Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BRA
Nocname:	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	277^[1]
Sports:	25
Flagbearer:	Robert Scheidt (opening)^[2] Maurren Maggi (closing)
Rank:	23
Gold:	3
Silver:	4
Bronze:	10
Appearances:	auto

Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in August 2008. Brazilian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1920, except the 1928 Summer Olympics. The country is represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB – Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro). Brazil headed to the Beijing Games with its largest Olympic delegation at the time, 277 athletes, including 132 women.^[1]

The 17 medals won by Brazil topped the previous medal count record set in 1996, and included the first individual medal and the first individual gold earned by women, by judoka Ketleyn Quadros and jumper Maurren Maggi, respectively. Three of the medals were gold, by Maggi, swimmer César Cielo and the female volleyball team.

Brazil won the first medal ever in taekwondo, when Natália Falavigna won the bronze medal in women's +67 kg. Brazil also won its first gold medal ever in swimming, achieved by César Cielo in men's 50 m freestyle.

Summary

Brazil was the 39th nation to enter the Beijing National Stadium during the Olympic opening ceremony. Sailor Robert Scheidt (1996, 2000 and 2004 medalist) was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^{[2] [3]}

The swimmer César Cielo was the first Brazilian swimmer to be gold medalist, when he conquered the gold medal in men's 50 m freestyle, with an Olympic record. Raised to the post of new hero of the national sport, he had previously won in Beijing the bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle a result that confirmed his position of new standout in the tests of speed of swimming.

The jumper Maurren Maggi reached 7.04m in the final of the women's long jump and surpassed, in just one centimeter, the Russian Tatyana Lebedeva. Maurren won gold and became the first Brazilian woman in history to win the gold medal, not only in Athletics but also in an individual event of any sport in the Olympic Games. Maurren Maggi, was the flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

It was also in 2008 Summer Olympics that one of the most popular sports in Brazil finally saw women win Olympic gold: the volleyball. Four years earlier, in Athens, the Brazil women's national volleyball team, led by coach José Roberto Guimarães, champion with the men's team at the 1992 Barcelona Games, had been very close to the dreamy Olympic decision when, in the semifinal against Russia, got the advantage of 24/19 in the fourth set (the Brazilians led by 2 sets to 1). Incredibly, although it needed just one more point to close the match, the Brazilians allowed a spectacular turn of the Russians in the fourth set. Not only did they lose that quarter-final by 28/26, like the game after a 16/14 loss in the tie-break. They would also lose the bronze medal for the Cuba. The trauma of Athens, however, was completely erased in Beijing. With a perfect campaign of eight wins, highlighted by the statistics of only one set lost in all the tournament, Brazil was the champion by defeating the United States in the decision by 3 to 1. José Roberto Guimarães entered history as the only coach to have taken a male and a female teams Olympic gold.

The Brazil men's national volleyball team was silver medalist of the tournament, losing the gold medal match by 3 to 1 to United States. In the beach volleyball two medals were conquered in the men's tournament. Márcio Araújo and Fábio Luiz Magalhães were silver medalists, losing the gold medal match to Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser. The bronze medal was obtained by Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego.

At the football the Brazil women's national football team won the silver medal. The team advanced to the final against United States and lost by 1–0 at extra time. The Brazil national under-23 football team was the bronze medalist in the men's tournament.

The sailors Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada were silver medalists in Star class. This was Robert Scheidt's fourth of his 5 Olympic medals. Also in the sailing, Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan were the bronze medalists in Women's 470 class, becoming the first Brazilian women to win an Olympic medal in sailing.

Brazilian judokas won three more podiums for Brazil. Leandro Guilheiro was the bronze medalist in men's 73 kg while Thiago Camilo won the bronze in men's 81 kg category. Ketleyn Quadros was the bronze medalist in women's 57 kg. She was the first Brazilian judoka woman to win an Olympic medal and also the first Brazilian woman to conquer a medal in an individual sport.

The taekwondo athlete Natália Falavigna won the bronze medal in women's +67 kg category. This was the first Olympic medal ever won by Brazil in the Taekwondo.

Finally two more bronze medals were awarded to Brazilian athletes, several years after the 2008 Summer Olympics, due to doping violations. Both medals were in the athletics. Originally won by Russia, the gold medal of women's 4 × 100 m relay was stripped due to anti-doping rules violation by Yulia Chermoshanskaya. Following medals reallocation, Belgium was awarded gold, Nigeria – silver and Brazil – bronze. Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti and Rosângela Santos received the bronze medals in March 2017 at the Prêmio Brasil Olímpico ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

Jamaican team originally won gold medals in Men's 4 × 100 m relay but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by Nesta Carter. The Court of Arbitration for Sport decided in 2018 that Trinidad and Tobago is the winner, the silver medal was reallocated to Japan and the bronze to Brazil team, which was formed by sprinters Vicente de Lima, Sandro Viana, Bruno de Barros and José Carlos Moreira.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Brazil women's national volleyball team
	Brazil women's national football team
	Brazil men's national volleyball team
	Brazil U-23 national football team
	Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosângela Santos
	Vicente de Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Volleyball	1	2	1	4
Athletics	1	0	2	3
Swimming	1	0	1	2
Football	0	1	1	2
Sailing	0	1	1	2
Judo	0	0	3	3
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	3	4	10	17

Medals by date
Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
9 Aug	0	0	0	0
10 Aug	0	0	0	0
11 Aug	0	0	2	2
12 Aug	0	0	1	1
13 Aug	0	0	0	0
14 Aug	0	0	1	1
15 Aug	0	0	0	0
16 Aug	1	0	0	1
17 Aug	0	0	0	0
18 Aug	0	0	1	1
19 Aug	0	0	0	0
20 Aug	0	0	0	0
21 Aug	0	2	0	2
22 Aug	1	1	4	6
23 Aug	1	0	1	2
24 Aug	0	1	0	1
Total	3	4	10	17

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	3	6	10
Female	2	1	4	7
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	3	4	10	17

Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Luiz Trainini qualified by placing third at the Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2007.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vicente de Lima	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	10.26	3 Q	10.31	7	Did not advance
José Carlos Moreira	10.29	3 Q	10.32	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	Sandro Viana	100 m	10.60	6	Did not advance
200 m	20.84	4 Q	21.07	7	Did not advance
Bruno de Barros	200 m	21.15	5	Did not advance
Fernando de Almeida	400 m	46.60	5	Did not advance
Kléberson Davide	800 m	1:48.53	5	Did not advance
Fabiano Peçanha	800 m	1:46.54	4	Did not advance
Hudson de Souza	1500 m	3:37.06	7	Did not advance
Anselmo da Silva	110 m hurdles	13.81	4 Q	13.84	7	Did not advance
Mahau Suguimati	400 m hurdles	49.45	3 Q	50.16	7	Did not advance
José Alessandro Bagio	20 km walk	1:21:43	14
Mário dos Santos	50 km walk	4:10:25	41
Franck Caldeira	Marathon
José Teles	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:20:25	38
Marílson dos Santos
Bruno de Barros Vicente de Lima José Carlos Moreira Sandro Viana	4 × 100 m relay	39.01	4 Q	38.24

