Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Atlanta
Competitors225 (159 men, 66 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer Joaquim Cruz
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
9
Total
15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in 2008 – and 3 golds – surpassed in 2004 with five.

In the debutant beach volleyball, several remarkable achievements were earned when it happened the all-Brazilian final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel:

  • the first Olympic medals ever won by Brazilian women in any sport
  • the first Olympic gold medal ever won by Brazilian women.
  • the first medal ever earned in beach volleyball
  • the first gold medal ever in the sport.

Brazil has also won the first medal ever in Equestrian, when the team jumping conquered the bronze medal, marking also the first medal ever in a mixed gender Olympic event.

Summary

After 76 years since the debut of the country at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Brazilian women finally won Olympic medals. That happened for the first time in the all-Brazilians beach volleyball final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel. Beach volleyball competitions made its debut at 1996 Summer Olympics.

The other two gold medals were both obtained in Sailing events. Robert Scheidt was gold medalist in the Laser class. Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira won Star class. It was the first medal of Robert Scheidt and the third medal of Torben Grael; both sailors are the onliest Brazilian athletes with the record of five Olympic medals (two of them are gold). Besides the two gold medals, a bronze medal was also obtained in sailing by Torben's brother Lars Grael and Kiko Pellicano in Tornado class.

Brazil women's national basketball team, led by Hortência Marcari, Janeth Arcain and Maria Paula Silva, had a great performance, losing the gold medal match to host country United States women's national basketball team. It was the first medal won by women in Basketball.

The swimmer Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 200 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle. The other medal obtained in swimmer was the bronze medal conquered by Fernando Scherer in men's 50 m freestyle.

Brazil women's national volleyball team, finally won its first Olympic medal after a hard bronze medal match against Russia by 3 sets to 2.

At the men's football tournament, the under-23 football team lost a dramatic semifinal to Nigeria by 4–3, after being winning the match by 3 to 0. In the bronze medal match, Brazil beat Portugal by 5–0.

At the Judo events, Brazil won two bronze medals. The 1988 Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel obtained a medal in men's 95 kg category, while Henrique Guimarães was the medalist in men's 65 kg category.

The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the first of the History of the country not only in Equestrian as also in a mixed gender Olympic event, tough all 4 members of the team were men.

Finally, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Arnaldo da Silva obtained for the first time ever a medal in a relay event in Athletics, the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.

Medalists

Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table

Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.

Name Medal Sport Event
Gustavo Borges  Silver
 Bronze		 Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle
Men's 100 metre freestyle

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 31 9 40
Basketball 12 12 24
Beach volleyball 4 4 8
Boxing 6 – 6
Canoeing 3 0 3
Cycling 8 0 6
Equestrian 9 0 8
Football 17 16 33
Handball 16 0 16
Judo 7 5 12
Rowing 6 0 6
Sailing 12 2 14
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 9 1 10
Table tennis 2 2 4
Tennis 1 2 3
Volleyball 11 12 23
Weightlifting 1 – 1
Total 156 65 221

