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.

In the debutant beach volleyball, several remarkable achievements were earned when it happened the all-Brazilian final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel:

• the first Olympic medals ever won by Brazilian women in any sport
• the first Olympic gold medal ever won by Brazilian women.
• the first medal ever earned in beach volleyball
• the first gold medal ever in the sport.

Brazil has also won the first medal ever in Equestrian, when the team jumping conquered the bronze medal, marking also the first medal ever in a mixed gender Olympic event.

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-Brazilians 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, led 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, tough all 4 members of the team were men.

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.

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

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	31	9	40
Basketball	12	12	24
Beach volleyball	4	4	8
Boxing	6	–	6
Canoeing	3	0	3
Cycling	8	0	6
Equestrian	9	0	8
Football	17	16	33
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	7	5	12
Rowing	6	0	6
Sailing	12	2	14
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	9	1	10
Table tennis	2	2	4
Tennis	1	2	3
Volleyball	11	12	23
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	156	65	221

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
André da Silva	100 m	10.25	12 Q	10.26	19	Did not advance
Arnaldo da Silva		10.62	70	Did not advance
Edson Ribeiro		10.39	42	Did not advance
Claudinei da Silva	200 m	20.80	36 Q	DNF		Did not advance
Robson da Silva		20.61	16 Q	20.65	24	Did not advance
Edson Ribeiro		20.69	22 Q	20.60	20	Did not advance
Valdinei da Silva	400 m	46.61	39	Did not advance
Osmar dos Santos		46.16	33	Did not advance
Sanderlei Parrela		45.60	13 Q	45.72	23	Did not advance
José Luíz Barbosa	800 m	1:46.58	15 q	—		1:50.33	23	Did not advance
Flávio Godoy		1:48.91	34	—		Did not advance
Joaquim Cruz	1500 m	3:45.32	42	—		Did not advance
Edgar de Oliveira		3:40.70	30	—		Did not advance
Adalberto Garcia	5000 m	14:28.64	32	—		Did not advance
Ronaldo da Costa	10000 m	29:26.58	36	—				Did not advance
Vanderlei de Lima	Marathon	—						2:21:01	47
Diamantino dos Santos		—						2:26:53	73
Luíz Antônio dos Santos		—						2:15:55	10
Pedro Chiamulera	110 m hurdles	13.70	22 q	13.77	27	Did not advance
Walmes de Souza		13.82	32 Q	14.12	29	Did not advance
Emerson Perin		13.76	33	Did not advance
Cleverson da Silva	400 m hurdles	51.23	37	—		Did not advance
Eronilde de Araújo		48.52	3 Q	—		48.45	8 Q	48.78	8
Éverson Teixeira		48.52	3 Q	—		48.28	4 Q	48.57	7
Clodoaldo do Carmo	3000 m steeplechase	8:51.78	34	—		Did not advance
André da Silva Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Edson Ribeiro	4 × 100 m relay	38.97	6 Q	—		38.42	3 Q	38.41
Valdinei da Silva Eronilde de Araújo Osmar dos Santos Sanderlei Parrela Éverson Teixeira	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.51	4 q	—		3:03.46	11	Did not advance
Cláudio Bertolino	20 km walk	—						1:31:04	49
Sérgio Galdino		—						1:25:14	26

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Márcio da Cruz	Long jump	7.12	42	Did not advance
Douglas de Souza		7.61	33	Did not advance
Nélson Ferreira Júnior		7.76	27	Did not advance
Messias José Baptista	Triple jump	16.45	22	Did not advance
Anísio Silva		16.67	18	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cleide Amaral	100 m	11.76	41	Did not advance
Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	400 m	52.41	24 Q	51.98	22	Did not advance
Luciana Mendes	800 m	2:00.25	17	—		Did not advance
Roseli Machado	5000 m	15:41.63	21	—		Did not advance
Carmen de Oliveira	Marathon	—						DNF
Solange de Souza		—						2:56:23	60
Márcia Narloch		—						2:39:33	39

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maria de Souza	Triple jump	13.38	21	Did not advance
Elisângela Adriano	Shot put	16.49	21	Did not advance

Team roster

• Ratto
• Tonico
• Josuel
• Caio
• Caio da Silveira
• Olívia
• Ferraciú
• Pipoka
• Janjão
• Oscar Schmidt
• Rogério
• Wilson Minucci

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	5	5	0	478	364	+114	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	492	438	+54	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	402	416	−14	8
4	Brazil	5	2	3	498	494	+4	7
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	447	465	−18	6	9th place playoff
6	South Korea	5	0	5	422	562	−140	5	11th place playoff

