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Beach volleyball was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at which Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the men's tournament, and Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno won the women's. Beach volleyball was introduced as an official Olympic sport in 1996. A total of 24 teams take part in each beach volleyball Olympic tournament.
A National Olympic Committee is permitted to enter two teams in the beach volleyball tournament; a rule that allowed the United States and Brazil to win both gold and silver in men's and women's beach volleyball respectively that year. [10] [11] Atlanta also saw the Dutch men's indoor team improve their Barcelona silver to a gold.
The Brazil men's national volleyball team is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (Brazilian Volleyball Confederation) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Brazil has won three gold medals at the Olympic Games, has won the World Championship three times, and the World League nine times. Brazil is the ...
A beach volleyball match at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beach volleyball is played on a rectangular sand court. The court is 16 m (52.5 ft) long and 8 m (26.2 ft) wide, surrounded by a clear space, which is at least 3 m (9.8 ft) wide on all sides. The minimum height clearance for beach volleyball courts is 7 m (23.0 ft).
Volleyball (indoors and beach volley), sailing and judo are Brazil's top medal-producing sports in the Summer editions. The country is also the most decorated in football , with the men's team having seven medals (2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze) and the women's team adding three silver medals for a total of ten.
The team also got a gold four times in the Pan American Games, and three other Olympic medals, the latest a silver in the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] The most successful coaches for Brazil are Bernardo Rezende, who led the team from 1990 to 2000, and José Roberto Guimarães, who has managed the team since 2004. [4]
The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 18 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.
Beach volleyball: 1 1 1 2004 Athens: 1 0 0 3 2008 Beijing: 0 0 1 2012 London: 0 1 0 Ricardo Santos: M Beach volleyball: 1 1 1 2000 Sydney: 0 1 0 3 2004 Athens: 1 0 0 2008 Beijing: 0 0 1 24 Alison Cerutti: M Beach volleyball: 1 1 0 2012 London: 0 1 0 2 2016 Rio de Janeiro: 1 0 0 Amauri Ribeiro: M Volleyball: 1 1 0 1984 Los Angeles: 0 1 0 2 1992 ...