# 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.

## Men's tournament
### Results summary

| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Teams |
| Year | Host | Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | 4th place | Teams |
| 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 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

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 |
| Brazil | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| Canada | 1st | = 5th | 4th | = 9th | 8th | 4th | 5th | 7 |
| Canada | = 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| 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 |
| United States | = 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| Venezuela | • | • | = 9th | 2nd | 10th | 8th | • | 4 |
| Total | 9 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 27 |

## Women's tournament
### Results summary

| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Teams |
| Year | Host | Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | 4th place | Teams |
| 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

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 |
| Brazil | = 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| Canada | 4th | 4th | 4th | = 5th | 4th | 9th | 2nd | 7 |
| Canada | = 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| 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 |
| Cuba | = 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| 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 |
| United States | = 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| Venezuela | = 10th | • | = 13th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Virgin Islands | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 27 |

## Medal table

    As of the 2023 Pan American Games.

### Combined total

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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) | Totals (9 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Men's total

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Women's total

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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) | Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |