Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BRA
Nocname:	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1956
Website:
Location:	Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors:	47 (46 men and 1 woman)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Rank:	24
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Brazil competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 44 competitors, 43 men and one woman took part in 28 events in 11 sports. The only Brazilian medal was the gold won by Adhemar Ferreira da Silva in men's triple jump. This was his second gold medal in the event. He was the first Brazilian to be a two-time Olympic champion.^[1]

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	0	1

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	0	1
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	1

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	Jorge de Barros	100 m	11.15	4	did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	200 m	22.30	2 Q	23.88	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	José da Conceição	21.61	1 Q	21.46	3 Q	21.53	3 Q	21.56	6
Ulisses dos Santos	400 m hurdles	53.8	4	did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	João Pires Sobrinho	100 m	11.14	3	did not advance
200 m	21.67	3	did not advance
Ary de Sá Jorge Machado João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição	4 x 100 m relay	41.6	3 Q	43.8	6	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan="1"	José da Conceição	align=left rowspan="1"	High jump	1.86	21	did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Ary de Sá	align=left rowspan="1"	Long jump	7.00	20	did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Adhemar da Silva	align=left rowspan="1"	Triple jump	15.15	11 Q	16.35 OR

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group D

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
	4	2	2	0	167	125
	3	2	1	1	137	134
	2	2	0	2	122	167

Quarterfinal

Group B

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
	6	3	3	0	283	150
	5	3	2	1	208	209
	4	3	1	2	182	224
	3	3	0	3	192	282

Classification 5–8

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eder Jofre	Bantamweight		L PTS	L PTS	did not advance		5
Celestino Pinto	Light-Welterweight	L PTS	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Renyldo Ferreira	Bibelot	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	29.25	34	56.25	44	85.50		42
Eloy de Menezes	Biguaj	56.25	47	28.75	31	85.00		41
Nelson Pessoa	Relincho	32.00	35T	26.00	28	58.00		33
Renyldo Ferreira Eloy de Menezes Nelson Pessoa	See above	Team	117.50	11	111.00	10	58.00		10

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)	Fencing (épée one touch)	Shooting (25 m rapid-fire pistol)	Swimming (300 m freestyle)	Running (4000 m)	Total points	Final rank
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points
Sálvio Lemos	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	455	556	760	785	730	3,286	27
Wenceslau Malta	0	741	760	755	877	3,133	31
Nilo da Silva	17.5	DNS	DNF				AC
Sálvio Lemos Wenceslau Malta Nilo da Silva	align=left rowspan=3	Team	472.5	AC	DNF				AC

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Brazil had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.^[2]

Men

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race														Final rank
		1		2		3		4		5		6		7
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Joaquim Roderbourg	Finn	16	198	11	361	DNF	0	14	256	9	448	DNF	0	14	256	1519	17
Alfredo Jorge Ebling Bercht Rolf Ebling Bercht	12m² Sharpie	DNF	0	11	174	7	370	DNF 0	0	11	174	7	370	9	261	1349	10

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Four shooters represented Brazil in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Severino Moreira	50 m rifle, three positions	1102	37
	50 m rifle, prone	597	8
Pedro Simão	25 m rapid fire pistol	561	16
Milton Sobocinski	50 m rifle, three positions	1115	33
	50 m rifle, prone	594	20
Adhaury Rocha	25 m rapid fire pistol	556	18

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	João Gonçalves Filho	100 metre backstroke	1:07.9	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Haroldo Lara	100 metre freestyle	59.9	4	did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Octavio Mobiglia	200 metre breaststroke	DSQ		did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Sylvio dos Santos	400 metre freestyle	4:48.8	5	did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Américo Ferreira	67.5 kg	102.5	15	97.5	17	135.0	10	335.0	14
Bruno Barabani	90 kg	110.0	15	112.5	10	145.0	11	367.5	12

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brazil at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042600/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1956/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-07-30 . sports-reference.com.
2. Brazil Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110713/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1956/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 February 2018.