Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, was held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.

Medalists

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Gold Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego
  Brazil
Silver Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera
  Spain
Bronze Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher
  Switzerland

Pool play

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The 24 competing teams were split equally into six pools of four, and each team played each of the other teams in their pool a best of three set match (so that the number of pool matches, P, played by each team was 3).

The teams in each pool were ranked first through fourth based on the number of matches won, W. In the event of a two-way tie, the winning team in the head-to-head match finished ahead. In a three-team tie, the total number of points each team won and lost during all matches involving only the three tied teams were added up, and the bottom-ranked team of the three was decided by the points for to points against ratio; the other two teams were then ranked according to the outcome of the head-to-head match. The top two teams from each pool and the four best third placed teams (based on: first, matches won; second (in the event of a tie), set ratio SF/SA; and third (if there is still a tie), points ratio PF/PA) progressed through to the round of sixteen (single elimination tournament).

Two points (Pts) were awarded for each match win (W) and one point was given for each loss (L).
In individual matches, all winners are shown in bold.
In group tables advancing teams are highlighted.

Pool A

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Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:
  Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego (BRA) 3 3 0 6 1 139 107 6
  Daxton Holdren and Stein Metzger (USA) 3 1 2 3 5 138 152 4
  Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack (AUS) 3 1 2 3 4 135 138 4
  Iver Horrem and Bjørn Maaseide (NOR) 3 1 2 3 5 132 147 4

August 15

Holdren & Metzger 2–1 Schacht & Slack 22–24, 24–22, 15–13
Santos & Rego 2–1 Horrem & Maaseide 21–15, 19–21, 15–10

August 17

Holdren & Metzger 1–2 Horrem & Maaseide 21–14, 15–21, 14–16
Santos & Rego 2–0 Schacht & Slack 21–17, 21–17

August 19

Schacht & Slack 2–0 Horrem & Maaseide 21–18, 21–17
Santos & Rego 2–0 Holdren & Metzger 21–17, 21–10

Pool B

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Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:
  Andreas Scheuerpflug and Christoph Dieckmann (GER) 3 2 1 5 3 147 140 5
  Benjamin Insfran and Márcio Araújo (BRA) 3 2 1 4 2 124 111 5
  Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell (CUB) 3 1 2 3 4 133 137 4
  Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel (FRA) 3 1 2 2 5 117 133 4

August 15

Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann 2–1 Alvarez & Rossell 21–19, 19–21, 15–10
Insfran & Araujo 2–0 Canet & Hamel 21–13, 21–14

August 17

Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann 1–2 Canet & Hamel 21–17, 18–21, 10–15
Insfran & Araujo 2–0 Alvarez & Rossell 23–21, 22–20

August 19

Alvarez & Rossell 2–0 Canet & Hamel 21–18, 21–19
Insfran & Araujo 0–2 Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann 20–22, 17–21

Pool C

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Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:
  Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera (ESP) 3 3 0 6 2 150 124 6
  Paul Laciga and Martin Laciga (SUI) 3 2 1 5 2 133 117 5
  Nikolas Berger and Florian Gosch (AUT) 3 1 2 2 4 105 118 4
  Robert Nowotny and Peter Gartmayer (AUT) 3 0 3 1 6 110 139 3

August 15

Laciga & Laciga 2–0 Nowotny & Gartmayer 21–14, 21–14
Berger & Gosch 0–2 Bosma & Herrera 14–21, 13–21

August 17

Laciga & Laciga 1–2 Bosma & Herrera 19–21, 21–17, 9–15
Berger & Gosch 2–0 Nowotny & Gartmayer 21–17, 21–17

August 19

Bosma & Herrera 2–1 Nowotny & Gartmayer 21–16, 19–21, 15–11
Laciga & Laciga 2–0 Berger & Gosch 21–17, 21–19

Pool D

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Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:
  Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann (GER) 3 2 1 5 2 145 121 5
  Björn Berg and Simon Dahl (SWE) 3 2 1 4 3 131 126 5
  Jørre Kjemperud and Vegard Høidalen (NOR) 3 2 1 4 4 148 153 5
  Raúl Papaleo and Ramon Hernández (PUR) 3 0 3 2 6 130 154 3

August 14

Kjemperud & Høidalen 0–2 Berg & Dahl 13–21, 18–21
Dieckmann & Reckermann 2–0 Papaleo & Hernández 21–14, 21–13

August 16

Kjemperud & Høidalen 2–1 Papaleo & Hernández 18–21, 21–19, 15–10
Dieckmann & Reckermann 2–0 Berg & Dahl 21–16, 21–15

August 18

Berg & Dahl 2–1 Papaleo & Hernández 19–21, 21–16, 18–16
Dieckmann & Reckermann 1–2 Kjemperud & Høidalen 24–22, 24–26, 13–15

