Beach volleyball at the Pan American Games

International sporting event

Beach volleyball at the Pan American Games

No. of events| 2 (men: 1; women: 1)

Beach volleyball was introduced at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, three years after the 1996 Summer Olympics, when the sport made its Olympic debut.

## Men's tournament

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### Results summary

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Year  | Host  |  | Gold medal match  |  | Bronze medal match  |  | Teams

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Gold medalists  | Score  | Silver medalists  | Bronze medalists  | Score  | 4th place
1999
Details |
Winnipeg |
Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann | — |
Lula Barbosa and Adriano Garrido |
Roberto Lopes da Costa and Franco Neto | — |
Ihosvany Chambers and Lazaro Milian Carvajal | 12
2003
Details |
Santo Domingo |
Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell | — |
Luizão Corrêa and Paulo Emilio Silva |
Ramón Hernández and Raúl Papaleo | — |
David Fischer and Brad Torsone | 17
2007
Details |
Rio de Janeiro |
Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos | — |
Ty Loomis and Hans Stolfus |
Francisco Álvarez and Leonel Munder | — |
Jason Kruger and Wes Montgomery | 16
2011
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Guadalajara |
Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego | 2–0 |
Igor Hernández and Farid Mussa |
Santiago Etchegaray and Pablo Suárez | 2–1 |
Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen | 16
2015
Details |
Toronto |
Rodolfo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen | 2–1 |
Vitor Araujo and Álvaro Morais Filho |
Nivaldo Díaz and Sergio González | 2–1 |
Esteban Grimalt and Marco Grimalt | 16
2019
Details |
Lima |
Marco Grimalt and Esteban Grimalt | 2–1 |
Rodolfo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen |
Nicolás Capogrosso and Julian Azaad | 2–0 |
Aaron Nusbaum and Michael Plantinga | 16
2023
Details |
Santiago |
André Stein and George Wanderley | 2–1 |
Jorge Alayo and Noslen Díaz |
Marco Grimalt and Esteban Grimalt | 2–1 |
Logan Webber and Hagen Smith | 16

### Participating nations

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Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
* – Hosts
* = – More than one team tied for that rank
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Nation |
1999
(12)  |
2003
(17)  |
2007
(16)  |
2011
(16)  |
2015
(16)  |
2019
(16)  |
2023
(16)  | Years

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Argentina | •  | •  | = 9th  | 3rd  | 6th  | 3rd  | 8th  | 4
Aruba | •  | •  | •  | •  | 15th  | •  | •  | 1
Bolivia | •  | = 9th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 12th  | 2
Brazil | 2nd  | 2nd  | 1st  | 1st  | 2nd  | 7th  | 1st  | 7
3rd  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •
Canada | 1st  | = 5th  | 4th  | = 9th  | 8th  | 4th  | 5th  | 7
= 7th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •
Cayman Islands | •  | = 13th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 1
Chile | •  | •  | = 9th  | = 9th  | 4th  | 1st  | 3rd  | 5
Colombia | •  | •  | = 13th  | •  | •  | •  | 10th  | 2
Costa Rica | = 10th  | = 9th  | = 5th  | = 13th  | •  | 14th  | 16th  | 6
Cuba | 4th  | 1st  | 3rd  | = 5th  | 3rd  | 5th  | 2nd  | 7
Dominican Republic | •  | = 5th  | •  | = 9th  | •  | 10th  | •  | 3
Ecuador | •  | = 13th  | = 13th  | •  | •  | •  | 7th  | 3
El Salvador | •  | = 5th  | = 9th  | = 13th  | 13th  | 11th  | 14th  | 6
Guatemala | •  | 17th  | = 13th  | = 5th  | 16th  | 9th  | •  | 5
Honduras | = 10th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 1
Independent Athletes Team | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 15th  | 1
Jamaica | •  | •  | •  | = 13th  | •  | •  | •  | 1
Mexico | = 5th  | = 5th  | = 5th  | 4th  | 1st  | 2nd  | 6th  | 7
Netherlands Antilles | = 10th  | = 9th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 2
Nicaragua | •  | •  | = 13th  | = 13th  | 12th  | 13th  | 13th  | 5
Paraguay | •  | = 9th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 11th  | 2
Peru | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 16th  | •  | 1
Puerto Rico | = 5th  | 3rd  | = 5th  | = 9th  | 7th  | •  | •  | 5
Saint Lucia | •  | •  | •  | •  | 14th  | •  | •  | 1
Trinidad and Tobago | •  | = 13th  | •  | •  | 9th  | 15th  | •  | 3
Uruguay | •  | = 13th  | = 5th  | = 5th  | 5th  | 6th  | 9th  | 6
United States | = 7th  | 4th  | 2nd  | = 5th  | 11th  | 10th  | 4th  | 7
= 7th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •
Venezuela | •  | •  | = 9th  | 2nd  | 10th  | 8th  | •  | 4
Total  | 9  | 17  | 16  | 16  | 16  | 16  | 16  | 27

## Women's tournament

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### Results summary

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Year  | Host  |  | Gold medal match  |  | Bronze medal match  |  | Teams