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Fábio Gomes da Silva	Pole vault	5.45	=25	Did not advance
Mauro Vinícius da Silva	Long jump	7.75	26	Did not advance
Jessé de Lima	High jump	2.29	=1 Q	2.20	=10
Jadel Gregório	align=left rowspan=2	Triple jump	17.15	9 Q	17.20	6
Jefferson Sabino	16.45	28	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Carlos Chinin	Result	10.99	6.94		1.99	49.21		—	—	—	—
Points	863	799	0	794	851	0	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lucimar de Moura	100 m	11.60	4 Q	11.67	8	Did not advance
Evelyn dos Santos	200 m	23.40	5	Did not advance
Maria Laura Almirão	400 m	53.26	5	Did not advance
Zenaide Vieira	3000 m steeplechase			Did not advance
Maíla Machado	100 m hurdles	13.45	7	Did not advance
Lucimar Teodoro	400 m hurdles	57.68	6	Did not advance
Tânia Spindler	20 km walk	1:36:46	37
Marily dos Santos	Marathon	2:38:10	51
Lucimar de Moura Rosemar Coelho Neto Thaissa Presti Rosângela Santos	4 × 100 m relay	43.38	3 Q	43.14
Maria Laura Almirão Emmily Pinheiro Lucimar Teodoro Josiane Tito	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.10	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Elisângela Adriano	Discus throw	58.84	19	Did not advance
Keila Costa	Long jump	6.62	8 Q	6.43	11
Maurren Maggi	Long jump	6.79	2 Q	7.04
Gisele de Oliveira	Triple jump	13.81	23	Did not advance
Fabiana Murer	Pole vault	4.50	=2 Q	4.45	10
Alessandra Resende	Javelin throw	56.53	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Lucimara da Silva	Result	13.55	1.83	11.59	24.56	6.18	40.34	2:16.20	6076	17*
Points	1043	1016	634	928	905	674	876

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[4] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and da Silva moved up a position.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

Roster

Group play

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paulo Carvalho	Light flyweight	W 13–7	W 21–12	L 6–21	Did not advance
Robenílson de Jesus	Flyweight	W 13–3	L 6–12	Did not advance
Robson Conceição	Featherweight	L 4–12	Did not advance
Éverton Lopes	Lightweight	L 7–9	Did not advance
Myke Carvalho	Light welterweight	L 11–15	Did not advance
Washington Silva	Light heavyweight	W 6–2	W 9–7	L 0–8	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Women

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Nivalter Santos	Men's C-1 500 m	1:51.363	6 QS	1:56.139	7	Did not advance
Men's C-1 1000 m	4:17.407	6 QS	4:12.556	7	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Murilo Fischer	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	6:26:17	20
Luciano Pagliarini	7:08:27	90

Women

Mountain biking

Men

Men

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics. César Castro qualified a spot to Brazil at the FINA World Championship, while Cassius Duran, Juliana Veloso and Hugo Parisi qualified at the FINA Diving World Cup.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
César Castro	3 m springboard	400.60	24	Did not advance
Cassius Duran	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	389.65	24	Did not advance
Hugo Parisi	412.95	19	Did not advance

Women

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The dressage and eventing teams qualified by taking bronze medals at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, while the jumping team qualified by taking the gold medal at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Leandro Silva	Oceano Do Top	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	60.125	23	Did not advance
Luiza Almeida	Samba	60.833	40	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jeferson Moreira	Escudeiro	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	55.90	51	50.80	106.70	45	4.00	110.70	40	Did not advance			110.70	39
André Paro	Land Heir	59.60	57	39.20	98.80	43	35.00	133.80	48	Did not advance			133.80	47
Marcelo Tosi	Super Rocky	64.80	63	24.80	89.60	37	0.00	89.60	28 Q	0.00	89.60	22	89.60	22
Saulo Tristão	Totsie	79.60 #	69	Eliminated			Did not advance
Jeferson Moreira André Paro Marcelo Tosi Saulo Tristão	See above	Team	180.30	11	114.80	295.10	10	39.00	334.10	10	334.10	10

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	0	=1 Q	12	12	30 Q	20	32	27	Did not advance					32	27
Camila Benedicto	Bonito Z	5	39 Q	13	18	40 Q	9	27	38 Q	0	=1 Q	8	8	14	8	10
Rodrigo Pessoa	Rufus	1	=14 Q	0	1	3 Q	7	8	7 Q	4	11 Q	0	4	=3	4
Pedro Veniss	Un Blanc de Blancs	0	=1 Q	Eliminated			Did not advance
Bernardo Alves Camila Benedicto Rodrigo Pessoa Pedro Veniss	See above	Team	25	10	Did not advance			25

* Pessoa was disqualified after his horse Rufus was tested positive of Nonivamide; thus, all of his scores, both individual and team, had dropped towards last place.^[5]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
João Souza	Individual foil		L 4–15	Did not advance
Renzo Agresta	Individual sabre	W 15–10	L 8–15	Did not advance

Football

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	W 1–0	W 5–0	W 3–0	1 Q	W 2–0	L 3–0	w 3–0
Brazil women's	Women's tournament	D 0–0	W 2–1	W 3–1	1 Q	W 2–1	W 4–1	L 0–1

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 South American Youth Championship.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final rank

Women's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Brazil women's national football team is in Group B with Korea DPR, Germany and Nigeria. Brazil (CONMEBOL runner-up, second in the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino) qualified by defeating (CAF runner-up, second in the qualifying tournament).

• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Final rank

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Diego Hypólito qualified by placing 17th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the men's team all-around competition, and the women's team qualified by placing 5th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the women's team all-around competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Diego Hypólito	Floor	15.950	15.950	1 Q	15.200	15.200	6
Vault	16.100	16.100	=25	Did not advance

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Jade Barbosa	Team	14.900	15.100 Q	14.800	14.700	59.500	12 Q	14.325	15.025	14.725	15.300	colspan=2
Daiane dos Santos	15.275 Q	14.800	15.275	14.675	colspan=4
Ethiene Franco	14.275	14.175	14.100	14.400	56.950	36	13.675	colspan=2
Daniele Hypólito	14.250		14.300	14.000	14.625	14.925	colspan=2
Ana Cláudia Silva	14.800	14.750	14.550	13.475	57.575	28 Q	13.375	colspan=5
Laís Souza		14.800	14.775	13.575		14.600	14.350	colspan=3
Total	59.250	59.450	58.425	56.675	233.800	7 Q	42.975	44.300	43.700	43.900	174.875	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jade Barbosa	All-around	13.950	15.025	15.075	15.500	59.550	10
Vault		14.487	14.487	7
Daiane dos Santos	Floor	14.975	14.975	6
Ana Cláudia Silva	All-around	14.350	14.175	14.175	14.175	56.875	22

Rhythmic

A group qualified by placing 11th at the 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in the group all-around competition.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Brazil has qualified for both the men's and women's events by winning the 2007 Pan American Games.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	L 26–34	L 33–14	L 25–28	W 29–22	L 35–36	5	Did not advance			11
Brazil women's	Women's tournament	L 22–24	D 28–28	L 19–28	W 33–32	L 22–25	5	Did not advance			9

Men's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Qualification spots were won at the 2007 World Judo Championships and the Pan-American Judo Union Championships.

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
Denílson Lourenço	−60 kg	W 1001–0001	L 0000–0011	Did not advance
João Derly	−66 kg		W 0002–0001	L 0010–0101	Did not advance
Leandro Guilheiro	−73 kg		W 0100–0010	W 1001–0000	L 0000–0100	Did not advance		W 1000–0000	W 1000–0001	W 1000–0000
Tiago Camilo	−81 kg		W 0120-0000	W 1010–0000	L 0000–0200	Did not advance		W 0011–0010	W 0100–0010	W 1100–0001
Eduardo Santos	−90 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0001–1011	Did not advance		W 1000-0000	L 0000–0000	Did not advance
Luciano Corrêa	−100 kg		L 0001–0210	Did not advance			W 0011–0001	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
João Schlittler	+100 kg		W 0010–0001	W 0010–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		W 1031–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	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	Rank
Sarah Menezes	−48 kg	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Andressa Fernandes	−52 kg	L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Ketleyn Quadros	−57 kg	W 0011–0002	L 0000–0001	Did not advance			W 0001–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000
Danielli Yuri	−63 kg	L 0100–1000	Did not advance
Mayra Aguiar	−70 kg	L 0011–0020	Did not advance
Edinanci Silva	−78 kg		L 0010–0011	Did not advance		W 0021–0000	W 1101–0000	W 1131–0010	L 0000–1010	5

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anderson Nocetti	Single sculls	7:35.52	2 QF	7:23.68	5 SC/D	7:18.78	3 FC	7:01.54	14
Thiago Almeida Thiago Gomes	Lightweight double sculls	6:30.78	5 R	6:51.99	4 SC/D	6:39.91	2 FC	6:36.24	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fabiana Beltrame	Single sculls	8:08.84	4 QF	7:52.65	5 SC/D	8:13.01	4 FD	7:43.04	19
Camila Carvalho Luciana Granato	Lightweight double sculls	7:25.90	5 R	7:47.53	5 FC	7:22.40	15

