1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Brazil)
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Brazil took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 70 athletes (59 men and 11 women) in 41 competitions in eleven sports.
The Brazilian athletes won a bronze medal, placing Brazil in 34th place in the medal table. The medal was won by the men's basketball team. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Sylvio Padilha .
Participants by sport
basketball
- bronze
Boxing
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Manoel do Nascimento
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Raúl Zumbano
- Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Vicente dos Santos
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round
fencing
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Lodovico Alessandri
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Salvatore Scianamea
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Mario Biancalana
- Epee: eliminated in the semifinals
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Henrique de Aguilar
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Fortunato de Barros
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Walter de Paula
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Estevão Molnar
- Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals
athletics
- Men
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Ivan Hausen
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Aroldo da Silva
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Helio da Silva
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
- Triple jump: 11th place
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Rosalvo Ramos
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Geraldo de Oliveira
- Triple jump: 5th place
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Adhemar da Silva
- Triple jump: 8th place
- Women
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Helena de Menezes
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Benedicta de Oliveira
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Elizabeth Mueller
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- High jump: 17th place
- Shot put: without a valid distance
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Lucila Pini
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Melânia Luz
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Gertrudes Morg
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
- Long jump: 20th place
Modern pentathlon
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Aëcio Coelho
- Singles: 30th place
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Aloysio Borges
- Individual: 38th place
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Humberto Bedford
- Individual: 43rd place
horse riding
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Francisco Pontes
- Show jumping: 10th place
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Eloy de Menezes
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Ruben Ribeiro
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Aëcio Coelho
- Versatility: 7th place
- Versatility team: eliminated
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Renyldo Ferreira
- Versatility: 31st place
- Versatility team: eliminated
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Anísio da Rocha
- Versatility: Eliminated
- Versatility team: eliminated
rowing
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Pércio Zancani
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Paulo Diebold
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
shoot
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Pedro Simão
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 30th place
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Álvaro dos Santos Filho
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 34th place
- Free pistol 50 m: 31st place
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Allan Sobocinski
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 56th place
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Silvino Ferreira
- Free pistol 50 m: 28th place
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Antônio Guimarães
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 13th place
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Manoel Braga
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 28th place
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Joao de Faria
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 45th place
swim
- Men
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Aram Boghossian
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
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Sérgio Rodrígues
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
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Plauto Guimarães
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Rolf Kestener
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
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Helio Silva
- 100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Paulo Silva
- 100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Ilo da Fonseca
- 100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Willy Otto Jordan
- 200 m chest: 6th place
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
- Women
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Piedade Coutinho
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 400 m freestyle: 6th place
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place
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Eleonora Schmidt
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place
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Maria da Costa
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place
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Talita Rodrigues
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place
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Edith de Oliveira
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
- Men
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Wolfgang Richter
- Finn dinghy: 11th place
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João José Bracony
- Star: 14th place
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Carlos Bittencourt Filho
- Star: 14th place
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Victório Ferraz
- Swallow: 10th place
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Carlos Borchers
- Swallow: 10th place
Diving
- Men
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Milton Busin
- 3 m jumping: 11th place
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Gunnar Kemnitz
- 3 m jumping: 21st place
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Haroldo Mariano
- 10 m high diving: 16th place
Web links
- Brazilian Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )