page_title: Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics
section_title: Competition formula
hierarchical_section_title: Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics / Competition formula
caption_attribution_description: English: Larissa-Talita (BRA) vs Borger-Büthe (GER), Olympic women's beach volleyball, Beach Volleyball Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
context_page_description: Beach volleyball was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games in the 1992 Games as a demonstration event, and has been an official Olympic sport since 1996.
  Brazil has won a gold or a silver medal at every Olympic beach volleyball tournament, in either the men's or women's tournament competition, since its introduction in 1996. The United States has also won at least a bronze medal in every men's or women's tournament in the same period.
  Winning the Olympics is considered to be the highest honor in international beach volleyball, followed by the World Championships, and the World Tour of the International Volleyball Federation for men and women.
caption: Olympics 2016 tournament.
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