Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Bondi Beach Volleyball Centre
Dates17–26 September 2000
Competitors48 from 17 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dain Blanton
Eric Fonoimoana 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Zé Marco de Melo
Ricardo Santos 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Jörg Ahmann
Axel Hager 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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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: Med 1.png Silver: Med 2.png Bronze: Med 3.png
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Dain Blanton
Eric Fonoimoana 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Zé Marco de Melo
Ricardo Santos 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
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		AthletesNOCScoreSeed
1 Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 121
Juan Alberto Rodriguez Ibarra & Joel Sotelo Villalobos Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1524
2 Jan Kvalheim & Bjørn Maaseide Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1013
Miguel Maia & João Brenha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1512
3 John Child & Mark Heese Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 156
Jean-Philippe Jodard & Christian Penigaud Flag of France.svg  France 519
4 Jody Holden & Conrad Leinemann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1718
Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 157
5 Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana Flag of the United States.svg  United States 159
Andreas Scheuerpflug & Oliver Oetke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 716
6 Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1321
Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 154
7 Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 153
Björn Berg & Simon Dahl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 522
8 Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1515
Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1310
9 Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 158
Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 617
10 Andrea Raffaelli & Maurizio Pimponi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 720
Eduardo Esteban Martínez & Martín Alejo Conde Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 155
11 Mariano Joaquin Baracetti & Jose Luis Abrantes Salema Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 411
Sergey Ermishin & Mikhail Kouchnerev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1514
12 Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 323
José Loiola Jr & Emanuel Rego Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 152

Preliminary Elimination

Competition Held on September 19, 2000,

First Round

Losers eliminated, and placed 19th

Match
Number		AthletesNOCScoreSeed
13 Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 151
Jan Kvalheim & Bjørn Maaseide Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1213
14 Jean-Philippe Jodard & Christian Penigaud Flag of France.svg  France 219
Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 157
15 Andreas Scheuerpflug & Oliver Oetke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 816
Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1521
16 Björn Berg & Simon Dahl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1122
Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1510
17 Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1517
Andrea Raffaelli & Maurizio Pimponi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 920
18 Mariano Joaquin Baracetti & Jose Luis Abrantes Salema Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 211
Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1523

Second Round

Winners advance to Round of 16 plus team with highest point ratio; losers eliminated and place 17th

Match
Number		AthletesNOCScoreSeed
19 Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 151
Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 117
20 Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 421
Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1510
21 Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1517
Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1023

Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr Flag of the United States.svg  United States Qualified due to highest point ratio.

Round of 16

Competition Held on September 22, 2000

Match
Number		AthletesNOCScoreSeed
22 Juan Alberto Rodriguez Ibarra & Joel Sotelo Villalobos Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 024
Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 157
23 Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana Flag of the United States.svg  United States 159
Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 138
24 Eduardo Esteban Martínez & Martín Alejo Conde Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 35
Miguel Maia & João Brenha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1512
25 Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 81
Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 154
26 Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 163
Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1417
27 Sergey Ermishin & Mikhail Kouchnerev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 614
John Child & Mark Heese Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 156
28 Jody Holden & Conrad Leinemann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 618
Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1515
29 Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1710
Jose Loiola Jr & Emanuel Rego Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 162

Quarter-finals

Competition Held on September 24, 2000

Match
Number		AthletesNOCScoreSeed
30 Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 37
Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana Flag of the United States.svg  United States 159
31 Miguel Maia & João Brenha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1512
Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 114
32 Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 153
John Child & Mark Heese Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 136
33 Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1615
Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1410

Semi-finals

Competition Held on September 24, 2000

Match
Number		AthletesNOCScoreSeed
34 Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana Flag of the United States.svg  United States 159
Miguel Maia & João Brenha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1212
35 Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 153
Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 515

Bronze medal match

Competition Held on September 26, 2000

Match
Number		AthletesNOCScore
(Sets)		Seed
35 Miguel Maia & João Brenha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 012
Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 215

Gold Medal match

Competition Held on September 26, 2000

Match
Number		AthletesNOCScore
(Sets)		Seed
37 Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29
Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 03

Final ranking

RANKNOCATHLETES NAMESSEED
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana 9
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager 15
4.Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal João Brenha and Miguel Maia 12
5.Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga 4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada John Child and Mark Heese 6
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Rob Heidger and Kevin Wong 7
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Javier Bosma and Fabio Diez 10
9.Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil José Loiola and Emanuel Rego 2
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Martín Conde and Eduardo Martínez 5
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud 8
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev 14
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Nikolas Berger and Oliver Stamm 17
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann 18
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Juan Rodríguez Ibarra and Joel Sotelo 24
17.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Martin Lebl and Michal Palinek 21
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Matthew Grinlaubs and Josh Slack 23
19.Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Mariano Baracetti and José Salema 11
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide 13
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Oliver Oetke and Andreas Scheuerpflug 16
Flag of France.svg  France Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud 19
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Maurizio Pimponi and Andrea Raffaelli 20
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Björn Berg and Simon Dahl 11

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