Quarterfinal

Classification game 5th-8th place

5th place game

Team roster

• Hortência
• Paula
• Janeth
• Marta Sobral
• Alessandra
• Branca
• Adriana
• Leila
• Roseli
• Silvinha
• Cíntia
• Cláudia

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	424	360	+64	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	378	342	+36	9
3	Italy	5	3	2	330	309	+21	8
4	Japan	5	2	3	365	396	−31	7
5	China	5	1	4	347	378	−31	6
6	Canada	5	0	5	293	352	−59	5

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rogério Dezorzi	Featherweight	Bahari ( INA) W 12-3	Aragon ( CUB) L 16-6	Did not advance
Agnaldo Magalhães	Lightweight	Kungsi ( PNG) W 11-11	Soltani ( ALG) L 11-1	Did not advance
Zely dos Santos	Light welterweight	Barrett ( IRL) L 32-7	Did not advance
Jorge Silva	Light middleweight	Cadeau ( SEY) L 22-7	Did not advance
José Ricardo Rodrigues	Middleweight	Gasio ( SAM) W 11-4	Wells ( USA) L 16-2	Did not advance
Daniel Andrade Júnior	Light heavyweight	Adnan ( SYR) W 9-4	Mandengue ( FRA) W RSC	Ulrich ( GER) L 14-7	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Leonardo Selbach	Men's C-1	216.51	24	184.54	19	184.54	23
Gustavo Selbach	Men's K-1	168.33	28	162.48	23	168.33	32

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastián Cuattrin	K-1 500 m	1:44.328	5	1:44.204	4 Q	1:43.045	9	Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	3:49.308	5	4:02.527	1 Q	3:44.443	5 q	3:34.669	8

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Valdir Lermen	Time trial	1:14:48	36
Márcio May	Road race	DNF
Hernandes Quadri Júnior	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	1:14:12	35
Mauro Ribeiro	Road race	4:56:51	91
Daniel Rogelin	Road race	DNF
Jamil Suaiden	Road race	DNF

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivanir Lopes	Cross-country	2:53:29	35
Márcio Ravelli	Cross-country	2:45:16	27

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Artemus de Almeida	Buryand	Individual	51.60	15	DQ			DNF
Sidney de Souza	Avalaon da Mata	Team	208.60	16	1959.60	2168.20	15	6.25	6.25	–	2174.45	15
Luciano Drubi	Xilena
Serguei Fofanoff	Kaiser Eden
André Giovanini	Al do Beto

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final			Total
			Round 1	Round 2		Round 3			Round 1		Jump-off
			Penalties	Penalties	Total	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	Cassiana	Individual	17	8	25	4	29	48	Did not advance
Álvaro de Miranda Neto	Aspen		8	0.25	8.25	8	16.25	=23 QU	4	=2	16	4	8
André Johannpeter	Calei		8.25	4.25	12.50	8	20.50	=34 QC	12	18	—	12	18
Rodrigo Pessoa	Tomboy		1.25	0	1.25	0.75	2	2 QU	4.25	=9	—	4.25	=9
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo Álvaro de Miranda Neto André Johannpeter Rodrigo Pessoa	See above	Team	—	4.50		12.75	17.25	3	—			17.25

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–1	Hungary W 3–1	Nigeria W 1–0	1	Ghana W 4–2	Nigeria L 3–4 ( a.e.t.)	Portugal W 5–0
Brazil women's	Women's tournament	Norway D 2–2	Japan W 2–0	Germany D 1–1	2	—	China L 2–3	Norway L 0–2	4

Team roster

Head coach: Zagallo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Dida	(1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 22)		Cruzeiro
2	2 DF	Zé María	(1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (aged 22)		Flamengo
3	2 DF	Aldair*	(1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 30)		Roma
4	2 DF	Ronaldo Guiaro	(1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 22)		Atlético Mineiro
5	3 MF	Flávio Conceição	(1974-06-13)13 June 1974 (aged 22)		Palmeiras
6	2 DF	Roberto Carlos	(1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 23)		Internazionale
7	4 FW	Bebeto*	(1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 32)		Flamengo
8	3 MF	Amaral	(1973-02-28)28 February 1973 (aged 23)		Parma
9	3 MF	Juninho	(1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 23)		Middlesbrough
10	3 MF	Rivaldo*	(1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 24)		Palmeiras
11	4 FW	Sávio	(1974-01-09)9 January 1974 (aged 22)		Flamengo
12	1 GK	Danrlei	(1973-04-18)18 April 1973 (aged 23)		Grêmio
13	2 DF	Narciso	(1973-12-23)23 December 1973 (aged 22)		Santos
14	3 MF	André Luiz	(1974-06-11)11 June 1974 (aged 22)		São Paulo
15	3 MF	Zé Elias	(1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 19)		Corinthians
16	3 MF	Marcelinho	(1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 22)		Corinthians
17	4 FW	Luizão	(1975-11-14)14 November 1975 (aged 20)		Palmeiras
18	4 FW	Ronaldo	(1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 19)		PSV

