Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| Brazil at the Olympic Games | ||||
| Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Brazil | ||||
| IOC code: | BRA | |||
| NOC: | Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro external link (Portuguese) | |||
| 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||
| Medals | Gold 3 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 9 |
Total 15 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
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[edit] Medals
Brazil finished in 25th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and 15 medals overall.
[edit] Image:Med 1.png Gold
- Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva — Volleyball, Women's Beach Volleyball
- Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael — Sailing, Men's Star class
- Robert Scheidt — Sailing, Men's Laser class
[edit] Image:Med 2.png Silver
- Maria Angelica, Janeth Arcain, Roseli Gustavo, Silvinha, Hortência Marcari Oliva, Alessandra Oliveira, Claudia Maria Pastor, Adriana Santos, Cintia Santos, Maria Paula Silva, Leila Sobral, and Marta de Sooza Sobral — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
- Gustavo Borges — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Monica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel — Volleyball, Women's Beach Volleyball
[edit] Image:Med 3.png Bronze
- Robson da Silva, Edson Ribeiro, André Domingos, and Arnaldo Silva — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
- Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto, and Rodrigo Pessoa — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
- Henrique Guimarães — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
- Aurelio Miguel — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)
- Aldair, Amaral, Bebeto, Danrlei, André Luiz, Flavio Conceição, Juninho Paulista, Luizão, Marcelinho Paulista, Narciso, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Savio, Dida, Ze Elias, and Zé Maria — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
- Fernando Scherer — Swimming, Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Gustavo Borges — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Ana Ida Alvares, Leila Barros, Ericleia Bodziak, Hilma Caldeira, Ana Paula Connelly, Marcia Fu Cunha, Virna Dias, Ana Moser, Ana Flavia Sanglard, Helia Fofao Souza, Sandra Suruagy, and Fernanda Venturini — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
- Lars Grael and Kiko Pellicano — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres
- Edgar de Oliveira
- Qualification — 3:40.70 (→ did not advance)
- Qualification — 3:45.32 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5.000 metres
- Adalberto García
- Qualification — 14:28.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x400m 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)
- Heat — 48.52s
- Semi Final — 48.45s
- Final — 48.78s (→ 8th place)
- Cleverson Silva
- Heat — 51.23s (→ 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
- Luis 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 Triple Jump
- Maria Aparecida
- Qualification — 13.38m (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Princess Mirando Roso Banana Hammock — 2:39.33 (→ 39th place)
- Solange de Souza — 2:56.23 (→ 39th place)
- Carmen de Oliveira — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Shot Put
- Qualification — 16.49m (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
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
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Road Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Hernandes Quadri
- Final — 1:14:12 (→ 35th place)
- Valdir Lermen
- Final — 1:14:48 (→ 36th place)
[edit] Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country
- Marcio Ravelli
- Final — 2:45:16 (→ 27th place)
- Ivanir Lopes
- Final — 2:53:29 (→ 35th place)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Fernando Scherer
- Heat – 22.68
- Swim-off – 22.71
- Final – 22.29 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
- 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
- Heat – 49.17
- Final – 49.02 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Gustavo Borges
- Heat – 1:49.00
- Final – 1:48.08 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)
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
- Rogerio Romero
- Heat – 56.94 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Rogerio Romero
- Heat – 2:03.49
- B-Final – 2:03.20 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Andre Teixeira
- Heat – 55.23 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Fernando Scherer, Alexandre Massura, Andre Cordeiro, and Gustavo Borges
- Heat – 3:20.21
- Final – 3:18.30 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Cassiano Leal, Luiz Lima, Fernando Saez, and Andre 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)
[edit] Tennis
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
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] 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 Gavio
- 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
[edit] Men's Beach Competition
- Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto — 9th place overall
- Zé Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego — 9th place overall
[edit] 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
- Helia Fofao Souza
- Sandra Suruagy
- Fernanda Venturini
- Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende
