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Beach Volleyball, Men

Date	23 – 28 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Atlanta Beach, Jonesboro, Georgia
Participants	48 from 19 countries
Format	Double-elimination tournament.

The controversy over the administration of beach volleyball extended to the sand of the men’s competition in Atlanta. The IOC had recognized the FIVB as the governing body of beach volleyball, although most of the top men professionals played on the AVP Tour. The FIVB ruled that AVP players had to qualify via FIVB events. Originally only two teams per nations were to be allowed, but because of the dispute between the FIVB and AVP, three teams from any country could compete. The #1 seed was the Brazilian team of Lopes and Neto, who would finish only equal ninth. The big story in Atlanta was the two rival American teams from the competing tours. Sinjin Smith (Sinjin is short for his middle name of St. John) and Carl Henkel played on the FIVB tour. The top AVP team consisted of Kent Steffes and Karch Kiraly. Kiraly had led the US to indoor gold medals in 1984 and 1988, and was considered the greatest volleyball player in the world. Originally a beach partner of Sinjin Smith, he and Smith no longer got on well, further inflaming the rivalry. The third US team consisted of Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh, who also played on the AVP Tour. The match of the tournament occurred in the quarter-finals between Kiraly/Steffes and Smith/Henkel. Smith and Henkel went ahead 12-8, and had match point at both 14-13 and 15-14. Kiraly and Steffes fought off four match points to win, 17-15. The final came down to the two AVP teams, with Kiraly/Steffes defeating Dodd/Whitmarsh in two sets, 12-5, 12-8.

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	United States 1	👁 Image USA	5	5	0	10	6-0	86-51	11	39	113	16	1	20	30	Gold
Karch Kiraly	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	18	74	9	0	–	–
Kent Steffes	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	8	21	39	7	1	–	–
2	United States 2	👁 Image USA	5	4	1	8	4-2	73-62	2	28	138	21	1	22	32	Silver
Mike Whitmarsh	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	8	78	21	1	–	–
Mike Dodd	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	20	60	0	0	–	–
3	Canada 1	👁 Image CAN	8	6	2	12	7-2	111-69	12	53	176	18	8	28	44	Bronze
John Child	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	31	79	8	5	–	–
Mark Heese	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	8	22	97	10	3	–	–
4	Portugal	👁 Image POR	9	6	3	12	6-4	123-103	14	57	243	20	4	32	55
Miguel Maia	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	7	35	108	1	1	–	–
João Brenha	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	7	22	135	19	3	–	–
=5	Spain 1	👁 Image ESP	5	3	2	6	3-2	55-47	3	26	119	7	1	19	26
Javier Bosma	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	6	44	7	1	–	–
Sixto Jiménez	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	20	75	0	0	–	–
=5	United States 3	👁 Image USA	4	2	2	4	2-2	58-52	4	21	103	17	1	16	24
Sinjin Smith	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	10	60	0	0	–	–
Carl Henkel	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	11	43	17	1	–	–
=7	Cuba	👁 Image CUB	5	3	2	6	3-2	62-50	5	29	100	7	0	21	22
Francisco Álvarez	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	20	60	0	0	–	–
Juan Miguel Rossell	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	5	9	40	7	0	–	–
=7	Norway	👁 Image NOR	5	3	2	6	3-2	64-55	12	23	124	12	2	17	36
Jan Kvalheim	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	7	10	63	10	1	–	–
