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

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

Pool play

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Round of 16

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

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

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

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

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

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

External links

• Results of the Olympic Tournament

See also

• Volleyball at the Summer Olympics