Beach Volleyball In Olympics. Walsh jennings and ross defeat brazil to claim bronze in the women s beach volleyball competition. Overview beach volleyball at the olympics features two 24 team tournaments one for men and one for women.
Subscribe to the official olympic channel here. The fédération internationale de volleyball fivb was founded in 1947. At the 2000 summer olympics four volleyball events were contested men s and women s indoor volleyball and men s and women s beach volleyball.
A total of 24 teams take part in each beach volleyball olympic tournament.
Beach volleyball was introduced as an official olympic sport in 1996. The system will otherwise remain the same. Beach volleyball made its first appearance at the olympics as recently as 1992. At the 2000 summer olympics four volleyball events were contested men s and women s indoor volleyball and men s and women s beach volleyball.
