Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament explained

Event:	Women's beach volleyball
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Atlanta Beach
Dates:	July 23–27
Competitors:	36
Nations:	13
Gold:	Sandra Pires Jackie Silva
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Mônica Rodrigues Adriana Samuel
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Natalie Cook Kerri Pottharst
Bronzenoc:	AUS

This page shows the results of the inaugural Women's Beach Volleyball 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. Berntsen/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, Great Britain (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, Great Britain (11) def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands (14), 15-12 (50)
- Berntsen/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, Great Britain (11), 15-12 (38)
- Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7) def. Berntsen/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)

Semi-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

RANK	NAME ATHLETES	SEED
		1
		5
		6
4.		4
5.		2
	8
7.		7
	9
9.		3
	10
	11
	13
13.		12
	14
	17
	18
17.		15
	16

References

Beach Volleyball Results