Pool E

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Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:
  Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher (SUI) 3 3 0 6 2 151 144 6
  Julien Prosser and Mark Williams (AUS) 3 2 1 5 3 143 129 5
  John Child and Mark Heese (CAN) 3 1 2 3 4 132 126 4
  Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard (USA) 3 0 3 1 6 106 133 3

August 14

Kobel & Heuscher 2–0 Child & Heese 28–26, 21–18
Blanton & Nygaard 0–2 Prosser & Williams 16–21, 14–21

August 16

Kobel & Heuscher 2–1 Prosser & Williams 16–21, 22–20, 15–9
Blanton & Nygaard 0–2 Child & Heese 16–21, 10–21

August 18

Kobel & Heuscher 2–1 Blanton & Nygaard 21–16, 13–21, 15–13
Prosser & Williams 2–1 Child & Heese 21–13, 15–21, 15–12

Pool F

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The Greek pair of Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos had to withdraw from their final group game after Beligratis incurred an injury, this gave their opponents Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde a 21–0, 21–0 straight sets victory.

Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:
  Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde (ARG) 3 3 0 6 1 133 70 6
  Gershon Rorich and Colin Pocock (RSA) 3 2 1 4 3 130 134 5
  Miguel Maia and João Brenha (POR) 3 1 2 3 4 124 126 4
  Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos (GRE) 3 0 3 1 6 85 144 2

August 14

Baracetti & Conde 2–1 Maia & Brenha 13–21, 21–16, 15–5
Beligratis & Michalopoulos 1–2 Rorich & Pocock 16–21, 26–24, 10–15

August 16

Baracetti & Conde 2–0 Rorich & Pocock 21–13, 21–15
Beligratis & Michalopoulos 0–2 Maia & Brenha 14–21, 19–21

August 18

Maia & Brenha 0–2 Rorich & Pocock 20–22, 20–22
Beligratis & Michalopoulos 0–2 Baracetti & Conde Walkover

Playoffs

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Round of 16

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20 August

Santos & Rego 2–1 Kjemperud & Høidalen 21–15, 19–21, 15–6
Maia & Brenha 0–2 Kobel & Heuscher 18–21, 19–21
Holdren & Metzger 2–1 Dieckmann & Reckermann 21–16, 19–21, 15–13
Bosma & Herrera 2–0 Berg & Dahl 21–16, 21–17

21 August

Insfran & Araujo 1–2 Laciga & Laciga 19–21, 21–19, 12–15
Baracetti & Conde 0–2 Child & Heese 17–21, 17–21
Rorich & Pocock 0–2 Prosser & Williams 14–21, 10–21
Schacht & Slack 0–2 Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann 19–21, 12–21

Quarter-finals

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August 22

Santos & Rego 2–0 Laciga & Laciga 21–13, 21–16
Kobel & Heuscher 2–0 Holdren & Metzger 21–16, 21–19
Bosma & Herrera 2–1 Child & Heese 22–24, 21–19, 18–16
Prosser & Williams 2–1 Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann 16–21, 21–19, 15–10

Semi-finals

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August 23

Santos & Rego 2–1 Kobel & Heuscher 21–14, 19–21, 15–12
Bosma & Herrera 2–0 Prosser & Williams 21–18, 21–18

Bronze-medal match

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August 25

  Kobel & Heuscher 2–1 Prosser & Williams 19–21, 21–17, 15–13

This was Switzerland's first medal in beach volleyball.

Gold-medal match

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August 25

  Santos & Rego 2–0 Bosma & Herrera   21–16, 21–15

This was Brazil's first gold medal in men's beach volleyball.

Final ranking

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RANK ATHLETE NAMES COUNTRY SEED
  Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos   Brazil 1
  Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera   Spain 15
  Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel   Switzerland 5
4. Julien Prosser and Mark Williams   Australia 17
5. Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga   Switzerland 3
Christoph Dieckmann and Andreas Scheuerpflug   Germany 11
Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger   United States 12
John Child and Mark Heese   Canada 20
9. Márcio Araújo and Benjamin Insfran   Brazil 2
Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann   Germany 4
Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde   Argentina 7
Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud   Norway 9
Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack   Australia 13
Björn Berg and Simon Dahl   Sweden 16
João Brenha and Miguel Maia   Portugal 18
Colin Pocock and Gershon Rorich   South Africa 19
17. Nikolas Berger and Florian Gosch   Austria 10
Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell   Cuba 14
19. Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos   Greece 6
Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard   United States 8
Ramon Hernández and Raúl Papaleo   Puerto Rico 21
Peter Gartmayer and Robert Nowotny   Austria 22
Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel   France 23
Iver Horrem and Bjørn Maaseide   Norway 24

References

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See also

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