Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BRA
Nocname:Brazilian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1952
Website: 
Location:Helsinki
Competitors:97 (92 men and 5 women)
Sports:14
Flagbearer:Mário Jorge da Fonseca
Rank:24
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto

Brazil competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.[1] Brazil won three medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Brazil won its first gold medal since its debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva won the men's triple jump. Adhemar broke the Olympic record four times and the world record twice in the event. Gold medal favorite and incumbent world recorder Adhemar broke the record for the first time in his second jump, with 16.12m. In the fifth, the Brazilian reached his best mark, 16.22m, a new world mark, 24 cm ahead of the Soviet Leonid Shcherbakov, who won the silver medal.

José Telles da Conceição won the bronze medal in men's high jump with a jump of 1,98 m; together with the gold medal won by Adhemar, those were the first medals won by Brazilians at Athletics in the Olympic Games.

Tetsuo Okamoto became the first Brazilian swimmer to win an Olympic medal, the bronze at the men's 1500 metre freestyle.

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
1012
0011
Total1023
Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male1023
Female0000
Mixed0000
Total 1 0 2 3

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Wilson Carneiro400 m hurdles56.02 Q59.46did not advance
    align=left rowspan="2"Argemiro Roque400 m49.053did not advance
    800 m1:54.15did not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    align=left rowspan="2"José da Conceiçãoalign=left rowspan="1"High jump1.8710 Q 1.98
    align=left rowspan="1"Triple jump14.4617did not advance
    align=left rowspan="2"Geraldo de Oliveiraalign=left rowspan="1"Long jump6.7123did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Triple jump14.6410 Q14.957
    align=left rowspan="1"Ary de Sáalign=left rowspan="1"Long jump7.246 Q 7.234
    align=left rowspan="1"Adhemar da Silvaalign=left rowspan="1"Triple jump15.321 Q 16.22 WR
    Hélcio da Silvaalign=left rowspan="1"Pole vault3.6025did not advance
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    align=left rowspan="1"Deyse de Castro200 m25.03did not advance
    align=left Helena de Menezes100 m12.54did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Wanda dos Santosalign=left rowspan="1"80 m hurdles11.32 Q11.45did not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Deyse de CastroHigh jump1.5012
    Helena de Menezesalign=left rowspan=2Long jump5.3324did not advance
    Wanda dos Santos5.3521 did not advance

    Basketball

    See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Main tournament

    Group 3

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    Quarterfinals

    The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

    Quarterfinals group B

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    Team Roster

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Pedro GalassoFeatherweight
    L 3–0
    L 0–3    		did not advance
    Celestino PintoLight-Welterweight
    L 1–2    		did not advance
    Alexandre DibWelterweight
    L TKO-2    		did not advance
    Paulo de Jesus CavalheiroLight-Middleweight
    W KO-3
    L 0–3    		did not advance5
    Nelson de Paula AndradeMiddleweight
    W 2–1
    L DSQ-2    		did not advance
    Lucio GrotoneLight-Heavyweight
    W 2–1
    L 0–3    		did not advance5

    Diving

    See main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
    PointsRankPointsRankTotalRank
    10 m platform59.4028did not advance
    3 m springboard67.97 8 Q87.94 6 155.916

    Equestrian

    See main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Show jumping

    AthleteHorseEventRound 1Round 2Final
    PenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankTotalJump-offRank
    Renyldo FerreiraBibelotalign=left rowspan=3Individual12.50 328.0013 20.5023
    Eloy de MenezesBiguaj4.002 4.004 8.008.004
    Alvaro de ToledoEldorado16.0033 12.002128.0031
    Renyldo Ferreira
    Eloy de Menezes
    Alvaro de Toledo    		See aboveTeam28.504 28.005 56.504

    Fencing

    See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Five fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1952.

    Men's épée
    Men's team épée
    Men's sabre

    Football

    See main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Preliminary round
    First round
    Quarter-finals

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1952.

    Men
    AthleteEventRiding
    (show jumping)    		Fencing
    (épée one touch)    		Shooting
    (25 m rapid-fire pistol)    		Swimming
    (300 m freestyle)    		Running
    (4000 m)    		Total pointsFinal rank
    PointsPointsPointsPointsPoints
    Aloysio Borgesalign=left rowspan=3Men's291392122113 21
    Eric Marques4318301528135 29
    Eduardo de Medeiros2223522680 10
    Aloysio Borges
    Eric Marques
    Eduardo de Medeiros    		align=left rowspan=3Team9442703473313 6

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Brazil had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

    Men

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Open
    AthleteEventRaceFinal rank
    1234567
    ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
    Alfredo Jorge Ebling BerchtFinn19 269 9 594 21 226 2 1247 13 434 17 318 5 849 3711 9
    Wolfgang Edgard Richter
    Peter Mangels
    Francisco Antonio Felici Italo Osoldi    		Dragon12 252 4 729 11 290 6 553 10 331 4 729 15 155 2884 7
    Tacariju de Paula
    Cid de Oliveira Nascimento    		Star11 382 4 821 13 309 19144 12 344 15 247 15 247 235012

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Eight shooters represented Brazil in 1952.

    Men
    AthleteEventFinal
    ScoreRank
    300 m rifle, three positions96227
    Guilherme Cavalcanti25 m rapid fire pistol54728
    Antônio Guimarães300 m rifle, three positions93231
    Severino Moreira50 m rifle, three positions112227
    50 m rifle, prone3988
    50 m pistol52219
    51333
    Pedro Simão25 m rapid fire pistol54338
    Harvey Dias Villela50 m rifle, three positions111332
    50 m rifle, prone38548

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=1Aram Boghossian100 metre freestyle1:02.0 5did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Ricardo Esperard400 metre freestyle5:09.5 6did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1João Gonçalves Filho100 metre backstroke1:09.7 3 Q1:09.76did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Adhemar Grijó Filho200 metre breaststroke2:47.64 did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Ilo da Fonsecaalign=left rowspan=1100 metre backstroke1:09.93did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Haroldo Lara100 metre freestyle1:01.25did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Octavio Mobiglia200 metre breaststroke2:46.15 did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Tetsuo Okamoto400 metre freestyle4:46.11 Q4:46.24did not advance
    1500 metre freestyle19:05.61 Q18:51.3
    align=left rowspan=1Fernando Pavanalign=left rowspan=1100 metre backstroke1:09.13 Q1:10.26did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Sylvio dos Santos1500 metre freestyle19:26.8 4did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Haroldo Lara
    Sylvio dos Santos
    Aram Boghossian
    João Gonçalves Filho    		4 x 200 metre freestyle9:09.04did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=1Piedade Coutinho-Tavares400 metre freestyle5:26.93 Q5:28.57did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Edith de Oliveira100 metre backstroke1:20.04did not advance

    Water polo

    See main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Qualifying round

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    Preliminary round

    Group D

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    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventMilitary PressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Silvino Robin82.5 kg107.5 13 100.0 19 137.5 16 345.0 16
    Bruno Barabani90 kg97.5 19 112.58 145.09 355.014
    Valdemar de Silveira+90 kg112.512 110.09140.0 11 362.5 12

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Brazil at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042552/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
    2. Brazil Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 March 2018.

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