Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (Portuguese)
in Moscow
Competitors	106 (91 men and 15 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	João Carlos de Oliveira
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 0 2 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Lars Sigurd Bjorkström and Alexandre Welter — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
• Marcos Soares and Eduardo Penido — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition

Bronze

• João Carlos de Oliveira — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
• Cyro Delgado, Jorge Fernandes, Djan Madruga and Marcus Mattioli — Swimming, Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay

Archery

In its first Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent one woman and one man.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Arci Kempner — 2186 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Renato Emilio — 2264 points (→ 27th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Nelson dos Santos
  • Heat — 10.51
  • Quarterfinals — 10.45 (→ did not advance)
• Katsuhiko Nakaya
  • Heat — 10.72
  • Quarterfinals — 10.70 (→ did not advance)
• Milton de Castro
  • Heat — 10.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Agberto Guimarães
  • Heat — 1:48.2
  • Semifinals — 1:46.9
  • Final — 1:46.2 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Paulo Roberto Correia, Antônio Dias Ferreira, Agberto Guimarães, and Geraldo José Pegado
  • Heat — 3:04.9
  • Final — 3:05.9 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Antônio Dias Ferreira
  • Heat — 50.14
  • Semifinals — 52.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Claudio da Matta Freire
  • Qualification — 2.05 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• João Carlos de Oliveira
  • Qualification — 7.78 m
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump

• João Carlos de Oliveira
  • Qualification — 16.62 m
  • Final — 17.22 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Pentathlon

• Conceição Geremias — 4263 points (→ 14th place)
  1. 100 metres — 14.33s
  2. Shot Put — 13.16m
  3. High Jump — 1.71m
  4. Long Jump — 5.97m
  5. 800 metres — 2:18.90

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-70)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (88-101)
  • Defeated India (137-64)
• Semi Final Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Cuba (94-93)
  • Lost to Spain (81-110)
  • Defeated Italy (90-77)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (95-96) → 5th place
• Team Roster:
  • André Ernesto Stoffel
  • Luiz Gustavo de Lage
  • José Carlos Santos Saiani
  • Milton Setrini
  • Wagner Machado da Silva
  • Marcos Abdalla Leite
  • Gilson Trindade de Jesus
  • Marcel Ramon de Souza
  • Adilson de Nascimento
  • Marcelo Vido
  • Oscar Schmidt
  • Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Sidnei dal Rovere
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Narendra Poma (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round
  • Third Round — Defeated Leoul Nearaio (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Jaime Franco
  • First Round — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Francisco de Jesus
  • First Round — Defeated Mbemba Camara (Guinee) on points (5-0)
  • Second Round — Defeated Leo Vainonen (Finland) on points (5-0)
  • Third Round — Lost to Armando Martínez (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Carlos Fonseca
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Mark Kaylor (Great Britain) on points (1-4)

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Brazil in 1980.

Individual road race

• Gilson Alvaristo
• José Carlos de Lima
• Fernando Louro
• Davis Pereira

1000m time trial

• Hans Fischer

Individual pursuit

• Antônio Silvestre

Team pursuit

• Hans Fischer
• José Carlos de Lima
• Fernando Louro
• Antônio Silvestre

Diving

Men's Springboard

• Milton Jorge Braga
  • Preliminary Round — 451.17 points (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

• Milton Jorge Braga
  • Preliminary Round — 373.06 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

Gymnastics

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Cyro Delgado
  • Heats — 53,00 (→ did not advance)
• Jorge Fernandes
  • Heats — 52,51
  • Semi-Finals — 52,91 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Cyro Delgado
  • Heats — 1.54,59 (→ did not advance)
• Jorge Fernandes
  • Heats — 1.54,32 (→ did not advance)
• Marcus Mattioli
  • Heats — 1.54,39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Djan Madruga
  • Final — 3.54,15 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Djan Madruga
  • Final — 4.26,81 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Jorge Fernandes, Marcus Mattioli, Cyro Delgado, and Djan Madruga
  • Final — 7.29,30 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Rômulo Arantes, Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro, Cláudio Kestener, and Jorge Fernandes
  • Final — 3.53,23 (→ 8th place)

Volleyball

Men's team competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3)
  • Lost to Romania (1-3)
  • Defeated Libya (3-0)
  • Defeated Poland (3-2)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (3-2) → 5th place
• Team Roster
  • João Alves Granjeiro
  • Mario Xandó Oliveira Neto
  • Antonio Gueiros Badalhoca
  • José Montanaro
  • Antonio Carlos Moreno
  • Renan Dal Zotto
  • William Carvalho Silva
  • Amauri Ribeiro
  • Bernardo Rezende
  • Jean Luc Rosat
  • Deraldo Wanderley
  • Bernard Rajzman

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Hungary (2-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
  • Lost to Romania (2-3)
• Classification Match
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Romania (3-0) → 7th place
• Team Roster
  • Denise Porto Mattioli
  • Ivonette Das Neves
  • Lenice Peluso Oliveira
  • Regina Vilela Santos
  • Fernanda Emerick Silva
  • Paula Rodrigues Mello
  • Isabel Salgado
  • Eliana Maria Aleixo
  • Maria Castanheira
  • Jackie Silva
  • Vera Mossa
  • Rita Cassia Teixeira

Weightlifting

References

1. "Brazil at the 1980 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 May 2015.