Switzerland at The 2004 Summer Olympics - Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Both Swiss men's pairs managed to qualify for the knockout round, and both had their tournament ended by the eventual gold medalists from Brazil. The Laciga brothers edged past one Brazilian team in the round of 16, but Ricardo and Emanuel handled them easily in the quarterfinals. Kobel and Heuscher gave the Brazilians a much sterner test in the semifinals, winning the second set and coming within three points of winning the third and final set as well. The Swiss then faced a rematch of a pool game in the bronze medal match, against an Australian team. The pool play match had been a close one, with the Swiss coming from behind to win in three sets, and the bronze medal match was similar, as the Australians opened up a lead, only to have Kobel and Heuscher win the last two sets and the medal. This was the first Olympic medal for the Swiss in volleyball.

Men's Competition:

• Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher
  • Pool E
    • Defeated John Child and Mark Heese of Canada (28 - 26, 21 - 18)
    • Defeated Julien Prosser and Mark Williams of Australia (16 - 21, 22 - 20, 15 - 9)
    • Defeated Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard of the United States (21 - 16, 13 - 21, 15 - 13)
  • 1st in pool, Qualified (3 W, 0 L, 6 SW, 2 SL)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Miguel Maia and João Brenha of Portugal (21 - 18, 21 - 19)
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Daxton Holdren and Stein Metzger of the United States (21 - 16, 21 - 19)
  • Semifinal: Lost to Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego of Brazil (14 - 21, 21 - 19, 12 - 15)
  • Bronze medal game: Julien Prosser and Mark Williams of Australia (19 - 21, 21 - 17, 15 - 13) (Bronze Medal)

• Paul Laciga and Martin Laciga
  • Pool C
    • Defeated Robert Nowotny and Peter Gartmayer of Austria (21 - 14, 21 - 14)
    • Lost to Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera of Spain (19 - 21, 21 - 17, 9 - 15)
    • Defeated Nikolas Berger and Florian Gosch of Austria (21 - 17, 21 - 19)
  • 2nd in pool, Qualified (2 W, 1 L, 5 SW, 2 SL)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Benjamin Insfran and Henrique Araujo Marcio of Brazil (21 - 19, 19 - 21, 15 - 12)
  • Quarterfinal: Lost to Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego of Brazil (13 - 21, 16 - 21)

Women's Competition:

• Nicole Schnyder and Simone Kuhn
  • Pool D
    • Lost to Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin of Canada (16 - 21, 13 - 21)
    • Lost to Katherine Maaseide and Susanne Glesnes of Norway (18 - 21, 21 - 17, 13 - 15)
    • Lost to Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs of the United States (24 - 22, 17 - 21, 12 - 15)
  • 4th in pool, did not advance (0 W, 3 L, 2 SW, 6 SL)