Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BRA
Nocname:	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	160 (127 men, 33 women)
Sports:	21
Flagbearer:	Walter Carmona
Rank:	24
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

Brazil competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 160 competitors, 127 men and 33 women, took part in 106 events in 21 sports. Brazilians conquered 6 medals in Seoul, but only one gold medal.

Aurelio Miguel Fernandez became the first Brazilian judoka to win a gold medal. He defeated Marc Meiling from West Germany in men's 95 kg category.

The previous Olympic champion runner Joaquim Cruz won the silver medal in men's 800 metres.

Men's Brazil Olympic football team was silver medalist led by Romário and Bebeto. They lost the final by 2 - 1 at extra time against Soviet Union

Robson Caetano was the first Brazilian sprinter to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the men's 200 metres.

The other two bronze medals were obtained in sailing. Together with Nelson Falcão, Torben Grael won the medal at Star class. It was Torben Grael's second olympic medal. Torben's brother Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas obtained the bronze at Tornado class.^[1]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				30 September
				26 September
	Men's Brazil Olympic football team			1 October
				27 September
				27 September
				28 September

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	1	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	2	2
Total	1	2	3	6

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	2	3	6
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	2	3	6

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	2	0	2
Athletics	14	6	20
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	3	–	3
Cycling	8	0	8
Diving	0	1	1
Equestrian	3	1	4
Fencing	4	0	4
Football	16	–	16
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	7	–	7
Rowing	10	0	10
Sailing	14	2	16
Shooting	2	2	4
Swimming	11	4	15
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	2	1	3
Volleyball	12	12	24
Weightlifting	2	–	2
wrestling	2	–	2
Total	127	33	160

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In its third Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
		Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Jorge Azevedo	Individual	1191	62	Did not advance
Renato Emilio	1225	43	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	José Luíz Barbosa	800 m	1:46.32	2 Q	1:46.20	3 Q	1:44.99	3 Q	1:46.39	6
1500 m	3:44.46	33	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Jailto Bonfim	100 m	10.75	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	Joaquim Cruz	800 m	1:47.16	1 Q	1:46.10	1 Q	1:44.75	2 Q	1:43.90
1500 m	3:40.92	3 q	DNS	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Adauto Domingues	3000 m steeplechase	8:32.77	5 Q	8:35.05	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Agberto Guimarães	800 m	1:48.49	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Sérgio de Menezes	align=left rowspan="1"	400 m	DNF		Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Marcelo Palma	20 km walk	1:31:42	45
align=left rowspan="1"	Ivo Rodrigues	align=left rowspan="2"	Marathon	2:26:27	56
align=left rowspan="1"	Diamantino dos Santos	2:25:13	48
align=left rowspan="1"	Arnaldo da Silva	align=left rowspan="1"	100 m	10.44	2 Q	10.25	2 Q	10.32	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	Robson da Silva	100 m	10.37	1 Q	10.24	2 Q	10.24	4 Q	10.11	5
200 m	21.12	1 Q	20.41	1 Q	20.28	2 Q	20.04
align=left rowspan="1"	Gerson de Souza	align=left rowspan="1"	400 m	45.90	1 Q			Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan="1"	Abcélvio Rodrigues	Triple jump	15.13	35	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Jorge da Silva		15.95	22	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"		Marathon	2:43:40	44
align=left rowspan="2"	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	200 m	23.71	2 Q	23.67	6	Did not advance
400 m	51.74	1 Q	51.32	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Soraya Telles	800 m	2:02.48	3 Q	2:01.86	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	Tânia Miranda Suzete Montalvão Soraya Telles Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	4 × 400 m	3:36.81	4	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
	Result	14.23	1.71	12.95	25.50	5.50	39.64	2:24.02	5508	22
Points	946	867	724	841	700	660	770

