Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics


Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in 2008 – and 3 golds – surpassed in 2004 with five.

Summary

After 76 years since the debut of the country at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Brazilian women finally won Olympic medals. That happened for the first time in the all-Brazilians beach volleyball final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel. Beach volleyball competitions made its debut at 1996 Summer Olympics.
The other two gold medals were both obtained in Sailing events. Robert Scheidt was gold medalist in the Laser class. Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira won Star class. It was the first medal of Robert Scheidt and the third medal of Torben Grael; both sailors are the onliest Brazilian athletes with the record of five Olympic medals. Besides the two gold medals, a bronze medal was also obtained in sailing by Torben's brother Lars Grael and Kiko Pellicano in Tornado class.
Brazil women's national basketball team, led by Hortência Marcari, Janeth Arcain and Maria Paula Silva, had a great performance, losing the gold medal match to host country United States women's national basketball team. It was the first medal won by women in Basketball.
The swimmer Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 200 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle. The other medal obtained in swimmer was the bronze medal conquered by Fernando Scherer in men's 50 m freestyle.
Brazil women's national volleyball team, finally won its first Olympic medal after a hard bronze medal match against Russia by 3 sets to 2.
At the men's football tournament, the under-23 football team lost a dramatic semifinal to Nigeria by 4–3, after being winning the match by 3 to 0. In the bronze medal match, Brazil beat Portugal by 5–0.
At the Judo events, Brazil won two bronze medals. The 1988 Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel obtained a medal in men's 95 kg category, while Henrique Guimarães was the medalist in men's 65 kg category.
The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the first of the History of the country not only in Equestrian as also in a mixed gender Olympic event.
Finally, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Arnaldo da Silva obtained for the first time ever a medal in a relay event in Athletics, the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate

VolleyballWomen's beach volleyball

SailingStar class
SailingLaser class
SwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle

VolleyballWomen's beach volleyball
Brazil women's national basketball team
BasketballWomen's basketball
JudoMen's 95 kg
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
JudoMen's 65 kg
SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle

SailingTornado class
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo
André Johannpeter
Alvaro Miranda Neto
Rodrigo Pessoa		EquestrianTeam jumping
Brazil national under-23 football team
FootballMen's tournament
Brazil women's national volleyball team
VolleyballWomen's volleyball
Robson da Silva
Édson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Arnaldo da Silva		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 metres relay

Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.
NameMedalSportEvent
Gustavo Borges
SwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle
Men's 100 metre freestyle

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Classification game 5th-8th place
;5th place game

Women's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
TeamWLPFPAPDPts
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41378342+369
32330309+218
23365396−317
14347378−316
05293352−595

;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRank
Leonardo SelbachMen's C-1216.5124184.5419184.5423
Gustavo SelbachMen's K-1168.3328162.4823168.3332

Sprint

;Men

Cycling

Road

;Men

Mountain biking

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Ivanir LopesCross-country2:53:2935
Márcio RavelliCross-country2:45:1627

Equestrian

Eventing

Jumping

Football

Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster
Head coach: Zagallo
;Group play

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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

;Team roster
Head coach: José Duarte
Brazil named a squad of 16 players and 2 alternates for the tournament. During the tournament, Kátia replaced Nilda due to injury.
;Group play
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal match

Handball

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
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;Eleventh place game

Judo

;Men
;Women

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Table tennis

;Men
;Women

Tennis

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's tournament

;Team roster
José Roberto Guimarães
;Group play

Women's tournament

;Team roster
Bernardo Rezende
;Group play

Weightlifting