These page shows the results of the Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held from September 17 to September 26, 2000.
Medals
Gold: Silver: Bronze: Dain BlantonEric FonoimoanaZé Marco de MeloRicardo Santos Jörg Ahmann Axel Hager
Results
Elimination rounds
Preliminary round Winners advance to Round of 16 The 12 losers play elimination matches until 3 remain teams remain. Competition Held on September 17, 2000
Match Number AthletesNOCScoreSeed1Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser121Juan Alberto Rodriguez Ibarra & Joel Sotelo Villalobos15242Jan Kvalheim & Bjørn Maaseide1013Miguel Maia & João Brenha15123John Child & Mark Heese156Jean-Philippe Jodard & Christian Penigaud5194Jody Holden & Conrad Leinemann1718Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr1575Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana159Andreas Scheuerpflug & Oliver Oetke7166Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl1321Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga1547Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos153 Björn Berg & Simon Dahl5228Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager1515Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma13109Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud158Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm61710Andrea Raffaelli & Maurizio Pimponi720Eduardo Esteban Martínez & Martín Alejo Conde15511Mariano Joaquin Baracetti & Jose Luis Abrantes Salema 411 Sergey Ermishin & Mikhail Kouchnerev151412Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack3 23José Loiola Jr & Emanuel Rego152
Preliminary Elimination Competition Held on September 19, 2000,
First Round
Losers eliminated, and placed 19th Match Number AthletesNOCScoreSeed13Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser151Jan Kvalheim & Bjørn Maaseide121314Jean-Philippe Jodard & Christian Penigaud219Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr15715Andreas Scheuerpflug & Oliver Oetke816Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl152116Björn Berg & Simon Dahl1122Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma151017Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm1517Andrea Raffaelli & Maurizio Pimponi92018Mariano Joaquin Baracetti & Jose Luis Abrantes Salema 211Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack1523
Second Round
Winners advance to Round of 16 plus team with highest point ratio; losers eliminated and place 17th
Match Number AthletesNOCScoreSeed19Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser151Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr11720Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl421Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma151021Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm1517Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack1023
Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr Qualified due to highest point ratio.
Round of 16 Competition Held on September 22, 2000
Losers eliminated, place ninth Match Number AthletesNOCScoreSeed22 Juan Alberto Rodriguez Ibarra & Joel Sotelo Villalobos024Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr15723Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana159Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud13824Eduardo Esteban Martínez & Martín Alejo Conde35Miguel Maia & João Brenha151225Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser81Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga15426Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos163Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm141727Sergey Ermishin & Mikhail Kouchnerev614John Child & Mark Heese15628Jody Holden & Conrad Leinemann618 Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager151529Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma1710Jose Loiola Jr & Emanuel Rego162
Quarter-finals Competition Held on September 24, 2000
Losers eliminated, place fifth Match Number AthletesNOCScoreSeed30 Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr37Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana15931Miguel Maia & João Brenha1512Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga11432Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos153 John Child & Mark Heese13633 Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager1615Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma1410
Semi-finals Competition Held on September 24, 2000
Match Number AthletesNOCScoreSeed34 Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana159Miguel Maia & João Brenha121235Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos153 Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager515
Bronze medal match Competition Held on September 26, 2000
Match Number AthletesNOCScore (Sets)Seed35 Miguel Maia & João Brenha012 Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager215
Gold Medal match Competition Held on September 26, 2000
Match Number AthletesNOCScore (Sets)Seed37 Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana29Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos03
Final ranking RANK NOCATHLETES NAMES SEED Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana9 Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos3 Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager154.João Brenha and Miguel Maia125.Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga4John Child and Mark Heese6Rob Heidger and Kevin Wong7Javier Bosma and Fabio Diez109.Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner1José Loiola and Emanuel Rego2Martín Conde and Eduardo Martínez5Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud8Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev14 Nikolas Berger and Oliver Stamm17Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann 18Juan Rodríguez Ibarra and Joel Sotelo 2417.Martin Lebl and Michal Palinek 21Matthew Grinlaubs and Josh Slack 2319.Mariano Baracetti and José Salema 11Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide 13 Oliver Oetke and Andreas Scheuerpflug 16Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud 19 Maurizio Pimponi and Andrea Raffaelli 20 Björn Berg and Simon Dahl 11
See also Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
References Beach Volleyball Results