Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Brazil at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   BRA
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.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Swimming 2.4 Tennis

[edit] Medals

Brazil finished in 25th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and 15 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Sandra Pires Tavares and Jackie Silva Cruz — Volleyball, Women's Beach Volleyball

• Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael — Sailing, Men's Star class

• Robert Scheidt — Sailing, Men's Laser class

[edit] Silver

• Maria Angelica, Janeth Arcain, Roseli Gustavo, Silvia Luz, Hortencia 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 Ramos — Volleyball, Women's Beach Volleyball

[edit] 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 Guimaraes — 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, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, 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 400m Hurdles

• Everson Teixeira
  1. Heat — 48.52s
  2. Semi Final — 48.28s
  3. Final — 48.57s (→ 7th place)

• Eronilde de Araujo
  1. Heat — 48.52s
  2. Semi Final — 48.45s
  3. Final — 48.78s (→ 8th place)

• Cleverson Silva
  1. Heat — 51.23s (→ 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 (→ 73th place)

Women's Triple Jump

• Maria Aparecida

• Qualification — 13.38m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Marcia Narloch — 2:39.33 (→ 39th place)

• Solange de Souza — 2:56.23 (→ 39th place)

• Carmen de Oliveira — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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. B-Final – 49.02 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Gustavo Borges
  1. Heat – 1:49.00
  2. B-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

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

Men's 200 m Backstroke

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

Men's 100 m Butterfly

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

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Cassiano Leal, Luiz Lima, Fernando Saez, and Andre 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, 23th 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)

[edit] 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

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