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
André da Silva 100 m 10.25 12 Q 10.26 19 Did not advance
Arnaldo da Silva 10.62 70 Did not advance
Edson Ribeiro 10.39 42 Did not advance
Claudinei da Silva 200 m 20.80 36 Q DNF Did not advance
Robson da Silva 20.61 16 Q 20.65 24 Did not advance
Edson Ribeiro 20.69 22 Q 20.60 20 Did not advance
Valdinei da Silva 400 m 46.61 39 Did not advance
Osmar dos Santos 46.16 33 Did not advance
Sanderlei Parrela 45.60 13 Q 45.72 23 Did not advance
José Luíz Barbosa 800 m 1:46.58 15 q — 1:50.33 23 Did not advance
Flávio Godoy 1:48.91 34 — Did not advance
Joaquim Cruz 1500 m 3:45.32 42 — Did not advance
Edgar de Oliveira 3:40.70 30 — Did not advance
Adalberto Garcia 5000 m 14:28.64 32 — Did not advance
Ronaldo da Costa 10000 m 29:26.58 36 — Did not advance
Vanderlei de Lima Marathon — 2:21:01 47
Diamantino dos Santos — 2:26:53 73
Luíz Antônio dos Santos — 2:15:55 10
Pedro Chiamulera 110 m hurdles 13.70 22 q 13.77 27 Did not advance
Walmes de Souza 13.82 32 Q 14.12 29 Did not advance
Emerson Perin 13.76 33 Did not advance
Cleverson da Silva 400 m hurdles 51.23 37 — Did not advance
Eronilde de Araújo 48.52 3 Q — 48.45 8 Q 48.78 8
Éverson Teixeira 48.52 3 Q — 48.28 4 Q 48.57 7
Clodoaldo do Carmo 3000 m steeplechase 8:51.78 34 — Did not advance
André da Silva
Arnaldo da Silva
Robson da Silva
Edson Ribeiro 		4 × 100 m relay 38.97 6 Q — 38.42 3 Q 38.41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Valdinei da Silva
Eronilde de Araújo
Osmar dos Santos
Sanderlei Parrela
Éverson Teixeira 		4 × 400 m relay 3:02.51 4 q — 3:03.46 11 Did not advance
Cláudio Bertolino 20 km walk — 1:31:04 49
Sérgio Galdino — 1:25:14 26
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Márcio da Cruz Long jump 7.12 42 Did not advance
Douglas de Souza 7.61 33 Did not advance
Nélson Ferreira Júnior 7.76 27 Did not advance
Messias José Baptista Triple jump 16.45 22 Did not advance
Anísio Silva 16.67 18 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Cleide Amaral 100 m 11.76 41 Did not advance
Maria Magnólia Figueiredo 400 m 52.41 24 Q 51.98 22 Did not advance
Luciana Mendes 800 m 2:00.25 17 — Did not advance
Roseli Machado 5000 m 15:41.63 21 — Did not advance
Carmen de Oliveira Marathon — DNF
Solange de Souza — 2:56:23 60
Márcia Narloch — 2:39:33 39
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Maria de Souza Triple jump 13.38 21 Did not advance
Elisângela Adriano Shot put 16.49 21 Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  FR Yugoslavia 5 5 0 478 364 +114 10 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 5 4 1 492 438 +54 9
3  Greece 5 3 2 402 416 −14 8
4  Brazil 5 2 3 498 494 +4 7
5  Puerto Rico 5 1 4 447 465 −18 6 9th place playoff
6  South Korea 5 0 5 422 562 −140 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Puerto Rico  98–101  Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–58, 44–43
Pts: Ortiz 35
Rebs: Ortiz 11
Asts: Mincy 7		 Pts: Schmidt 45
Rebs: Vianna 8
Asts: Ratto 10
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Brazil  87–89  Greece
Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35
Pts: Schmidt 32
Rebs: dos Santos 10
Asts: Minuci 6		 Pts: Oikonomou 36
Rebs: Fasoulas 6
Asts: Bakatsias 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Australia  109–101 (OT)  Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–46, 41–36 Overtime: 27–19
Pts: Heal 35
