Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Brazil at the Olympic Games

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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Brazil will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of June 02, 2008, there are 234 athletes qualified for the games, in 25 sports.

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[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Individual - Luiz Trainini

Qualified by placing third at the Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2007

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's 20km Race Walk

  • José Alessandro Bagio

Men's 50km Race Walk

  • Mário José dos Santos Júnior

Men's 100m

Men's 200m

  • Anselmo Gomes da Silva
  • Bruno Lins Tenório

Men's 800m

Men's High Jump

  • Jessé Farias de Lima

Men's Long Jump

  • Mauro Vinícius Silva

Men's Marathon

Men's Pole Jump

Men's Triple Jump

Women's 20km Race Walk

  • Tânia Spindler

Women's Heptatlon

  • Lucimara Silvestre

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Alessandra Nobre Resende

Women's Long Jump

Women's Marathon

  • Marily dos Santos

Women's Pole Jump

Women's Steeplechase

  • Zenaide Vieira

Women's Triple Jump

  • Gisele Lima

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Light flyweight (-48 kg)

Flyweight (-51 kg)

  • Robenilson Vieira

Featherweight (-57 kg)

  • Robson Conceição

Lightweight (-60 kg)

  • Éverton Lopes

Light welterweight (-64 kg)'

Light Heavyweight (-81kg)

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

C1 500m

  • Nivalter Santos


[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Road Mass Start - 2 athletes
  • Men's Time Trial - 1 athlete (must compete at the mass start road event)

Qualified by the America Tour Rankings

  • Men's Mountain Bike - 1 athlete

Qualified by UCI Ranking by Nation

  • Women's Mountain Bike - 1 athlete

Qualified by UCI Ranking by Nation

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's 3m Individual Trampoline - 1 athlete

César Castro qualified a spot to Brazil at the FINA World Championship.

  • Men's Individual 10m Platform - 2 athletes
  • Cassius Duran and Hugo Parisi qualified at the FINA Diving World Cup.
  • Women's Individual 10m Platform -1 athlete
  • Juliana Veloso qualified at the FINA Diving World Cup.

[edit] Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Dressage - 3 athletes - Rogério Clementino and Luiza Tavares.

Qualified by taking the Bronze Medal at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games.

  • Jumping - 4 athletes

Qualified by taking the Gold Medal at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games.

  • Eventing - 5 athletes

Qualified by taking the Bronze Medal at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games.

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Sabre - Renzo Agresta

Qualified for second highest individual world ranking of America.


  • Men's Foil - Florete - João Antonio de Albuquerque Souza

Qualified at the American qualifying event.

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's team - 18 athletes

Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 South American Youth Championship

  • Women's team - 18 athletes

Brazil (CONCACAF runner-up, second in the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino) qualified by defeating Ghana (CAF runner-up, second in the qualifying tournament).

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Artistic Gymnastics - 1 athlete - Diego Hypólito.

Qualified by placing 17th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the Men's Team All-Around Competition.

  • Women's Artistic Gymnastics - 6 athletes

Qualified by placing 5th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the Women's Team All-Around Competition.

  • Women's Rhythmic Group All-Around - 6 athletes

Qualified by placing 11th at the 2007 World Rhythmics Gymnastics Championships in the Group All-Around Competition.

[edit] Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's team - 14 athletes

Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 Pan American Games

  • Women's team - 14 athletes

Brazil won by winning the 2007 Pan American Games.

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Assured at the 2007 World Judo Championships.

Assured at the Pan-American Judo Union Championships.

[edit] Women

  • Érika Miranda (-57kg)

Assured at the 2007 World Judo Championships.

  • Sarah Menezes(-48kg)
  • Danielli Yuri(-52kg)
  • Ketleyn Quadros(-63kg)
  • Mayra Aguiar (-70kg)
  • Edinanci Silva (-78kg)

Assured at the Pan-American Judo Union Championships.

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Female competition - Yane Marques

Qualified at the 2007 Pan American Games.

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Single Sculls Women - Fabiana Beltrame
  • Double Sculls Lightweight Women - Camila Carvalho and Luciana Granato
  • Single Sculls Men - Anderson Nocetti
  • Double Sculls Lightweight Men - Thiago Gomes and Thiago Almeida

Qualified at the Latin America Regatta.

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's RS:X (Windsurfer) - Ricardo Winicki
  • Men's Laser (One Person Dinghy) - Bruno Fontes
  • Men's 470 (Two Person Dinghy) - Fabio Pillar and Samuel Albrecht
  • Women's RS:X (Windsurfer) - Patrícia Freitas
  • Men's Star (Keelboat) - Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada
  • Women's Star (Keelboat) - Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan
  • Finn (Heavyweight Dinghy) - Eduardo Couto
  • 49er (Skiff) - André Fonseca and Rodrigo Duarte

Brazil earned a quota in all the classes above during the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, except for 470 and 49er, which were earned the 2008 Championships in Port Phillips (470) and Sorrento (49er), Australia.

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • 50m Pistol Men - Stênio Yamamoto

Qualified at the ISSF World Cup.

  • 10m Air Rifle Men - Júlio Almeida

Qualified at the 2007 Pan American Games.

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m freestyle

Qualified on national championships

Men's 100m freestyle

Men's 200m freestyle

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Qualified at the 2007 Pan American Games

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Henrique Barbosa - Qualified at the 2007 Pan American Games
  • Felipe França Silva - Qualified at the Troféu Maria Lenk

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Kaio Márcio
  • Gabriel Mangabeira

Qualified at the 2007 Pan American Games

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Kaio Márcio


Men's 200m medley

Men's 400m medley

Men's 4x100m Freestyle

Men's 4x200m Freestyle

Men's 4x100m Medley

Women's 50m Freestyle

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Daynara de Paula - Qualified at the Troféu Maria Lenk
  • Gabriella Silva- Qualified at the Troféu Maria Lenk

Women's 400m medley

Women's 10km Marathon Swimming

  • Ana Marcela Cunha
  • Poliana Okimoto

Qualified at the World Championship.

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Duet Women

  • Lara Teixeira and Nayara Figueira

Qualified at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Beijing

[edit] Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Individual Tournament - 2 athletes

Gustavo Tsuboi and Thiago Monteiro qualified at the 18th Latin American Championship

  • Men's Teams - 3 athletes

The third athlete is to be determined

  • Women's Individual Tournament - 1 athlete

Mariany Nonaka qualified at the 18th Latin American Championship

[edit] Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • -58kg Men - Márcio Wenceslau
  • -57kg Women - Débora Nunes
  • +57kg Women - Natália Falavigna

Qualified at the Pan American Qualification Tournament.

[edit] Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's indoor volleyball - 12 athletes

Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup

  • Women's indoor volleyball - 12 athletes

Brazil qualified by being runner-up at the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • 1 athlete

Qualified in the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships.

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

72kg Women's Freestyle

  • Rosângela Conceição

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