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

Results

Winner’s Bracket, First-round

• Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia def. Malowney/Oullette, Canada, 15-10
• Prawerman/Lesage, France def. Hernandez/Soto, Mexico 15-11

  Winner’s Bracket, Second-round

• Fenwick/Spring, Australia def. Fujita/Takahashi, Japan, 15-10
• Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil def. Solazzi/Turetta, Italy 17-15
• Fontana/Hanley, United States def. Berntsen/Hestad, Norway 15-4
• Castro/Richardson, United States def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands 15-8
• Cook/Pottharst, Australia def. Cooper/Glover, England 15-4
• Buhler/Müsch, Germany def. Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan 15-8
• Silva/Pires, Brazil def. Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia 15-2
• McPeak/Reno, United States def. Prawerman/Lesage, France 15-4

  Winner’s Bracket, Third-round

• Silva/Pires, Brazil def. Fenwick/Spring, Australia, 15-13
• Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil def. Fontana/Hanley, United States, 15-10
• Cook/Pottharst, Australia def. Castro/Richardson, United States, 15-7
• McPeak/Reno, United States def. Buhler/Müsch, Germany, 15-6

  Winner’s Bracket, Fourth-round

• Silva/Pires, Brazil def. Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil, 15-4
• Cook/Pottharst, Australia def. McPeak/Reno, United States, 15-13

  Loser’s Bracket, First-round

• Losers eliminated, place 17th
• *Prawerman/Lesage, France def. Malowney/Oullette, Canada, 15-13
• *Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia def. Hernandez/Soto, Mexico 15-11

  Loser’s Bracket, Second-round

• Losers eliminated, place 13th
• *Cooper/Glover, England def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands, 15-12
• *Berntsen/Hestad, Norway def. Solazzi/Turetta, Italy 15-11
• *Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan def. Prawerman/Lesage, France
• *Fujita/Takahashi, Japan def. Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia, 15-0

  Loser’s Bracket, Third-round

• Losers eliminated, place ninth
• *Fontana/Hanley, United States def. Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan, 15-6
• *Fenwick/Spring, Australia def. Cooper/Glover, England, 15-12
• *Buhler/Müsch, Germany def. Berntsen/Hestad, Norway, 15-9
• *Fujita/Takahashi, Japan def. Castro/Richardson, United States, 15-11

  Loser’s Bracket, Fourth-round

• Losers eliminated, place seventh
• *Fontana/Hanley, United States def. Fenwick/Spring, Australia, 15-6
• *Fujita-Takahashi, Japan def. Buhler/Müsch, Germany, 15-4

  Loser’s Bracket, Fifth-round

• Losers eliminated, place fifth
• *Fontana/Hanley, United States def. McPeak/Reno, United States, 15-10
• *Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil def. Fujita/Takahashi, Japan, 15-6

  Semi-finals

• Silva/Pires, Brazil def. Fontana/Hanley, United States, 15-8
• Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil def. Cook/Pottharst, Australia, 15-3

  Bronze medal match

• Cook/Pottharst, Australia def. Fontana/Hanley, United States, 12-11 and 12-7

  Gold Medal match

• Silva/Pires, Brazil def. Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil, 12-11 and 12-6

  Final ranking