Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

This page shows the results of the inaugural Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, held from July 23 to July 27, 1996. There were a total number of eighteen participating couples.

Winner’s Bracket, First-round

 * Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (No. 17-seeded team) def. Malowney/Oullette, Canada (16), 15-10 (44 minutes)
 * Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) def. Hernandez/Soto, Mexico (15) 15-11 (28)

Winner’s Bracket, Second-round

 * Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9) def. Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8), 15-10 (26)
 * Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Solazzi/Turetta, Italy (12) 17-15 (57)
 * Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. Berntsen/Hestad, Norway (13) 15-4 (41)
 * Castro/Richardson, United States (3) def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands (14) 15-8 (34)
 * Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. Cooper/Glover, Great Britain (11) 15-4 (38)
 * Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7) def. Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan (10) 15-8 (36)
 * Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (17) 15-2 (26)
 * McPeak/Reno, United States (2) def. Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) 15-4 (33)

Winner’s Bracket, Third-round

 * Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9), 15-13 (45)
 * Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Fontana/Hanley, United States (4), 15-10 (55)
 * Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. Castro/Richardson, United States (3), 15-7 (38)
 * McPeak/Reno, United States (2) def. Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7), 15-6 (36)

Winner’s Bracket, Fourth-round

 * Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5), 15-4 (33)
 * Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. McPeak/Reno, United States (2), 15-13 (65)

Loser’s Bracket, First-round

 * Losers eliminated, place 17th
 * Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) def. Malowney/Oullette, Canada (16), 15-13 (68)
 * Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (17) def. Hernandez/Soto, Mexico (15) 15-11 (29)

Loser’s Bracket, Second-round

 * Losers eliminated, place 13th
 * Cooper/Glover, Great Britain (11) def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands (14), 15-12 (50)
 * Berntsen/Hestad, Norway (13) def. Solazzi/Turetta, Italy (12) 15-11 (42)
 * Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan (10) def. Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) (26)
 * Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8) def. Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (17), 15-0 (18)

Loser’s Bracket, Third-round

 * Losers eliminated, place ninth
 * Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan (10), 15-6 (32)
 * Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9) def. Cooper/Glover, Great Britain (11), 15-12 (38)
 * Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7) def. Berntsen/Hestad, Norway (13), 15-9 (45)
 * Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8) def. Castro/Richardson, United States (3), 15-11 (49)

Loser’s Bracket, Fourth-round

 * Losers eliminated, place seventh
 * Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9), 15-6 (37)
 * Fujita-Takahashi, Japan (8) def. Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7), 15-4 (32)

Loser’s Bracket, Fifth-round

 * Losers eliminated, place fifth
 * Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. McPeak/Reno, United States (2), 15-10 (49)
 * Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil(5) def. Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8), 15-6 (45)

Semi-finals

 * Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Fontana/Hanley, United States (4), 15-8 (39)
 * Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6), 15-3 (27)

Bronze medal match

 * Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. Fontana/Hanley, United States (4), 12-11 and 12-7 (111)

Gold Medal match

 * Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5), 12-11 and 12-6 (69)