Beach Volleyball was first welcomed as an Olympic discipline at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and is now one of the most popular Olympic sports thanks to the professional athletes, a healthy and colourful ambience, exciting competition and entertainment, and the equal treatment of men and women.
Beach Volleyball at the Olympics
Edition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Atlanta 1996 | Sandra Pires & Jackie Silva (BRA) | Monica Rodrigues & Adriana Samuel (BRA) | Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst (AUS) |
Sydney 2000 | Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst (AUS) | Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar (BRA) | Sandra Pires & Adriana Samuel (BRA) |
Athens 2004 | Misty May & Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) | Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar (BRA) | Holly McPeak & Elaine Youngs (USA) |
Beijing 2008 | Misty May & Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) | Tian Jia & Wang Jie (CHN) | Xue Chen & Zhang Xi (CHN) |
London 2012 | Misty May & Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) | Jennifer Kessy & April Ross (USA) | Larissa Franca & Juliana Silva (BRA) |
Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst (GER) | Agatha Bednarczuk & Barbara Seixas (BRA) | April Ross & Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) |
Tokyo 2020 | Alix Klineman & April Ross (USA) | Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy (AUS) | Joana Heidrich & Anouk Verge-Depre (SUI) |
Edition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Atlanta 1996 | Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (USA) | Mike Dodd & Mike Whitmarsh (USA) | John Child & Mark Heese (CAN) |
Sydney 2000 | Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana (USA) | Ze Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos (BRA) | Jorg Ahmann & Axel Hager (GER) |
Athens 2004 | Emanuel Rego & Ricardo Santos (BRA) | Javier Bosma & Pablo Herrera (ESP) | Patrick Heuscher & Stefan Kobel (SUI) |
Beijing 2008 | Phil Dalhausser & Todd Rogers (USA) | Marcio Araujo & Fabio Luiz Magalhaes (BRA) | Emanuel Rego & Ricardo Santos (BRA) |
London 2012 | Julius Brink & Jonas Reckermann (GER) | Alison Cerutti & Emanuel Rego (BRA) | Martins Plavins & Janis Smedins (LAT) |
Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) | Daniele Lupo & Paolo Nicolai (ITA) | Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen (NED) |
Tokyo 2020 | Anders Mol & Christian Sorum (NOR) | Viacheslav Krasilnikov & Oleg Stoyanovskiy (ROC) | Ahmed Tijan & Cherif Younousse (QAT) |