SYDNEY RESULTS
Beach Volleyball

Men: First preliminary round: J Loiola Jr & E Rego (Br) bt M Grinlaubs & J Slack (Aus) 15-3; D Blanton & E Fonoimoana (US) bt A Scheuerpflug & O Oetke (Ger) 15-7; J M Melo & R Santos (Br) bt B Berg & S Dahl (Swe) 15-5; J Holden & C Leinemann (Can) bt K Wong & R Heidger Jr (US) 17-15; J A Rodriguez Ibarra & J Sotelo Villalobos (Mex) bt L Zahner & J Prosser (Aus) 15-12; J Andre Kjemperud & V Hoidalen (Nor) bt N Berger & O Stamm (Austria) 15-6; J Ahmann & A Hager (Ger) bt F Diez & J Bosma (Sp) 15-13; M Maia & J Brenha (Por) bt J Kvalheim & B Maaseide (Nor) 15-10; P Laciga & M Laciga (Switz) bt M Palinek & M Lebl (Cz) 15-13; E Esteban Martinez & M Alejo Conde (Arg) bt A Raffaelli & M Pimponi (It) 15-7; J Child & M Heese (Can) bt J Philippe Jodard & C Penigaud (Fr) 15-5; S Ermishin & M Kouchnerev (Russ) bt M Joaquin Baracetti & J L Abrantes Salema (Arg) 15-4.
Second preliminary round: Diez & Bosma bt Berg & Dahl 15-11; Palinek & Lebl bt Scheuerpflug & Oetke 15-8; Zahner & Prosser bt Kvalheim & Maaseide 15-12; Wong & Heidger Jr bt Jodard & Penigaud 15-2; Berger & Stamm bt Raffaelli & Pimponi 15-9; Grinlaubs & Slack bt Baracetti & Salema 15-2.
Third preliminary round: Diez & Bosma bt Palinek & Lebl 15-4; Zahner & Prosser bt Wong & Heidger Jr 15-11; Berger & Stamm bt Grinlaubs & Slack 15-10.
First round: F Diez & J Bosma (Sp) bt J Loiola Jr & E Rego (Br) 17-16; D Blanton & E Fonoimoana (US) bt J A Kjemperud & V Hoidalen (Nor) 15-13; J M Melo & R Santos (Br) bt N Berger & O Stamm (Austria) 16-14; K Wong & R Heidger Jr (US) bt J A R Ibarra & J S Villalobos (Mex) 15-0; P Laciga & M Laciga (Switz) bt L Zahner & J Prosser (Aus) 15-8; J Ahmann & A Hager (Ger) bt J Holden & C Leinemann (Can) 15-6; J Child & M Heese (Can) bt S Ermishin & M Kouchnerev (Russ) 15-6; M Maia & J Brenha (Por) bt E E Martinez & M A Conde (Arg) 15-3.
Last eight: Wong & Heidger Jr bt Ibarra & Villalobos 15-0; Maia & Brenha bt Martinez & Conde 15-3; Laciga & Laciga bt Zahner & Prosser 15-8; Loiola Jr & Rego bt Berger & Stamm 16-14; Child & Heese bt Ermishin & Kouchnerev 15-6; Ahmann & Hager bt Holden & Leinemann 15-6.
Quarter-finals: D Blanton and E Fonoimoana (US) bt K Wong and R Heidger Jr (US) 15-3; J Ahmann and A Hager (Ger) bt F Diez and J Bosma (Sp) 16-14; J M Melo and R Santos (Br) bt J Child and M Heese (Can) 15-13; M Maia and J Brenha (Por) bt P Laciga and M Laciga (Switz) 15-11.
Semi-finals: Blanton and Fonoimoana bt Maia and Brenha 15-12; Melo and Santos bt Ahmann and Hager 15-5.
Bronze medal: J Ahmann and A Hager (Ger) bt M Maia and J Brenha (Por) 12-9, 12-6.
Gold medal: D Blanton and E Fonoimoana (US) bt M de Melo and R Santos (Br) 12-11, 12-9.

