Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BRA
Nocname:	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	147 (126 men and 21 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Eduardo Ramos
Rank:	19
Gold:	1
Silver:	5
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

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. The country set a record with 8 medals – only surpassed in 1996 with 15, but only one medal was gold.

The runner Joaquim Cruz won the men's 800 metres event with an Olympic record. This was the first and until nowadays the only gold medal achieved by Brazilians in a track event in Athletics – all the other gold medals were in field events.

Brazilian football and volleyball men's teams started their success in Olympic history winning for the first time an Olympic medal. Both teams were silver medalists. The Olympic football team lost the final to France by 2 – 0. Brazil men's national volleyball team was defeated by host country United States by 3 sets to 0.

The swimmer Ricardo Prado was the silver medalist in the men's 400 metre individual medley. The sailor Torben Grael won the silver medal in the Soling class together with Daniel Adler and Ronaldo Senfft. It was the first Olympic medal won by Grael, who has five Olympic medals, a record only equaled by sailor Robert Scheidt

Brazilian judokas won three Olympic medals in 1984. Douglas Vieira was a silver medalist in men's 95 kg category. Luis Onmura was a bronze medalist in men's 71 kg and Walter Carmona conquered bronze medal in men's 86 kg.^[1]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Men's Brazil Olympic football team

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	2	3
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
Total	1	5	2	8

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	5	2	8
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	5	2	8

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 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

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1984 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 Luíz Barbosa	800 m	1:47.12	2 Q	1:46.87	4 Q	1:48.70	8	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Paulo Roberto Correia	100 m	10.45	4 q	10.54	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	Joaquim Cruz	800 m	1:45.66	1 Q	1:44.84	1 Q	1:43.82	1 Q	1:43.00
1500 m	3:41.01	1 Q	DNF	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Antônio Dias Ferreira	400 m hurdles	49.85	2 Q	50.70	8	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	Agberto Guimarães	800 m	1:47.72	3 Q	1:45.18	3 Q	1:46.65	6	Did not advance
1500 m	3:49.26	2 Q	DSQ	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Katsuhiko Nakaya	100 m	10.55	3 Q	10.69	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Wilson David Santos	400 m	47.55	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Nelson dos Santos	100 m	10.70	3 Q	10.53	4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Eloi Schleder	Marathon	2'16:35	23
align=left rowspan="1"	Arnaldo da Silva	align=left rowspan="2"	200 m	21.24	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	João Batista da Silva	20.70	3 q	20.61	4 Q	20.61	2 Q	20.30	4
align=left rowspan="2"	José João da Silva	5000 m	14:03.44	8	Did not advance
10000 m	29:10.52	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Robson da Silva	200 m	21.08	3 Q	20.88	4 Q	20.80	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Evaldo Rosa Silva	align=left rowspan="2"	400 m	47.55	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Gerson Souza	47.02	3 Q	46.65	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Arnaldo da Silva Robson Caetano Katsuhiko Nakaya Paulo Roberto Correia Nelson dos Santos	4 × 100 m	39.27	2 q	39.52	4 q	39.40	8
align=left rowspan="1"	João Batista da Silva Antônio Dias Ferreira José Luíz Barbosa Gerson Souza Wilson David Santos	4 × 400 m	3:05.08	5 q	3:03:99	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan="1"	Tom Hintnaus	Pole vault	5.35	8 q	NM	12
align=left rowspan="1"	Abcélvio Rodrigues	Triple jump	16.12	16	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan="1"	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	100 m	11.63	4 q	11.82	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Eleonora Mendonça	Marathon	2:52:19	44

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan="1"	Conceição Geremias	align=left rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"	Long jump	6.04	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	6.01	19	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
	Result	13.98	1.74	13.15	25.00	5.65	NM	DNS	5508	DNF
Points	868	974	789	846	828	0

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

Group A

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Qualified for the quarterfinals

width=170	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	5	0	457	366	+91	10
	4	1	437	363	+74	9
	3	2	383	403	−20	8
	2	3	384	376	+8	7
	1	4	401	423	−22	6
	0	5	349	480	−131	5

• Team Roster
  • Nilo Guimarães
  • Silvio Malvezi
  • Gerson Victalino
  • Milton Setrini Júnior
  • Ricardo Guimarães
  • Marcos Leite
  • Eduardo Galvão
  • Marcel Souza
  • Adilson Nascimento
  • Marcelo Vido
  • Oscar Schmidt
  • Israel Machado

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Seven cyclists represented Brazil in 1984.

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Points race

Pursuit

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Ângela Ribeiro	3 m springboard	370.68	23	Did not advance
	10 m platform	329.31	13	Did not advance

Equestrianism

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marcelo Blessman	Alpes	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	44.00	45	Did not advance
Jorge Carneiro	Testarudo	21.25	32	Did not advance
Caio Sérgio de Carvalho	Virtuoso	23.25	33	Did not advance
Jorge Carneiro Marcelo Blessman Caio Sérgio de Carvalho Vitor Teixeira	See above	Team	66.50	12 Q	67.00	10	133.50	10

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 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.

