News Beach volleyball 09/06/2016 Olympic countdown: USA claim double in Beijing Lausanne, Switzerland, June 9, 2016 - The fourth Olympic beach volleyball competition at Beijing 2008 again saw 24 women’s and 24 men’s teams competing against each other in a total of 108 matches, comprising 54 men's and 54 women's matches. Quick links:Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Men's beach volleyball tournamentBeijing 2008 Olympic Games - Women's beach volleyball tournamentBeijing 2008 Olympic Games - Men's volleyball tournamentBeijing 2008 Olympic Games - Women's volleyball tournamentThe 12,000-seat Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground was the stunning venue for the tournaments. May-Treanor and Walsh won their second straight Olympic gold, beating Chinese pairs Jia Tian and Jie Wang and Zhang Xi and Xue Chen into second and third place, the two pairs collecting China's first-ever beach volleyball Olympic medals. Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers made it a USA double on the sand with gold in the men's event, with Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil finishing second and Emanuel and Ricardo claiming third.This article is one of a series in the run-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as the FIVB looks back at previous Olympic volleyball and beach volleyball tournaments.Tokyo 1964 Olympic GamesMexico City 1968 Olympic GamesMunich 1972 Olympic GamesMontreal 1976 Olympic GamesMoscow 1980 Olympic GamesLos Angeles 1984 Olympic GamesSeoul 1988 Olympic GamesBarcelona 1992 Olympic GamesAtlanta 1996 Olympic Games - Beach volleyballAtlanta 1996 Olympic Games - VolleyballSydney 2000 Olympic Games - Beach volleyballSydney 2000 Olympic Games - VolleyballAthens 2004 Olympic Games - Beach volleyballAthens 2004 Olympic Games - Volleyball Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News