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Event: Beach Volleyball
Without a doubt, one of the most heavily subscribed events for ticket applications was the Beach Volleyball competition, which takes place on the Prime Minister's doorstep at the historic Horse Guards Parade in the heart of London. Since making its Olympic debut at Atlanta 1996, Beach Volleyball has become one of the most popular spectator sports at the Games - and it's not hard to see why. Although there is obviously a lot more to it than meets the eye, Beach Volleyball is essentially teams of two scantily clad men and women diving around a large sandpit. What's not to like? Located between St James's Park and Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade is best known for the daily Changing of the Guard and annual Queen's birthday Trooping the Colour ceremonies. For the Games, around 5,000 tonnes of sand will be brought in to create London's very own 'beach' on which the Volleyball events will be played out in front of eager crowds between Saturday 28 July and Thursday 9 August. There will be one court with a capacity of 15,000 with two tiers and four floodlight towers at each of its corners, two practise courts to the east of the arena, and a further six practice courts at St. James's Park. Surely with all those nubile bodies on display, even the traditionally poker-faced robotic Horse Guards will not be able to resist peering out from beneath their bearskins to have a peek at this very modern of Olympic sports?
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London Olympics: Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade timetable
Date / Time | Event name | Event |
28th Jul 9:00 - 12:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
28th Jul 14:00 - 18:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
28th Jul 20:00 - 23:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
29th Jul 9:00 - 12:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
29th Jul 14:00 - 18:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
29th Jul 20:00 - 23:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
30th Jul 9:00 - 12:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
30th Jul 14:00 - 18:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
30th Jul 20:00 - 23:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
31st Jul 9:00 - 12:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
31st Jul 14:00 - 18:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
31st Jul 20:00 - 23:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
1st Aug 9:00 - 12:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
1st Aug 14:00 - 18:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
1st Aug 20:00 - 23:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
2nd Aug 9:00 - 12:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
2nd Aug 14:00 - 18:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (6 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
2nd Aug 20:00 - 23:00 | Men's and women's preliminaries (2 matches), lucky loser round (4 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 9:00 - 10:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 9:00 - 10:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 13:00 - 14:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 13:00 - 14:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 17:00 - 18:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 17:00 - 18:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 21:00 - 22:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
3rd Aug 21:00 - 22:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 9:00 - 10:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 9:00 - 10:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 13:00 - 14:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 13:00 - 14:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 17:00 - 18:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 17:00 - 18:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 21:00 - 22:00 | Men's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
4th Aug 21:00 - 22:00 | Women's round of 16 (1 match) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
5th Aug 18:00 - 19:00 | Women's quarter-finals (2 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
5th Aug 22:00 - 23:00 | Women's quarter-finals (2 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
6th Aug 18:00 - 19:00 | Men's quarter-finals (2 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
6th Aug 22:00 - 23:00 | Men's quarter-finals (2 matches) | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
7th Aug 17:00 - 18:00 | Men's semi-final | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
7th Aug 17:00 - 18:00 | Women's semi-final | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
7th Aug 21:00 - 23:00 | Men's semi-final | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
7th Aug 21:00 - 23:00 | Women's semi-final | London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
8th Aug 19:00 - 22:00 | Women's bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
9th Aug 19:00 - 22:00 | Men's bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics: Beach Volleyball |
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