Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	277 (145 men | 132 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Robert Scheidt Maurren Maggi
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 3	Silver 4	Bronze 8	Total 15
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Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China in August 2008. Brazilian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1920, except the 1928 Summer Olympics. The country is represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB - Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro). Brazil headed to the Beijing Games with its largest Olympic delegation ever, 277 athletes, including a record 132 women.

Brazil was the 39th nation to enter the Beijing National Stadium during the Olympic Opening Ceremony, with the presence of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Lula and Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, lobbied for Rio de Janeiro's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Sailor Robert Scheidt (1996, 2000 and 2004 medalist) was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and Maurren Maggi, who became the first Brazilian woman to win a gold medal with her victory in Beijing's long jump competition, carried the flag at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Cielo Filho, CésarCésar Cielo Filho	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle
1 Gold	Maggi, MaurrenMaurren Maggi	Athletics	Women's long jump
1 Gold	Brazil women's national volleyball team Walewska   Valeskinha Carol   Fabi Mari   Sassá Paula Pequeno   Jaqueline Thaisa   Sheilla Fofão   Fabiana	Volleyball	Women's tournament
2 Silver	Scheidt, RobertRobert Scheidt Prada, BrunoBruno Prada	Sailing	Men's Star class
2 Silver	Brazil women's national football team Andréia   Francielle Bárbara   Marta Renata Costa   Maurine Cristiane   Maycon Daniela   Pretinha Érika   Andréia Rosa Ester   Rosana Fabiana   Simone Formiga   Tânia	Football	Women's tournament
2 Silver	Araújo, MárcioMárcio Araújo Luiz Magalhães, FábioFábio Luiz Magalhães	Beach volleyball	Men's tournament
2 Silver	Brazil men's national volleyball team Dante   Murilo Marcelinho   André Nascimento Gustavo   Anderson Bruno   Samuel Giba   Sergio André Heller   Rodrigão	Volleyball	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Guilheiro, LeandroLeandro Guilheiro	Judo	Men's 73 kg
3 Bronze	Quadros, KetleynKetleyn Quadros	Judo	Women's 57 kg
3 Bronze	Camilo, TiagoTiago Camilo	Judo	Men's 81 kg
3 Bronze	Cielo Filho, CésarCésar Cielo Filho	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle
3 Bronze	Oliveira, FernandaFernanda Oliveira Swan, IsabelIsabel Swan	Sailing	Women's 470 class
3 Bronze	Santos, RicardoRicardo Santos Rego, EmanuelEmanuel Rego	Beach volleyball	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Brazil U-23 national football team Diego Alves   Thiago Neves Anderson   Alexandre Pato Breno   Rafinha Diego   Ramires Hernanes   Renan Ilsinho   Ronaldinho Jô   Alex Silva Lucas   Thiago Silva Marcelo   Rafael Sóbis	Football	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Falavigna, NatáliaNatália Falavigna	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Luiz Trainini qualified by placing third at the Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2007.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luiz Trainini	Individual	610	61	Park Kyung-Mo (KOR) (4) L 99-116	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's team

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat R.1		Heat R.2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sandro Viana	Men's 100 metres	10.60	52nd	Did not advance
	Men's 200 metres	20.84	4th	21.07	30th	Did not advance
Vicente de Lima	Men's 100 metres	10.26	14th	10.31	27th	Did not advance
José Carlos Moreira	Men's 100 metres	10.29	19th	10.32	29th	Did not advance
Bruno de Barros	Men's 200 metres	21.15	5th	Did not advance
Fernando Pereira de Almeida	Men's 400 metres	46.60	5th	Did not advance
Fabiano Peçanha	Men's 800 metres	1:46.54	4th	Did not advance
Kléberson Davide	Men's 800 metres	1:48.53	5th	Did not advance
Hudson de Souza	Men's 1500 metres	3:37.06	7th	Did not advance
José Carlos Moreira Bruno de Barros Vicente Lima Sandro Viana	Men's 4x100 metre relay	39.01	7th					38.24	4th
Franck Caldeira	Men's marathon							Did not finish
José Teles de Souza	Men's marathon							2:20:25	38th
Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Men's marathon							Did not finish
Anselmo Gomes da Silva	Men's 110 metre hurdles	13.81	4th	13.84	7th	Did not advance
Mahau Camargo Suguimati	Men's 400 metre hurdles	49.45	3rd	50.16	7th	Did not advance
José Alessandro Bagio	Men's 20 kilometre walk							1:21:43	14th
Mário dos Santos	Men's 50 kilometre walk							4:10:25	41st

Field events

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jessé de Lima	Men's high jump	2.29	1st	2.20	10th
Mauro Vinícius Silva	Men's long jump	7.75	14th	Did not advance
Jadel Gregório	Men's triple jump	17.15	6th	17.20	6th
Jefferson Sabino	Men's triple jump	16.45	15th	Did not advance
Fábio Gomes da Silva	Men's pole vault	5.45	25th	Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon	Event	Carlos Eduardo Chinin
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.99	863	5th
	Long jump	6.94	799	18th
	Shot put	No mark
	High jump	1.99	794	11th
	400 m	49.21	851	4th
	110 m hurdles	Did not start
	Discus throw	Did not start
	Pole vault	Did not start
	Javelin throw	Did not advance
	1500 m
Final

Women's team

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heats R.1		Heats R.2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucimar de Moura	Women's 100 metres	11.60	4th	11.67	8th	Did not advance
Evelyn Carolina dos Santos	Women's 200 metres	23.4	5th	Did not advance
Maria Laura Almirão	Women's 400 metres	53.26	5th	Did not advance
Marily dos Santos	Women's marathon							2:38:10	51st
Zenaide Vieira	Women's 3000 metre steeplechase	Did not finish
Maíla Machado	Women's 100 metre hurdles	13.45	7th	Did not advance
Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosangela Santos	Women's 4x100 metre relay	43.38	5th					43.14	4th
Maria Laura Almirao Josiane Tito Emmily Pinheiro Lucimar Teodoro	Women's 4x400 metre relay	3:30.10	13th	Did not advance
Lucimar Teodoro	Women's 400 metre hurdles	57.68	6th	Did not advance
Tânia Spindler	Women's 20 kilometre walk							1:36:46	37th

