Beach volleyball at the Pan American Games

Beach volleyball was introduced at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, three years after the 1996 Summer Olympics, when the sport made its Olympic debut.

Beach volleyball at the Pan American Games
No. of events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)

Men's tournament

Results summary

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match				Teams
			Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists		Bronze medalists	Score	4th place
1999 Details	Winnipeg		Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann	—	Lula Barbosa and Adriano Garrido		Roberto Lopes da Costa and Franco Neto	—	Ihosvany Chambers and Lazaro Milian Carvajal		12
2003 Details	Santo Domingo		Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell	—	Luizão Corrêa and Paulo Emilio Silva		Ramón Hernández and Raúl Papaleo	—	David Fischer and Brad Torsone		17
2007 Details	Rio de Janeiro		Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos	—	Ty Loomis and Hans Stolfus		Francisco Álvarez and Leonel Munder	—	Jason Kruger and Wes Montgomery		16
2011 Details	Guadalajara		Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego	2–0	Igor Hernández and Farid Mussa		Santiago Etchegaray and Pablo Suárez	2–1	Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen		16
2015 Details	Toronto		Rodolfo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen	2–1	Vitor Araujo and Álvaro Morais Filho		Nivaldo Díaz and Sergio González	2–1	Esteban Grimalt and Marco Grimalt		16
2019 Details	Lima		Marco Grimalt and Esteban Grimalt	2–1	Rodolfo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen		Nicolás Capogrosso and Julian Azaad	2–0	Aaron Nusbaum and Michael Plantinga		16
2023 Details	Santiago		André Stein and George Wanderley	2–1	Jorge Alayo and Noslen Díaz		Marco Grimalt and Esteban Grimalt	2–1	Logan Webber and Hagen Smith		16

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
•  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
•    – Hosts
• = – More than one team tied for that rank
• Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Nation	1999 (12)	2003 (17)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (16)	2023 (16)	Years
Argentina	•	•	= 9th	3rd	6th	3rd	8th	4
Aruba	•	•	•	•	15th	•	•	1
Bolivia	•	= 9th	•	•	•	•	12th	2
Brazil	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	7th	1st	7
	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•
Canada	1st	= 5th	4th	= 9th	8th	4th	5th	7
	= 7th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cayman Islands	•	= 13th	•	•	•	•	•	1
Chile	•	•	= 9th	= 9th	4th	1st	3rd	5
Colombia	•	•	= 13th	•	•	•	10th	2
Costa Rica	= 10th	= 9th	= 5th	= 13th	•	14th	16th	6
Cuba	4th	1st	3rd	= 5th	3rd	5th	2nd	7
Dominican Republic	•	= 5th	•	= 9th	•	10th	•	3
Ecuador	•	= 13th	= 13th	•	•	•	7th	3
El Salvador	•	= 5th	= 9th	= 13th	13th	11th	14th	6
Guatemala	•	17th	= 13th	= 5th	16th	9th	•	5
Honduras	= 10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Independent Athletes Team	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	1
Jamaica	•	•	•	= 13th	•	•	•	1
Mexico	= 5th	= 5th	= 5th	4th	1st	2nd	6th	7
Netherlands Antilles	= 10th	= 9th	•	•	•	•	•	2
Nicaragua	•	•	= 13th	= 13th	12th	13th	13th	5
Paraguay	•	= 9th	•	•	•	•	11th	2
Peru	•	•	•	•	•	16th	•	1
Puerto Rico	= 5th	3rd	= 5th	= 9th	7th	•	•	5
Saint Lucia	•	•	•	•	14th	•	•	1
Trinidad and Tobago	•	= 13th	•	•	9th	15th	•	3
Uruguay	•	= 13th	= 5th	= 5th	5th	6th	9th	6
United States	= 7th	4th	2nd	= 5th	11th	10th	4th	7
	= 7th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Venezuela	•	•	= 9th	2nd	10th	8th	•	4
Total	9	17	16	16	16	16	16	27

