The Women's Beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, were held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.
The reigning champions Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst both had new partners for Athens and coincidentally met at the last sixteen stage where Cook took the honours.
Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede repeated their 2000 Olympic result in taking silver.
Qualifying
The 24 competing teams were split equally into six pools of four where each team played the other in a best of three set match.
Two points were awarded to the winner of each match with the loser given a single point.
When all teams played all of their respective pool games the top two from each pool and the four best third placed teams progressed through to the last sixteen knockout stages.
All winners of individual matches shown in bold.
Medal winners appear highlighted on group tables in medal colour won.
Women's Beach Volleyball Pool A
Pool A Results
| August 15
| 11:00
| Celbova & Novakova
| 2
| -
| 0
| Kadijk & Leenstra
|
| August 15
| 20:00
| Walsh & May
| 2
| -
| 0
| Tokuno & Kusuhara
|
| August 17
| 10:00
| Celbova & Novakova
| 2
| -
| 0
| Tokuno & Kusuhara
|
| August 17
| 21:00
| Walsh & May
| 2
| -
| 0
| Kadijk & Leenstra
|
| August 19
| 12:00
| Kadijk & Leenstra
| 1
| -
| 2
| Tokuno & Kusuhara
|
| August 19
| 21:00
| Walsh & May
| 2
| -
| 0
| Celbova & Novakova
|
Women's Beach Volleyball Pool B
| Team
| P:
W:
L:
SF:
SA:
PF:
PA:
Pts:
 Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar , Brazil
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 126
| 84
| 6
|
 Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza , Cuba
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 129
| 125
| 5
|
 Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta , Italy
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 124
| 128
| 4
|
 Leigh Ann Naidoo and Julia Willand , South Africa
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 84
| 126
| 3
|
Pool B Results
| August 15
| 17:30
| Fernandez Grasset & Larrea Peraza
| 2
| -
| 1
| Gattelli & Perrotta
|
| August 15
| 22:00
| Bede & Behar
| 2
| -
| 0
| Naidoo & Willard
|
| August 17
| 12:00
| Fernandez Grasset & Larrea Peraza
| 2
| -
| 0
| Naidoo & Willard
|
| August 17
| 16:30
| Bede & Behar
| 2
| -
| 0
| Gattelli & Perrotta
|
| August 19
| 11:00
| Gattelli & Perrotta
| 2
| -
| 0
| Naidoo & Willard
|
| August 19
| 15:30
| Bede & Behar
| 2
| -
| 0
| Fernandez Grasset & Larrea Peraza
|
Women's Beach Volleyball Pool C
| Team
| P:
W:
L:
SF:
SA:
PF:
PA:
Pts:
 Susanne Lahme and Danja Musch , Germany
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 156
| 143
| 5
|
| Ana Paula Connelly and Sandra Pires , Brazil
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 131
| 118
| 5
|
 Vasiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou , Greece
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 131
| 140
| 4
|
 Nila Håkedal and Ingrid Tørlen , Norway
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 132
| 149
| 4
|
Pool C Results
| August 15
| 15:30
| Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
| 2
| -
| 0
| Håkedal & Tørlen
|
| August 15
| 21:00
| Lahme & Musch
| 2
| -
| 1
| Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
|
| August 17
| 17:30
| Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
| 2
| -
| 0
| Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
|
| August 17
| 23:00
| Lahme & Musch
| 1
| -
| 2
| Håkedal & Tørlen
|
| August 19
| 17:30
| Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
| 1
| -
| 2
| Lahme & Musch
|
| August 19
| 23:00
| Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
| 2
| -
| 1
| Håkedal & Tørlen
|
Women's Beach Volleyball Pool D
Pool D Results
| August 14
| 14:30
| Schnyder & Kuhn
| 0
| -
| 2
| Dumont & Martin
|
| August 14
| 20:00
| McPeak & Youngs
| 2
| -
| 0
| Maaseide & Glesnes
|
| August 16
| 17:30
| Schnyder & Kuhn
| 1
| -
| 2
| Maaseide & Glesnes
|
| August 16
| 23:00
| McPeak & Youngs
| 2
| -
| 1
| Dumont & Martin
|
| August 18
| 15:30
| Dumont & Martin
| 2
| -
| 0
| Maaseide & Glesnes
|
| August 18
| 20:00
| McPeak & Youngs
| 2
| -
| 1
| Schnyder & Kuhn
|
Women's Beach Volleyball Pool E
| Team
| P:
W:
L:
SF:
SA:
PF:
PA:
Pts:
| Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl , Germany
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 138
| 119
| 5
|
 Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson , Australia
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 127
| 126
| 5
|
 Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova , Bulgaria
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 124
| 131
| 5
|
 Lu Wang and Wenhui You , China
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 6
| 126
| 139
| 3
|
Pool E Results
| August 14
| 12:00
| Rau & Pohl
| 2
| -
| 0
| Wang & You
|
| August 14
| 16:30
| Cook & Sanderson
| 2
| -
| 0
| Yanchulova & Yanchulova
|
| August 16
| 11:00
| Rau & Pohl
| 1
| -
| 2
| Yanchulova & Yanchulova
|
| August 16
| 12:00
| Cook & Sanderson
| 2
| -
| 1
| Wang & You
|
| August 18
| 09:00
| Wang & You
| 0
| -
| 2
| Yanchulova & Yanchulova
|
| August 18
| 23:00
| Cook & Sanderson
| 0
| -
| 2
| Rau & Pohl
|
Women's Beach Volleyball Pool F
| Team
| P:
W:
L:
SF:
SA:
PF:
PA:
Pts:
| Summer Lochowicz and Kerri Pottharst , Australia
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 142
| 130
| 6
|
| Vasiliki Karadassiou and Effrosyni Sfyri , Greece
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 134
| 113
| 5
|
| Jia Tian and Fei Wang , China
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 109
| 118
| 4
|
 Mayra Aide Garcia Lopez and Hilda Gaxiola Alvarez , Mexico
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 108
| 132
| 3
|
Pool F Results
| August 14
| 10:00
| Tian & Wang
| 0
| -
| 2
| Lochowicz & Pottharst
|
| August 14
| 22:00
| Karadassiou & Sfyri
| 2
| -
| 0
| Garcia Lopez & Gaxiola Alvarez
|
| August 16
| 15:30
| Tian & Wang
| 2
| -
| 0
| Garcia Lopez & Gaxiola Alvarez
|
| August 16
| 22:00
| Karadassiou & Sfyri
| 1
| -
| 2
| Lochowicz & Pottharst
|
| August 18
| 10:00
| Lochowicz & Pottharst
| 2
| -
| 0
| Garcia Lopez & Gaxiola Alvarez
|
| August 18
| 22:00
| Karadassiou & Sfyri
| 2
| -
| 0
| Tian & Wang
|
Round of 16
Teams below are highlighted in medal winning colour.
| August 21
| 20:00
| Walsh & May
| 2
| -
| 0
| Tian & Wang
|
| August 20
| 21:00
| Fernandez Grasset & Larrea Peraza
| 0
| -
| 2
| Dumont & Martin
|
| August 21
| 22:00
| Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
| 1
| -
| 2
| Rau & Pohl
|
| August 21
| 17:30
| Celbova & Novakova
| 0
| -
| 2
| McPeak & Youngs
|
| August 20
| 14:30
| Lahme & Musch
| 1
| -
| 2
| Gattelli & Perrotta
|
| August 20
| 15:30
| Lochowicz & Pottharst
| 0
| -
| 2
| Cook & Sanderson
|
| August 20
| 22:00
| Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
| 2
| -
| 0
| Karadassiou & Sfyri
|
| August 21
| 23:00
| Yanchulova & Yanchulova
| 1
| -
| 2
| Bede & Behar
|
Quarter-Finals
| August 22
| 16:30
| Walsh & May
| 2
| -
| 0
| Dumont & Martin
|
| August 22
| 17:30
| McPeak & Youngs
| 2
| -
| 0
| Rau & Pohl
|
| August 22
| 22:00
| Gattelli & Perrotta
| 1
| -
| 2
| Cook & Sanderson
|
| August 22
| 23:00
| Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
| 1
| -
| 2
| Bede & Behar
|
Semi-Finals
| August 23
| 20:00
| Walsh & May
| 2
| -
| 0
| McPeak & Youngs
|
| August 23
| 19:00
| Cook & Sanderson
| 0
| -
| 2
| Bede & Behar
|
Bronze Medal Match
| August 24
| 19:30
| McPeak & Youngs
| 2
| -
| 1
| Cook & Sanderson
|
Gold Medal Match
| August 24
| 21:00
| Walsh & May
| 2
| -
| 0
| Bede & Behar
|
Kerri Walsh and Misty May, United States
Eva Celbova and Sona Novakova , Czech Republic
Ryoko Tokuno and Chiaki Kusuhara , Japan
Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra , Netherlands
Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar , Brazil
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza , Cuba
Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta , Italy
Leigh Ann Naidoo and Julia Willand , South Africa
Susanne Lahme and Danja Musch , Germany
Vasiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou , Greece
Nila Håkedal and Ingrid Tørlen , Norway
Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin, Canada
Nicole Schnyder and Simone Kuhn , Switzerland
Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson , Australia
Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova , Bulgaria
Lu Wang and Wenhui You , China
Mayra Aide Garcia Lopez and Hilda Gaxiola Alvarez , Mexico