Brazil at the Olympics

Brazil at the Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 30 36 63 129
Summer appearances
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Brazil first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920,^[1] after missing the previous five Summer editions. The country has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1928 Games. As of 2016, Brazilian athletes have won a total of 129 medals in 15 different Summer sports. Brazil has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1992, though to this date no Brazilian athlete has won an Olympic medal in winter sports. The country's best result at the Winter Olympics was a ninth place finish achieved by snowboarder Isabel Clark Ribeiro at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Since Brazil is mostly a tropical nation, the country's most important results so far have been achieved at the Summer editions.

Volleyball (indoor and beach volley), sailing and judo are Brazil's top medal-producing sports in the Summer editions. Brazil has hosted the Summer Olympic Games once, in 2016. This edition marked the country's most successful participation at the Summer Olympics to date, earning seven gold medals and nineteen medals overall. Brazil's previous best result had been five gold medals earned at the 2004 edition, in Athens, and seventeen medals overall, earned at the 2012 edition, in London. One athlete from Brazil has been awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal: Vanderlei de Lima, a long-distance runner who was attacked by a spectator during the men's marathon at the 2004 edition in Athens, Greece, when he was leading the race. Lima lost two places, winning the bronze medal. In spite of the situation, he still celebrated the third-place, showing good sportsmanship.^[2]

The National Olympic Committee for Brazil is the Brazilian Olympic Committee. The entity was created in 1914 and recognized in 1935. Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was the host city to the 2016 Summer Olympics. This marked the first time that any country in South America has hosted the games.^[3] This also marks the first time that a lusophone country hosted any edition of the Olympic Games. Rio was only the second city in Latin America to host the Summer Olympics, after Mexico City in 1968, and Brazil was only the second country of the southern hemisphere to host the Olympics, after Australia in 1956 and 2000. Brazil has never hosted a winter edition of the Olympic Games.

Medals won by Brazil between 1896 and 2012.

Hosted Games

Brazil has hosted the Games on one occasion.

Medal tables

Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1920 Antwerp 21 1 1 1 3 15 1924 Paris 12 0 0 0 0 – 1928 Amsterdam Did not participate 1932 Los Angeles 67 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Berlin 73 0 0 0 0 – 1948 London 70 0 0 1 1 34 1952 Helsinki 108 1 0 2 3 24 1956 Melbourne 44 1 0 0 1 24 1960 Rome 72 0 0 2 2 39 1964 Tokyo 61 0 0 1 1 35 1968 Mexico City 76 0 1 2 3 35 1972 Munich 81 0 0 2 2 41 1976 Montreal 81 0 0 2 2 36 1980 Moscow 109 2 0 2 4 17 1984 Los Angeles 151 1 5 2 8 19 1988 Seoul 171 1 2 3 6 24 1992 Barcelona 195 2 1 0 3 25 1996 Atlanta 225 3 3 9 15 25 2000 Sydney 205 0 6 6 12 53 2004 Athens 247 5 2 3 10 16 2008 Beijing 277 3 4 10 17 22 2012 London 259 3 5 9 17 22 2016 Rio de Janeiro 465 7 6 6 19 13 2020 Tokyo Future event Total 30 36 63 129 35

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1992 Albertville 7 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 10 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 9 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 5 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 13 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang Future event 2022 Beijing Future event Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Sailing 7 3 8 18 11 Athletics 5 3 9 17 33 Volleyball 5 3 2 10 2 Judo 4 3 15 22 9 Beach volleyball 3 7 3 13 2 Football 1 5 2 8 7 Swimming 1 4 9 14 30 Artistic gymnastics 1 2 1 4 26 Shooting 1 2 1 4 34 Boxing 1 1 3 5 37 Equestrian 1 0 2 3 20 Canoeing and kayaking 0 2 1 3 34 Basketball 0 1 4 5 10 Taekwondo 0 0 2 2 29 Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1 21 Total 30 36 63 129 35

Medals by gender Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total Men 22 29 47 98 Women 7 7 14 28 Mixed 1 0 2 3 Total 30 36 63 129

List of medalists

Athletes with three or more medals

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee, this is a list of people who have won three or more Olympic medals representing Brazil, ranked by total medals earned. The list is sorted by most gold medals, most silver medals, most bronze medals and finally first Olympics appearance.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Robert Scheidt	Sailing	1996–2016	6	M	2	2	1	5
2	Torben Grael	Sailing	1984–2004	6	M	2	1	2	5
3	Sérgio Santos	Volleyball	2004–2016	4	M	2	2	0	4
4	Gustavo Borges	Swimming	1992–2004	4	M	0	2	2	4
5	Marcelo Ferreira	Sailing	1992–2004	4	M	2	0	1	3
6	Dante Amaral	Volleyball	2000–2012	4	M	1	2	0	3
	Gilberto Godoy Filho	Volleyball	2000–2012	4	M	1	2	0	3
	Rodrigo Santana	Volleyball	2004–2012	3	M	1	2	0	3
	Bruno Rezende	Volleyball	2008–2016	3	M	1	2	0	3
10	Emanuel Rego	Beach volleyball	1996–2012	5	M	1	1	1	3
	Ricardo Santos	Beach volleyball	2000–2012	4	M	1	1	1	3
12	Hélia Souza	Volleyball	1992–2008	5	F	1	0	2	3
	Rodrigo Pessoa	Equestrian	1992–2012	6	M	1	0	2	3
	César Cielo Filho	Swimming	2008–2012	2	M	1	0	2	3
15	Isaquias Queiroz	Canoeing	2016	1	M	0	2	1	3

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1908 London Did not participate 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp Afrânio da Costa Shooting 1924 Paris Alfredo Gomes Athletics 1928 Amsterdam Did not participate 1932 Los Angeles Lúcio de Castro Athletics 1936 Berlin Antônio Pereira Lira Athletics 1948 London Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha Athletics 1952 Helsinki Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes Basketball 1956 Melbourne Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Athletics 1960 Rome Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Athletics 1964 Tokyo Wlamir Marques Basketball 1968 Mexico City João Gonçalves Filho Water polo 1972 Munich Luiz Cláudio Menon Basketball 1976 Montreal João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics 1980 Moscow João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics 1984 Los Angeles Eduardo de Souza Ramos Sailing 1988 Seoul Walter Carmona Judo 1992 Barcelona Aurélio Miguel Judo 1996 Atlanta Joaquim Cruz Athletics 2000 Sydney Sandra Pires Beach volleyball 2004 Athens Torben Grael Sailing 2008 Beijing Robert Scheidt Sailing 2012 London Rodrigo Pessoa Equestrian 2016 Rio de Janeiro Yane Marques Modern pentathlon

Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1924 Chamonix to 1988 Calgary Did not participate 1992 Albertville Hans Egger Alpine skiing 1994 Lillehammer Lothar Christian Munder Alpine skiing 1998 Nagano Marcelo Apovian Alpine skiing 2002 Salt Lake City Mirella Arnhold Alpine skiing 2006 Turin Isabel Clark Ribeiro Snowboarding 2010 Vancouver Isabel Clark Ribeiro Snowboarding 2014 Sochi Jaqueline Mourão Biathlon / cross-country skiing

See also

• Sports in Brazil
• 2016 Summer Olympic Games
• Brazil at the Youth Olympics
• Brazil at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

References

External links

• "Brazil". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Brazil". Sports-Reference.com. 

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