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Quarterfinals

Classification round 5–8

Classification round 5/6

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 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
Joilson Santana	Bantamweight	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Wanderley Oliveira	Welterweight	L RSC-2	Did not advance
Peter Silva	Light middleweight	W 5–0	L KO-1	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Eight cyclists, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	Cássio Freitas	align=left rowspan=3	Men's road race	4:32:56	20
align=left rowspan=1		4:32:56	63
align=left rowspan=1		4:32:56	66
align=left rowspan=1	Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo César Daneliczen Cássio Freitas Marcos Mazzaron	align=left rowspan=1	Team time trial	2:07:11.7	18

Track

1000m time trial

Points race

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Antônio Silvestre	Individual pursuit	5:02.07	20	Did not advance
Clóvis Anderson Paulo Jamur Fernando Louro Antônio Silvestre	Men's team pursuit	4:38.21	19	Did not advance

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Women

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank
André Johannpeter	Heartbreaker	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	29.00	46	39.00	36	68.00 Q	38	9.50	25	Did not advance
Christina Johannpeter	Societao	6.00	67	AC	DNF	AC	DNF	Did not advance
Paulo Stewart	Platon	27.50	47	AC	DNF	AC	DNF	Did not advance
Vitor Teixeira	Going	46.00	29	67.50	7	113.50 Q	16	8.75	24	Did not advance
André Johannpeter Christina Johannpeter Paulo Stewart Vitor Teixeira	See above	Team	40.00	10 Q	35.00	9	75.00	8

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.

Men's foil

• Antônio Machado
• Roberto Lazzarini
• Douglas Fonseca

Men's épée

• Antônio Machado
• Douglas Fonseca
• Roberto Lazzarini

Team

Football

See main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round (Group D)

See main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Group D. --------

Gold-medal match

Team Roster

• • Claudio Taffarel
  • Zé Carlos
  • Jorginho
  • Luís Carlos Winck
  • André Cruz
  • João Santos Batista
  • Ademir
  • Mazinho
  • Edmar
  • Andrade
  • Careca Souza
  • Milton de Souza Filho
  • Geovani
  • Neto
  • Sergio Donizete
  • Bebeto
  • Aloísio
  • Romário

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	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
Sérgio Pessoa	−60 kg		W 1000–0000	L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Ricardo Cardoso	−65 kg		L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Luiz Onmura	−71 kg		W 0010–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Ezequiel Paraguassu	−78 kg	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Wálter Carmona	−86 kg		W 1000–0000	L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Aurélio Miguel	−95 kg		W 0010–0000	W 0010–0000	W 0100–0000	W 0100–0000	W 0100–0000
Frederico Flexa	+95 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Marinho	Single sculls	7:48.33	5 R	7:22.84	3	7:22.84		18
Ronaldo de Carvalho Ricardo de Carvalho	Coxless pair	6:45.20	5 R	7:01.00	3 FB	6:54.89	6	7:28.30	10
Ângelo Roso Neto Flávio de Melo Nilton Alonso	Coxed pairs	7:27.68	5 R	NT	4	NT		13
Marcos Arantes Fernando Fantoni Oswaldo Kuster Neto Waldemar Trombetta	Coxless four	6:29.61	6 R	NT	5	NT		14

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

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
George Rebello		13	19.0	23	29.0	23	29.0	9	15.0	13	19.0	13	19.0	17	23.0	124.0	16
Jorge Zarif Neto		19	25.0	17	23.0	18	24.0	16	22.0	YMP	21.0	11	17.0	13	19.0	126.0	19
Carlos Wanderley Bernardo Arndt	470	7	13.0	9	15.0	DSQ	36.0	19	25.0	6	11.7	13	19.0	1	0.0	83.7	10

Women

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
Alan Adler Marcos Tenke	Flying Dutchman	4	8.0	3	5.7	6	11.7	13	19.0	DSQ	29.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	76.4	7
Lars Grael Clinio Freitas		8	14.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	3	5.7	3	5.7	8	14.0	2	3.0	40.1
Torben Grael Nelson Falcao	Star	1	0.0	7	13.0	2	3.0	11	17.0	2	3.0	RET	28.0	8	14.0	50.0
Jose Paulo Dias Jose Augusto Dias Christoph Bergman	Soling	3	5.7	6	11.7	DSQ	27.0	5	10.0	11	17.0	9	15.0	4	8.0	67.4	5

