Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
| Men's beach volleyball at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beach Volleyball Ground | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 9–22 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
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Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers |
 United States
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Márcio Araújo Fabio Luiz Magalhães |
 Brazil
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Ricardo Santos Emanuel Rego |
Brazil
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| Directly advance to Round of 16 | |
| 3rd place/Lucky Loser playoffs | |
| Eliminated |
| Directly advance to Round of 16 | |
| Third place/Lucky Loser playoffs | |
| Eliminated |
The men's Olympic beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park from August 9 to August 22.
Each of the 24 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of six groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Round of 16. The six third-place teams were ranked against each other, with ties being broken by the ratio of points won to lost. The best two advanced to the Round of 16, while the other four played two matches (#3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5) with the winners of those two matches advancing as well. The losers of those matches, along with the fourth-place teams in each group, were eliminated.
The 16 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.
The top eight finishes that a team had from January 1, 2007, to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008), SWATCH FIVB World Championships (2007) and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counted towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
There were 24 teams competing at the Olympic Games, with a maximum of two teams per country.
Brazil had four teams in the top 10 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but only two teams from each country could participate in the Olympic Games. Also Germany, the USA, and the Netherlands had three teams each in the top 24.
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