Field events

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maurren Maggi	Women's long jump	6.79	1st	7.04	1 Gold
Keila Costa	Women's long jump	6.62	3rd	6.43	11th
Gisele Lima	Women's triple jump	13.81 m	11th	Did not advance
Fabiana Murer	Women's pole vault	4.50	1st	4.45	10th
Elisângela Adriano	Women's discus throw	58.84	11th	Did not advance
Alessandra Nobre Resende	Women's javelin throw	56.53	15th	Did not advance

Combined events

Heptathlon	Event	Lucimara da Silva
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.55	1043	3rd
	High jump	1.83	1016	6th
	Shot put	11.59	634	16th
	200 m	24.56	928	2nd
	Long jump	6.18	905	10th
	Javelin throw	40.34	674	9th
	800 m	2:16.20	876	3rd
Final			6076	17th

Basketball

Main articles: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification, and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's qualification

Women's team

• Brazil women's national basketball team

Brazil Women's National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. 1.5 !G 4 Moisés Pinto, Adriana &1000000000000003000000030 - June 12, 1978(1978-06-12) 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Gospic Croatia ! 2.0 !SG 5 da Costa, Karla Cristina Martins &1000000000000002900000029 - September 25, 1978(1978-09-25) 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Catanduva Brazil ! 2.5 !G/F 6 Gustavo Rocha, Karen &1000000000000002400000024 - March 4, 1984(1984-03-04) 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ourinhos Brazil ! 3.5 !F 7 Martins Jacintho, Micaela &1000000000000002900000029 - June 12, 1979(1979-06-12) 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Ourinhos Brazil ! 1.5 !G 8 Neves Beling, Fernanda &1000000000000002500000025 - December 5, 1982(1982-12-05) 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Unimed/Americana Brazil ! 1.0 !PG 9 das Neves, Claudia Maria (C) &1000000000000003300000033 - February 17, 1975(1975-02-17) 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Stade Clermontois France ! 4.5 !F/C 10 Dantas, Jucimara Evangelista &1000000000000003000000030 - February 4, 1978(1978-02-04) 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Villenuve-d'Ascq France ! 4.5 !F/C 11 Garvão Zakrzeski, Soeli &1000000000000003000000030 - November 12, 1977(1977-11-12) 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Mann Filter Zaragoza Spain ! 3.5 !F 12 de Oliveira Ferreira, Patricia &1000000000000002900000029 - March 21, 1979(1979-03-21) 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Ourinhos Brazil ! 5.0 !C 13 Aparecida Nascimento, Franciele &1000000000000003000000030 - October 19, 1977(1977-10-19) 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Rivas Futura Spain ! 5.0 !C 14 de Jesus Coelho, Graziane &1000000000000002500000025 - January 18, 1983(1983-01-18) 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) MiZo Pécs 2010 Hungary ! 5.0 !C 15 da Silva Santos, Kelly &1000000000000002800000028 - November 10, 1979(1979-11-10) 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Seattle Storm United States !	Head coach Paulo Bassul Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain nat country of last club before the tournament Age age on 9 August 2008

Results

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	5	5	0	424	319	+105	10
Russia	5	4	1	339	333	+6	9
Belarus	5	2	3	324	332	-8	7
Korea	5	2	3	327	360	-33	7
Latvia	5	1	4	334	387	-53	6
Brazil	5	1	4	337	354	-17	6

August 9 16:45	Match 4	Korea	68–62 (OT)	Brazil	OT	Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (Italy)
		Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 13-14, 15-15, 14-12, OT: 13-7
		Pts: Beon 19, Choi 19 Rebs: Jung 8 Asts: Jung 5		Pts: Santos 13 Rebs: Nascimento 12 Asts: Jacintho 3

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August 11 22:15	Match 12	Australia	80–65	Brazil		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikoloas Pitsilkas (Greece)
		Scoring by quarter: 29-14, 21-15, 11-20, 19-16
		Pts: Summerton 18 Rebs: Taylor 8 Asts: Harrower 5		Pts: Santos 21 Rebs: Santos 10 Asts: Santos 3

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August 13 14:30	Match 15	Brazil	78–79	Latvia		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (Dominican Republic)
		Scoring by quarter: 23-14, 13-17, 23-26, 19-22
		Pts: Zakrzeski 16 Rebs: Santos, Zakrzeski 9 Asts: Pinto 4		Pts: Jēkabsone 25 Rebs: Kubliņa 7 Asts: Jēkabsone 5

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August 15 14:30	Match 21	Russia	74–64	Brazil		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy)
		Scoring by quarter: 21-26, 14-15, 19-15, 20-8
		Pts: Shchegoleva 14 Rebs: Korstin 10 Asts: Korstin 5		Pts: Pinto 21 Rebs: Zakrzeski 5 Asts: Pinto 6

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August 17 16:45	Match 28	Brazil	68–53	Belarus		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Arteaga (Spain)
		Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 19-14, 10-12, 19-15
		Pts: Santos 14 Rebs: Nascimento 10 Asts: Nascimento 3		Pts: Anufryienka, Levchenko 10 Rebs: Verameyenka 10 Asts: Marchanka 4

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Paulo Carvalho	Light flyweight	Bouchtouk (MAR) W 13-7	Plange (GHA) W 21-12	Hernández (CUB) L 6-21	Did not advance
Robenilson Vieria	Flyweight	Rathnayake (SRI) W 13-3	Yunusov (TJK) L 6-12	Did not advance
Robson Conceição	Featherweight	Yang (CHN) L 4-12	Did not advance
Éverton Lopes	Lightweight	Talasbayev (KGZ) L 7-9	Did not advance
Myke Carvalho	Light welterweight	Colin (MRI) L 11-15	Did not advance
Washington Silva	Light heavyweight	Augustama (HAI) W 6-2	Samir (GHA) W 9-7	Egan (IRL) L 0-8	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nivalter Santos	C-1 500 m	1:51.363	6th	1:56.139	7th	Did not advance
	C-1 1000 m	4:17.407	6th	4:12.556	14th	Did not advance

Slalom

K1 Women

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Poliana Aparecida de Paula	K-1	113.47	16th	110.72	17th	224.19	14th	168.29	14th	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rubens Donizete	Cross-country	2:05:19	21st

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jaqueline Mourão	Cross-country	-1 LAP	19th

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Murilo Fischer	Road race	6h 26' 17 (+2:28)	20th
Luciano Pagliarini	Road race	7h 08' 27 (+44:38)	90th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Clemilda Fernandes	Road race	3h 41' 01" (+9:17)	51st

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
César Castro	3 m individual springboard	400.60	24th	Did not advance
Hugo Parisi	10 m individual platform	412.95	19th	Did not advance
Cassius Duran	10 m individual platform	389.65	24th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Dive 1	Dive 2	Dive 3	Dive 4	Dive 5	Total	Rank
Juliana Veloso	10 m individual platform	71.40	60.20	56.55	54.00	41.60	283.75	23rd

César Castro qualified a spot to Brazil at the FINA World Championship, while Cassius Duran, Juliana Veloso and Hugo Parisi qualified at the FINA Diving World Cup.

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

The dressage and eventing teams qualified by taking Bronze Medals at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, while the jumping team qualified by taking the Gold Medal at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total score	Rank
Rogério Clementino	Nilo Vo	Individual	Did not advance
Leandro da Silva	Oceano Do Top	Individual	60.125	43rd	Did not advance
Luiza Tavares	Samba	Individual	60.833	40th	Did not advance
Rogério Clementino Leandro da Silva Luiza Tavares	as above	Team	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jeferson Moreira	Escudeiro	Individual	55.90	51st	50.80	45th	4.00	40th	Did not advance		110.70	39th
Andre Paro	Land Heir	Individual	59.60	57th	39.20	43rd	35.00	48th	Did not advance		133.80	47th
Marcelo Tosi	Super Rocky	Individual	64.80	63rd	24.80	37th	-	28th Q	-	22nd	89.60	22nd
Saulo Tristao	Totsie	Individual	79.60	69th	Eliminated
From: Jeferson Moreira Andre Paro Marcelo Tosi Saulo Tristao	as above	Team	180.30	11th	295.10	10th	39.00	10th			334.10	10th

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total

Individual jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. round 1		Ind. round 2			Ind. round 3			Final
											Round A		Round B		Total		Jump off
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	Individual	0	1st	12	12	30th	20	32	27th	Did not advance
Camila Benedicto	Bonito Z	Individual	5	39th	13	18	40rd	9	27	38th	0	1st	8	14th	8	10th	Did not advance
Rodrigo Pessoa	Rufus	Individual	1	14th	0	1	3rd	7	8	7th	4	11th	0	3rd	4	3rd	0	37.04	5th
Pedro Veniss	Un Blanc de Blancs	Individual	0	1st	Did not advance

Team jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifier		Final 1		Final 2
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
From: Bernardo Alves Camila Benedicto Rodrigo Pessoa Pedro Veniss	as above	Team	1	2nd	25	10th	Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze final	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
João Souza	Individual foil		Ota (JPN) L 4-15	Did not advance
Renzo Agresta	Individual sabre	Samir (EGY) W 15-10	Tarantino (ITA) L 8-15	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's team

Brazil national under-23 football team is in Group C with Belgium, New Zealand and China.

Roster

Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).

Squad:

#	Name	Club	Date of birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
1	Diego Alves	Almería	February 28, 1985(1985-02-28) (age 23)	0	0	0	0	0
12	Renan	Internacional	January 24, 1985(1985-01-24) (age 23)	3	0	1	0	0
Defenders
2	Rafinha	Schalke 04	September 7, 1985(1985-09-07) (age 22)	3	0	0	0	0
3	Alex Silva	São Paulo	March 10, 1985(1985-03-10) (age 23)	2	0	1	0	0
4	Thiago Silva	Fluminense	September 29, 1984(1984-09-29) (age 23)	1	0	0	0	0
6	Marcelo	Real Madrid	May 12, 1988(1988-05-12) (age 20)	3	0	0	0	0
13	Ilsinho	Shakhtar Donetsk	October 12, 1985(1985-10-12) (age 22)	2	0	0	0	0
14	Breno	Bayern Munich	October 13, 1989(1989-10-13) (age 18)	3	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	Hernanes	São Paulo	May 29, 1985(1985-05-29) (age 23)	2	1	1	0	0
7	Anderson	Manchester United	April 13, 1988(1988-04-13) (age 20)	2	1	1	0	0
8	Lucas	Liverpool	January 9, 1987(1987-01-09) (age 21)	3	0	1	0	0
10	Ronaldinho*	AC Milan	March 21, 1980(1980-03-21) (age 28)	3	2	0	0	0
11	Ramires	Cruzeiro	March 24, 1987(1987-03-24) (age 21)	2	0	0	0	0
15	Diego	Werder Bremen	September 1, 1985(1985-09-01) (age 23)	3	1	0	0	0
16	Thiago Neves	Fluminense	February 27, 1985(1985-02-27) (age 23)	3	2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	Alexandre Pato	AC Milan	September 2, 1989(1989-09-02) (age 18)	3	1	0	0	0
17	Rafael Sobis	Betis	June 17, 1985(1985-06-17) (age 23)	2	1	0	0	0
18	Jô	Manchester City	March 20, 1987(1987-03-20) (age 21)	2	0	0	0	0
Coach
	Dunga (coach)		October 31, 1963(1963-10-31) (age 45)

Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 South American Youth Championship.

Results

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
China PR	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

2008-08-07 17:00	Brazil	1 – 0	Belgium	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 39,661 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Hernanes  79'	(Report)

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2008-08-10 17:00	New Zealand	0 – 5	Brazil	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 44,951 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
		(Report)	Anderson  3' Pato  33' Ronaldinho  54'  61' (pen.) Sóbis  90+3'

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2008-08-13 19:45	China PR	0 – 3	Brazil	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 38,790 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
		(Report)	Diego  18' Thiago Neves  69'  73'

Quarterfinals

2008-08-16 18:00	Brazil	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 41,043 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Rafael Sóbis  101' Marcelo  105'	(Report)

Semifinals

2008-08-19 21:00	Argentina	3 – 0	Brazil	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 52,968 Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)
	Agüero  52'  58' Riquelme  76' (pen.)	(Report)

Final - Bronze medal match

2008-08-22 19:00	Belgium	0 – 3	Brazil	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 50,705 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
		(Report)	Diego  27' Jô  45'  90+2'

3 Bronze

Women's team

• Women's team - 18 athletes

Brazil women's national football team is in Group B with Korea DPR, Germany and Nigeria.

Roster

Squad:

#	Name	Club	Date of birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
	Andréia	Prainsa S.C.	September 14, 1977(1977-09-14) (age 30)	2	0	0	0	0
	Bárbara	Sport Recife	July 4, 1988(1988-07-04) (age 20)	4	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	Andréia Rosa	Ferroviária Araraquara	July 8, 1984(1984-07-08) (age 24)	1	0	0	0	0
	Tania	Saad	March 10, 1974(1974-03-10) (age 34)	6	0	1	0	0
	Simone	Lyon	February 10, 1981(1981-02-10) (age 27)	6	0	0	0	0
	Rosana	SV Neulengbach	July 7, 1982(1982-07-07) (age 24)	4	0	1	0	0
	Érika	Santos	February 4, 1988(1988-02-04) (age 20)	5	0	1	0	0
	Renata Costa	Orense	July 8, 1986(1986-07-08) (age 22)	6	0	1	0	0
Midfielders
	Formiga	Saad	March 3, 1978(1978-03-03) (age 30)	5	1	2	0	0
	Daniela	Linköpings FC	January 12, 1984(1984-01-12) (age 20)	6	2	1	0	0
	Ester	Santos	February 9, 1982(1982-02-09) (age 26)	5	0	0	0	0
	Pretinha	Leonissa	May 19, 1975(1975-05-19) (age 35)	2	0	0	0	0
	Francielle	Santos	October 18, 1989(1989-10-18) (age 18)	5	0	0	0	0
	Maycon	Saad	April 3, 1977(1977-04-03) (age 31)	6	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	Maurine	Santos	January 14, 1986(1986-01-14) (age 22)	1	0	0	0	0
	Marta	Umeå IK	February 19, 1986(1986-02-19) (age 22)	6	3	2	0	0
	Cristiane	Linköpings FC	May 15, 1985(1985-05-15) (age 23)	6	5	0	0	0
	Fabiana	Corinthians	August 4, 1989(1989-08-04) (age 19)	2	0	0	0	0
	Jorge Luiz Barcellos (Caretaker-manager)		March 17, 1967(1967-03-17) (age 41)

Brazil (CONMEBOL runner-up, second in the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino) qualified by defeating Ghana (CAF runner-up, second in the qualifying tournament).

Results

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Germany	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

2008-08-06 17:00	Germany	0 – 0	Brazil	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 20,703 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
		Report

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2008-08-09 19:45	Brazil	2 – 1	North Korea	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Niu Huijun (China)
	Daniela  14' Marta  23'	Report	Ri Kum-Suk  90'

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2008-08-12 17:00	Nigeria	1 – 3	Brazil	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 51,112 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
	Nkwocha  18' (pen.)	Report	Cristiane  33'  35'  45+3'

Quarterfinals

2008-08-15 18:00	Brazil	2 – 1	Norway	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 26,174 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Daniela  43' Marta  57'	Report	Nordby  83' (pen.)

Semifinals

2008-08-18 18:00	Brazil	4 – 1	Germany	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 26,976 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
	Formiga  43' Cristiane  49'  76' Marta  53'	(Report)	Prinz  10'

Final - Gold medal match

2008-08-21 21:00	Brazil	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	United States	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 51,612 Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)
		Report	Lloyd  96'

2 Silver

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Diego Hypólito	All-around	16.100	15.950					32.050	83	Did not advance
	Floor		15.950					15.950	1 Q	15.200	6th

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Jade Barbosa	All-around	15.100	14.900	14.800	14.700	59.500	12 Q	59.550	10th
	Vault	15.000				15.100	7 Q	14.487	7th
Ethiene Franco	All-around	14.175	14.275	14.100	14.400	56.950	36	Did not advance
Daniele Hypólito	All-around		14.250	14.300	14.000	42.550	76	Did not advance
Daiane dos Santos	All-around	14.800	15.275			30.075	84	Did not advance
	Floor		15.275			15.275	5 Q	15.275	5th
Ana Cláudia Silva	All-around	14.750	14.800	14.550	13.475	57.575	28 Q	56.875	22nd
Laís Souza	All-around	14.800		14.775	13.575	43.150	74	Did not advance
Jade Barbosa Ethiene Franco Daniele Hypólito Daiane dos Santos Ana Cláudia Silva Laís Souza	Team	44.300	42.975	43.325	43.900	233.800	7	174.500	8th

Diego Hypólito qualified by placing 17th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the men's team all-around competition, and the women's team qualified by placing 5th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the women's team all-around competition.

Rhythmic

A group qualified by placing 11th at the 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in the group all-around competition.

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ribbons	3 hoops & 2 balls	Total	Rank	5 ribbons	3 hoops & 2 balls	Total	Rank
Daniela Leite Luana Faro Luisa Matsuo Marcela Menezes Nicole Muller Tayanne Mantovaneli	Team	14.900	14.225	29.125	12th	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Men's team - 14 athletes Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 Pan American Games

Preliminary round - Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	4	4	0	0	118	85	33	8
Poland	4	3	0	1	117	98	19	6
Spain	5	3	0	2	152	145	7	6
Croatia	4	2	0	2	107	93	14	4
Brazil	5	1	0	4	129	153	-24	2
China	4	0	0	4	82	131	-49	0

10 August 14:00	France	34–26	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)
	Girault 7	(Report)	Ertel 5

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12 August 9:00	Brazil	14–33	Croatia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)
	Ertel, Souza 3	(Report)	Dzomba 7

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14 August 10:45	Poland	28–25	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Karbas-Chi (IRI), Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Jurecki, Tluczynski 6	(Report)	Ribeiro 7

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16 August 09:00	Brazil	29–22	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Ribeiro, Laureano 5	(Report)	Cui, Cui 4

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18 August 10:45	Spain	36–35	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
	Romero 8	(Report)	Pacheco Filho 12

Women's tournament

Women's team - 14 athletes Brazil won by winning the 2007 Pan American Games.

Preliminary round - Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Russia	4	3	1	0	118	96	+22	7
South Korea	4	2	1	1	122	105	+17	5
Hungary	4	2	1	1	107	109	-2	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	102	112	-10	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	94	104	-10	3
Germany	4	1	0	3	98	115	-17	2

August 9 20:45	Germany	24–22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)
	Krause 6	(Report)	Santos 6

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August 11 10:45	Brazil	28–28	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
	Amorim 10	(Report)	Gorbicz 8

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August 13 09:00	Russia	28–19	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis (LAT), Stolarovs (LAT)
	Poltoratskaya 6	(Report)	Nascimento 5

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August 15 10:45	Brazil	33–32	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis (LAT), Stolarovs (LAT)
	Nascimento 9	(Report)	Hong 10

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August 17 09:00	Sweden	25-22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
	Ahlm 7	(Report)	Rosas 5

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Qualification spots were won at the 2007 World Judo Championships and the Pan-American Judo Union Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Denílson Lourenço	−60 kg	M. Korotun (UKR) W 1001-0001	P. Petříkov (CZE) L 0000-0011	Did not advance
João Derly	−66 kg		J. Kim (KOR) W 0002-0001	P. Dias (POR) L 0010-0101	Did not advance
Leandro Guilheiro	−73 kg		M. Bertolotti (ARG) W 0100-0010	M. August (RSA) W 1001-0000	K. Wang (KOR) L 0000-0100	Did not advance		S. Muminov (UZB) W 1000-0000	G. Bilodid (UKR) W 1000-0001	A. Maloumat (IRI) W 1000-0000 3 Bronze
Tiago Camilo	−81 kg		T. Ono (JPN) W 0120-0000	H. Malekmohammadi (IRI) W 1010-0000	O. Bischof (GER) L 0000-0200	Did not advance		T. Stevens (USA) W 0011-0010	E. Burton (GBR) W 0100-0010	G. Elmont (NED) W 1100-0001 3 Bronze
Eduardo Santos	−90 kg	Y. He (CHN) W 1000-0000		J. Camacho (VEN) W 1000-0000	Y. Dafreville (FRA) L 0001-1011	Did not advance		R. Meloni (ITA) W 1000-0000	S. Aschwanden (AUT) L 0000-0000	Did not advance
Luciano Correa	−100 kg		H. Grol (NED) L 0001-0210	Did not advance			A. Zeevi (ISR) W 0011-0001	P. Matyjaszek (POL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
João Gabriel Schlittler	+100 kg		Y. Sotnikov (UKR) W 0010-0001	M. Padar (EST) W 0010-0000	Ó. Braison (CUB) L 0000-1000	Did not advance		R. Hachache (LIB) W 1031-0000	T. Riner (FRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sarah Menezes	−48 kg	E. Csernoviczki (HUN) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Andressa Fernandes	−52 kg	M. García (DOM) L 0001-0010	Did not advance
Ketleyn Quadros	−57 kg	S. Kang (KOR) W 0011-0002		D. Gravenstijn (NED) L 0000-0001	Did not advance			I. Fernández (ESP) W 0001-0000	A. Sato (JPN) W 1000-0000	M. Pekli (AUS) W 1000-0000 3 Bronze
Danielli Yuri	−63 kg	J. Kong (KOR) L 0100-1000	Did not advance
Mayra Aguiar	−70 kg	L. Iglesias (ESP) L 0011-0020	Did not advance
Edinanci Silva	−78 kg			E. San Miguel (ESP) L 0010-0011	Did not advance		V. Moskalyuk (RUS) W 0021-0000	L. Morico (ITA) W	P. Lkhamdegd (MGL) W 1131-0010	G. Jeong (KOR) L 0000-1010

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Yane Marques qualified at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Women

Athlete	Shoot			Fence			Swim			Ride			Run			Total points	Rank
	Score	Pts	Rank	Wins	Pts	Rank	Time	Pts	Rank	Score	Pts	Rank	Time	Pts	Rank
Yane Marques	185	1156	7th	19	856	14th	2:15.44	1296	6th	85.86	948	33rd	11:01.61	1076	24th	5332	12th

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anderson Nocetti	Single sculls	7:35.52	2nd	7:23.68	5th	7:18.78	3rd	7:01.54	2nd
Thiago Almeida Thiago Gomes	Lightweight double sculls	6:30.78	5th	6:51.99	4th	6:39.91	2nd	6:36.24	5th

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fabiana Beltrame	Single sculls	8:08.84	4th	7:52.65	5th	8:13.01	4th	7:43.04	1st
Camila Carvalho Luciana Granato	Lightweight Double sculls	7:25.90	5th	7:47.53	5th	--	--	7:22.40	3rd

Qualified at the Latin America Regatta.

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ricardo Winicki	Sailboard	12	6	13	7	6	3	6	7	5	(33)	12	65	5th
Bruno Fontes	Laser	31	17	31	12	12	24	35	23	(39)	--		185	27th
Samuel Albrecht Fabio Pillar	470	9	(30) OCS	10	18	4	30 OCS	16	10	24	13	--	134	17th
Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada	Star	10	(11)	6	1	9	10	2	3	3	3	6	53	2 Silver

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Patrícia Freitas	Sailboard	20	13	15	(23)	6	7	21	17	16	20	--	135	18th
Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan	470	11	(16)	5	10	7	6	6	2	7	4	2	60	3 Bronze

Athlete	Event	Race													Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Eduardo Couto	Finn	6	16	(27) DNF	7	2	17	14	27 OCS	--					89	13th
André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte	49er	10	5	8	9	9	4	12	5	11	1	9	(13)	16	99	7th

Brazil earned a quota in all the classes above during the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, except for 470 and 49er, which were earned the 2008 Championships in Port Phillips (470) and Sorrento (49er), Australia.

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Júlio Almeida	10 m air pistol	580	13th	Did not advance		12th
	25 m rapid fire pistol	568	11th	Did not advance		11th
	50 m pistol	554	18th	Did not advance		17th
Stênio Yamamoto	10 m air pistol	568	43rd	Did not advance		42nd
	50 m pistol	538	44th	Did not advance		43rd

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
César Cielo	Men's 50 m freestyle	21.47	1st	21.34 OR	1st	21.30 OR	1 Gold
Nicholas Santos	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.00	4th	22.15	8th	Did not advance
César Cielo	Men's 100 m freestyle	48.16	4th	48.07	5th	47.67	3 Bronze
Rodrigo Castro	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:47.87	18th	1:48.71	16th	Did not advance
Guilherme Guido	Men's 100 m backstroke	54.89	20th	Did not advance
Lucas Salatta	Men's 200 m backstroke	1:59.91	6th	Did not advance
Henrique Barbosa	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:01.11	23rd	Did not advance
Felipe Silva	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:01.04	22nd	Did not advance
Thiago Pereira	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:11.40	1st	Did not advance
Henrique Barbosa	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:12.99	7th	Did not advance
Kaio Márcio	Men's 100 m butterfly	52.05	5th	52.32	8th	Did not advance
Gabriel Mangabeira	Men's 100 m butterfly	52.28	5th	Did not advance
Kaio Márcio	Men's 200 m butterfly	1:54.65	2nd	1:55.21	6th	1:54.71	7th
Thiago Pereira	Men's 200 m medley	1:58.41	3rd	1:58.06	3rd	1:58.14	4th
Thiago Pereira	Men's 400 m medley	4:11.74	8th			4:15.40	8th
César Cielo Rodrigo Castro Fernando Silva Nicolas Oliveira	Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle	47.91 49.23 49.53 - DSQ	16th	Disqualified
Nicolas Oliveira Rodrigo Castro Phillip Morrison Lucas Salatta	Men's 4 x 200 m freestyle	1:49.49 1:48.31 1:49.35 1:52.39 7:19.54	16th	Did not advance
Guilherme Guido Felipe Silva Kaio Márcio Nicolas Oliveira	Men's 4 x 100 m medley	54.78 1:02.06 53.31 48.51 3:38.66	6th	Did not advance
Allan do Carmo	Men's marathon 10 km					1:52:16.6	14th

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Flávia Delaroli	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.34	5th	Did not advance
Fabíola Molina	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:01.00	18th	Did not advance
Daynara de Paula	Women's 100 m butterfly	59.45	34th	Did not advance
Gabriella Silva	Women's 100 m butterfly	58.00	5th	58.39	8th	58.10	7th
Joanna Maranhão	Women's 400 m medley	4:40.18	17th	Did not advance
Tatiana Barbosa Flávia Delaroli Michelle Lenhardt Monique Ferreira	Women's 4 x 100 m freestyle	55.08 56.13 55.90 55.74 3:42.85	8th	Did not advance
Fabíola Molina Tatiane Sakemi Gabriella Silva Tatiana Barbosa	Women's 4 x 100 m medley	29.67 33.17 25.91 26.11 4:02.61	5th	Did not advance
Ana Marcela Cunha	Women's marathon 10 km					1:59:36.8	5th
Poliana Okimoto	Women's marathon 10 km					1:59:37.4	7th

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Lara Teixeira and Nayara Figueira qualified at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Beijing

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)				Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Nayara Figueira Lara Teixeira	Duet	44.334	12th	44.667	13th	89.001	13th	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

• Gustavo Tsuboi, Thiago Monteiro and Mariany Nonaka all qualified at the 18th Latin American Championship.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Thiago Monteiro	Singles		Kim Hyok Bong (PRK) L 6-11, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 5-11	Did not advance
Gustavo Tsuboi	Singles	Peter-Paul (CAN) W 11-7, 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 12-10	Gionis Panagiotis (GRE) L 7-11, 3-11, 5-11, 5-11	Did not advance

Hugo Hoyama will be the third member of the men's team.

