.asp?ID=993 Beach Volleybal Results]