Women's tournament

Results summary

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match				Teams
			Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists		Bronze medalists	Score	4th place
1999 Details	Winnipeg		Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede	—	Jenny Pavley and Marsha Miller		Laura Almaral and Mayra Huerta	—	Barb Broen-Ouelette and Christine Pack		12
2003 Details	Santo Domingo		Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea	—	Mayra García and Hilda Gaxiola		Ana Richa and Larissa França	—	Nancy Gougeon and Wanda Guenette		13
2007 Details	Rio de Janeiro		Juliana Silva and Larissa França	—	Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea		Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García	—	Marie-Andrée Lessard and Sarah Maxwell		16
2011 Details	Guadalajara		Juliana Silva and Larissa França	2–1	Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García		Yarleen Santiago and Yamileska Yantín	2–1	Emily Day and Heather Hughes		16
2015 Details	Toronto		Ana Gallay and Georgina Klug	2–1	Lianma Flores and Leila Martínez		Carolina Horta and Liliane Maestrini	2–0	Melissa Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke		16
2019 Details	Lima		Karissa Cook and Jace Pardon	2–1	Ana Gallay and Fernanda Pereyra		Carolina Horta and Ângela Lavalle	2–0	Maylen Delís and Leila Martínez		16
2023 Details	Santiago		Ana Patrícia Ramos and Eduarda Lisboa	2–0	Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson		Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Murphy	2–0	Ana Gallay and Fernanda Pereyra		16

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
•  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
•    – Hosts
• = – More than one team tied for that rank
• Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Nation	1999 (12)	2003 (13)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (16)	2023 (16)	Years
Antigua and Barbuda	•	= 9th	•	•	•	•	•	1
Argentina	•	•	= 13th	= 9th	1st	2nd	4th	5
Aruba	•	= 9th	•	•	•	•	•	1
Bolivia	•	13th	•	•	•	•	•	1
Brazil	1st	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	7
	= 5th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Canada	4th	4th	4th	= 5th	4th	9th	2nd	7
	= 10th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cayman Islands	•	•	•	•	16th	•	•	1
Chile	•	= 5th	•	= 13th	10th	6th	8th	5
Colombia	•	•	= 5th	= 5th	6th	5th	10th	5
Costa Rica	•	= 5th	= 9th	= 9th	8th	8th	13th	6
Cuba	= 7th	1st	2nd	= 5th	2nd	4th	•	6
	= 7th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Dominican Republic	•	= 9th	•	•	•	•	9th	2
Ecuador	•	•	= 5th	= 9th	•	•	12th	3
El Salvador	= 10th	•	= 9th	= 13th	11th	13th	16th	6
Guatemala	•	= 5th	= 9th	= 9th	13th	15th	•	5
Honduras	= 7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Independent Athletes Team	•	•	•	•	•	•	14th	1
Mexico	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	9th	11th	5th	7
Nicaragua	•	•	= 9th	= 13th	15th	12th	•	4
Paraguay	•	•	•	•	•	7th	11th	2
Peru	•	•	•	•	•	10th	6th	2
Puerto Rico	•	•	= 13th	3rd	12th	•	7th	4
Trinidad and Tobago	•	•	= 13th	= 13th	14th	14th	•	4
Uruguay	•	= 9th	= 5th	= 5th	7th	•	15th	5
United States	2nd	= 5th	= 5th	4th	5th	1st	3rd	7
	= 5th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Venezuela	= 10th	•	= 13th	•	•	•	•	2
Virgin Islands	•	•	•	•	•	16th	•	1
Total	8	13	16	16	16	16	16	27

Medal table

As of the 2023 Pan American Games.

Combined total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	7	3	4	14
2	Cuba	2	3	2	7
3	Mexico	1	3	2	6
4	United States	1	2	1	4
5	Argentina	1	1	2	4
6	Canada	1	1	0	2
7	Chile	1	0	1	2
8	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
9	Puerto Rico	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 entries)		14	14	14	42

Men's total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	3	3	1	7
2	Cuba	1	1	2	4
3	Mexico	1	1	0	2
4	Chile	1	0	1	2
5	Canada	1	0	0	1
6	United States	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
8	Argentina	0	0	2	2
9	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		7	7	7	21

Women's total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	4	0	3	7
2	Cuba	1	2	0	3
3	United States	1	1	1	3
4	Argentina	1	1	0	2
5	Mexico	0	2	2	4
6	Canada	0	1	0	1
7	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

References

• Sports123