Rebs: Bradtke 15
Asts: Bradtke 4		 Pts: Schmidt 24
Rebs: dos Santos 13
Asts: Minuci 6
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Brazil  82–101  FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 31–55, 51–46
Pts: de Mello 19
Rebs: Janjao 6
Asts: Ratto, Klafke 4		 Pts: Danilović 21
Rebs: Divac, Tomašević 6
Asts: Obradović 6
Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Brazil  127–97  South Korea
Scoring by half: 66–49, 61–48
Pts: Schmidt 25
Rebs: dos Santos 8
Asts: Minuci 9		 Pts: D. H. Kang 24
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6
Asts: D. H. Kang 7
Atlanta
Referees: Jiazhong Zhu (CHN), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
Quarterfinal
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
22:00
United States  98–75  Brazil
Scoring by half: 52–36, 46–39
Pts: Hardaway 14
Rebs: O'Neal 11
Asts: Payton 7		 Pts: Schmidt 26
Rebs: Janjao 10
Asts: Minuci 5
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
Classification game 5th-8th place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
12:00
Brazil  80–74  Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–27, 41–47
Pts: Schmidt 32
Rebs: dos Santos, Janjao 7
Asts: Ratto 7		 Pts: Tabak 18
Rebs: Tabak 8
Asts: Kukoč 5
Atlanta
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
5th place game
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
22:00
Greece  91–72  Brazil
Scoring by half: 45–49, 46–23
Pts: Sigalas 35
Rebs: Fasoulas, Christodoulou 7
Asts: Patavoukas 7		 Pts: Minuci 23
Rebs: Vianna 11
Asts: Ratto 7
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 424 360 +64 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 378 342 +36 9
3  Italy 5 3 2 330 309 +21 8
4  Japan 5 2 3 365 396 −31 7
5  China 5 1 4 347 378 −31 6
6  Canada 5 0 5 293 352 −59 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Brazil  69–56  Canada
Pts: Paula, Janeth 17
Rebs: Janeth 8
Asts: Janeth 4		 Pts: Blackwell 11
Rebs: Smith 7
Asts: Evans 4
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Russia  68–82  Brazil
Pts: Rutkovskaya 18
Rebs: Baranova 9
Asts: Zaboluyeva 3		 Pts: Hortência 20
Rebs: Marta Sobral 9
Asts: three players 4
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Brazil  100–80  Japan
Pts: Paula 25
Rebs: Leila 14
Asts: Paula 10		 Pts: Ichijo 16
Rebs: Nagata, Murakami 5
Asts: Murakami 4
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
China  83–98  Brazil
Pts: He J 22
Rebs: Liang X 5
Asts: Zheng D, Liu J 6		 Pts: Janeth 26
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: Paula 8
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Italy  73–75  Brazil
Pts: Bonfiglio 15
Rebs: Pollini 5
Asts: Pollini 4		 Pts: Janeth 17
Rebs: Marta Sobral 8
Asts: Janeth 5
Quarterfinal
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
22:00
Brazil  101–69  Cuba
Scoring by half: 50–33, 51–36
Pts: Paula, Janeth 19
Rebs: Janeth, Marta Sobral 10
Asts: Janeth 6		 Pts: Martínez 25
Rebs: Martínez 9
Asts: four players 2
Semifinal
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
15:00
Brazil  81–60  Ukraine
Scoring by half: 48–36, 33–24
Pts: Paula 24
Rebs: Alessandra 13
Asts: Paula 6		 Pts: Zhyrko 15
Rebs: Sadovnykova 6
Asts: Tkachenko 5
Gold medal game
4 August 1996 (1996-08-04)
18:35
Brazil  87–111  United States
Scoring by half: 46–57, 41–54
Pts: Arcain 24
Rebs: Alessandra 9
Asts: Paula 10		 Pts: Leslie 29
Rebs: Leslie 6
Asts: Edwards 10

