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Beach Volleyball, Women

Date	23 – 27 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Atlanta Beach, Jonesboro, Georgia
Participants	36 from 13 countries
Format	Double-elimination tournament.

The top ranked teams were the Brazilian pairs of Jackie and Sandra and Mônica and Adriana, and the American pair of Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno. But there was some friction within the American pair, as Reno was upset with McPeak, who had had breast implants earlier in 1996, and had not told her partner she was going to do that. Jackie was Jackie Silva, who competed for Brazil in indoor volleyball in 1980 and 1984, but moved to the beach in 1988. She and Sandra Pires had hooked up as a team in 1993 and quickly became the dominant team in the world. In Atlanta, they were easy winners, defeating their countrywomen in the final in two sets, 12-11 and 12-6. In 1997 they returned to win the first official World Championship of beach volleyball. The gold medal was the first ever won by Brazilian women.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points	Serve Points	Attack Points	Attack Side-Outs	Block Points	Block Side-Outs	Opponent Error Points	Opponent Error Side-Outs
1	Brazil 1	BRA	5	4	1	8	4-2	77-51	12	36	102	7	1	26	18	Gold
	Sandra Pires		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	8	14	54	1	0	–	–
	Jackie Silva		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	22	48	6	1	–	–
2	Brazil 2	BRA	6	5	1	10	6-1	90-66	10	41	144	3	0	32	31	Silver
	Mônica Rodrigues		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	24	87	2	0	–	–
	Adriana Samuel		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	7	17	57	1	0	–	–
3	Australia 1	AUS	5	4	1	8	5-1	72-57	11	42	132	4	1	15	44	Bronze
	Natalie Cook		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	27	77	3	1	–	–
	Kerri-Ann Pottharst		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	11	15	55	1	0	–	–
4	United States 1	USA	7	4	3	8	4-4	96-84	13	48	186	5	1	30	49
	Barbra Fontana Harris		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	7	20	116	1	1	–	–
	Linda Hanley		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	6	28	70	4	0	–	–
=5	United States 2	USA	4	2	2	4	2-2	53-40	9	26	89	5	0	13	14
	Holly McPeak		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	9	10	45	1	0	–	–
	Nancy Reno		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	16	44	4	0	–	–
=5	Japan 1	JPN	5	3	2	6	3-2	61-45	4	30	88	0	0	27	27
	Sachiko Fujita		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	5	47	0	0	–	–
	Yukiko Takahashi		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	25	41	0	0	–	–
=7	Germany	GER	4	2	2	4	2-2	40-47	6	14	73	6	1	14	23
	Beate Bühler		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	4	49	3	1	–	–
	Danja Müsch		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	10	24	3	0	–	–
=7	Australia 2	AUS	4	2	2	4	2-2	49-52	4	23	65	5	0	17	15
	Liane Fenwick		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	13	35	4	0	–	–
	Anita Spring		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	10	30	1	0	–	–
=9	United States 3	USA	3	1	2	2	1-2	33-34	5	11	65	1	0	16	16
	Gail Castro		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	7	48	0	0	–	–
	Deb Richardson		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	4	17	1	0	–	–
=9	Great Britain	GBR	3	1	2	2	1-2	31-42	3	14	49	1	0	13	26
	Audrey Cooper		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	9	26	0	0	–	–
	Amanda Glover		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	5	23	1	0	–	–
=9	Norway	NOR	3	1	2	2	1-2	32-41	8	9	55	0	2	15	27
	Merita Berntsen		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	6	4	26	0	1	–	–
	Ragni Hestad		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	5	29	0	1	–	–
=9	Japan 2	JPN	3	1	2	2	1-2	29-38	4	11	36	1	0	13	19
	Peko Nakano		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	7	21	1	0	–	–
	Yuki Ishizaka		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	4	15	0	0	–	–
=13	Indonesia	INA	4	2	2	4	2-2	32-45	5	16	46	0	0	11	23
	Timy Yudhani Rahayu		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	7	16	0	0	–	–
	Eta Kaize		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	9	30	0	0	–	–
=13	Netherlands	NED	2	0	2	–	0-2	16-30	3	6	38	0	1	7	12
	Debora Schoon-Kadijk		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	3	17	0	0	–	–
	Lisette van de Ven		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	3	21	0	1	–	–
=13	Italy	ITA	2	0	2	–	0-2	26-32	3	10	36	1	2	12	16
	Annamaria Solazzi		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	6	14	0	0	–	–
	Consuelo Turetta		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	4	22	1	2	–	–
=13	France	FRA	4	2	2	4	2-2	42-54	8	12	57	4	0	18	39
	Anabelle Prawerman		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	7	10	40	0	0	–	–
	Brigitte Lesage		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	2	17	4	0	–	–
=17	Canada	CAN	2	0	2	–	0-2	23-30	4	9	66	0	0	10	12
	Margo Malowney		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	3	36	0	0	–	–
	Barb Broen-Ouelette		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	6	30	0	0	–	–
=17	Mexico	MEX	2	0	2	–	0-2	16-30	0	3	18	3	2	10	9
	Mayra Huerta		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	2	8	3	2	–	–
	Velia Eguiluz		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	1	10	0	0	–	–

