Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 151 | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 19 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 5 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 8 |
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Brazil competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
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[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Joaquim Cruz — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
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Silver
- Douglas Vieira — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
- Ricardo Prado — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Ademir, Pinga, Milton Cruz, André Luiz Ferreira, Mauro Galvão, Antonio José Gil, Joâo Leichardt Neto, Augilmar Silva Oliveira, Silvio Paiva, Gilmar Luiz Rinaldi, Paulo Santos, Davi Cortez Silva, Ronaldo Morais Silva, Dunga, Francisco Carlos Vidal, and Luiz Carlos Winck — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
- Daniel Adler, Torben Grael, and Ronaldo Camargo — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition
- Renan dal Zotto, William Carvalho da Silva, Fernando d'Àvila, Mário Xandó de Oliveira Neto, Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, Ruy Campos do Nascimento, Marcus Vinícius Simões Freire, Domingos Lampariello Neto, José Montanaro, Bernard Rajzman, and Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro; Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
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Bronze
- Luis Onmura — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
- Walter Carmona — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
In its second Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent only one man. Veteran Renato Emilio fell drastically in the ranking despite having improved upon his score from 1980 by 99 points.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Renato Emilio — 2363 points (44th place)
[edit] Athletics
Men's 400 metres
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- Heat — 47.02
- Quarterfinals — 46.65 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 47.55 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 47.55 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
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- Heat — 14:03.44 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
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- Qualifying Heat — 29:10.52 (→ did not advance)
- Eloi Schleder — 2:16:35 (→ 23rd place)
Men's Pole Vault
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- Qualifying Round — 5.35m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Women's 100 metres
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- First Heat — 11.63s
- Second Heat — 11.82s (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
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- Final — 2:52:19 (→ 44th place)
Women's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 6.04 m (→ did not advance, 18th place)
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- Qualification — 6.01 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's Heptathlon
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- Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Joaquim Cruz won the gold medal at the 800 meters for men.
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Australia (72-76)
- Defeated Egypt (91-82)
- Lost to Italy (78-89)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (85-98)
- Lost to West-Germany (75-78)
- Classification Matches
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- 9th/12th place: Defeated France (100-86)
- 9th/10th place: Defeated PR China (86-76) → 9th place
- Team Roster
[edit] Football
Brazil won the silver medal for men's football, their first ever. Even though Brazil has won more Soccer World Cups than any other country, they have never won a football gold medal at any olympics.
The Brazilian team was entirely made by players of Sport Club Internacional, of Porto Alegre. Amongst them, was 1994 World Cup captain, Dunga.
[edit] Judo
A traditional sport in Brazil, Judo has warranted three medals, for Brazilian men. Two bronze medals, and a silver medal.
[edit] Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
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- Heat — 51.74 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
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- Heat — 52.49 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
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- Heat — 1:53.03 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
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- Heat — 1:53.22 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
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- Heat — 3:57.43
- B-Final — 3:58.23 (→ 15th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
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- Heat — 15:43.80 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
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- Heat — 2:04.46
- Final — 2:03.05 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 2:05.23
- B-Final — 2:05.33 (→ 12th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 1:05.96 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
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- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Butterfly
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- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 2:07.16 (→ scratched B-final, 17th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 4:23.31
- Final — 4:18.45 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
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- Heat — 3:27.33 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
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- Heat — 7:30.41 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
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- Heat — 3:53.49 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated Argentina (3-1)
- Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
- Lost to South Korea (1-3)
- Defeated United States (3-0)
- Semi Finals
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- Defeated Italy (3-1)
- Final
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- Lost to United States (1-3) → Silver Medal
- Lost to United States (1-3) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Bebeto de Freitas
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Pool B)
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- Brazil — China 0-3 (13-15, 10-15, 11-15)
- Brazil — United States 2-3 (15-12, 15-10, 5-15, 5-15, 12-15)
- Brazil — West Germany 0-3 (9-15, 14-16, 11-15)
- Classification Match
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- 5th-8th place: Brazil — South Korea 1-3 (15-13, 13-15, 9-15, 10-15)
- 7th-8th place: Brazil — Canada 3-0 (15-9, 15-3, 15-8)
- → Seventh place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Enio Figueiredo
[edit] Water polo
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Lost to Spain (12-19)
- Lost to United States (4-10)
- Drew with Greece (9-9)
- Final Round (Group E)
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- Lost to Italy (4-13)
- Drew with Canada (10-10)
- Lost to China (9-11)
- Lost to Japan (8-9) → 12th place
- Team Roster