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Rogério Dezorzi Featherweight  Bahari (INA)
W 12-3 		 Aragon (CUB)
L 16-6 		Did not advance
Agnaldo Magalhães Lightweight  Kungsi (PNG)
W 11-11 		 Soltani (ALG)
L 11-1 		Did not advance
Zely dos Santos Light welterweight  Barrett (IRL)
L 32-7 		Did not advance
Jorge Silva Light middleweight  Cadeau (SEY)
L 22-7 		Did not advance
José Ricardo Rodrigues Middleweight  Gasio (SAM)
W 11-4 		 Wells (USA)
L 16-2 		Did not advance
Daniel Andrade Júnior Light heavyweight  Adnan (SYR)
W 9-4 		 Mandengue (FRA)
W RSC 		 Ulrich (GER)
L 14-7 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank
Leonardo Selbach Men's C-1 216.51 24 184.54 19 184.54 23
Gustavo Selbach Men's K-1 168.33 28 162.48 23 168.33 32

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sebastián Cuattrin K-1 500 m 1:44.328 5 1:44.204 4 Q 1:43.045 9 Did not advance
K-1 1000 m 3:49.308 5 4:02.527 1 Q 3:44.443 5 q 3:34.669 8

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Valdir Lermen Time trial 1:14:48 36
Márcio May Road race DNF
Hernandes Quadri Júnior Road race DNF
Time trial 1:14:12 35
Mauro Ribeiro Road race 4:56:51 91
Daniel Rogelin Road race DNF
Jamil Suaiden Road race DNF

Mountain biking

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Ivanir Lopes Cross-country 2:53:29 35
Márcio Ravelli Cross-country 2:45:16 27

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Artemus de Almeida Buryand Individual 51.60 15 DQ DNF
Sidney de Souza Avalaon da Mata Team 208.60 16 1959.60 2168.20 15 6.25 6.25 – 2174.45 15
Luciano Drubi Xilena
Serguei Fofanoff Kaiser Eden
André Giovanini Al do Beto

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 1 Jump-off
Penalties Penalties Total Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Penalties Rank
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo Cassiana Individual 17 8 25 4 29 48 Did not advance
Álvaro de Miranda Neto Aspen 8 0.25 8.25 8 16.25 =23 QU 4 =2 16 4 8
André Johannpeter Calei 8.25 4.25 12.50 8 20.50 =34 QC 12 18 — 12 18
Rodrigo Pessoa Tomboy 1.25 0 1.25 0.75 2 2 QU 4.25 =9 — 4.25 =9
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo
Álvaro de Miranda Neto
André Johannpeter
Rodrigo Pessoa 		See above Team — 4.50 12.75 17.25 3 — 17.25 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Brazil men's Men's tournament  Japan
L 0–1 		 Hungary
W 3–1 		 Nigeria
W 1–0 		1  Ghana
W 4–2 		 Nigeria
L 3–4 (a.e.t.) 		 Portugal
W 5–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Brazil women's Women's tournament  Norway
D 2–2 		 Japan
W 2–0 		 Germany
D 1–1 		2 —  China
L 2–3 		 Norway
L 0–2 		4

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

Head coach: Zagallo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Dida (1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 22) Brazil Cruzeiro
2 2DF Zé María (1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (aged 22) Brazil Flamengo
3 2DF Aldair* (1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 30) Italy Roma
4 2DF Ronaldo Guiaro (1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 22) Brazil Atlético Mineiro
5 3MF Flávio Conceição (1974-06-13)13 June 1974 (aged 22) Brazil Palmeiras
6 2DF Roberto Carlos (1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 23) Italy Internazionale
7 4FW Bebeto* (1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 32) Brazil Flamengo
8 3MF Amaral (1973-02-28)28 February 1973 (aged 23) Italy Parma
9 3MF Juninho (1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 23) England Middlesbrough
10 3MF Rivaldo* (1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 24) Brazil Palmeiras
11 4FW Sávio (1974-01-09)9 January 1974 (aged 22) Brazil Flamengo
12 1GK Danrlei (1973-04-18)18 April 1973 (aged 23) Brazil Grêmio
13 2DF Narciso (1973-12-23)23 December 1973 (aged 22) Brazil Santos
14 3MF André Luiz (1974-06-11)11 June 1974 (aged 22) Brazil São Paulo
15 3MF Zé Elias (1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 19) Brazil Corinthians
16 3MF Marcelinho (1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 22) Brazil Corinthians
17 4FW Luizão (1975-11-14)14 November 1975 (aged 20) Brazil Palmeiras
18 4FW Ronaldo (1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 19) Netherlands PSV
Group play

