Olympic Games - Beach Volleyball
Having been a demonstration sport at the 1992 Olympics, Beach Volleyball was accepted as an official event for the first time in Atlanta in 1996.
Both the Men's and Women's events have 24 teams take part at each Games, with a maximum of two doubles teams per country. One place is reserved for the host nation and a `wildcard` country.
The men's tournament has always had 24 pairs in each edition. The Women's event had 18 teams in 1996 before being raised to equal the Men in 2000.
Medallists
| 1996 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| KARCH KIRALY & KENT STEFFES (USA) | JACKIE SILVA & SANDRA PIRES (Bra) |
| Mike Dodd & Mike Whitmarsh (USA) | Adriana Samuel & M'a Rodrigues (Bra) |
| John Child & Mark Heese (Can) | Natalie Cook & K'i Pottharst (Aus) |
2000 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| DAIN BLANTON & ERIC FONOIMOANA (Usa) | NATALIE COOK & KERRI POTTHARST (Aus) |
| Ze Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos (Bra) | Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar (Bra) |
| Jorg Ahmann & Axel Hager (Ger) | Sandra Pires & Adriana Samuel (Bra) |
2004 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| RICARDO SANTOS & EMANUEL REGO (Bra) | KERRI WALSH & MISTY MAY (USA) |
| Javier Bosma & Pablo Herrera (Esp) | Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar (Bra) |
| Patrick Hauscher & Stefan Kobel (Swi) | Holly McPeak & Elaine Youngs (USA) |
2008 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| PHIL DALHAUSSER & TODD ROGERS (Usa) | KERRI WALSH & MISTY MAY-TREANOR (USA) |
| Marcio Araujo & Fabio Luiz (Bra) | Tian Jia & Wang Jie (Chn) |
| Ricardo Santos & Emanuel Rego (Bra) | Xue Chen & Zhang Xi (Chn) |
2012 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| JULIUS BRINK & JONAS RECKERMANN (Ger) | KERRI WALSH & MISTY MAY-TREANOR (USA) |
| Alison Cerutti & Emanuel Rego (Bra) | Jennifer Kessy & April Ross (USA) |
| Martins Plavins & Janis Smedins (Lat) | Juliana Felisberta & Larissa Franca (Bra) |
| 2016 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| ALISON CERRUTTI & BRUNO OSCAR SCHMIDT (Bra) | LAURA LUDWIG & KIRA WALKENHORST (Ger) |
| Danielle Lupo & Paolo Nicolai (Ita) | Agatha Bednarczuk & Barbara Seixas (Bra) |
| Aleander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen (Nld) | April Ross & Kerri Walsh-Jennings (USA) |
| 2020 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| ANDERS MOL & CHRISTIAN SORUM (Nor) | APRIL ROSS & ALIX KLINEMAN (USA) |
| Viacheslav Krasilnikov & Oleg Stoyanovskiy (ROC) | Taliqua Clancy & MAnafe Artacho del Solar (Aus) |
| Cherif Younousse & Ahmed Tijan (Qat) | Joana Hiedrich & Anouk Verge-Depre (Swi) |
| 2024 | |
| MEN | WOMEN |
| DAVID AHMAN & JONATAN HELLVIG (Swe) | ANA PATRICIA & DUDA LISBOA (Bra) |
| Nils Ehlers & Clemens Wickler (Ger) | Melissa Humana-Paredes & Brandie Wilkerson (Can) |
| Anders Mol & Christian Sorum (Nor) | Tanja Huberli & Nina Betschart (Swi) |
| The venues have been as follows: 1996: Atlanta Beach, Jonesboro, United States 2000: Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia 2004: Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Athens, Greece 2008: Chaoyang Park, Beijing, China 2012: Horse Guards Parade, London, Great Britain 2016: Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2020: Shiokaze Park, Tokyo 2024: Eiffel Tower, Paris Links to other Olympics |