These page shows the results of the Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, held from September 17 to September 26, 2000.

Medals

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

Preliminary Elimination

Competition Held on September 19, 2000, First Round ''Losers eliminated, and placed 19th'' Second Round ''Winners advance to Round of 16 plus team with highest point ratio; losers eliminated and place 17th''

Kevin Wong Kevin Kahn Wong (born September 12, 1972, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a retired professional beach volleyball player. He currently lives in Hawaii and runs a volleyball training program for youth. Personal life Wong graduated from the Punahou ...

& Robert Heidger Jr Qualified due to highest point ratio.

Round of 16

Competition Held on September 22, 2000 *''Losers eliminated, place ninth''

Quarter-finals

Competition Held on September 24, 2000 *''Losers eliminated, place fifth''

Semi-finals

Competition Held on September 24, 2000

Bronze medal match

Competition Held on September 26, 2000

Gold Medal match

Competition Held on September 26, 2000

Final ranking

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Dain Blanton Dain Blanton (born November 28, 1971 in Laguna Beach, California) is an American beach volleyball player who won the gold medal in Beach Volleyball in the 2000 Olympic Games, with partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games i ...

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Eric Fonoimoana Eric Fonoimoana (born June 7, 1969) is an American former beach volleyball player of Samoan descent who paired with Dain Blanton to win the gold medal in beach volleyball at the 2000 Olympic Games. He has played professionally for more than 16 ...

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Zé Marco de Melo José Marco "Zé Marco" Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo (born March 19, 1971 in João Pessoa, Paraíba) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Aust ...

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Jörg Ahmann Jörg Ahmann (born February 12, 1966 in Grevenbroich) is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Axel Hager. He also repr ...

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Axel Hager Axel Hager (born 14 March 1969) is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Jörg Ahmann. He also represented his native c ...

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Miguel Maia Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia (born April 23, 1971 in Paranhos) is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He ended up in fourth place in Atlanta (1996) an ...

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Martin Laciga Martin Laciga (born January 25, 1975 in Aarberg) is a retired beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, France, partner ...

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Paul Laciga Paul Laciga (born 24 November 1970 in Bern) is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Sascha He ...

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Lee Zahner Lee Zahner (born 13 March 1974 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a male beach volleyball player who represented Australia many times in including the 2000 Summer Olympics where he and teammate Julien Prosser ended up in 9th place. Zahner is also a li ...

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Jørre Kjemperud Jørre André Kjemperud (born 31 August 1968 in Vikersund) is a beach volleyball player from Norway. Volleyball Kjemperud started playing volleyball when he was 17 – 18 years old. He has played 20 matches on the men's national team.

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Oliver Stamm Oliver Stamm (born on 25 October 1966), is an Austrian former professional beach volleyballer. Biography Oliver Stamm was born in Vienna on 25 October 1966. He is the son of the former professional footballer Walter Stamm. He went to the Bunde ...

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Jody Holden Jody Holden (born August 20, 1968) is a Canadian beach volleyball who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, partnering Conrad Leinemann. He represented his native cou ...

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Conrad Leinemann Conrad Leinemann (born April 2, 1971 in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a male former beach volleyball player from Canada who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, partnering wi ...

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Mariano Baracetti Mariano "Mono" Joaquín Baracetti (born July 12, 1974 in Buenos Aires) is a beach volleyball player from Argentina, who won the world title at the 2001 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Klagenfurt, Austria partnering Martin Conde. He repr ...

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Jan Kvalheim Jan Kvalheim (born 5 February 1963, Skien) is a former beach volleyball player from Norway, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Alongside Bjørn Maaseide he won several medals at the European Beac ...

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Oliver Oetke Oliver Oetke (born 18 August 1968) is a German beach volleyball player. Oetke represented Germany in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Oetke and his partner Andreas Scheuerpflug Andreas Scheuerpflug (born July 13, 1967) is a German beach volleyball pl ...

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Björn Berg Björn Berg (born January 24, 1972 in Umeå) is a beach volleyball player from Sweden, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000. In both tournaments he teamed up with Simon Dahl. Playing Partners ...

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Simon Dahl Simon Dahl (born February 6, 1975 in Skövde) is a beach volleyball player from Sweden, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000. In both tournaments he teamed up with Björn Berg. He's a resident ...

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References

Beach Volleyball Results
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Men's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics