Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Atlanta
Competitors	225 (159 men, 66 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Joaquim Cruz
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 9 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes - 159 men, 66 women - competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals - only surpassed in 2008 - and 3 golds - surpassed in 2004 with five.

After 76 years since the debut of the country at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Brazilian women finally won Olympic medals. That happened for the first time in the all-Brazilian's beach volleyball final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel. Beach volleyball competitions made its debut at 1996 Summer Olympics.

The other two gold medals were both obtained in Sailing events. Robert Scheidt was gold medalist in the Laser class. Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira won Star class. It was the first medal of Robert Scheidt and the third medal of Torben Grael; both sailors are the onliest Brazilian athletes with the record of five olympic medals ( two of them are gold ). Besides the two gold medals, a bronze medal was also obtained in sailing by Torben's brother Lars Grael and Kiko Pellicano in Tornado class.

Brazil women's national basketball team, leaded by Hortência Marcari, Janeth Arcain and Maria Paula Silva, had a great performance, losing the gold medal match to host country United States women's national basketball team. It was the first medal won by women in Basketball.

The swimmer Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 200 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle. The other medal obtained in swimmer was the bronze medal conquered by Fernando Scherer in men's 50 m freestyle.

Brazil women's national volleyball team, finally won its first Olympic medal after a hard bronze medal match against Russia by 3 sets to 2.

At the men's football tournament, the under-23 football team lost a dramatic semifinal to Nigeria by 4 - 3, after being winning the match by 3 to 0. In the bronze medal match, Brazil beat Portugal by 5 - 0.

At the Judo events, Brazil won two bronze medals. The 1988 Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel obtained a medal in men's 95 kg category, while Henrique Guimarães was the medalist in men's 65 kg category.

The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the first of the History of the country not only in Equestrian as also in a mixed gender Olympic event.

Finally, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Arnaldo da Silva obtained for the first time ever a medal in a relay event in Athletics, the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.

Medalists

Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sandra Pires Jackie Silva	Volleyball	Women's beach volleyball	July 27
Gold	Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira	Sailing	Star class	July 29
Gold	Robert Scheidt	Sailing	Laser class	July 31
Silver	Gustavo Borges	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle	July 20
Silver	Adriana Samuel Mônica Rodrigues	Volleyball	Women's beach volleyball	July 27
Silver	Brazil women's national basketball team Maria Angelica   Claudia Maria Pastor Janeth Arcain   Adriana Santos Roseli Gustavo   Cintia Santos Silvinha   Maria Paula Silva Hortência Marcari Oliva   Leila Sobral Alessandra Oliveira   Marta de Souza Sobral	Basketball	Women's basketball	August 4
Bronze	Aurélio Miguel	Judo	Men's 95 kg	July 21
Bronze	Gustavo Borges	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	July 22
Bronze	Henrique Guimarães	Judo	Men's 65 kg	July 25
Bronze	Fernando Scherer	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle	July 25
Bronze	Lars Grael Kiko Pellicano	Sailing	Tornado class	July 30
Bronze	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo André Johannpeter Alvaro Miranda Neto Rodrigo Pessoa	Equestrian	Team jumping	August 1
Bronze	Brazil national under-23 football team Aldair   Narciso Amaral   Rivaldo Bebeto   Roberto Carlos Danrlei   Ronaldo Guiaro André Luiz   Ronaldo Flavio Conceição   Savio Juninho Paulista   Dida Luizão   Ze Elias Marcelinho Paulista   Zé Maria	Football	Men's tournament	August 2
Bronze	Brazil women's national volleyball team Ana Ida Alvares   Ana Moser Leila Barros   Ana Flavia Sanglard Ericleia Bodziak   Hélia Souza Hilma Caldeira   Sandra Suruagy Ana Paula Connelly   Fernanda Venturini Virna Dias   Marcia Fu Cunha	Volleyball	Women's volleyball	August 3
Bronze	Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Arnaldo da Silva	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	August 3

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Sailing	2	0	1	3
Volleyball	1	1	1	3
Swimming	0	1	2	3
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Judo	0	0	2	2
Football	0	0	1	1
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Total	3	3	9	15

Medals by date
Date				Total
20 July	0	1	0	1
21 July	0	0	1	1
22 July	0	0	1	1
23 July	0	0	0	0
24 July	0	0	0	0
25 July	0	0	2	2
26 July	0	0	0	0
27 July	1	1	0	2
28 July	0	0	0	0
29 July	1	0	0	1
30 July	0	0	1	1
31 July	1	0	0	1
1 Aug	0	0	1	1
2 Aug	0	0	1	1
3 Aug	0	0	2	2
4 Aug	0	1	0	1
Total	3	3	9	15

