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 ATHLETESSEED1564.45.287.799.310111313.1214171817.1516
See also Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
References Beach Volleyball Results