Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 147 (126 men and 21 women) in 17 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Eduardo Souza Ramos | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 19 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 5 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 8 |
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Brazil competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 147 competitors, 126 men and 21 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports.[1]
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Medalists
Gold
- Joaquim Cruz — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Silver
- Douglas Vieira — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
- Ricardo Prado — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Ademir, Pinga, Milton Cruz, André Luiz Ferreira, Mauro Galvão, Antonio José Gil, Joâo Leichardt Neto, Augilmar Silva Oliveira, Silvio Paiva, Gilmar Luiz Rinaldi, Paulo Santos, Davi Cortez Silva, Ronaldo Morais Silva, Dunga, Francisco Carlos Vidal, and Luiz Carlos Winck — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
- Daniel Adler, Torben Grael, and Ronaldo Camargo — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition
- Renan dal Zotto, William Carvalho da Silva, Fernando d'Àvila, Mário Xandó de Oliveira Neto, Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, Ruy Campos do Nascimento, Marcus Vinícius Simões Freire, Domingos Lampariello Neto, José Montanaro, Bernard Rajzman, and Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro; Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
Bronze
- Luis Onmura — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
- Walter Carmona — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
Archery
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In its second Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent only one man. Veteran Renato Emilio fell drastically in the ranking despite having improved upon his score from 1980 by 99 points.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Renato Emilio — 2363 points (44th place)
Athletics
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Men's 400 metres
- Gerson Souza
- Heat — 47.02
- Quarterfinals — 46.65 (→ did not advance)
- Evaldo Rosa Silva
- Heat — 47.55 (→ did not advance)
- Wilson David Santos
- Heat — 47.55 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
- José João da Silva
- Heat — 14:03.44 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- José João da Silva
- Qualifying Heat — 29:10.52 (→ did not advance)
- Eloi Schleder — 2:16:35 (→ 23rd place)
Men's Pole Vault
- Tom Hintnaus
- Qualifying Round — 5.35m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Women's 100 metres
- Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia
- First Heat — 11.63s
- Second Heat — 11.82s (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Eleonora Mendonca
- Final — 2:52:19 (→ 44th place)
Women's Long Jump
- Conceição Geremias
- Qualification — 6.04 m (→ did not advance, 18th place)
- Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia
- Qualification — 6.01 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's Heptathlon
- Conceição Geremias
- Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Joaquim Cruz won the gold medal at the 800 meters for men.
Basketball
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Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Australia (72-76)
- Defeated Egypt (91-82)
- Lost to Italy (78-89)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (85-98)
- Lost to West-Germany (75-78)
- Classification Matches
- 9th/12th place: Defeated France (100-86)
- 9th/10th place: Defeated PR China (86-76) → 9th place
- Team Roster
Cycling
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Seven cyclists represented Brazil in 1984.
Diving
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Equestrianism
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Football
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Brazil won the silver medal for men's football, their first ever. Even though Brazil has won more Soccer World Cups than any other country, they have never won a football gold medal at any olympics.
The Brazilian team was entirely made by players of Sport Club Internacional, of Porto Alegre. Amongst them, was 1994 World Cup captain, Dunga.
Gymnastics
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Judo
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A traditional sport in Brazil, Judo has warranted three medals, for Brazilian men. Two bronze medals, and a silver medal.
Judo
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Rhythmic gymnastics
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Rowing
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Sailing
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Shooting
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Swimming
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Men's 100m Freestyle
- Cyro Delgado
- Heat — 51.74 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
- Ronald Menezes
- Heat — 52.49 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Jorge Fernandes
- Heat — 1:53.03 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
- Cyro Delgado
- Heat — 1:53.22 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Marcelo Jucá
- Heat — 3:57.43
- B-Final — 3:58.23 (→ 15th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
- Marcelo Jucá
- Heat — 15:43.80 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Ricardo Prado
- Heat — 2:04.46
- Final — 2:03.05 (→ 4th place)
- Djan Madruga
- Heat — 2:05.23
- B-Final — 2:05.33 (→ 12th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Luiz Carvalho
- Heat — 1:05.96 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Luiz Carvalho
- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Marcelo Jucá
- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Ricardo Prado
- Heat — 2:07.16 (→ scratched B-final, 17th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Ricardo Prado
- Heat — 4:23.31
- Final — 4:18.45 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Cyro Delgado, Jorge Fernandes, Djan Madruga, and Ronald Menezes
- Heat — 3:27.33 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Cyro Delgado, Marcelo Jucá, Djan Madruga, and Jorge Fernandes
- Heat — 7:30.41 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Ricardo Prado, Luiz Carvalho, Marcelo Jucá, and Cyro Delgado
- Heat — 3:53.49 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Synchronized swimming
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Volleyball
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Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Argentina (3-1)
- Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
- Lost to South Korea (1-3)
- Defeated United States (3-0)
- Semi Finals
- Defeated Italy (3-1)
- Final
- Lost to United States (1-3) → Silver Medal
- Lost to United States (1-3) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Bebeto de Freitas
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Pool B)
- Brazil — China 0-3 (13-15, 10-15, 11-15)
- Brazil — United States 2-3 (15-12, 15-10, 5-15, 5-15, 12-15)
- Brazil — West Germany 0-3 (9-15, 14-16, 11-15)
- Classification Match
- 5th-8th place: Brazil — South Korea 1-3 (15-13, 13-15, 9-15, 10-15)
- 7th-8th place: Brazil — Canada 3-0 (15-9, 15-3, 15-8)
- → Seventh place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Enio Figueiredo
Water polo
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Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Spain (12-19)
- Lost to United States (4-10)
- Drew with Greece (9-9)
- Final Round (Group E)
- Lost to Italy (4-13)
- Drew with Canada (10-10)
- Lost to China (9-11)
- Lost to Japan (8-9) → 12th place
- Team Roster
References
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