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	1	7	10
Female	1	2	1	4
Mixed	0	0	1	1
Total	3	3	9	15

Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Gustavo Borges	Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle Men's 100 metre freestyle

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

• Edgar de Oliveira
  • Heat — 3:40.70 (→ did not advance)
• Joaquim Cruz
  • Heat — 3:45.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Adalberto García
  • Heat — 14:28.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Sanderlei Parrela, Valdinei da Silva, Everson Teixeira, and Eronilde de Araujo
  • Heat — 3:02.51
  • Semi Final — 3:03.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Everson Teixeira
  • Heat — 48.52s
  • Semi Final — 48.28s
  • Final — 48.57s (→ 7th place)
• Eronilde de Araujo
  • Heat — 48.52s
  • Semi Final — 48.45s
  • Final — 48.78s (→ 8th place)
• Cleverson Silva
  • Heat — 51.23s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• Clodoaldo do Carmo
  • Heat — 8:51.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Douglas de Souza
  • Qualification — 7.61m (→ did not advance)
• Nelson Ferreira
  • Qualification — 7.76m (→ did not advance)
• Marcio da Cruz
  • Qualification — 7.12m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Luíz Antônio dos Santos — 2:15.55 (→ 10th place)
• Vanderlei De Lima — 2:21.01 (→ 47th place)
• Diamantino dos Santos — 2:26.53 (→ 73rd place)

Women's 800 metres

• Luciana Mendes
  • Heat — 2:00.25 (→ 16th place; did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Solange de Souza — 2:56.23 (→ 39th place)
• Carmem de Oliveira — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Triple Jump

• Maria Aparecida
  • Qualification — 13.38m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Elisângela Adriano
  • Qualification — 16.49m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Rogelio de Brito
  1. First Round — Defeated Nemo Bahari (Indonesia), 12-3
  2. Second Round — Lost to Lorenzo Aragon (Cuba), 6-16

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Agnaldo Nunes
  1. First Round — Defeated Henry Kunsi (Papua New Guinea), 11-11 (referee decision)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 1-11

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Zely Ferreria
  1. First Round — Lost to Francis Barrett (Ireland), 7-32

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Jorge Silva
  1. First Round — Lost to Rival Cadeau (Seychelles), 7-22

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Ricardo Rodríguez
  1. First Round — Defeated Bob Gasio (Western Samoa), 11-4
  2. Second Round — Lost to Rhoshii Wells (United States), 2-16

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Daniel Bispo
  1. First Round — Defeated Adnan Khaddour (Syria), 9-4
  2. Second Round — Defeated Jean-Louis Mandengue (France), referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 7-14

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Hernandes Cuadri
  • Final — 1:14:12 (→ 35th place)
• Valdir Lermen
  • Final — 1:14:48 (→ 36th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Marcio Ravelli
  • Final — 2:45:16 (→ 27th place)
• Ivanir Lopes
  • Final — 2:53:29 (→ 35th place)

Football

Men's tournament

Japan v Brazil

21 July 1996 Match 1	Japan	1–0	Brazil	Miami
18:30 UTC−4	Ito  72'	Report		Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 46,724 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Brazil v Hungary

23 July 1996 Match 2	Brazil	3–1	Hungary	Miami
20:30 UTC−4	Ronaldo  35' Juninho  62' Bebeto  85'	Report	Madar  58'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 34,871 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Brazil v Nigeria

25 July 1996 Match 3	Brazil	1–0	Nigeria	Miami
21:00 UTC−4	Ronaldo  31'	Report		Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 55,650 Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

Brazil v Ghana

28 July 1996 Quarterfinals	Brazil	4–2	Ghana	Miami
18:00 UTC−4	Dodoo  18' (o.g.) Ronaldo  56', 62' Bebeto  72'	Report	Akonnor  23' Aboagye  53'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 45,257 Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

Nigeria v Brazil

31 July 1996 Semifinals	Nigeria	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Brazil	Athens
18:00 UTC−4	Roberto Carlos  20' (o.g.) Ikpeba  78' Kanu  90'  94'	Report	Conceição  1', 38' Bebeto  28'	Stadium: Sanford Stadium Attendance: 78,687 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Brazil v Portugal

