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

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. Twenty-four men's teams and sixteen women's teams competed for Olympic medals and over 107,000 spectators attended the event. Beach volleyball had a complete 'sell out' in tickets.

The competitors were selected through a detailed Olympic qualification process which saw the participation of a total of 587 men's and women's athletes from 46 countries. At the Olympics, a double elimination tournament was played for both men and women until a total of four teams qualify for the semifinals: the two finalist teams of the winners bracket and the two finalist teams of the elimination bracket. Semifinal winners played for the first and second places; semifinal losers played for third and fourth places.

The remaining two Men's and two Women's teams for the US were determined at the Olympic Beach Trials held in Baltimore, Maryland on June 4 to June 9, 1996. On June 29 in Marseille, there was a drawing of lots to determine the time table for the Men's and Women's Olympic Beach Tournaments.

Results

Winner’s Bracket, First-round

* Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16) def. Yuste/Prieto, Spain (17), 15-11 (27 minutes)
* Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9) def. Nurmufid/Markoji, Indonesia (24), 15-7 (41)
* Penigaud/Jodard, France (12) def. Keel/Kreen, Estonia (21), 15-8 (48)
* Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13) def. Drakich/Dunn, Canada (20), 15-6 (35)
* Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14) def. Hamilton/Hamilton, New Zealand (19), 15-8 (39)
* Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11) def. Takao/Setoyama, Japan (22), 15-8 (51)
* Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10) def. Englen/Petersson, Sweden (23), 15-3 (29)
* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Everaert/Mulder, Netherlands (15), 15-8 (51)

Winner’s Bracket, Second-round

* Roberto Lopes/Franco, Brazil (1) def. Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16), 15-5 (34)
* Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9) def. Child/Heese, Canada (8), 15-1 (31)
* Zé Marco/Emanuel, Brazil (5) def. Penigaud/Jodard, France (12), 15-1 (27)
* Dodd/Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13), 15-10 (49)
* Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14), 15-7 (36)
* Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11) def. Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6), 17-16 (67)
* Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10) def. Conde/Martinez, Argentina (7), 15-11 (41)
* Smith/Henkel, United States (2) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18), 15-7 (36)

Winner’s Bracket, Third-round

* Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9) def. Roberto Lopes/Franco, Brazil (1), 15-9 (71)
* Dodd-Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Zé Marco/Emanuel, Brazil (5), 15-9 (44)
* Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11), 15-5 (32)
* Smith/Henkel, United States (2) def. Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10), 15-13 (52)

Winner’s Bracket, Fourth-round

* Dodd/Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9), 15-6 (30)
* Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Smith/Henkel, United States (2), 17-15 (54)

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

* Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16) def. Everaert/Mulder, Netherlands (15), 15-6 (35)
* Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Englen/Petersson, Sweden (23), 15-2 (28)
* Penigaud/Jodard, France (12) def. Takao/Setoyama, Japan (22), 15-12 (47)
* Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13) def. Hamilton/Hamilton New Zealand (19), 15-8 (38)
* Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14) def. Drakich/Dunn, Canada (20), 15-8 (45)
* Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6) def. Keel/Kreen, Estonia (21), 15-2 (31)
* Conde/Martinez, Argentina (7) def. Nurmufid/Markoji, Indonesia (24), 15-5 (35)
* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Yuste/Prieto, Spain (17), 15-8 (49)

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

* Maia/Brenha, Porgtual (18) def. Conde/Martinez, Argentina (7), 15-5 (35)
* Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6) def. Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14), 15-11 (43)
* Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13) def. Penigaud/Jodard, France (12), 15-13 (52)
* Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16), 15-9 (46)

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

* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Zé Marco/Emanuel, Brazil (5), 15-12 (54)
* Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6) def. Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil (1), 15-10 (51)
* Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10) def. Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13), 15-6 (35)
* Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11), 15-7 (42)

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

* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6), 15-3 (28)
* Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10), 15-4 (30)

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

* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Smith/Henkel, United States (2), 15-13 (70)
* Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9), 15-4 (32)

emi-finals

* Dodd/Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18), 15-13 (65)
* Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Child/Heese, Canada (8), 15-11 (40)

Bronze Medal Match

* Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18), 12-5 and 12-8 (77)

Gold Medal Match

* Kiraly/Steffes, USA (3) def. Dodd/Whitmarsh, USA (4), 12-5 and 12-8 (62)

Final round

Round8-with third
July 26 |flagIOCathlete|Kiraly/Steffes|USA|1996 Summer|1|flagIOCathlete|Smith/Henkel|USA|1996 Summer|0
|flagIOCathlete|Child/Heese|CAN|1996 Summer|1|flagIOCathlete|Bosma/Jimenez|ESP|1996 Summer|0
|flagIOCathlete|Dodd/Whitmarsh|USA|1996 Summer|1|flagIOCathlete|Bosma/Jimenez|ESP|1996 Summer|0
|flagIOCathlete|Maia/Brenha|POR|1996 Summer|1|flagIOCathlete|Smith/Henkel|USA|1996 Summer|0
July 27|flagIOCathlete|Kiraly/Steffes|USA|1996 Summer|1|flagIOCathlete|Child/Heese|CAN|1996 Summer|0
|flagIOCathlete|Dodd/Whitmarsh|USA|1996 Summer|1|flagIOCathlete|Maia/Brenha|POR|1996 Summer|0
July 28|flagIOCathlete|Kiraly/Steffes|USA|1996 Summer|2|flagIOCathlete|Dodd/Whitmarsh|USA|1996 Summer|0
|flagIOCathlete|Child/Heese|CAN|1996 Summer|2|flagIOCathlete|Maia/Brenha|POR|1996 Summer|0

Final Ranking

ee also

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

References

* [http://www.bvbinfo.com/Tournament.asp?ID=648 Beach Volleybal Results]