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

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These 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.

Contents

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) 15-55 (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. Bernsten/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, England (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, England (11) def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands (14), 15-12 (50)
  • Bernsten/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, England (11), 15-12 (38)
  • Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7) def. Bernsten/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)

    • References

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