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
 Japan 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Hungary 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 1–0 Brazil
Ito 72' Report
Attendance: 46,713
Referee: Archundia (MEX)
Brazil 3–1 Hungary
Ronaldo 35'
Juninho 61'
Bebeto 84'		 Report Madar 58'
Attendance: 34,871
Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)
Brazil 1–0 Nigeria
Ronaldo 30' Report
Attendance: 55,650
Referee: Baharmast (USA)
Quarterfinal
Brazil 4–2 Ghana
Duodu 18' (o.g.)
Ronaldo 56', 62'
Bebeto 72''		 Report Akonnor 23'
Aboagye 53'
Attendance: 45,257
Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)
Semifinal
Nigeria 4–3 (asdet) Brazil
Roberto Carlos 20' (o.g.)
Ikpeba 78'
Kanu 90', gold-colored soccer ball 94'		 Report Flávio Conceição 1', 38'
Bebeto 28'
Attendance: 78,587
Referee: Garcia Aranda (ESP)
Bronze medal match
Brazil 5–0 Portugal
Ronaldo 4'
Flávio Conceição 10'
Bebeto 46', 53', 74'		 Report
Attendance: 68,173
Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)

Women's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: José Duarte

Brazil named a squad of 16 players and 2 alternates for the tournament.[2] During the tournament, Kátia replaced Nilda due to injury.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Meg (1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 40) Brazil Vasco da Gama
2 2DF Nenê (1976-03-31)31 March 1976 (aged 20) Brazil Saad EC
3 2DF Suzy (1967-02-07)7 February 1967 (aged 29) Brazil Vasco da Gama
4 3MF Fanta (1966-09-14)14 September 1966 (aged 29) Brazil Vasco da Gama
5 3MF Márcia Taffarel (1968-05-15)15 May 1968 (aged 28) Brazil Saad EC
6 2DF Elane (1968-06-04)4 June 1968 (aged 28) Brazil Euroexport
7 4FW Pretinha (1975-05-19)19 May 1975 (aged 21) Brazil Vasco da Gama
8 3MF Formiga (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 18) Brazil Saad EC
9 4FW Michael Jackson (1963-11-19)19 November 1963 (aged 32) Italy Torino CF
10 3MF Sissi (captain) (1967-06-02)2 June 1967 (aged 29) Brazil Saad EC
11 4FW Roseli (1969-09-07)7 September 1969 (aged 26) Japan Takarazuka Bunnys
12 1GK Didi (1963-09-22)22 September 1963 (aged 32) Brazil Saad EC
13 2DF Marisa (1966-09-10)10 September 1966 (aged 29) Unattached
14 4FW Tânia Maranhão (1974-10-03)3 October 1974 (aged 21) Brazil Saad EC
15 3MF Nilda (1972-03-25)25 March 1972 (aged 24) Brazil Saad EC
16 2DF Sônia (1968-08-04)4 August 1968 (aged 27) Brazil Ítalo Serrano
19 3MF Kátia (1977-02-18)18 February 1977 (aged 19) Brazil Saad EC
Unenrolled alternate players
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
18 3MF Leda Maria (1966-04-16)16 April 1966 (aged 30)
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Semi-finals
2  Brazil 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3  Germany 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Norway 2–2 Brazil
Medalen 32'
Aarønes 68'		 Report (FIFA) Pretinha 57', 89'
Attendance: 45,946[4]
Brazil 2–0 Japan
Kátia 68'
Pretinha 78'		 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 26,111[5]
Brazil 1–1 Germany
Sissi 53' Report (FIFA) Wunderlich 4'
Attendance: 28,319[6]
Semifinal
China 3–2 Brazil
Qingmei 5'
Haiying 83', 90'		 Report Roseli 67'
Pretinha 72'
Attendance: 64,196
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
Bronze medal match
Brazil 0–2 Norway
Report Aarønes 21', 25'
Attendance: 76,489
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

  • ET – After extra time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Brazil men's Men's tournament  Germany
L 20–30 		 Egypt
L 20–31 		 France
L 23–37 		 Spain
L 17–27 		 Algeria
D 20–20 		6 —  Kuwait
W 31–25 		11