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ricardo Santos	RS:X	12	6	13	7	6	3	6	7	5	33	12	65	5
Bruno Fontes	Laser	31	17	31	12	12	24	35	23	39	CAN	EL	185	27
Samuel Albrecht Fábio Pillar	470	9	30	10	18	4	30	16	10	24	13	EL	134	17
Bruno Prada Robert Scheidt	Star	10	11	6	1	9	10	2	3	3	3	6	53

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Patrícia Freitas	RS:X	20	13	15	23	6	7	21	17	16	20	EL	135	18
Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan	470	11	16	5	10	7	6	6	2	7	4	2	60

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Eduardo Couto	Finn	6	16	DNF	7	2	17	14	27	CAN	CAN	EL	89	13
André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte	49er	10	5	8	9	9	4	12	5	11	1	9	13	CAN	CAN	CAN	16	99	7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Júlio Almeida	10 m air pistol	580	13	Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol	568	11	Did not advance
50 m pistol	554	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Stênio Yamamoto	10 m air pistol	568	43	Did not advance
50 m pistol	538	44	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicholas Santos	50 m freestyle	22.00	11 Q	22.15	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	César Cielo	50 m freestyle	21.47	2 Q	21.34	1 Q	21.30
100 m freestyle	48.16	7 Q	48.07	8 Q	47.67
Rodrigo Castro	200 m freestyle	1:47.87	18 Q	1:48.71	16	Did not advance
Guilherme Guido	100 m backstroke	54.89	=20	Did not advance
Lucas Salatta	200 m backstroke	1:59.91	23	Did not advance
Felipe França Silva	100 m breaststroke	1:01.04	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Henrique Barbosa	100 m breaststroke	1:01.11	23	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:12.99	30	Did not advance
Gabriel Mangabeira	100 m butterfly	52.28	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kaio de Almeida	100 m butterfly	52.05	16 Q	52.32	15	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:54.65	3 Q	1:55.21	6 Q	1:54.71	7
align=left rowspan=3	Thiago Pereira	200 m breaststroke	2:11.40	19	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	1:58.41	3 Q	1:58.06	3 Q	1:58.14	4
400 m individual medley	4:11.74	8 Q	4:15.40	8
Rodrigo Castro César Cielo Fernando Silva Nicolas Oliveira	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			Did not advance
Rodrigo Castro Phillip Morrison Nicolas Oliveira Lucas Salatta	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:19.54	16	Did not advance
Kaio de Almeida Guilherme Guido Nicolas Oliveira Felipe Silva	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:38.66	14	Did not advance
Allan do Carmo	10 km open water	1:52:16.6	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Flávia Cazziolato	50 m freestyle	25.34	=22	Did not advance
Tatiana Barbosa	100 m freestyle	55.01	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Monique Ferreira	200 m freestyle	2:00.64	=28	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:12.21	21	Did not advance
Fabíola Molina	100 m backstroke	1:01.00	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tatiane Sakemi	100 m breaststroke	1:11.75	39	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:39.13	40	Did not advance
Daynara de Paula	100 m butterfly	59.45	34	Did not advance
Gabriella Silva	100 m butterfly	58.00	5 Q	58.39	8 Q	58.10	7
align=left rowspan=3	Joanna Melo	200 m butterfly	2:10.64	22	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:14.97	22	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:40.18	17	Did not advance
Tatiana Barbosa Flávia Cazziolato Monique Ferreira Michelle Lenhardt	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.85	13	Did not advance
Tatiana Barbosa Fabíola Molina Tatiane Sakemi Gabriella Silva	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.61	10	Did not advance
Ana Marcela Cunha	10 km open water	1:59:36.8	5
Poliana Okimoto	10 km open water	1:59:37.4	7