Team

August 13

Brazil	1–3	Chinese Taipei
Brazil	1–3	South Korea

August 14

Brazil	0–3	Sweden

Team (Group C)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	3	3	0	9	2
Chinese Taipei	5	3	2	1	7	6
Sweden	4	3	1	2	5	6
Brazil	3	3	0	3	2	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mariany Nonaka	Singles	Paskauskiene (LTU) L 3-11,6-11,13-15,3-11	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Márcio Wenceslau	−58 kg	Reza Naderian (IRI) W 2 - 1	Juan Antonio Ramos (ESP) L 3 - 2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Débora Nunes	−57 kg	Lailatou Amadou Lele (NIG) W NIG - Disqulified	Martina Zubčić (CRO) L 2 - 3	Did not advance
Natália Falavigna	+67 kg	Kyriaki Kouvari (GRE) W 3 - 1	Carmen Marton (AUS) W 5 - 2	Nina Solheim (NOR) L 2 - 2 (SUP) 3 Bronze	Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Thomaz Bellucci	Singles	D Hrbatý (SVK)	L 6-2, 4-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Marcos Daniel	Singles	J Melzer (AUT)	L 7-6(9), 1-6, 6-8	Did not advance
André Sá Marcelo Melo	Doubles			T Berdych (CZE)  R Štěpánek (CZE)	W 5-7, 6-2, 8-6	M Bhupathi (IND)   L Paes (IND)	L 4-6, 2-6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim		Cycling		Run		Total	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reinaldo Colucci	Individual	18:24	34th	1:17:43	23rd	33:22	25th	1:51:35.57	26th
Juraci Moreira	Individual	18:52	46th	1:17:47	39th	34:56	37th	1:53:13.94	37th

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim		Cycling		Run		Total	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mariana Ohata	Individual	20:02	27th	1:26:56	37th	39:43	38th	2:07:11.92	39th

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Beach

Men's tournament

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round Pool D	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Márcio Araújo Fabio Luiz Magalhães Seed 3	Doubles	Lione - Amore (ITA)  W 2 - 0 (21-18, 21-18)  Doppler - Gartmayer (AUT)  L 2 - 1 (20-22, 21-19, 15-11)  Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS)  W 2 - 0 (24-22, 21-17)	2	Asahi - Shiratori (JPN)  W 2 - 0 (23-21, 21-15)	Gosch - Horst (AUT)  W 2 - 0 (22-20, 21-17)	Ricardo - Emanuel (BRA)  W 2 - 0 (22-20, 21-18)	Rogers - Dalhausser (USA) Gold medal match  L 1 - 2 (21-23, 21-17, 4-15) 2 Silver
Emanuel Rego Ricardo Santos Seed 2	Doubles	Fernandes - Morais (ANG)  W 2 - 0 (21-8, 21-13)  Geor - Gia (GEO)  W 2 - 0 (21-19, 21-17)  Schacht - Slack (AUS)  W 2 - 0 (21-14, 21-17)	1	Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS)  W 2 - 1 (18-21, 25-23, 15-13)	Gibb - Rosenthal (USA)  W 2 - 0 (21-18, 21-16)	Araújo - Fábio Luiz (BRA)  L 0 - 2 (20-22, 18-21)	Geor - Gia (GEO) Bronze medal match  W 2 - 0 (21-15, 21-10) 3 Bronze

Women's tournament

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Athlete	Event	Pool game 1	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Talita Antunes Renata Ribeiro Seed 6	Doubles	Candelas - Garcia (MEX)  W 2 - 1 (18-21, 21-16, 15-8)  Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)  W 2 - 0 (21-18, 21-19)  Karantasiou - Arvaniti (GRE)  W 2 - 0 (22-20, 21-19)	1	Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR)  W 2 - 1 (12-21, 21-19, 15-13)	Barnett - Cook (AUS)  W 2 - 0 (24-22, 21-14)	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)  L 0 - 2 (12-21, 14-21)	Tian Jia - Wang (CHN) Bronze medal match  L 0 - 2 (19-21, 17,21)
Ana Paula Connelly Larissa França Seed 3	Doubles	Saka - Rtvelo (GEO)  W 2 - 1 (23-25, 21-17, 15-5)  Uryadova - Shiryaeva (RUS)  W 2 - 1 (19-21, 21-12, 15,13)  Barnett - Cook (AUS)  L 0 - 2 (23-21, 23-21)	2	Pohl - Rau (GER)  W 2 - 0 (21-18, 21-14)	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)  L 0 - 2 (18-21, 15-21)	Did not advance

Indoor

Brazil qualified a team to both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won all their group matches but one, and advanced to the final round. There, they won both the quarterfinal and the semifinal, but lost the gold medal game, having to settle for the silver medal.

The women's team went through the tournament undefeated, winning all their games, and ultimately becoming the Olympic champions.

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup.