Men's tournament

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 5 4 0 1 145 114 +31 8[b] Semifinals
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 114 97 +17 8[b]
3  Egypt 5 3 0 2 113 103 +10 6[c] Fifth place game
4  Germany 5 3 0 2 121 112 +9 6[c] Seventh place game
5  Algeria 5 0 1 4 95 117 −22 1[d] Ninth place game
6  Brazil 5 0 1 4 100 145 −45 1[d] Eleventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ Medals won in Equestrian are considered an open event because men and women compete together.
  2. ^ a b France 27–25 Spain
  3. ^ a b Germany 22–24 Egypt
  4. ^ a b Algeria 20–20 Brazil
24 July 1996
20:45 		Germany  30–20  Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
Löhr 7 (12–7) Barros 4
25 July 1996
19:00 		Brazil  20–31  Egypt Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Barros 5 (10–15) Waress 6
27 July 1996
20:45 		France  37–23  Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Volle 14 (16–10) Pelissari 7
29 July 1996
19:00 		Brazil  17–27  Spain Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
Hoffelder 7 (10–12) Urdangarín 6
31 July 1996
19:00 		Algeria  20–20  Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Loukil, Nedjel Hammou 5 (9–11) Pinheiro 5
Eleventh place game
2 August 1996
10:00 		Kuwait  25–31  Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Boehne, Bojsen (USA)
Al-Harbi, Al-Zadah 5 (13–16) Nascimento 7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Bronze
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Alexandre García -60 kg  Mukhtarov (UZB)
L 		Did not advance
Henrique Guimarães -65 kg  Benboudaoud (FRA)
W 		 Lee (KOR)
W 		 Csák (HUN)
L 		Did not advance —  MacKinnon (RSA)
W 		 Netov (BUL)
W 		 Laats (BEL)
W 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sebastian Pereira -71 kg  Gagliano (FRA)
W 		 Abanoz (TUR)
W 		 Corkin (NZL)
W 		 Kwak (KOR)
L 		Did not advance —  Pedro (USA)
L
Flávio Canto -78 kg  Volmar (HAI)
W 		 Vatrican (MON)
W 		 Koga (JPN)
L 		Did not advance —  Lo (TPE)
W 		 Liparteliani (GEO)
L 		Did not advance
Edelmar Zanol -86 kg  Tsmindashvili (GEO)
W 		 Spittka (GER)
L 		Did not advance  Alimzhanov (KAZ)
W 		 Gill (CAN)
L 		Did not advance
Aurélio Miguel -95 kg  Bender (ARG)
W 		 Shakimov (KAZ)
W 		 Felicite (MRI)
W 		 Nastula (POL)
L 		Did not advance —  Sonnemans (NED)
W 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Frederico Flexa +95 kg  Kampita (THA)
W 		 Kosorotov (RUS)
L 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Bronze
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Andrea Berti -48 kg  Tortora (ITA)
L 		Did not advance
Danielle Zangrando -56 kg Bye  Pekli (HUN)
L 		Did not advance
Cristiane Parmigiano -61 kg  Kobaş (TUR)
L 		Did not advance
Rosicleia Campos -66 kg  Cho (KOR)
L 		Did not advance  Wang (CHN)
L 		Did not advance
Edinanci da Silva +72 kg  Anno (JPN)
W 		 Gundarenko (RUS)
L 		Did not advance —  Granicz (HUN)
W 		 Hagn (GER)
L 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marcelus dos Santos
Dirceu Marinho 		Double sculls 6:49.92 3 R 6:56.93 3 SC/D 6:52.73 3 FC 6:47.12 15
André Costa
Oswaldo Kuster Neto
Alexandre Altair Soares
Giovanni Valentina 		Quadruple sculls 6:36.60 5 R 6:12.86 5 Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Yuri Taguti Mistral (37) 24 20 16 32 20 29 (37) 33 CAN CAN 174 29
Christoph Bergmann Finn 19 2 9 1 5 (20) 8 (21) 19 16 CAN 79 10
Rodrigo Amado
Leonardo Santos 		470 26 32 23 24 18 (37) 25 25 12 18 (29) 200 29
Women
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Christina Mattoso Mistral 19 24 23 23 (28) (28) 28 28 28 CAN CAN 173 26
Marcia Pellicano Europe (19) (20) 17 16 9 8 7 16 11 13 10 107 16
Mixed
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Robert Scheidt Laser 2 (9) 3 6 1 3 7 2 1 1 (57) 26 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lars Grael
Henrique Pellicano 		Tornado (12) (16) 1 8 6 8 2 5 3 7 3 43 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Torben Grael
Marcelo Ferreira 		Star 1 6 2 (7) 1 4 (9) 2 6 3 CAN 25 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Daniel Glomb
Edson de Araújo, Jr.
Marcelo Reitz 		Soling (23) 17 20 (23) 17 14 19 23 19 6 — 135 21