Round One

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Court 2	Yudhani Rahayu / Kaize	INA	15-10	Malowney / Broen-Ouelette	CAN
Match #2	23 Jul	Court 1	Prawerman / Lesage	FRA	15-11	Huerta / Eguiluz	MEX

Round Two

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Court 1	Pires / Silva	BRA	15-2	Yudhani Rahayu / Kaize	INA
Match #2	23 Jul	Court 2	Fenwick / Spring	AUS	15-10	Fujita / Takahashi	JPN
Match #3	23 Jul	Court 1	Rodrigues / Samuel	BRA	17-15	Solazzi / Turetta	ITA
Match #4	23 Jul	Court 1	Fontana Harris / Hanley	USA	15-8	Berntsen / Hestad	NOR
Match #5	23 Jul	Court 2	Castro / Richardson	USA	15-4	Schoon-Kadijk / van de Ven	NED
Match #6	23 Jul	Court 1	Cook / Pottharst	AUS	15-4	Cooper / Glover	GBR
Match #7	23 Jul	Court 2	Bühler / Müsch	GER	15-8	Nakano / Ishizaka	JPN
Match #8	23 Jul	Court 1	McPeak / Reno	USA	15-4	Prawerman / Lesage	FRA

Classification Round One

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Court 1	Prawerman / Lesage	FRA	15-13	Malowney / Broen-Ouelette	CAN
Match #2	23 Jul	Court 2	Yudhani Rahayu / Kaize	INA	15-5	Huerta / Eguiluz	MEX

Round Three

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Court 2	Pires / Silva	BRA	15-13	Fenwick / Spring	AUS
Match #2	24 Jul	Court 1	Rodrigues / Samuel	BRA	15-10	Fontana Harris / Hanley	USA
Match #3	24 Jul	Court 2	Cook / Pottharst	AUS	15-7	Castro / Richardson	USA
Match #4	24 Jul	Court 1	McPeak / Reno	USA	15-6	Bühler / Müsch	GER

Classification Round Two

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Court 1	Nakano / Ishizaka	JPN	15-8	Prawerman / Lesage	FRA
Match #2	23 Jul	Court 1	Cooper / Glover	GBR	15-12	Schoon-Kadijk / van de Ven	NED
Match #3	23 Jul	Court 2	Berntsen / Hestad	NOR	15-11	Solazzi / Turetta	ITA
Match #4	23 Jul	Court 2	Fujita / Takahashi	JPN	15-0	Yudhani Rahayu / Kaize	INA

Classification Round Three

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Court 1	Fontana Harris / Hanley	USA	15-6	Nakano / Ishizaka	JPN
Match #2	25 Jul	Court 1	Fenwick / Spring	AUS	15-12	Cooper / Glover	GBR
Match #3	25 Jul	Court 1	Bühler / Müsch	GER	15-9	Berntsen / Hestad	NOR
Match #4	25 Jul	Court 1	Fujita / Takahashi	JPN	15-11	Castro / Richardson	USA

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Court 1	Pires / Silva	BRA	15-4	Rodrigues / Samuel	BRA
Match #2	25 Jul	Court 2	Cook / Pottharst	AUS	15-13	McPeak / Reno	USA

Classification Quarter-Finals

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Court 1	Fontana Harris / Hanley	USA	15-6	Fenwick / Spring	AUS
Match #2	25 Jul	Court 2	Fujita / Takahashi	JPN	15-4	Bühler / Müsch	GER

Classification Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Court 1	Fontana Harris / Hanley	USA	15-10	McPeak / Reno	USA
Match #2	26 Jul	Court 2	Rodrigues / Samuel	BRA	15-6	Fujita / Takahashi	JPN

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Court 1	Pires / Silva	BRA	15-8	Fontana Harris / Hanley	USA
Match #2	26 Jul	Court 1	Rodrigues / Samuel	BRA	15-3	Cook / Pottharst	AUS

Final Round

Date	27 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Jul	Court 1	Pires / Silva	BRA	12-11, 12-6	Rodrigues / Samuel	BRA
Match 3/4	27 Jul	Court 1	Cook / Pottharst	AUS	12-11, 12-7	Fontana Harris / Hanley	USA