Brazil at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BRA
Nocname:	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Website:
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	72 (71 men and 1 woman)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Rank:	39
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Brazil competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 72 competitors, 71 men and 1 woman, took part in 35 events in 14 sports. Brazilians obtained two bronze medals in Rome. The swimmer Manuel dos Santos was a bronze medalist in men's 100 metre freestyle. The men's basketball team also won the bronze medal. Flagbearer and defending two-time Olympic champion Adhemar Ferreira da Silva could not repeat his performance and placed fourteenth in the triple jump,^[1]

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	0	2	2
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	2	2

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan="1"	José da Conceição	200 m	21.3	2 Q	21.5	7	did not advance
align=left rowspan="3"	Anubes da Silva	100 m	10.8	4	did not advance
400 m	48.0	4	did not advance
400 m hurdles	52.25	3	did not advance

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group C

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	213	198	+15	6
	3	2	1	220	170	+50	5
	3	1	2	189	210	−21	4
	3	0	3	199	243	−44	3

Semifinals

width=10px bgcolor=#aaffaa		Advance to the championship round
width=10px bgcolor=#ffaaaa		Relegated to 5th-8th place classification playoffs

Pool A

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	3	3	0	240	221	+19	6
	3	2	1	226	216	−10	5
	3	1	2	236	237	−1	4
	3	0	3	211	239	−28	3

Championship Round

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	283	201	+82	6
	3	2	1	199	213	−14	5
	3	1	2	203	229	−26	4
	3	0	3	226	268	−42	3

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Martins	Flyweight		L 0-5	did not advance
	Bantamweight		L 0-5	did not advance
Jorge Salomão	Light welterweight		L 2-3	did not advance
Hélio Crescencio	Light middleweight		L 1-4	did not advance
	Light heavyweight		L KO-1	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. One male cyclist represented Brazil in 1960.

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Renyldo Ferreira	Marengo	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	50.00	44	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	align=center colspan=3	did not finish
Mario Leite Neto	Biguaj	29.75	32	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	align=center colspan=3	did not finish
Oscar da Silva	Eldorado	34.00	36	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	align=center colspan=3	did not finish
Renyldo Ferreira Mario Leite Neto Oscar da Silva	See above	Team	AC	DNF	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	align=center colspan=3	did not finish

Football

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

First round

Group B

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Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1960.

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
Justo Botelho	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	718	724	840	940	1,048	4,270	27
Wenceslau Malta	1,066	586	860	750	919	4,181	32
José Wilson	433	448	800	920	919	3,520	50
Justo Botelho Wenceslau Malta José Wilson	align=left rowspan=3	Team	2,217	1,724	2,500	2,610	2,886	11,937	13

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Brazil had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1960 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
Reinaldo Conrad	Finn	15	469	3	1168	10	645	1	1645	10	645	18	390	11	604	5176	5
Richter Wolfgang Edgard Roberto Ferreira Da Rosa	Flying Dutchman	21	270	17	362	20	291	23	231	21	270	DNS	0	DNS	0	1424	26
Jorge Pontual Cid Nascimento	Star	10	516	13	482	9	562	6	738	8	613	11	475	9	562	3466	9

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Three shooters represented Brazil in 1960.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Luiz Martins	50 m rifle, three positions	525	28	did not advance
	50 m rifle, prone	387	9 Q	577	33
Ambrosio Rocha	50 m pistol	503	50
	25 m rapid fire pistol	556	42
Álvaro dos Santos Filho	50 m pistol	518	43

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	Fernando de Abreu	100 metre freestyle	1:00.1	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Athos de Oliveira	100 metre backstroke	1:07.9	7	did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Aldo Perseke	200 metre butterfly	2:50.8	6	did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Manuel dos Santos Filho	100 metre freestyle	56.3	1 Q	56.3	1 Q	55.4
align=left rowspan=1	Farid Zablith Filho	200 metre breaststroke	2:48.6	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Athos de Oliveira Farid Zablith Filho Aldo Perseke Fernando de Abreu	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:30.1	6	did not advance

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

First round

Group B

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Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brazil at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042600/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1960/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 August 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. Brazil Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110724/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 February 2018.