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Events Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank
Jean Labatut Trap 119 =20 Did not advance =20

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athletes Events Heat Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Gustavo Borges 50 m freestyle 22.86 16 FB 22.92 12
100 m freestyle 49.17 3 FA 49.02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m freestyle 1:49.00 7 FA 1:48.08 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Fernando Scherer 50 m freestyle 22.68 7 FA 22.29 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 49.79 8 FA 49.57 5
Luiz Lima 400 m freestyle 3:56.43 18 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 15:24.16 11 Did not advance
Rogério Romero 100 m backstroke 56.94 24 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:03.49 17 FB 2:03.20 15
André Teixeira 100 m butterfly 55.23 32 Did not advance
Fernando Scherer
Alexandre Massura
André Cordeiro
Gustavo Borges 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:20.21 4 Q 3:18.30 4
Cassiano Leal
Luiz Lima
Fernando Saez
André Teixeira 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:28.82 10 Did not advance
Women
Athletes Events Heat Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Gabrielle Rose 100 m freestyle 57.16 23 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:01.22 10 FB 1:01.39 14
200 m individual medley 2:18.99 22 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athletes Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hugo Hoyama Singles  St. Louis (TRI)
W 2–0 		 Kim (PRK)
W 2–0 		 Persson (SWE)
W 2–1 		1 Q  Korbel (CZE)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Hugo Hoyama
Giuliano Peixoto 		Doubles  Fetzner / Roßkopf (GER)
L 0–2 		 Jindrak / Schlager (AUT)
L 1–2 		 Huang / Ng (CAN)
L 0–2 		4 — Did not advance
Women
Athletes Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Monica Doti Singles  Chan (HKG)
L 0–2 		 Hugh-Yip (USA)
L 0–2 		 Tóth (HUN)
L 0–2 		4 Did not advance
Lyanne Kosaka  Ciosu (ROM)
W 2–0 		 Kaffo (NGR)
W 2–0 		 Tu (SUI)
L 0–2 		2 Did not advance
Monica Doti
Lyanne Kosaka 		Doubles  Kim / Park (KOR)
L 0–2 		 Kaizu / Sato (JPN)
L 0–2 		 Aganović / Boroš (CRO)
L 0–2 		4 — Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Fernando Meligeni Men's singles  Pescosolido (ITA)
W 6–4, 6–2 		 Costa (ESP)
W 7–6, 6–4 		 Philippoussis (AUS)
W 7–6, 4–6, 8–6 		 Olhovskiy (RUS)
W 6–7, 7–5, 6–3 		 Bruguera (ESP)
L 6–7, 2–6 		 Paes (IND)
L 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 		4
Miriam D'Agostini
Vanessa Menga 		Women's doubles —  Barabanschikova / Zvereva (BLR)
L 2–6, 3–6 		Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinals Classification Round 1 Classification Round 2 Classification Round 3 Classification Final 1 Classification Final 2 Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Emanuel
Zé Marco 		Men's —  Jodard / Peginaud (FRA)
W 1–0 		 Dodd / Whitmarsh (USA)
L 0–1 		Did not advance —  Brenha / Maia (POR)
L 0–1 		Did not advance
Roberto Lopes
Franco Neto 		—  Palinek / Pakosta (CZE)
W 1–0 		 Bosma / Jiménez (ESP)
L 0–1 		Did not advance —  Kvalheim / Maaseide (NOR)
L 0–1 		Did not advance
Sandra Pires
Jackie Silva 		Women's —  Kaize / Radavu (INA)
W 1–0 		 Fenwick / Spring (AUS)
W 1–0 		 Rodrigues / Samuel (BRA)
W 1–0 		—  Fontana / Hanley (USA)
W 1–0 		 Rodrigues / Samuel (BRA)
W 2–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mônica Rodrigues
Adriana Samuel 		—  Solazzi / Turetta (ITA)
W 1–0 		 Fontana / Hanley (USA)
W 1–0 		 Pires / Silva (BRA)
L 0–1 		—  Fujita / Takahashi (JPN)
W 1–0 		 Cook / Pottharst (AUS)
W 1–0 		 Pires / Silva (BRA)
L 0–1 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Indoor

