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

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

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)

Semi-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[]

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

		Maia/Brenha (POR)	0	Bronze medal match
Maia/Brenha (POR)	1

Smith/Henkel (USA)	0
				Child/Heese (CAN)	2

				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.	and Sinjin Smith (USA)	2
5.	Javier Bosma and (ESP)	9
7.	Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide (NOR)	6
7.	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 (ITA)	14
	and (CZE)	16
17.	and (NED)	15
	and (ESP)	17
	and (NZL)	19
	and (CAN)	20
	Avo Keel and Kaido Kreen (EST)	21
	and (JPN)	22
	and (SWE)	23
	and (INA)	24

References[]

Beach Volleyball Results

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
Beach
Tournament	men	women
v t