Group C

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Gold Medal match

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Women

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A traditional sport in Brazil, Judo has warranted three medals, for Brazilian men. Two bronze medals, and a silver medal.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luiz Shinohara	−60 kg		W 0001-0000	L 0000-0001	Did not advance			W 1000-0000	L 0000-0001	Did not advance	7
align=left rowspan=1	Sérgio Sano	−65 kg		W 1000-0000	W 0010-0000	L 0000-0010	Did not advance			L 0000-1000	Did not advance	7
Luis Onmura	−71 kg		W 1000-0000	W 0100-0000	W 1000-0000	L 0000-1000	W 0010-0000
Rogério Santos	−78 kg		L 0000-0100	Did not advance							20
align=left rowspan=1	Walter Carmona	−86 kg		W 1000-0000	W 1000-0000	W 0001-0000	L 0000-0010	W 0010-0000
align=left rowspan=1	Douglas Vieira	−95 kg		W 0010-0000	W 1000-0000	W 0001-0000	W 0001-0000	L 0000-0001
align=left rowspan=1	Frederico Flexa	+95 kg	L 0000-1000	Did not advance						11

Rhythmic gymnastics

See main article: article and Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ronaldo de Carvalho Ricardo de Carvalho	Coxless pair	7:32.69	4 R	7:05.24	3 SF	7:05.92	6 FB	7:03.97	8
Walter Soares Angelo Roso Neto Nilton Alonso	Coxed pairs	7:18.96	2 R	7:19.40	1 FA	7:17.07		4
André Berezin Luiz dos Santos Dênis Marinho Laildo Machado Manuel Mandel	Coxed four	6:39.88	4 R	6:33.44	5 FB	6:47.13		7

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1984 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
Jorge Zarif Neto		8	14.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	19	25.0	11	17.0	15	21.0	9	15.0	78.7	8
Marco Paradeda Rolf Nehn	470	17	23.0	16	22.0	16	22.0	9	15.0	2	3.0	19	25.0	8	14.0	99.0	13
Alan Adler Marcos Tenke	Flying Dutchman	5	10.0	PMS	24.0	13	19.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	2	3.0	9	15.0	61.7	6
Lars Grael Glein Haynes		5	10.0	8	14.0	14	20.0	11	17.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	12	18.0	74.7	7
Eduardo Ramos Roberto Souza	Star	9	15.0	8	14.0	7	13.0	9	15.0	5	10.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	82.0	12
Torben Grael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft	Soling	3	5.7	7	13.0	2	3.0	10	16.0	10	16.0	1	0.0	3	5.7	43.4

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Waldemar Capucci	50 m rifle prone	581	52
Sylvio Carvalho	50 m pistol	546	25
Durval Guimarães	50 m rifle prone	583	45
Delival Nobre	25 m rapid fire pistol	591	4
Paulo Pimenta	10 m air rifle	557	45

Women

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Marcos José Olsen	Trap	188	10
Avelino Palma		164	60

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luiz Carvalho	100 metre breaststroke	1:05.96	24	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	DSQ		Did not advance
Cyro Delgado	100 metre freestyle	51.74	18	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:53.22	21	Did not advance
Jorge Fernandes	200 metre freestyle	1:53.03	20	Did not advance
Marcelo Jucá	400 metre freestyle	3:57.43	15 q	3:58.23	15	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	15:43.80	17	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	DNS		Did not advance
Djan Madruga	200 metre backstroke	2:05.23	13 q	Did not advance		2:05.33	12
Ronald Menezes	100 metre freestyle	52.49	28	Did not advance
Ricardo Prado	200 metre backstroke	2:04.46	8 Q	Did not advance		2:03.05	4
	200 metre butterfly	2:00.59	10 q	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:07.16	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:23.31	4 Q	Did not advance		4:18.45 SA
Jorge Fernandes Ronald Menezes Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:27.33	10	Did not advance
Jorge Fernandes Marcelo Jucá Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:30.41	9	Did not advance
Ricardo Prado Luiz Carvalho Marcelo Jucá Cyro Delgado	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:53.49	12	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
		Technical	Free	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Paula Carvalho	Solo	79.900	85.80	165.700	13	Did not advance
Paula Carvalho Tessa Carvalho	Duet	82.092	84.20	166.292	11	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

See main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Gold medal match

Team Roster

• Renan dal Zotto
• William Carvalho da Silva
• Fernando d'Àvila
• Mário Xandó de Oliveira Neto
• Bernardo Rocha de Rezende
• Rui Campos do Nascimento
• Marcus Vinicius Simòes Freire
• Domingos Lampariello Neto
• José Montanaro
• Bernard Rajzman
• Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro

Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas

Women's Team Competition

See main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

7th place natch

Team Roster

• Vera Mossa
• Fernanda Emerick Silva
• Mônica da Silva
• Isabel Salgado
• Heloísa Roese
• Regina Vilela Santos-Uchoa
• Jackie Silva
• Ana Richa
• Sandra Suruagy
• Eliana da Costa
• Luiza Machado
• Ida Alvares

Head coach: Ênio Figueiredo

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

Group B

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Qualified for second group stage

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	3	3	0	0	32	17	+15	6
	3	2	0	1	39	31	+8	4
	3	0	1	2	23	33	–10	1
	3	0	1	2	25	38	−13	1

• August 1

• August 2

• August 3

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.		9	5	4	1	0	63	34	+29
8.		8	5	3	2	0	52	41	+11
9.		6	5	3	0	2	44	39	+5
10.		3	5	1	1	3	40	48	- 8
11.		2	5	1	0	4	30	55	- 25
12.		2	5	0	2	3	40	52	- 12

• August 6

• August 7

• August 9

• August 10

• Team Roster
  • Roberto Borelli
  • Orlando Chaves
  • Paulo Sérgio Abreu
  • Carlos Carvalho
  • Silvio Manfredi
  • Sólon Santos
  • Ricardo Tonieto
  • Eric Tebbe Borges
  • Mário Souto
  • Mário Sérgio Lotufo
  • Fernando Carsalade
  • Hélio Silva
  • André Campos

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brazil at the 1984 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1984/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 May 2015 . Sports Reference.