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Hungary	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Team roster

Head coach: José Duarte

Brazil named a squad of 16 players and 2 alternates for the tournament. ^[2] During the tournament, Kátia replaced Nilda due to injury. ^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Meg	(1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 40)			Vasco da Gama
2	2 DF	Nenê	(1976-03-31)31 March 1976 (aged 20)			Saad EC
3	2 DF	Suzy	(1967-02-07)7 February 1967 (aged 29)			Vasco da Gama
4	3 MF	Fanta	(1966-09-14)14 September 1966 (aged 29)			Vasco da Gama
5	3 MF	Márcia Taffarel	(1968-05-15)15 May 1968 (aged 28)			Saad EC
6	2 DF	Elane	(1968-06-04)4 June 1968 (aged 28)			Euroexport
7	4 FW	Pretinha	(1975-05-19)19 May 1975 (aged 21)			Vasco da Gama
8	3 MF	Formiga	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 18)			Saad EC
9	4 FW	Michael Jackson	(1963-11-19)19 November 1963 (aged 32)			Torino CF
10	3 MF	Sissi ( captain)	(1967-06-02)2 June 1967 (aged 29)			Saad EC
11	4 FW	Roseli	(1969-09-07)7 September 1969 (aged 26)			Takarazuka Bunnys
12	1 GK	Didi	(1963-09-22)22 September 1963 (aged 32)			Saad EC
13	2 DF	Marisa	(1966-09-10)10 September 1966 (aged 29)			Unattached
14	4 FW	Tânia Maranhão	(1974-10-03)3 October 1974 (aged 21)			Saad EC
15	3 MF	Nilda	(1972-03-25)25 March 1972 (aged 24)			Saad EC
16	2 DF	Sônia	(1968-08-04)4 August 1968 (aged 27)			Ítalo Serrano
19	3 MF	Kátia	(1977-02-18)18 February 1977 (aged 19)			Saad EC

Unenrolled alternate players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
18	3 MF	Leda Maria	(1966-04-16)16 April 1966 (aged 30)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Brazil	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	Germany L 20–30	Egypt L 20–31	France L 23–37	Spain L 17–27	Algeria D 20–20	6	—	Kuwait W 31–25	11

Team roster

• Cezar Stelzner de Lima
• Edison Alves Freire
• Ivan Raimundo Pinheiro
• Marcos Antônio Cezar
• José Ronaldo do Nascimento
• Fausto Steinwandter
• Paulo Moratore
• Milton Fonseca Pelissari
• Daniel Pinheiro
• Agberto Correa de Matos
• Marcelo Minhoto Ferraz de Sampaio
• Winglitton Rocha Barros
• Ivan Bruno Maziero
• Rodrigo Hoffelder
• Osvaldo Inocente Filho
• Carlos Luciano Ertel

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	0	1	145	114	+31	8 [b]	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	114	97	+17	8 [b]
3	Egypt	5	3	0	2	113	103	+10	6 [c]	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	3	0	2	121	112	+9	6 [c]	Seventh place game
5	Algeria	5	0	1	4	95	117	−22	1 [d]	Ninth place game
6	Brazil	5	0	1	4	100	145	−45	1 [d]	Eleventh place game

24 July 1996 20:45	Germany	30–20	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Bojsen, Boehne ( USA)
	Löhr 7	(12–7)	Barros 4

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25 July 1996 19:00	Brazil	20–31	Egypt	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi ( KUW)
	Barros 5	(10–15)	Waress 6

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27 July 1996 20:45	France	37–23	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula ( CGO)
	Volle 14	(16–10)	Pelissari 7

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29 July 1996 19:00	Brazil	17–27	Spain	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Bojsen, Boehne ( USA)
	Hoffelder 7	(10–12)	Urdangarín 6

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31 July 1996 19:00	Algeria	20–20	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula ( CGO)
	Loukil, Nedjel Hammou 5	(9–11)	Pinheiro 5

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Eleventh place game

2 August 1996 10:00	Kuwait	25–31	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Boehne, Bojsen ( USA)
	Al-Harbi, Al-Zadah 5	(13–16)	Nascimento 7

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alexandre García	-60 kg	Mukhtarov ( UZB) L	Did not advance
Henrique Guimarães	-65 kg	Benboudaoud ( FRA) W	Lee ( KOR) W	Csák ( HUN) L	Did not advance		—	MacKinnon ( RSA) W	Netov ( BUL) W	Laats ( BEL) W
Sebastian Pereira	-71 kg	Gagliano ( FRA) W	Abanoz ( TUR) W	Corkin ( NZL) W	Kwak ( KOR) L	Did not advance	—			Pedro ( USA) L
Flávio Canto	-78 kg	Volmar ( HAI) W	Vatrican ( MON) W	Koga ( JPN) L	Did not advance		—	Lo ( TPE) W	Liparteliani ( GEO) L	Did not advance
Edelmar Zanol	-86 kg	Tsmindashvili ( GEO) W	Spittka ( GER) L	Did not advance			Alimzhanov ( KAZ) W	Gill ( CAN) L	Did not advance
Aurélio Miguel	-95 kg	Bender ( ARG) W	Shakimov ( KAZ) W	Felicite ( MRI) W	Nastula ( POL) L	Did not advance	—			Sonnemans ( NED) W
Frederico Flexa	+95 kg	Kampita ( THA) W	Kosorotov ( RUS) L	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Andrea Berti	-48 kg	Tortora ( ITA) L	Did not advance
Danielle Zangrando	-56 kg	Bye	Pekli ( HUN) L	Did not advance
Cristiane Parmigiano	-61 kg	Kobaş ( TUR) L	Did not advance
Rosicleia Campos	-66 kg	Cho ( KOR) L	Did not advance				Wang ( CHN) L	Did not advance
Edinanci da Silva	+72 kg	Anno ( JPN) W	Gundarenko ( RUS) L	Did not advance			—	Granicz ( HUN) W	Hagn ( GER) L	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcelus dos Santos Dirceu Marinho	Double sculls	6:49.92	3 R	6:56.93	3 SC/D	6:52.73	3 FC	6:47.12	15
André Costa Oswaldo Kuster Neto Alexandre Altair Soares Giovanni Valentina	Quadruple sculls	6:36.60	5 R	6:12.86	5	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Yuri Taguti	Mistral	(37)	24	20	16	32	20	29	(37)	33	CAN	CAN	174	29
Christoph Bergmann	Finn	19	2	9	1	5	(20)	8	(21)	19	16	CAN	79	10
Rodrigo Amado Leonardo Santos	470	26	32	23	24	18	(37)	25	25	12	18	(29)	200	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Christina Mattoso	Mistral	19	24	23	23	(28)	(28)	28	28	28	CAN	CAN	173	26
Marcia Pellicano	Europe	(19)	(20)	17	16	9	8	7	16	11	13	10	107	16

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Robert Scheidt	Laser	2	(9)	3	6	1	3	7	2	1	1	(57)	26
Lars Grael Henrique Pellicano	Tornado	(12)	(16)	1	8	6	8	2	5	3	7	3	43
Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira	Star	1	6	2	(7)	1	4	(9)	2	6	3	CAN	25
Daniel Glomb Edson de Araújo, Jr. Marcelo Reitz	Soling	(23)	17	20	(23)	17	14	19	23	19	6	—	135	21

Men

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jean Labatut	Trap	119	=20	Did not advance		=20

Men

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gustavo Borges	50 m freestyle	22.86	16 FB	22.92	12
	100 m freestyle	49.17	3 FA	49.02
	200 m freestyle	1:49.00	7 FA	1:48.08
Fernando Scherer	50 m freestyle	22.68	7 FA	22.29
	100 m freestyle	49.79	8 FA	49.57	5
Luiz Lima	400 m freestyle	3:56.43	18	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	15:24.16	11	Did not advance
Rogério Romero	100 m backstroke	56.94	24	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:03.49	17 FB	2:03.20	15
André Teixeira	100 m butterfly	55.23	32	Did not advance
Fernando Scherer Alexandre Massura André Cordeiro Gustavo Borges	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:20.21	4 Q	3:18.30	4
Cassiano Leal Luiz Lima Fernando Saez André Teixeira	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:28.82	10	Did not advance

Women

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabrielle Rose	100 m freestyle	57.16	23	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:01.22	10 FB	1:01.39	14
	200 m individual medley	2:18.99	22	Did not advance

Men

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hugo Hoyama	Singles	St. Louis ( TRI) W 2–0	Kim ( PRK) W 2–0	Persson ( SWE) W 2–1	1 Q	Korbel ( CZE) L 2–3	Did not advance
Hugo Hoyama Giuliano Peixoto	Doubles	Fetzner / Roßkopf ( GER) L 0–2	Jindrak / Schlager ( AUT) L 1–2	Huang / Ng ( CAN) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Women

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Monica Doti	Singles	Chan ( HKG) L 0–2	Hugh-Yip ( USA) L 0–2	Tóth ( HUN) L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Lyanne Kosaka		Ciosu ( ROM) W 2–0	Kaffo ( NGR) W 2–0	Tu ( SUI) L 0–2	2	Did not advance
Monica Doti Lyanne Kosaka	Doubles	Kim / Park ( KOR) L 0–2	Kaizu / Sato ( JPN) L 0–2	Aganović / Boroš ( CRO) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fernando Meligeni	Men's singles	Pescosolido ( ITA) W 6–4, 6–2	Costa ( ESP) W 7–6, 6–4	Philippoussis ( AUS) W 7–6, 4–6, 8–6	Olhovskiy ( RUS) W 6–7, 7–5, 6–3	Bruguera ( ESP) L 6–7, 2–6	Paes ( IND) L 6–3, 2–6, 4–6	4
Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	Women's doubles	—	Barabanschikova / Zvereva ( BLR) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Classification Round 1	Classification Round 2	Classification Round 3	Classification Final 1	Classification Final 2	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emanuel Zé Marco	Men's	—	Jodard / Peginaud ( FRA) W 1–0	Dodd / Whitmarsh ( USA) L 0–1	Did not advance	—		Brenha / Maia ( POR) L 0–1	Did not advance
Roberto Lopes Franco Neto		—	Palinek / Pakosta ( CZE) W 1–0	Bosma / Jiménez ( ESP) L 0–1	Did not advance	—		Kvalheim / Maaseide ( NOR) L 0–1	Did not advance
Sandra Pires Jackie Silva	Women's	—	Kaize / Radavu ( INA) W 1–0	Fenwick / Spring ( AUS) W 1–0	Rodrigues / Samuel ( BRA) W 1–0	—					Fontana / Hanley ( USA) W 1–0	Rodrigues / Samuel ( BRA) W 2–0
Mônica Rodrigues Adriana Samuel		—	Solazzi / Turetta ( ITA) W 1–0	Fontana / Hanley ( USA) W 1–0	Pires / Silva ( BRA) L 0–1	—				Fujita / Takahashi ( JPN) W 1–0	Cook / Pottharst ( AUS) W 1–0	Pires / Silva ( BRA) L 0–1

Team roster

• Gilson Bernardo
• Nalbert Bitencourt
• Giovane Gávio
• Antonio Carlos Gouveia
• Mauricio Lima
• Fábio Marcelino
• Marcelo Negrão
• Cássio Pereira
• Max Pereira
• Alexandre Samuel
• Carlos Schwanke
• Paulo André Silva
• Head coach:
  José Roberto Guimarães

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Brazil	9–15	15–8	16–14	15–6		55–43
23 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–13	15–8			45–32
25 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–11	15–8			45–26
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–11	15–11	15–7			45–29
29 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–11	15–10	15–11			45–32

Quarterfinal

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Yugoslavia	6–15	5–15	15–8	16–14	10–15	52–67

5th-8th place classification game

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–10	15–3	13–15	15–9		58–37

5th place game

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Aug	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	12–15	14–16	14–16			40–47

Team roster

• Ana Ida Alvares
• Leila Barros
• Ericleia Bodziak
• Hilma Caldeira
• Ana Paula Connelly * Marcia Fu Cunha
• Virna Dias
• Ana Moser
• Ana Flavia Sanglard ( c)
• Hélia Souza
• Sandra Suruagy
• Fernanda Venturini
• Head coach:
  Bernardo Rezende

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	121	1.967	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	217	140	1.550
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	196	156	1.256
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	163	191	0.853
5	Canada	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	156	239	0.653
6	Peru	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	129	252	0.512

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Peru	15–7	15–1	15–5			45–13	Report
22 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	11–15	10–15	4–15			25–45	Report
24 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Russia	15–3	15–11	15–13			45–27	Report
26 Jul	Canada	0–3	Brazil	6–15	6–15	11–15			23–45	Report
28 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Germany	15–4	13–15	15–6	15–8		58–33	Report

Quarterfinal

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	4–15	2–15	10–15			16–45	Report

Semifinal

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	5–15	15–8	10–15	15–13	15–12	60–63	Report

Bronze medal game

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	Russia	2–3	Brazil	13–15	15–4	14–16	15–8	13–15	70–58	Report

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emilson Dantas	Men's −99 kg	152.5	=20	182.5	21	335	21

• Brazil at the 1995 Pan American Games

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