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Maria Amaral	25 m pistol	579	22
	10 m air pistol	369	31
Tania Fassoni	25 m pistol	569	32
	10 m air pistol	372	27

Open

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final A
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Castro	400 metre freestyle	4:02.48	33	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	15:57.89	32	Did not advance
Jorge Fernandes	50 metre freestyle	24.40	37	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	52.23	33	Did not advance
Júlio Lópes	100 metre freestyle	1:53.16	30	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:09.62	26	Did not advance
Cristiano Michelena	200 metre freestyle	1:52.34	23	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	3:57.79	23	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	15:50.50	26	Did not advance
José Moreira	50 metre freestyle	24.26	33	Did not advance
Emanuel Nascimento	100 metre freestyle	52.41	37	Did not advance
Eduardo de Poli	100 metre butterfly	56.37	26	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:06.15	34	Did not advance
Renato Ramalho	200 m individual medley	2:10.32	29	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:31.95	24	Did not advance
Wladimir Ribeiro	100 metre butterfly	57.25	32	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:09.40	36	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	59.76	38	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:11.48	33	Did not advance
Rogério Romero	100 metre backstroke	57.91	20	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:02.26	8 Q	Did not advance		2:02.28	8
Cícero Tortelli	100 metre breaststroke	1:05.50	37	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:28.82	44	Did not advance
Jorge Fernandes Cristiano Michelena Emanuel Nascimento Júlio Lópes	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:28.17	12	Did not advance
Jorge Fernandes Cristiano Michelena Emanuel Nascimento Júlio Lópes	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:32.11	10	Did not advance
Rogério Romero Cícero Tortelli Eduardo de Poli Emanuel Nascimento	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:53.21	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final A
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrícia Amorim	200 metre freestyle	2:04.74	25	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:19.64	24	Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:51.95	21	Did not advance
Adriana Pereira	50 metre freestyle	26.56	17	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	58.53	34	Did not advance
Mônica Rezende	50 metre freestyle	27.44	31	Did not advance
Isabelle Vieira	100 metre freestyle	59.15	37	Did not advance
Adriana Pereira Mônica Rezende Patrícia Amorim Isabelle Vieira	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:56.29	11	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1988.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
		Technical	Free	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Paula Carvalho	Solo	82.517	83.80	166.317	15	Did not advance
Érika MacDavid Eva Riera	Duet	83.425	87.60	171.025	12	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Claudio Kano	Men's singles	6	Did not advance
Carlos Kawai		7	Did not advance
Claudio Kano Carlos Kawai	Men's doubles	5	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luiz Mattar	align=left rowspan=1	Men's singles	L 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Luiz Mattar Ricardo Acioly	Men's doubles		W 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2	L 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Gisele Miró	align=left rowspan=1	Women's singles	L 7–5, 7–5	L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

See main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Team roster

• Maurício Lima
• Wagner Rocha
• Paulo Rose
• José Montanaro Junior
• Paulo da Silva
• Renan dal Zotto
• William Silva
• Amauri Ribeiro
• Antônio Carlos Gouveia
• Domingos Lampariello Neto
• Leonidio de Pra Filho
• André Ferreira

Head coach: Paulo Freitas

Women's Team Competition

See main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Preliminary round

Group B

Team roster

• Kerly Santos
• Ana Moser
• Vera Mossa
• Eliani Costa
• Ana Richa
• Dora Castanheira
• Ana Claudia Ramos
• Marcia Cunha
• Ana Lucia Barros
• Sandra Suruagy
• Fernanda Venturini
• Simone Storm

Head coach: Jorge de Barros

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edwaldo Santos	67.5 kg	120.0	17	140.0	17	260.0	17
Emilson Dantas	90 kg	135.0	19	165.0	21	300.0	21

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brazil at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1988/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 July 2016 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BRA/editions/22 Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics