Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Brazil at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	BRA
NOC:	Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro external link (Portuguese)
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.

1 Medals
2 Results by event

[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 (→ 73rd 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, 23rd 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