The Women'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. The gold medal went to Kerri Walsh and Misty May who had a perfect record in the tournament, losing not a single set. The reigning champions from the 2000 Olympics, Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst, both had new partners for Athens and coincidentally met at the last sixteen stage where Cook's team took the honours. Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede repeated their 2000 Olympic result, taking silver.

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:33060126836321421201105312251091374303161101353

August 15 Celbová & Nováková2–0Kadijk & Leenstra21–19, 21–16Walsh & May2–0Tokuno & Kusuhara21–9, 21–16

August 17 Celbová & Nováková2–0Tokuno & Kusuhara23–21, 21–12Walsh & May2–0Kadijk & Leenstra21–11, 21–13

August 19 Kadijk & Leenstra1–2Tokuno & Kusuhara21–15, 17–21, 13–15Walsh & May2–0Celbová & Nováková21–17, 21–17

Pool B Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:3306012684632143129125531234124128430306841263

August 15 Fernández & Larrea2–1Gattelli & Perrotta21–17, 18–21, 15–10Bede & Behar2–0Naidoo & Willard21–7, 21–10

August 17 Fernández & Larrea2–0Naidoo & Willard21–19, 21–16Bede & Behar2–0Gattelli & Perrotta21–17, 21–17

August 19 Gattelli & Perrotta2–0Naidoo & Willard21–18, 21–14Bede & Behar2–0Fernández & Larrea21–14, 21–19

Pool C Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:321541561435321521311185312351311404312351321494

August 15 Ana Paula & Sandra Pires2–0Håkedal & Tørlen21–18, 21–19Lahme & Müsch2–1Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou21–16, 16–21, 15–10

August 17 Ana Paula & Sandra Pires2–0Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou21–13, 21–14Lahme & Müsch1–2Håkedal & Tørlen21–13, 17–21, 12–15

August 19 Ana Paula & Sandra Pires1–2Lahme & Müsch21–18, 15–21, 11–15Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou2–1Håkedal & Tørlen21–11, 21–23, 15–12

Pool D Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:330621481246321521351235312251271444303261341533

August 14 Schnyder & Kuhn0–2Dumont & Martin16–21, 13–21McPeak & Youngs2–0Maaseide & Glesnes21–14, 21–14

August 16 Schnyder & Kuhn1–2Maaseide & Glesnes18–21, 21–17, 13–15McPeak & Youngs2–1Dumont & Martin21–13, 12–21, 15–9

August 18 Dumont & Martin2–0Maaseide & Glesnes21–19, 29–27McPeak & Youngs2–1Schnyder & Kuhn22–24, 21–17, 15–12

Pool E Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:321521381195321431271265321431241315303161261393

August 14 Rau & Pohl2–0Wang & You21–17, 21–18Cook & Sanderson2–0Yanchulova & Yanchulova21–16, 21–12

August 16 Rau & Pohl1–2Yanchulova & Yanchulova21–18, 19–21, 13–15Cook & Sanderson2–1Wang & You21–19, 17–21, 17–15

August 18 Wang & You0–2Yanchulova & Yanchulova19–21, 17–21Cook & Sanderson0–2Rau & Pohl10–21, 20–22

Pool F Team P: W: L: SF: SA: PF: PA: Pts:330611421306321521341135312241091184303061081323

August 14 Tian & Wang0–2Lochowicz & Pottharst18–21, 18–21Karadassiou & Sfyri2–0García & Gaxiola21–17, 21–13 August 16 Tian & Wang2–0García & Gaxiola21–19, 21–15Karadassiou & Sfyri1–2Lochowicz & Pottharst15–21, 21–15, 14–16 August 18 Lochowicz & Pottharst2–0García & Gaxiola26–24, 22–20Karadassiou & Sfyri2–0Tian & Wang21–14, 21–17

Playoffs

Round of 16 August 20 Fernández & Larrea0–2Dumont & Martin18–21, 19–21Lahme & Musch1–2Gattelli & Perrotta21–16, 17–21, 19–21Lochowicz & Pottharst0–2Cook & Sanderson15–21, 16–21Ana Paula & Sandra Pires2–0Karadassiou & Sfyri21–16, 21–19

August 21 Walsh & May2–0Tian & Wang21–11, 21–18Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou1–2Rau & Pohl12–21, 21–19, 11–15Celbová & Nováková0–2McPeak & Youngs16–21, 16–21Yanchulova & Yanchulova1–2Bede & Behar21–18, 16–21, 11–15

Quarter-finals August 22 Walsh & May2–0Dumont & Martin21–19, 21–14Rau & Pohl 0–2McPeak & Youngs17–21, 17–21Gattelli & Perrotta1–2Cook & Sanderson16–21, 21–14, 12–15Ana Paula & Sandra Pires1–2Bede & Behar21–15, 13–21, 13–15

Semi-finals August 23 Walsh & May2–0McPeak & Youngs21–18, 21–15Cook & Sanderson0–2Bede & Behar17–21, 16–21

Bronze-medal match August 24 McPeak & Youngs2–1Cook & Sanderson21–18, 15–21, 15–9

Gold-medal match August 24 Walsh & May2–0Bede & Behar 21–17, 21–11

Final ranking Women's FIVB XXVIII Olympic Games – August 14–24, 2004 Athens, Greece , Beach Volleyball Database RANK ATHLETE NAMESCOUNTRYSEED Kerri Walsh and Misty May 1 Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar 2 Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs 44. Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson 55. Ana Paula Connelly and Sandra Pires 3 Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl 8 Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta 14 Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin 169. Vasso Karadassiou and Effrosyni Sfyri 6 Tian Jia and Wang Fei 7 Susanne Lahme and Danja Müsch 10 Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea 11 Eva Celbová and Sona Nováková 12 Vassiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou 15 Summer Lochowicz and Kerri Pottharst 18 Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova 2017. Kathrine Maaseide and Susanne Glesnes 21 Ryoko Tokuno and Chiaki Kusuhara 2419. Nicole Schnyder and Simone Kuhn 9 Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra 13 Wang Lu and You Wenhui 17 Mayra García and Hilda Gaxiola 19 Nila Håkedal and Ingrid Tørlen 22 Leigh Ann Naidoo and Julia Willand 23

See also Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

References

External links FIVB Olympic beach volleyball competition regulations Results of the Olympic Tournament