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

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.

Women's beach volleyball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Atlanta Beach
Dates	July 23–27
Competitors	36 from 13 nations
Medalists
Sandra Pires Jackie Silva  Brazil Mônica Rodrigues Adriana Samuel  Brazil Natalie Cook Kerri Pottharst  Australia

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
	Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (BRA)	1
	Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel (BRA)	5
	Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst (AUS)	6
4.	Barbra Fontana and Linda Hanley (USA)	4
5.	Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno (USA)	2
	Sachiko Fujita and Yukiko Takahashi (JPN)	8
7.	Beate Bühler and Danja Müsch (GER)	7
	Liane Fenwick and Anita Spring (AUS)	9
9.	Gail Castro and Deb Richardson (USA)	3
	Yuki Ishizaka and Peko Nakano (JPN)	10
	Audrey Cooper and Amanda Glover (GBR)	11
	Merita Berntsen and Ragni Hestad (NOR)	13
13.	Annamaria Solazzi and Consuelo Turetta (ITA)	12
	Debora Schoon-Kadijk and Lisette van de Ven (NED)	14
	Eta Kaize and Timy Yudhani Rahayu (INA)	17
	Brigitte Lesage and Anabelle Prawerman (FRA)	18
17.	Velia Eguiluz and Mayra Huerta (MEX)	15
	Barb Broen Ouellette and Margo Malowney (CAN)	16

See also

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

References

• Beach Volleyball Results