Roster

The following is the Brazilian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Bruno, Bruno	01986-07-02 2 July 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (170 lb)	323 cm (127 in)	302 cm (119 in)	Cimed
02 !2	Marcelinho, Marcelinho	01974-11-09 9 November 1974	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (170 lb)	321 cm (126 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Panathinaikos VC
04 !4	Heller, AndreAndré Heller	01975-12-17 17 December 1975	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (210 lb)	339 cm (133 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Pallavolo Modena
06 !6	Fuchs, SamuelSamuel Fuchs	01984-03-04 4 March 1984	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (200 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	316 cm (124 in)	Lokomotiv Belgorod
07 !7	Giba, Giba	01976-12-23 23 December 1976	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	312 cm (123 in)	Iskra Odintsovo
08 !8	Murilo, Murilo	01981-05-03 3 May 1981	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (170 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	319 cm (126 in)	Pallavolo Modena
09 !9	André, André	01979-03-04 4 March 1979	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Pallavolo Modena
10	Sergio Sérgio	01975-10-15 15 October 1975	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (170 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica
11	Anderson, Anderson	01974-05-21 21 May 1974	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Sport Club Ulbra
13	Gustavo, Gustavo	01975-08-23 23 August 1975	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (220 lb)	337 cm (133 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Sisley Treviso
14	Rodrigao Rodrigão	01979-04-17 17 April 1979	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Lube Banca Marche
18	Dante, Dante	01980-09-30 30 September 1980	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (190 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Panathinaikos VC

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	427	373	1.145	13	4	3.250
2	Russia	9	4	1	496	447	1.110	14	7	2.000
3	Poland	9	4	1	434	404	1.074	12	6	2.000
4	Serbia	7	2	3	440	439	1.002	9	10	0.900
5	Germany	6	1	4	418	440	0.950	6	12	0.500
6	Egypt	5	0	5	267	379	0.704	0	15	0.000

10 August 2008 15:20	Brazil	3 – 0	Egypt	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	19 15 18

12 August 2008 15:00	Serbia	1 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Osamu Sakaide (Japan) Report(s): result statistics
	27 20 17 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 25 25 25

14 August 2008 12:30	Brazil	1 – 3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Wang Ning (China) Report(s): result statistics
	25 24 29 19	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	22 26 31 25

16 August 2008 20:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Osamu Sakaide (Japan) Report(s): result statistics
	30 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	28 19 19

18 August 2008 12:20	Germany	0 – 3	Brazil	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referee(s): Liu Jiang (China), Umit Sokullu (Turkey) Report(s): result statistics
	22 21 23	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 20:00	China	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Massimo Menghini (Italy), Frank Leuthauser (Germany) Report(s): result statistics
	17 15 16	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Semifinal

22 August 2008 20:00	Italy	1 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Humberto Salas (Mexico) Report(s): result statistics
	25 18 21 22	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	19 25 25 25

Gold medal game

02008-08-24 24 August 2008 12:00	1 ! United States	3 – 1	Brazil 2 !	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Bela Hobor (Hungary) Report(s): result statistics
	20 25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 22 21 23

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Brazil qualified by being runner-up at the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup.

Roster

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Walewska, OliveiraOliveira Walewska	01979-10-01 1 October 1979	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	CAV Murcia
02 !2	Albuquerque, CarolinaCarolina Albuquerque	01977-07-25 25 July 1977	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (170 lb)	289 cm (114 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Finasa
03 !3	Steinbrecher, MarianneMarianne Steinbrecher	01983-08-23 23 August 1983	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
04 !4	Pequeno, PaulaPaula Pequeno	01982-01-22 22 January 1982	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (160 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Finasa
06 !6	Menezes, ThaisaThaisa Menezes	01987-05-15 15 May 1987	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	79 kg (170 lb)	316 cm (124 in)	301 cm (119 in)	Rexona Ades
07 !7	Souza, HeliaHélia Souza	01970-10-03 3 October 1970	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (140 lb)	283 cm (111 in)	264 cm (104 in)	CAV Murcia
08 !8	Menezes, ValeskaValeska Menezes	01976-04-23 23 April 1976	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	62 kg (140 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Asystel Novara
09 !9	Claudino, FabianaFabiana Claudino	01984-01-24 24 January 1984	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	76 kg (170 lb)	314 cm (124 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Rexona Ades
10	Gonzaga, WelissaWelissa Gonzaga	01982-09-09 9 September 1982	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	76 kg (170 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	287 cm (113 in)	Rexona Ades
12	Carvalho, JacquelineJacqueline Carvalho	01983-12-31 31 December 1983	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	286 cm (113 in)	CAV Murcia
13	Castro, SheillaSheilla Castro	01983-07-01 1 July 1983	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	64 kg (140 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	284 cm (112 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
14	Oliveira, FabianaFabiana de Oliveira	01980-03-07 7 March 1980	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	276 cm (109 in)	266 cm (105 in)	Rexona Ades

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX
2	Italy	9	4	1	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	8	3	2	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	7	2	3	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	6	1	4	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	0	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 12:30	Algeria	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Liu Jiang (China), Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar) Report(s): result statistics
	11 11 10	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

11 August 2008 14:30	Brazil	3 – 0	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Osamu Sakaide (Japan), Wang Ning (China) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	14 14 16

13 August 2008 14:30	Serbia	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Frans Loderus (Netherlands) Report(s): result statistics
	15 13 23	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

15 August 2008 12:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Kazakhstan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referee(s): Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 27	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	13 6 25

17 August 2008 15:15	Italy	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee(s): Humberto Salas (Mexico), Mitch Davidson (Canada) Report(s): result statistics
	16 22 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 12:00	Japan	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic) Report(s): result statistics
	12 20 16	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Semifinal

21 August 2008 20:00	China	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Andrei Zenovich (Russia) Report(s): result statistics
	25 22 14	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	27 25 25

Gold medal game

02008-08-23 23 August 2008 20:00	2 ! United States	1 – 3	Brazil 1 !	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referee(s): Massimo Menghini (Italy), Umit Sokullu (Turkey) Report(s): result statistics
	15 25 13 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 18 25 25

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Wellison Silva qualified at the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wellison Silva	-69 kg	135	--	155	--	290	18th

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Qualified at the 1st Olympic Qualification Tournament

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rosângela Conceição	−72 kg	Zhanibekova (KAZ) W 2-1	Hamaguchi (JPN) L 0-2	Did not advance

See also

• Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Brazil at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Brazil at the Olympics
• Sports in Brazil

References

• COB's listing
• Brazilian Olympic Team