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1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships

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The 1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships, were held from September 10 to September 13, 1997, in Los Angeles, California (United States). It was the first official edition of this event, after 10 unofficial championships between 1987 and 1996.

Men's competition

Final ranking (top sixteen)

A total number of 56 participating couples

Rank	Name Athletes	Seed
	Rogério Ferreira and Guilherme Marques	9
	Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh	3
	Dain Blanton and Kent Steffes	2
Paulão Moreira and Paulo Emílio Silva	4
5.	Eduardo Bacil and José Loiola	1
Adam Johnson and Karch Kiraly	5
Zé Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego	6
Ian Clark and Troy Tanner	10
9.	Mike Dodd and Rob Heidger	7
John Child and Mark Heese	11
Eric Fonoimoana and Brian Lewis	14
Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga	16
Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner	18
Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto	20
Dax Holdren and Todd Rogers	21
Duda Macedo and Fred Souza	25

Women's competition

A total number of 45 participating couples

Final ranking (top sixteen)

Rank	Name Athletes	Seed
	Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva	3
	Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak	1
	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	2
Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno	12
5.	Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel	4
Barbra Fontana and Linda Hanley	7
Liz Masakayan and Elaine Youngs	8
Siomara de Souza and Magda Lima	11
9.	Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst	5
Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch	6
Adriana Bento and Ana Richa	9
Karrie Poppinga and Angela Rock	10
Rebekka Kadijk and Debora Schoon-Kadijk	13
Krista Blomquist and Christine Podraza	14
Laura Bruschini and Annamaria Solazzi	16
Eva Celbová and Sona Novaková	18

References

Beach Volleyball Results

Wikipedia Source

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