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Gold medalists  | Score  | Silver medalists  | Bronze medalists  | Score  | 4th place
1999
Details |
Winnipeg |
Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede | — |
Jenny Pavley and Marsha Miller |
Laura Almaral and Mayra Huerta | — |
Barb Broen-Ouelette and Christine Pack | 12
2003
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Santo Domingo |
Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea | — |
Mayra García and Hilda Gaxiola |
Ana Richa and Larissa França | — |
Nancy Gougeon and Wanda Guenette | 13
2007
Details |
Rio de Janeiro |
Juliana Silva and Larissa França | — |
Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea |
Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García | — |
Marie-Andrée Lessard and Sarah Maxwell | 16
2011
Details |
Guadalajara |
Juliana Silva and Larissa França | 2–1 |
Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García |
Yarleen Santiago and Yamileska Yantín | 2–1 |
Emily Day and Heather Hughes | 16
2015
Details |
Toronto |
Ana Gallay and Georgina Klug | 2–1 |
Lianma Flores and Leila Martínez |
Carolina Horta and Liliane Maestrini | 2–0 |
Melissa Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke | 16
2019
Details |
Lima |
Karissa Cook and Jace Pardon | 2–1 |
Ana Gallay and Fernanda Pereyra |
Carolina Horta and Ângela Lavalle | 2–0 |
Maylen Delís and Leila Martínez | 16
2023
Details |
Santiago |
Ana Patrícia Ramos and Eduarda Lisboa | 2–0 |
Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson |
Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Murphy | 2–0 |
Ana Gallay and Fernanda Pereyra | 16

### Participating nations

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Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
* – Hosts
* = – More than one team tied for that rank
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Nation |
1999
(12)  |
2003
(13)  |
2007
(16)  |
2011
(16)  |
2015
(16)  |
2019
(16)  |
2023
(16)  | Years

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Antigua and Barbuda | •  | = 9th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 1
Argentina | •  | •  | = 13th  | = 9th  | 1st  | 2nd  | 4th  | 5
Aruba | •  | = 9th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 1
Bolivia | •  | 13th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 1
Brazil | 1st  | 3rd  | 1st  | 1st  | 3rd  | 3rd  | 1st  | 7
= 5th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •
Canada | 4th  | 4th  | 4th  | = 5th  | 4th  | 9th  | 2nd  | 7
= 10th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •
Cayman Islands | •  | •  | •  | •  | 16th  | •  | •  | 1
Chile | •  | = 5th  | •  | = 13th  | 10th  | 6th  | 8th  | 5
Colombia | •  | •  | = 5th  | = 5th  | 6th  | 5th  | 10th  | 5
Costa Rica | •  | = 5th  | = 9th  | = 9th  | 8th  | 8th  | 13th  | 6
Cuba | = 7th  | 1st  | 2nd  | = 5th  | 2nd  | 4th  | •  | 6
= 7th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •
Dominican Republic | •  | = 9th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 9th  | 2
Ecuador | •  | •  | = 5th  | = 9th  | •  | •  | 12th  | 3
El Salvador | = 10th  | •  | = 9th  | = 13th  | 11th  | 13th  | 16th  | 6
Guatemala | •  | = 5th  | = 9th  | = 9th  | 13th  | 15th  | •  | 5
Honduras | = 7th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 1
Independent Athletes Team | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 14th  | 1
Mexico | 3rd  | 2nd  | 3rd  | 2nd  | 9th  | 11th  | 5th  | 7
Nicaragua | •  | •  | = 9th  | = 13th  | 15th  | 12th  | •  | 4
Paraguay | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 7th  | 11th  | 2
Peru | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 10th  | 6th  | 2
Puerto Rico | •  | •  | = 13th  | 3rd  | 12th  | •  | 7th  | 4
Trinidad and Tobago | •  | •  | = 13th  | = 13th  | 14th  | 14th  | •  | 4
Uruguay | •  | = 9th  | = 5th  | = 5th  | 7th  | •  | 15th  | 5
United States | 2nd  | = 5th  | = 5th  | 4th  | 5th  | 1st  | 3rd  | 7
= 5th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | •
Venezuela | = 10th  | •  | = 13th  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 2
Virgin Islands | •  | •  | •  | •  | •  | 16th  | •  | 1
Total  | 8  | 13  | 16  | 16  | 16  | 16  | 16  | 27

## Medal table

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As of the 2023 Pan American Games.

### Combined total

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Brazil| 7| 3| 4| 14
2|  Cuba| 2| 3| 2| 7
3|  Mexico| 1| 3| 2| 6
4|  United States| 1| 2| 1| 4
5|  Argentina| 1| 1| 2| 4
6|  Canada| 1| 1| 0| 2
7|  Chile| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Venezuela| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Puerto Rico| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (9 entries)| 14| 14| 14| 42

### Men's total

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Brazil| 3| 3| 1| 7
2|  Cuba| 1| 1| 2| 4
3|  Mexico| 1| 1| 0| 2
4|  Chile| 1| 0| 1| 2
5|  Canada| 1| 0| 0| 1
6|  United States| 0| 1| 0| 1
Venezuela| 0| 1| 0| 1
8|  Argentina| 0| 0| 2| 2
9|  Puerto Rico| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (9 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

### Women's total

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Brazil| 4| 0| 3| 7
2|  Cuba| 1| 2| 0| 3
3|  United States| 1| 1| 1| 3
4|  Argentina| 1| 1| 0| 2
5|  Mexico| 0| 2| 2| 4
6|  Canada| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Puerto Rico| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

## References

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* Sports123

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International beach volleyball

* FIVB
* World Ranking
* Achievements by nation
* Records and statistics
* Olympic Games
* World Championships
* U21
* U19
* World Beach Games
* Youth Olympics

Asia and Oceania|

AVC - Asian Championship - Asian Games - Asian Beach Games

Africa|

CAVB - African Championship - African Games - African Beach Games

Europe|

* CEV - European Championships
* U22
* U20
* U18

North America|

NORCECA - NORCECA Circuit - Central American Games - Central American & Caribbean Games

South America|

CSV - South American Circuit - South American Games - South American Beach Games

Others|

* Commonwealth Games
* Mediterranean Games
* Beach Games
* Pacific Games
* Pan American Games

Discontinued|

* FIVB World Tour
* Major Series
* FIVB World Championships
* U23
* U17
* Summer Universiade

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