Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | BRA |
NOC | Brazilian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Atlanta | |
Competitors | 225 (159 men, 66 women) in 19 sports |
Flag bearer | Joaquim Cruz |
Medals Ranked 25th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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 perfomance, 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[edit]
Multiple medallist[edit]
The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Name | Medal | Sport | Event |
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Gustavo Borges | ![]() ![]() |
Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle Men's 100 metre freestyle |
Results by event[edit]
Athletics[edit]
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[edit]
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
- Rogelio de Brito
- First Round — Defeated Nemo Bahari (Indonesia), 12-3
- Second Round — Lost to Lorenzo Aragon (Cuba), 6-16
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
- Agnaldo Nunes
- First Round — Defeated Henry Kunsi (Papua New Guinea), 11-11 (referee decision)
- Second Round — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 1-11
Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
- Zely Ferreria
- First Round — Lost to Francis Barrett (Ireland), 7-32
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
- Jorge Silva
- First Round — Lost to Rival Cadeau (Seychelles), 7-22
Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
- Ricardo Rodríguez
- First Round — Defeated Bob Gasio (Western Samoa), 11-4
- Second Round — Lost to Rhoshii Wells (United States), 2-16
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
- Daniel Bispo
- First Round — Defeated Adnan Khaddour (Syria), 9-4
- Second Round — Defeated Jean-Louis Mandengue (France), referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 7-14
Cycling[edit]
Road Competition[edit]
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Hernandes Cuadri
- Final — 1:14:12 (→ 35th place)
- Valdir Lermen
- Final — 1:14:48 (→ 36th place)
Mountain Bike[edit]
Men's Cross Country
- Marcio Ravelli
- Final — 2:45:16 (→ 27th place)
- Ivanir Lopes
- Final — 2:53:29 (→ 35th place)
Shooting[edit]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Score | Rank | ||
Jean Labatut | Trap | 119 | 20 |
Swimming[edit]
Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Fernando Scherer
- Gustavo Borges
- Heat – 22.86
- B-Final – 22.92 (→ 13th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Fernando Scherer
- Heat – 49.79
- Final – 49.57 (→ 5th place)
- Gustavo Borges
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Luiz Lima
- Heat – 3:56.43 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Luiz Lima
- Heat – 15:24.16 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Rogério Romero
- Heat – 56.94 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Rogério Romero
- Heat – 2:03.49
- B-Final – 2:03.20 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- André Teixeira
- Heat – 55.23 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Fernando Scherer, Alexandre Massura, André Cordeiro, and Gustavo Borges
- Heat – 3:20.21
- Final – 3:18.30 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Cassiano Leal, Luiz Lima, Fernando Saez, and André Teixeira
- Heat – 7:28.82 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Gabrielle Rose
- Heat – 57.16 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Gabrielle Rose
- Heat – 1:01.22
- B-Final – 1:01.39 (→ 14th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Gabrielle Rose
- Heat – 2:18.99 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Tennis[edit]
Men's Singles Competition
- Fernando Meligeni
- First round — Defeated Stefano Pescosolido (Italy) 6-4 6-2
- Second round — Defeated Albert Costa (Spain) 7-6 6-4
- Third round — Defeated Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 7-6 4-6 8-6
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy (Russia) 6-7 7-5 6-3
- Semi Finals — Lost to Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-7 2-6
- Bronze Medal Match — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 6-3 2-6 4-6
Volleyball[edit]
Men's Indoor Team Competition[edit]
- 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
- Head Coach: José Roberto Guimarães
Men's Beach Competition[edit]
- Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto — 9th place overall
- Zé Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego — 9th place overall
Women's Indoor Team Competition[edit]
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- (in Portuguese) Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee
- (in English) sports-reference