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Lara Teixeira and Nayara Figueira qualified at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Beijing.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Gustavo Tsuboi, Thiago Monteiro and Mariany Nonaka all qualified at the 18th Latin American Championship.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thiago Monteiro	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles		L 1–4	Did not advance
Gustavo Tsuboi	W 4–3	L 0–4	Did not advance
Mariany Nonaka	Women's singles	L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Débora Nunes	Women's −57 kg	W	L 2–3	Did not advance
Natália Falavigna	Women's +67 kg	W 3–1	W 5–2	L 2–2		W 5–2	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2008 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
Thomaz Bellucci	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 6–2, 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Marcos Daniel	L 7–6^(11–9), 1–6, 6–8	Did not advance
Marcelo Melo André Sá	Men's doubles		W 5–7, 6–2, 8–6	L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Reinaldo Colucci	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	18:24	0:27	1:17:43	0:30	33:22	1:51:35.57	26
Juraci Moreira	18:52	0:29	1:17:47	0:30	34:56	1:53:13.94	37
Mariana Ohata	Women's	20:02	0:30	1:26:56	0:32	39:43	2:07:11.92	39

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Márcio Araújo Fabio Luiz Magalhães	align=left rowspan=2	Men's tournament	Pool D W 2–0 (21–18, 21–18) L 1–2 (20–22, 21–19, 15–11) W 2–0 (24–22, 21–17)	2 Q	W 2–0 (23–21, 21–15)	W 2–0 (22–20, 21–17)	W 2–0 (22–20, 21–18)	L 1–2 (21–23, 21–17, 4–15)
Emanuel Rego Ricardo Santos	Pool C W 2–0 (21–8, 21–13) W 2–0 (21–19, 21–17) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–17)	1 Q	W 2–1 (18–21, 25–23, 15–13)	W 2–0 (21–18, 21–16)	L 0–2 (20–22, 18–21)	W 2–0 (21–15, 21–10)

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Talita Antunes Renata Ribeiro	align=left rowspan=2	Women's tournament	Pool F W 2–1 (18–21, 21–16, 15–8) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–19) W 2–0 (22–20, 21–19)	1 Q	W 2–1 (12–21, 21–19, 15–13)	W 2–0 (24–22, 21–14)	L 0–2 (12–21, 14–21)	L 0–2 (19–21, 17–21)	4
Ana Paula Connelly Larissa França	Pool C W 2–1 (23–25, 21–17, 15–5) W 2–1 (19–21, 21–12, 15–13) L 0–2 (23–21, 23–21)	2 Q	W 2–0 (21–18, 21–14)	L 0–2 (18–21, 15–21)	Did not advance

Indoor

Brazil qualified a team to both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won all their group matches but one, and advanced to the final round. There, they won both the quarterfinal and the semifinal, but lost the gold medal game, having to settle for the silver medal.

The women's team went through the tournament undefeated, winning all their games, and ultimately becoming the Olympic champions.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 1–3	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 1–3
Brazil women's	Women's tournament	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–1

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup.

Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Brazil qualified by being runner-up at the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup.

Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Wellison Silva qualified at the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women's freestyle

See also

• Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Brazil at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Brazil at the Olympics
• Sports in Brazil

References

• COB's listing
• Brazilian Olympic Team

Notes and References

1. News: Brazil in the 2008 Summer Olympics . Brazilian Olympic Committee . 2012-05-19 . 2008-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080919014637/http://www.cob.org.br/brasil_jogos/edicao_interna.asp?id=62 . 2008-09-19 .
2. News: Brazil picks sailor Scheidt as flag bearer for Beijing Olympics . International Herald Tribune . 2008-07-04 . 2008-08-08 . 2012-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009084045/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/04/sports/LA-OLY-Brazil-Flag-Bearer.php . dead .
3. News: World leaders quash qualms, go to Olympic opening . International Herald Tribune . 2008-08-06 . 2008-08-08 .
4. Web site: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 2008-08-21 . BBC Sport . 2008-08-21 .
5. News: Rodrigo Pessoa Disqualified from 2008 Olympic Games. Horse Channel. 6 October 2008. 23 September 2012.