2 August 1996 Bronze Medal Match	Brazil	5–0	Portugal	Athens
18:00 UTC−4	Ronaldo  5' Conceição  11' Bebeto  47', 54' (pen.), 75'	Report		Stadium: Sanford Stadium Attendance: 68,173 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Women's tournament

Norway v Brazil

21 July 1996 Match 1	Norway	2–2	Brazil	Washington, D.C.
15:00 UTC−4	Medalen  32' Aarønes  68'	Report	Pretinha  57', 89'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 45,946 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Brazil v Japan

23 July 1996 Match 2	Brazil	2–0	Japan	Birmingham
16:30 UTC−4	Kátia  68' Pretinha  78'	Report		Stadium: Legion Field Attendance: 26,111 Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Brazil v Germany

25 July 1996 Match 3	Brazil	1–1	Germany	Birmingham
18:30 UTC−4	Sissi  53'	Report	Wunderlich  4'	Stadium: Legion Field Attendance: 28,319 Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

China PR v Brazil

28 July 1996 Semifinals	China PR	3–2	Brazil	Athens
15:00 UTC−4	Sun  5' Wei  83', 90'	Report	Roseli  67' Pretinha  72'	Stadium: Sanford Stadium Attendance: 64,196 Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Brazil v Norway

1 August 1996 Bronze Medal Match	Brazil	0–2	Norway	Athens
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Aarønes  21', 25'	Stadium: Sanford Stadium Attendance: 76,489 Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Jean Labatut	Trap	119	20

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Fernando Scherer
  1. Heat – 22.68
  2. Swim-off – 22.71
  3. Final – 22.29 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Gustavo Borges
  1. Heat – 22.86
  2. B-Final – 22.92 (→ 13th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Fernando Scherer
  1. Heat – 49.79
  2. Final – 49.57 (→ 5th place)
• Gustavo Borges
  1. Heat – 49.17
  2. Final – 49.02 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Gustavo Borges
  1. Heat – 1:49.00
  2. Final – 1:48.08 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Luiz Lima
  1. Heat – 3:56.43 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Luiz Lima
  1. Heat – 15:24.16 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Rogério Romero
  1. Heat – 56.94 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Rogério Romero
  1. Heat – 2:03.49
  2. B-Final – 2:03.20 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• André Teixeira
  1. Heat – 55.23 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Fernando Scherer, Alexandre Massura, André Cordeiro, and Gustavo Borges
  1. Heat – 3:20.21
  2. Final – 3:18.30 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Cassiano Leal, Luiz Lima, Fernando Saez, and André Teixeira
  1. Heat – 7:28.82 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Gabrielle Rose
  1. Heat – 57.16 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Gabrielle Rose
  1. Heat – 1:01.22
  2. B-Final – 1:01.39 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Gabrielle Rose
  1. Heat – 2:18.99 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Fernando Meligeni
  1. First round — Defeated Stefano Pescosolido (Italy) 6-4 6-2
  2. Second round — Defeated Albert Costa (Spain) 7-6 6-4
  3. Third round — Defeated Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 7-6 4-6 8-6
  4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy (Russia) 6-7 7-5 6-3
  5. Semi Finals — Lost to Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-7 2-6
  6. Bronze Medal Match — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 6-3 2-6 4-6

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Argentina (1-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
  • Defeated Poland (3-0)
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Defeated Cuba (3-0)
• Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Argentina (3-1)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Cuba (3-0) → 5th place
• Team Roster
  • Gilson Bernardo
  • Nalbert Bitencourt
  • Giovane Gávio
  • Antonio Carlos Gouveia
  • Mauricio Lima
  • Fabio "Pinha" Marcelino
  • Marcelo Negrão
  • Cassio Leandro Pereira
  • Max Pereira
  • Alexandre Samuel
  • Carlos Schwanke
  • Paulo André Silva
• Head Coach: José Roberto Guimarães

Men's Beach Competition

• Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto — 9th place overall
• Zé Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego — 9th place overall

Women's Indoor Team Competition

• Team Roster
  • Ana Ida Alvares
  • Leila Barros
  • Ericleia Bodziak
  • Hilma Caldeira
  • Ana Paula Connelly
  • Marcia Fu Cunha
  • Virna Dias
  • Ana Moser
  • Ana Flavia Sanglard
  • Hélia Souza
  • Sandra Suruagy
  • Fernanda Venturini
• Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende

See also

• Brazil at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

• (in Portuguese) Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee
• (in English) sports-reference