Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Brazil at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  BRA
NOC Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
Competitors 94 (88 men, 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Brazil competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

Contents

[edit] Sports

[edit] Athletics

  • Sílvio Magalhães Padilha (flagbearer, and future COB president): 5th, 400 metre hurdles

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cycling

  • 3 racers, 100km road race, Men

[edit] Fencing

  • Hilda Von Puttkammer: 2nd round, Individual Foil, Women

[edit] Modern pentathlon

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Sailing

  • 24th, Olympic Monotype

[edit] Shooting

  • José Salvador Trindade: 5th, 50m rifle

[edit] Swimming

  • João Havelange (future FIFA president): 5th, 1500m. male
  • Piedade Coutinho: 5th, 400m. freestyle female; semifinals, 100m. freestyle female
  • Maria Lenk: semifinals, 200m breaststroke female (but garnished some attention with the butterfly swimming).
  • Scylla Venancio
  • Sieglind Lenk: no finals, 100m backstroke female

[edit] References

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