Bjørn Maaseide	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	5	13	61	2	1	–	–
=9	Germany	👁 Image GER	4	2	2	4	2-2	44-54	5	20	100	7	2	12	38
Jörg Ahmann	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	15	46	0	0	–	–
Axel Hager	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	5	54	7	2	–	–
=9	Australia	👁 Image AUS	5	3	2	6	3-2	61-57	6	25	125	9	2	21	24
Julien Prosser	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	4	18	63	5	0	–	–
Leo Zahner	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	7	62	4	2	–	–
=9	Brazil 1	👁 Image BRA	3	1	2	2	1-2	34-35	7	16	94	6	1	5	31
Franco Neto	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	5	7	59	6	1	–	–
Roberto Lopes	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	9	35	0	0	–	–
=9	Brazil 2	👁 Image BRA	3	1	2	2	1-2	36-31	0	18	77	4	0	14	13
Zé Marco	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	11	50	0	0	–	–
Emanuel	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	7	27	4	0	–	–
=13	Czech Republic	👁 Image CZE	4	2	2	4	2-2	44-47	7	17	69	7	0	13	22
Michal Palinek	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	12	45	0	0	–	–
Marek Pakosta	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	6	5	24	7	0	–	–
=13	France	👁 Image FRA	4	2	2	4	2-2	44-50	1	13	95	17	2	13	26
Christian Penigaud	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	1	38	17	2	–	–
Jean-Philippe Jodard	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	12	57	0	0	–	–
=13	Italy	👁 Image ITA	4	2	2	4	2-2	48-46	5	17	76	7	3	19	32
Andrea Ghiurghi	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	9	35	6	2	–	–
Nicola Grigolo	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	8	41	1	1	–	–
=13	Argentina	👁 Image ARG	3	1	2	2	1-2	31-35	0	15	59	5	0	11	12
Esteban Martínez	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	5	45	3	0	–	–
Martín Conde	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	10	14	2	0	–	–
=17	Spain 2	👁 Image ESP	2	0	2	–	0-2	19-30	2	5	36	3	0	9	8
Javi Yuste	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	4	25	0	0	–	–
Miguel Ángel Martín	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	1	11	3	0	–	–
=17	Indonesia	👁 Image INA	2	0	2	–	0-2	12-30	5	4	38	1	1	2	11
Mohamed Nurmufid	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	3	21	0	1	–	–
Markoji	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	3	1	17	1	0	–	–
=17	Estonia	👁 Image EST	2	0	2	–	0-2	10-30	1	3	51	1	1	5	11
Avo Keel	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	1	21	1	1	–	–
Kaido Kreen	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	2	30	0	0	–	–
=17	Canada 2	👁 Image CAN	2	0	2	–	0-2	14-30	2	2	43	5	0	5	14
Ed Drakich	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	0	28	4	0	–	–
Marc Dunn	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	2	15	1	0	–	–
=17	New Zealand	👁 Image NZL	2	0	2	–	0-2	16-30	2	3	40	5	1	6	10
Reid Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	2	17	1	0	–	–
Glenn Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	1	23	4	1	–	–
=17	Japan	👁 Image JPN	2	0	2	–	0-2	20-30	2	5	52	5	0	8	16
Kazuyuki Takao	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	4	24	4	0	–	–
Shoji Setoyama	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	2	1	28	1	0	–	–
=17	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	2	0	2	–	0-2	5-30	0	3	28	0	0	2	11
Tom Englén	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	0	20	0	0	–	–
Fredrik Peterson	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	3	8	0	0	–	–
=17	Netherlands	👁 Image NED	2	0	2	–	0-2	14-30	1	7	37	2	1	4	12
Michel Everaert	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	1	2	22	0	0	–	–
Sander Mulder	–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	0	5	15	2	1	–	–

Round One

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Court 1	Palinek / Pakosta	👁 Image CZE	15-11	Yuste / Martín	👁 Image ESP
Match #2	23 Jul	Court 2	Bosma / Jiménez	👁 Image ESP	15-7	Nurmufid / Markoji	👁 Image INA
Match #3	23 Jul	Court 1	Penigaud / Jodard	👁 Image FRA	15-8	Keel / Kreen	👁 Image EST
Match #4	23 Jul	Court 2	Prosser / Zahner	👁 Image AUS	15-6	Drakich / Dunn	👁 Image CAN
Match #5	23 Jul	Court 2	Ghiurghi / Grigolo	👁 Image ITA	15-8	Hamilton / Hamilton	👁 Image NZL
Match #6	23 Jul	Court 1	Ahmann / Hager	👁 Image GER	15-8	Takao / Setoyama	👁 Image JPN
Match #7	23 Jul	Court 2	Álvarez / Rossell	👁 Image CUB	15-3	Englén / Peterson	👁 Image SWE
Match #8	23 Jul	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR	15-8	Everaert / Mulder	👁 Image NED

Round Two

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Court 1	Neto / Lopes	👁 Image BRA	15-5	Palinek / Pakosta	👁 Image CZE
Match #2	24 Jul	Court 2	Bosma / Jiménez	👁 Image ESP	15-1	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN
Match #3	24 Jul	Court 2	Zé Marco / Emanuel	👁 Image BRA	15-1	Penigaud / Jodard	👁 Image FRA
Match #4	24 Jul	Court 1	Dodd / Whitmarsh	👁 Image USA	15-10	Prosser / Zahner	👁 Image AUS
Match #5	24 Jul	Court 1	Kiraly / Steffes	👁 Image USA	15-7	Ghiurghi / Grigolo	👁 Image ITA
Match #6	24 Jul	Court 2	Ahmann / Hager	👁 Image GER	17-16	Kvalheim / Maaseide	👁 Image NOR
Match #7	24 Jul	Court 2	Álvarez / Rossell	👁 Image CUB	15-11	Martínez / Conde	👁 Image ARG
Match #8	24 Jul	Court 1	Smith / Henkel	👁 Image USA	15-7	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR

Classification Round One

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR	15-8	Yuste / Martín	👁 Image ESP
Match #2	24 Jul	Court 2	Martínez / Conde	👁 Image ARG	15-5	Nurmufid / Markoji	👁 Image INA
Match #3	24 Jul	Court 1	Kvalheim / Maaseide	👁 Image NOR	15-2	Keel / Kreen	👁 Image EST
Match #4	24 Jul	Court 2	Ghiurghi / Grigolo	👁 Image ITA	15-8	Drakich / Dunn	👁 Image CAN
Match #5	24 Jul	Court 2	Prosser / Zahner	👁 Image AUS	15-8	Hamilton / Hamilton	👁 Image NZL
Match #6	24 Jul	Court 1	Penigaud / Jodard	👁 Image FRA	15-12	Takao / Setoyama	👁 Image JPN
Match #7	24 Jul	Court 1	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN	15-2	Englén / Peterson	👁 Image SWE
Match #8	24 Jul	Court 2	Palinek / Pakosta	👁 Image CZE	15-6	Everaert / Mulder	👁 Image NED

Round Three

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Court 2	Bosma / Jiménez	👁 Image ESP	15-9	Neto / Lopes	👁 Image BRA
Match #2	25 Jul	Court 1	Dodd / Whitmarsh	👁 Image USA	15-9	Zé Marco / Emanuel	👁 Image BRA
Match #3	25 Jul	Court 1	Kiraly / Steffes	👁 Image USA	15-5	Ahmann / Hager	👁 Image GER
Match #4	25 Jul	Court 1	Smith / Henkel	👁 Image USA	15-13	Álvarez / Rossell	👁 Image CUB

Classification Round Two

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Court 2	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR	15-5	Martínez / Conde	👁 Image ARG
Match #2	25 Jul	Court 1	Kvalheim / Maaseide	👁 Image NOR	15-11	Ghiurghi / Grigolo	👁 Image ITA
Match #3	25 Jul	Court 1	Prosser / Zahner	👁 Image AUS	15-13	Penigaud / Jodard	👁 Image FRA
Match #4	25 Jul	Court 1	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN	15-9	Palinek / Pakosta	👁 Image CZE

Classification Round Three

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR	15-12	Zé Marco / Emanuel	👁 Image BRA
Match #2	25 Jul	Court 2	Kvalheim / Maaseide	👁 Image NOR	15-10	Neto / Lopes	👁 Image BRA
Match #3	25 Jul	Court 2	Álvarez / Rossell	👁 Image CUB	15-6	Prosser / Zahner	👁 Image AUS
Match #4	25 Jul	Court 1	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN	15-7	Ahmann / Hager	👁 Image GER

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Court 2	Dodd / Whitmarsh	👁 Image USA	15-6	Bosma / Jiménez	👁 Image ESP
Match #2	26 Jul	Court 1	Kiraly / Steffes	👁 Image USA	17-15	Smith / Henkel	👁 Image USA

Classification Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR	15-3	Kvalheim / Maaseide	👁 Image NOR
Match #2	26 Jul	Court 2	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN	15-4	Álvarez / Rossell	👁 Image CUB

Classification Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR	15-13	Smith / Henkel	👁 Image USA
Match #2	26 Jul	Court 2	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN	15-4	Bosma / Jiménez	👁 Image ESP

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Court 1	Dodd / Whitmarsh	👁 Image USA	15-13	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR
Match #2	27 Jul	Court 1	Kiraly / Steffes	👁 Image USA	15-11	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN

Final Round

Date	27 – 28 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Jul	Court 1	Kiraly / Steffes	👁 Image USA	12-5, 12-8	Dodd / Whitmarsh	👁 Image USA
Match 3/4	28 Jul	Court 1	Child / Heese	👁 Image CAN	12-5, 12-8	Maia / Brenha	👁 Image POR

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