ACOG - Beach Volleyball - IBM

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Competition Dates
23 to 28 Jul 1996

Venue
Atlanta Beach
Capacity: 11,000: 8,000 at Court 1; 3,000 at Court 2

Events/Disciplines
Two Events
MenWomen
Team Team

Number of Athletes
48 men, 36 women, 84 total
24 men's teams
18 women's teams

Changes Since Barcelona
Added: Beach volleyball as a discipline

Qualifications
Based on 1996 World Championships, to be held in Feb 1996. USA automatically qualified three teams as host country.

Competition Format
Two-person teams compete in a double elimination tournament progressing to semifinals. Semifinal winners play for first place; semifinal losers play for third place.

International Federation
FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
Avenue de la Gare 12
CH-1003 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel: (41-21) 320-8932
Fax: (41-21) 320-8865

Olympic Debut
Men: 1996
Women: 1996



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.