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Cuba 5 4 1 9 12 5 2.400 233 191 1.220 Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 5 3 2 8 10 6 1.667 210 187 1.123
3  Bulgaria 5 3 2 8 10 8 1.250 225 212 1.061
4  Argentina 5 3 2 8 9 9 1.000 222 225 0.987
5  United States 5 2 3 7 10 9 1.111 241 233 1.034
6  Poland 5 0 5 5 1 15 0.067 151 234 0.645
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
21 Jul Argentina  3–1  Brazil 9–15 15–8 16–14 15–6   55–43
23 Jul Bulgaria  3–0  Brazil 15–11 15–13 15–8     45–32
25 Jul Brazil  3–0  Poland 15–7 15–11 15–8     45–26
27 Jul Brazil  3–0  United States 15–11 15–11 15–7     45–29
29 Jul Brazil  3–0  Cuba 15–11 15–10 15–11     45–32
Quarterfinal
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
31 Jul Brazil  2–3  Yugoslavia 6–15 5–15 15–8 16–14 10–15 52–67
5th-8th place classification game
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
1 Aug Brazil  3–1  Argentina 15–10 15–3 13–15 15–9   58–37
5th place game
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
2 Aug Cuba  0–3  Brazil 12–15 14–16 14–16     40–47

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 1 15.000 238 121 1.967 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 9 12 4 3.000 217 140 1.550
3  Cuba 5 3 2 8 10 6 1.667 196 156 1.256
4  Germany 5 2 3 7 7 9 0.778 163 191 0.853
5  Canada 5 1 4 6 3 14 0.214 156 239 0.653
6  Peru 5 0 5 5 2 15 0.133 129 252 0.512
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul Brazil  3–0  Peru 15–7 15–1 15–5     45–13 Report
22 Jul Cuba  0–3  Brazil 11–15 10–15 4–15     25–45 Report
24 Jul Brazil  3–0  Russia 15–3 15–11 15–13     45–27 Report
26 Jul Canada  0–3  Brazil 6–15 6–15 11–15     23–45 Report
28 Jul Brazil  3–1  Germany 15–4 13–15 15–6 15–8   58–33 Report
Quarterfinal
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul South Korea  0–3  Brazil 4–15 2–15 10–15     16–45 Report
Semifinal
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Aug Cuba  3–2  Brazil 5–15 15–8 10–15 15–13 15–12 60–63 Report
Bronze medal game
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug Russia  2–3  Brazil 13–15 15–4 14–16 15–8 13–15 70–58 Report

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Emilson Dantas Men's −99 kg 152.5 =20 182.5 21 335 21


Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  2. ^ "Brazil – Squad list". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Technical Report – Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1996. p. 150 (40 of PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2020. Sissi was the team's playmaker, supported by Formiga (right) and Katia (a late addition to the squad as "alternate" for the injured Nilda).
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