Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (Portuguese)
in Seoul
Competitors	160 (127 men, 33 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Walter Carmona
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 2 3 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Brazil competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 160 competitors, 127 men and 33 women, took part in 106 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Aurelio Miguel Fernandez — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)

Silver

• Claudio Taffarel, Jorginho, Joāo Santos Batista, Ricardo Gomes, Ademir, Aloísio, Valdo, Geovani, Edmar, Careca Souza, Romário, Zé Carlos, Andre Cruz, Milton Filho de Souza, Neto, Sergio Donizete Luiz, Andrade, Bebeto, Mazinho, and Nelsinho — Football, Men's Team Competition
• Joaquim Cruz — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

Bronze

• Robson da Silva — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
• Torben Grael and Nelson Falcão — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition

Archery

In its third Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Renato Emilio — Preliminary round, 43rd place
• Jorge Azevedo — Preliminary round, 62nd place

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Diamantino Santos
  • Final — 2:25:13 (→ 48th place)
• Ivo Rodrigues

Final — 2:26:27 (→ 56th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Adauto Domingues
  • Heat — 8:32.77
  • Semi Final — 8:35.05 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 kilometres Walk

• Marcelo Palma

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Tania Miranda, Suzete Montalvao, Soraya Telles, and Maria Figueiredo
  • Heat — 3:36.81 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Angélica de Almeida
  • Final — 2:43:40 (→ 44th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Conceição Geremias
  • Final Result — 5508 points (→ 22nd place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Canada (125-109)
  • Defeated China (130-108)
  • Lost to United States (87-102)
  • Defeated Egypt (138-85)
  • Lost to Spain (110-118)
• Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Soviet Union (105-110)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (104-86)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Canada (106-90) → 5th place
• Team Roster
  • Paulinho Almeida
  • Luiz Felipe Azevedo
  • Paulon da Silva
  • Rolando Ferreira
  • Guerrinha
  • Cadum
  • Israel Machado
  • Marcel Ponikwar
  • Maury Ponikwar
  • Oscar Schmidt
  • João José Vianna
  • Gerson Victalino
• Head Coach: Ary Ventura Vidal

Boxing

Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.

Men's road race

• Cássio Freitas — 20th place
• Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo — 63rd place
• Marcos Mazzaron — 66th place

Men's team time trial

• Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo, César Daneliczen, Cássio Freitas, and Marcos Mazzaron
  • Final — 18th place

Men's 1 km time trial

• Clóvis Anderson — 10th place

Men's individual pursuit

• Antônio Silvestre — 20th place

Men's team pursuit

• Clóvis Anderson, Paulo Jamur, Fernando Louro, and Antônio Silvestre
  • Heats — 18th place

Men's points race

• Fernando Louro — 24th place

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's team épée

• Régis Avila, Douglas Fonseca, Roberto Lazzarini, Antônio Machado

Men's sabre

• Régis Avila

Football

• Preliminary Round (Group D)
  • Brazil — Nigeria 4-0
  • Brazil — Australia 3-0
  • Brazil — Yugoslavia 2-1
• Quarterfinals
  • Brazil — Argentina 1-0
• Semifinals
  • Brazil — West Germany 1-1 (after penalties 3-2)
• Final
  • Brazil — Soviet Union 1-2 (aet) → Silver Medal
• 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

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• José Moreira
  • Heat — 24.26 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
• Jorge Fernandes
  • Heat — 24.40 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Jorge Fernandes
  • Heat — 52.23 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
• Emanuel Nascimento
  • Heat — 52.41 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Cristiano Michelena
  • Heat — 1:52.34 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
• Júlio Lópes
  • Heat — 1:53.16 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Cristiano Michelena
  • Heat — 3:57.79 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
• David Castro
  • Heat — 4:02.48 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Cristiano Michelena
  • Heat — 15:50.50 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
• David Castro
  • Heat — 15:57.89 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Rogério Romero
  • Heat — 57.91 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
• Wladimir Ribeiro
  • Heat — 59.76 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Rogério Romero
  • Heat — 2:02.26
  • Final — 2:02.28 (→ 8th place)
• Wladimir Ribeiro
  • Heat — 2:11.48 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Cícero Tortelli
  • Heat — 1:05.50 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Cícero Tortelli
  • Heat — 2:28.82 (→ did not advance, 44th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Eduardo de Poli
  • Heat — 56.37 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
• Wladimir Ribeiro
  • Heat — 57.25 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Eduardo de Poli
  • Heat — 2:06.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
• Wladimir Ribeiro
  • Heat — 2:09.40 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Júlio Lópes
  • Heat — 2:09.62 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
• Renato Ramalho
  • Heat — 2:10.32 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Renato Ramalho
  • Heat — 4:31.95 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Emanuel Nascimento, Cristiano Michelena, Jorge Fernandes, and Júlio Lópes
  • Heat — 3:28.17 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Cristiano Michelena, Jorge Fernandes, Emanuel Nascimento, and Júlio Lópes
  • Heat — 7:32.11 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Rogério Romero, Cícero Tortelli, Eduardo de Poli, and Emanuel Nascimento
  • Heat — 3:53.21 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Adriana Pereira
  • Heat — 26.56 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
• Mônica Rezende
  • Heat — 27.44 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Adriana Pereira
  • Heat — 58.53 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
• Isabelle Vieira
  • Heat — 59.15 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Patrícia Amorim
  • Heat — 2:04.74 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Patrícia Amorim
  • Heat — 4:19.64 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Patrícia Amorim
  • Heat — 8:51.95 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Adriana Pereira, Mônica Rezende, Patrícia Amorim, and Isabelle Vieira
  • Heat — 3:56.29 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1988.

Women's solo

• Paula Carvalho
• Érika MacDavid
• Eva Riera

Women's duet

• Érika MacDavid
• Eva Riera

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles:

• Luiz Mattar
  • Round of 1/32 — Lost to Wally Masur of Australia (4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 4-6)

Men's Doubles:

• Luiz Mattar and Ricardo Acioly
  • Round of 1/16 — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka and Toshihisa Tsuchihashi of Japan (4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2)
  • Round of 1/8 — Lost to Guy Forget and Henri Leconte of France (6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 1-6)

Women's Singles:

• Gisele Miró
  • Round of 1/32 — Defeated Helen Kelesi of Canada (7-5, 7-5)
  • Round of 1/16 — Lost to Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria (5-7, 1-6)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • Lost to South Korea (2-3)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
  • Defeated Sweden (3-1)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3-2)
• Semi Finals
  • Lost to the United States (0-3)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to Argentina (2-3) → Fourth place
• Team Roster
  • Mauricio Lima
  • Wagner Rocha
  • Paulo Rose
  • José Montanaro Junior
  • Paulo da Silva
  • Renan dal Zotto
  • William Silva
  • Amauri Ribeiro
  • Antonio Gouveia
  • Domingos Lampariello Neto
  • Leonidio de Pra Filho
  • André Ferreira
• Head Coach: Paulo Freitas

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Peru (0-3)
  • Lost to United States (2-3)
  • Lost to PR China (1-3)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated South Korea (2-3)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to East Germany (0-3) → Sixth place
• 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

Wrestling

References