Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BRA
Nocname:Brazilian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1980
Website: 
Location:Moscow
Competitors:106 (91 men and 15 women)
Sports:14
Flagbearer:João Carlos de Oliveira
Rank:17
Gold:2
Silver:0
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto

Brazil competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 106 competitors, 91 men and 15 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Brazilian athletes won two gold medals after a drought of 24 years, since the 1956 Summer Olympics, as well as two bronze medals.[1]

Both the two gold medals were obtained in sailing and they were the first gold medals in the history of the sport. Lars Sigurd Bjorkström and Alexandre Welter were Olympic champions in Tornado class. Marcos Soares and Eduardo Penido won the gold medal in the 470 class.

Brazil won a medal in a relay event in swimming for the first time - the bronze in men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

The current world record holder and bronze medalist triple jumper João Carlos de Oliveira repeated the result in men's triple jump in a very controversial event. The Soviet Union's Jaak Uudmäe and Viktor Saneyev placed first and second, ahead of Oliveira. Both him and fourth place Australia's Ian Campbell produced long jumps, but they were declared fouls by the officials and not measured.[2]

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
2002
0011
0011
Total2024
Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male2024
Female0000
Mixed0000
Total 2 0 2 4

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In its first Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent one woman and one man.

Men
Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    align=left rowspan="1"Altevir de Araújo200 m21.494 q21.227Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Milton de Castro100 m10.745Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Paulo Roberto Correia200 m21.273 Q21.016 Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Antônio Dias Ferreira400 m hurdles50.142 Q52.317Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Agberto Guimarães800 m1:48.23 Q1:46.93 Q1:46.24
    align=left rowspan="1"Katsuhiko Nakaya100 m10.723 Q10.708Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Geraldo José Pegado400 m48.716Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Nelson dos Santos100 m10.513 Q10.457Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="1"Milton de Castro
    Nelson dos Santos
    Katsuhiko Nakaya
    Altevir de Araújo    		4 × 100 m39.48 4 q39.548
    align=left rowspan="1"Paulo Roberto Correia
    Antônio Dias Ferreira
    Agberto Guimarães
    Geraldo José Pegado    		4 × 400 m3:04.92 Q3:05.95
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    align=left rowspan="1"Claudio da Matta FreireHigh jump2.05 29Did not advance
    align=left rowspan="2"João Carlos de OliveiraLong jump7.7812 qDNS
    Triple jump16.625 Q17.22
    Women
  • Combined events – Pentathlon
    • AthleteEvent800 mFinalRank
    Result14.3313.161.715.972:18.90426314
    Points825789945900804

    Basketball

    See main article: Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Preliminary round

    The top two teams from each group advance to the final round group, while the remaining teams compete for 8th through 12th places in the classification group. Hosts Soviet Union and the world champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the final round. Meanwhile, qualification in Group C was closely contested between Italy, Cuba and Australia, which ended up being decided by a third tiebreaker in favor of the first two teams.

    Group A

    width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the quarterfinals
    width=170Teamwidth=20width=20width=30width=30width=30width=20Pts
    3 0 321 235 +86 6
    2 1 297 235 +62 5
    1 2 285 236 +49 4
    0 3 194 391 −197 3

    Final round

    The first two places in the preliminary group compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze. The remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings. The host nation failed to compete for the gold in spite of finishing the preliminary round undefeated, due to losses against the other two group leaders Yugoslavia and especially Italy, since the result from that match served as tiebreaker, giving the latter a passport to the gold medal match. The Soviet Union then won the bronze against Spain. Yugoslavia earned their first and only gold medal in men's basketball at this Olympic Games.Results from Yugoslavia vs. Spain, Italy vs. Cuba and Soviet Union vs. Brazil were carried over from the preliminary round.

    width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Competed for the gold medal
    width=10px bgcolor="#ffdab9"Competed for the bronze medal
    width=130Teamwidth=20width=20width=30width=30width=30width=20Ptswidth=50
    5 0 506 442 +64 10
    3 2 419 438 −19 8 1W–0L
    3 2 505 468 +37 8 0W–1L
    2 3 488 485 +3 7 1W–0L
    2 3 448 477 −29 7 0W–1L
    0 5 434 490 −56 5

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round 3 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Sidnei dal RovereFeatherweight
    W KO-1
    W 5-0
    L 0-5    		Did not advance5
    Jaime FrancoLight welterweight
    L 0-5    		Did not advance
    Francisco de JesusLight middleweight
    W 5-0
    W 5-0
    L 0-5    		Did not advance
    Carlos FonsecaMiddleweight
    L 1-4    		Did not advance

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented Brazil in 1980.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=1Gilson Alvaristoalign=left rowspan=4Road racealign=center colspan=2DNF
    align=left rowspan=1José Carlos de Limaalign=center colspan=2DNF
    align=left rowspan=1Fernando Louroalign=center colspan=2DNF
    align=left rowspan=1Davis Pereiraalign=center colspan=2DNF

    Track

    1000m time trial
    Pursuit
    AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankOpposition
    Time    		Opposition
    Time    		Opposition
    Time    		Rank
    Antônio SilvestreMen's individual pursuit4:54,5213Did not advance
    Hans Fischer
    José Carlos de Lima
    Fernando Louro
    Antônio Silvestre    		Team pursuit4:32,34 11Did not advance

    Diving

    See main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank½ Prel.TotalRank
    Milton Jorge Braga3 m springboard451.1722Did not advance
    10 m platform373.0620Did not advance

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Men
    Women

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Repechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Luiz Juniti Shinohara−60 kg
    W 1000-0000
    L 0000-0001    		Did not advance13
    align=left rowspan=1Luiz Onmura−65 kg
    W 1000-0000
    L 0000-0001    		Did not advance13
    align=left rowspan=1Anelson Vieira−71 kg
    L 0000-1000    		Did not advance19
    Carlos Alberto Cunha−78 kg
    W 1000-0000
    W 1000-0000
    L 0000-0001    		Did not advance10
    align=left rowspan=2Walter Carmona−86 kg
    W 1000-0000
    W 1000-0000
    W 1000-0000
    L 0000-0001    		Did not advance
    L 0000-0001    		5
    Open
    W 1000-0000
    L 0000-0001    		Did not advance10
    align=left rowspan=1Luiz Moura−95 kg
    W 1000-0000
    L 0000-0001    		Did not advance13
    align=left rowspan=1Oswaldo Simões Filho+95 kg
    L 0000-0001    		Did not advance10

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Paulo Cesar DvorawskiSingle sculls8:01.383 SF7:39.28 6 FB 7:32.0012
    José Cláudio Lazzarotto
    Ronaldo de Carvalho
    Ricardo de Carvalho
    Waldemar Trombetta    		Quadruple sculls6:25.845 R6:11.96 4 FB 6:06.5811
    Laildo Machado
    Wandir Kuntze
    Walter Soares
    Henrique Johann
    Manuel Mandel    		Coxless pair6:59.985 R6:37.07 3 FB 6:33.298

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Open
    AthleteEventRaceFinal rank
    1234567
    ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
    Claudio Biekarck9 15.0 5 10.0 1 0.0 13 19.0 9 15.0 5 10.02 3.0 53.0 4
    Marcos Soares
    Eduardo Penido    		470 2 3.0 1 0.0 6 11.7 1 0.0 5 10.0 10 16.0 6 11.7 36.4
    Reinaldo Conrad
    Manfred Kaufmann    		Flying Dutchman 3 5.7 5 10.0 9 15.0 7 13.0 5 10.0 6 11.7 7 13.0 63.4 8
    Alexandre Welter
    Lars Sigurd Bjorkstrom    		Tornado 3 5.7 1 0.0 3 5.7 6 11.7 1 0.0 1 0.05 10.0 21.4
    Eduardo de Souza
    Peter Erzberger    		Star 9 15.0 11 17.0 8 14.0 8 14.0 9 15.0 11 17.05 10.0 85.0 9
    Gastão Brun
    Vicente Brun
    Roberto Luiz Souza    		Soling4 8.0 7 13.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 7 13.0 3 5.7 6 11.7 47.16

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Open
    AthleteEventFinal
    ScoreRank
    Waldemar Capucci50 m rifle prone59132
    Sylvio Carvalho50 m pistol5589
    Fernando Gomes25 m rapid fire pistol58819
    Durval Guimarães50 m rifle prone59225
    Marcos José OlsenTrap18718

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Rômulo Arantes100 metre backstroke57.902 Q58.215Did not advance
    Cyro Delgado100 metre freestyle53.006Did not advance
    200 metre freestyle1:54.595 Did not advance
    Jorge Fernandes100 metre freestyle52.514 Q52.918Did not advance
    200 metre freestyle1:54.323Did not advance
    Marcelo Jucá400 metre freestyle4:03.924Did not advance
    1500 metre freestyle16:01.115Did not advance
    Cláudio Kestener100 metre butterfly57.654Did not advance
    200 metre butterfly2:08.656Did not advance
    Djan Madruga400 metre freestyle3:55.691 Q3:54.154
    1500 metre freestyle15:56.206Did not advance
    400 m individual medley4:28.771 Q4:26.815
    Marcus Mattioli200 metre freestyle1:54.393 Did not advance
    100 metre butterfly57.965Did not advance
    200 metre butterfly2:06.873Did not advance
    Ricardo Prado100 metre backstroke1:01.036Did not advance
    400 m individual medley4:31.693Did not advance
    Sérgio Ribeiro100 metre breaststroke1:06.715 Did not advance
    Jorge Fernandes
    Marcus Mattioli
    Cyro Delgado
    Djan Madruga    		4 × 200 metre freestyle relay7:32.8127.29,30
    Rômulo Arantes
    Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro
    Cláudio Kestener
    Cyro Delgado
    Jorge Fernandes    		4 × 100 metre medley relay3.53,23 8 Q3.53,23 8

    Volleyball

    See main article: Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Men

    See main article: Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    5th place match

    Team Roster

    Women

    See main article: Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

    7th place match

    Team Roster

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Durval de Moraes52 kg8018 107.514 187.516
    Paulo Batista de Sene60 kg10014 0NVL 100AC

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Brazil at the 1980 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042549/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1980/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 May 2015 . Sports Reference.
    2. News: The forgotten story of Ian Campbell . August 7, 2013 . November 15, 2014 . The Guardian.

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