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.
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:330611391076312351381524312341351384312351321474
August 15 Holdren & Metzger2–1Schacht & Slack22–24, 24–22, 15–13Santos & Rego2–1Horrem & Maaseide21–15, 19–21, 15–10
August 17 Holdren & Metzger1–2Horrem & Maaseide21–14, 15–21, 14–16Santos & Rego2–0Schacht & Slack21–17, 21–17
August 19 Schacht & Slack2–0Horrem & Maaseide21–18, 21–17Santos & Rego2–0Holdren & Metzger21–17, 21–10
Pool B Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:321531471405321421241115312341331374312251171334
August 15 Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann2–1Alvarez & Rossell21–19, 19–21, 15–10Insfran & Araujo2–0Canet & Hamel21–13, 21–14
August 17 Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann1–2Canet & Hamel21–17, 18–21, 10–15Insfran & Araujo2–0Alvarez & Rossell23–21, 22–20
August 19 Alvarez & Rossell2–0Canet & Hamel21–18, 21–19Insfran & Araujo0–2Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann20–22, 17–21
Pool C Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:330621501246321521331175312241051184303161101393
August 15 Laciga & Laciga2–0Nowotny & Gartmayer21–14, 21–14Berger & Gosch0–2Bosma & Herrera14–21, 13–21
August 17 Laciga & Laciga1–2Bosma & Herrera19–21, 21–17, 9–15Berger & Gosch2–0Nowotny & Gartmayer21–17, 21–17
August 19 Bosma & Herrera2–1Nowotny & Gartmayer21–16, 19–21, 15–11Laciga & Laciga2–0Berger & Gosch21–17, 21–19
Pool D Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:321521451215321431311265321441481535303261301543
August 14 Kjemperud & Høidalen0–2Berg & Dahl13–21, 18–21Dieckmann & Reckermann2–0Papaleo & Hernández21–14, 21–13
August 16 Kjemperud & Høidalen2–1Papaleo & Hernández18–21, 21–19, 15–10Dieckmann & Reckermann2–0Berg & Dahl21–16, 21–15
August 18 Berg & Dahl2–1Papaleo & Hernández19–21, 21–16, 18–16Dieckmann & Reckermann1–2Kjemperud & Høidalen24–22, 24–26, 13–15
Pool E Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:330621511446321531431295312341321264303161061333
August 14 Kobel & Heuscher2–0Child & Heese28–26, 21–18Blanton & Nygaard0–2Prosser & Williams16–21, 14–21
August 16 Kobel & Heuscher2–1Prosser & Williams16–21, 22–20, 15–9Blanton & Nygaard0–2Child & Heese16–21, 10–21
August 18 Kobel & Heuscher2–1Blanton & Nygaard21–16, 13–21, 15–13Prosser & Williams2–1Child & Heese21–13, 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:3306113370632143130134531234124126430316851442
August 14 Baracetti & Conde2–1Maia & Brenha13–21, 21–16, 15–5Beligratis & Michalopoulos1–2Rorich & Pocock16–21, 26–24, 10–15
August 16 Baracetti & Conde2–0Rorich & Pocock21–13, 21–15Beligratis & Michalopoulos0–2Maia & Brenha14–21, 19–21
August 18 Maia & Brenha0–2Rorich & Pocock20–22, 20–22Beligratis & Michalopoulos0–2Baracetti & CondeWalkover
Playoffs
Round of 16 20 August Santos & Rego2–1Kjemperud & Høidalen21–15, 19–21, 15–6Maia & Brenha0–2 Kobel & Heuscher18–21, 19–21Holdren & Metzger2–1Dieckmann & Reckermann21–16, 19–21, 15–13Bosma & Herrera2–0Berg & Dahl21–16, 21–17
21 August Insfran & Araujo 1–2Laciga & Laciga19–21, 21–19, 12–15Baracetti & Conde0–2Child & Heese17–21, 17–21Rorich & Pocock 0–2Prosser & Williams14–21, 10–21Schacht & Slack 0–2Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann19–21, 12–21
Quarter-finals August 22 Santos & Rego2–0Laciga & Laciga21–13, 21–16Kobel & Heuscher2–0Holdren & Metzger21–16, 21–19Bosma & Herrera2–1Child & Heese22–24, 21–19, 18–16Prosser & Williams2–1Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann16–21, 21–19, 15–10
Semi-finals August 23 Santos & Rego2–1Kobel & Heuscher21–14, 19–21, 15–12Bosma & Herrera2–0Prosser & Williams21–18, 21–18
Bronze-medal match August 25 Kobel & Heuscher 2–1Prosser & Williams19–21, 21–17, 15–13 This was Switzerland's first medal in beach volleyball.
Gold-medal match August 25 Santos & Rego 2–0Bosma & Herrera 21–16, 21–15 This was Brazil's first gold medal in men's beach volleyball.
Final ranking Men's FIVB XXVIII Olympic Games – August 14–25, 2004 Athens, Greece , Beach Volleyball Database RANK ATHLETE NAMESCOUNTRYSEED Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos 1 Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera 15 Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel 54. Julien Prosser and Mark Williams 175. Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga 3 Christoph Dieckmann and Andreas Scheuerpflug 11 Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger 12 John Child and Mark Heese 209. Márcio Araújo and Benjamin Insfran 2 Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann 4 Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde 7 Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud 9 Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack 13 Björn Berg and Simon Dahl 16 João Brenha and Miguel Maia 18 Colin Pocock and Gershon Rorich 1917. Nikolas Berger and Florian Gosch 10 Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell 1419. Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos 6 Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard 8 Ramon Hernández and Raúl Papaleo 21 Peter Gartmayer and Robert Nowotny 22 Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel 23 Iver Horrem and Bjørn Maaseide 24
References
External links Results of the Olympic Tournament
See also Volleyball at the Summer Olympics