Beach volleyball at the Pan American Games

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.

Beach volleyball at the Pan American Games
No. of events2 (men: 1; women: 1)

Men's tournament edit

Results summary edit

Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match Teams
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
Details
 
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 andMarco 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 andMichael 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 edit

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
  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 edit

Results summary edit

Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match Teams
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
Details
 
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 edit

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
  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 edit

As of the 2023 Pan American Games.

Combined total edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil73414
2  Cuba2327
3  Mexico1326
4  United States1214
5  Argentina1124
6  Canada1102
7  Chile1012
8  Venezuela0101
9  Puerto Rico0022
Totals (9 entries)14141442

Men's total edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil3317
2  Cuba1124
3  Mexico1102
4  Chile1012
5  Canada1001
6  United States0101
  Venezuela0101
8  Argentina0022
9  Puerto Rico0011
Totals (9 entries)77721

Women's total edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil4037
2  Cuba1203
3  United States1113
4  Argentina1102
5  Mexico0224
6  Canada0101
7  Puerto Rico0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

References edit