Women: First preliminary round: S Dosoudilova & E Celbova (Cze) bt R Kadijk & D Schoon-Kadijk (Hol) 17-15; T Gooley & P Manser (Aus) bt L Perrotta & D Gattelli (It) 15-9; H McPeak & M May (US) bt M Hudcova & T Tobiasova (Cze) 15-5; Y Takahashi & M Saiki (Jpn) bt Y Ishizaka & C Seike (Jpn) 15-3; U Schmidt & G Staub (Ger) bt Zhang Jingkun & Tian Jia (China) 17-15; L Bruschini & A Solazzi (It) bt V Karadassiou & E Sfyri (Grc) 15-2; A Prawerman & C Rigaux (Fr) bt M Friedrichsen & D Musch (Ger) 16-14; M J Schuller & A C Pereira (Por) bt Xiong Zi & Chi Rong (China) 15-5; A Samuel & S Pires (Bra) bt T Larrea & D Fernandez (Cub) 15-4; N Cook & K Pottharst (Aus) bt M Teresa Galindo Mata & H Gaxiola Alvarez (Mex) 15-11; M Jose Schuller & A Cristina Pereira (Por) bt X Zi-Chi Rong (China) 15-5; J Johnson-Jordan & A Davis (US) bt A Huygens Tholen & S Straton (Aus) 15-13; S Pires & A Samuel (Br) bt T Larrea & D Fernandez (Cub) 15-4; E Celbova & S Dosoudilova (Cze) bt D Schoon & K R Kadijk (Hol) 17-15; A Behar & S Bede (Br) bt T Yanchulova & P Yanchulova (Bul) 15-3.
Second preliminary round: Xiong Zi & Chi Rong bt Mata & Alvarez 16-14; Perrotta & Gattelli bt Ishizaka & Seike 15-5; Karadassiou & Sfyri bt Hudcova & Tobiasova 15-6; Friedrichsen & Musch bt Tholen & Straton 15-9; Larrea & Fernandez bt Zhang Jingkun & Tian Jia 15-12; Yanchulova & Yanchulova bt Kadijk & Schoon-Kadijk 17-15.
Third preliminary round: Perrotta & Gattelli bt Xiong Zi & Chi Rong 15-9; Friedrichsen & Musch bt Karadassiou & Sfyri 15-7; Larrea & Fernandez bt Yanchulova & Yanchulova 15-3.
First round: Samuel & Pires bt Schuller & Pereira 15-6; McPeak & May bt Perrotta & Gattelli 15-13; Johnson-Jordan & Davis bt Larrea & Fernandez 15-9; Gooley & Manser bt Prawerman & Rigaux 15-3; Takahashi & Saiki bt Dosoudilova & Celbova 15-2; Bruschini & Solazzi bt Schmidt & Staub 15-12; Cook & Pottharst bt Xiong Zi & Chi Rong 15-2; Behar & Bede bt Friedrichsen & Musch 15-9. Quarter-finals: Takahashi & Mika S (Jpn) bt Johnson-Jordan & Davis 15-9; Behar & Bede bt Gooley & Manser 15-7; Samuel & Pires bt McPeak & May 16-14; Cook & Pottharst bt Bruschini & Solazzi 15-11. Semi-finals: Behar & Bede bt Takahashi & Saiki 15-10; N Cook & K Pottharst (Aus) bt A Samuel & S Pires (Br) 15-6.
Quarter-finals: A Samuel and S Pires (Br) bt H McPeak and M May (US) 16-14; N Cook and K Pottharst (Aus) bt L Bruschini and A Solazzi (It) 15-11; A Behar and S Bede (Br) bt T Gooley and P Manser (Aus) 15-7; Y Takahashi and M Saiki (Japan) bt J Johnson-Jordan and A Davis (US) 15-9.
Semi-finals: Behar and Bede bt Takahashi and Saiki (Japan) 15-10; Cook and Pottharst bt Samuel and Pires 15-6.
Bronze medal: A Samuel and S Pires (Br) bt Y Takahashi and M Saiki (Japan) 12-4, 12-6.
Gold medal: N Cook and K Pottharst (Aus) bt A Behar and S Bede (Br) 12-11, 12-10.