Olympic beach volleyball by the numbers

The beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 begins on Saturday, July 24 at Shiokaze Park with 24 teams per gender competing for honours. The tournament's pool round will take place from July 24 to 31. It will be followed by the knockout rounds including the Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals from August 1 to 7.

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243,042 - Canada has the longest coastline in the world, measuring 243,042km.

41 - The number of National Olympic Committee that participated in beach volleyball at Olympic Games from 1996 to 2016.

39 - Emanuel Rego of Brazil is the oldest medal winner in beach volleyball at the Olympic Games. He claimed silver at age 39 in London in 2012.

19 - The youngest person to win an Olympic medal in beach volleyball is Xue Chen of China. She took bronze at age 19 at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008.

7 - Beach volleyball will feature as an Olympic event for the seventh time at Tokyo 2020, having made its debut at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996.

5 - The record number of participations by an individual in beach volleyball at the Olympic Games is five, by Natalie Cook of Australia and Emanuel.

2 - The two landlocked countries to be represented in Olympic beach volleyball are the Czech Republic and Switzerland. A Swiss team claimed a bronze medal in the men's event at the Olympic Games Athens 2004.

1 - Karch Kiraly (USA) is the only person to have won an Olympic medal in volleyball (gold, 1984 and 1988) and beach volleyball (gold, 1996).

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