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

  Zenny de Azevedo

  João Francisco Bráz

  Ruy de Freitas

  Marcus Vinícius Dias

  Affonso Évora

  Alexandre Gemignani

  Alfredo da Motta

  Alberto Marson

  Nilton Pacheco

  Massinet Sorcinelli

Boxing

• Manoel do Nascimento

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Raúl Zumbano

  Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Vicente dos Santos

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

fencing

• Lodovico Alessandri

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Salvatore Scianamea

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Mario Biancalana

  Epee: eliminated in the semifinals

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Henrique de Aguilar

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Fortunato de Barros

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Walter de Paula

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Estevão Molnar

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

athletics

Men

• Ivan Hausen

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• 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

• Helio da Silva

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

  Triple jump: 11th place

• 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

• Geraldo de Oliveira

  Triple jump: 5th place

• Adhemar da Silva

  Triple jump: 8th place

Women

• Helena de Menezes

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Benedicta de Oliveira

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Elizabeth Mueller

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  High jump: 17th place

  Shot put: without a valid distance

• Lucila Pini

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Melânia Luz

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Gertrudes Morg

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

  Long jump: 20th place

Modern pentathlon

• Aëcio Coelho

  Singles: 30th place

• Aloysio Borges

  Individual: 38th place

• Humberto Bedford

  Individual: 43rd place

horse riding

• Francisco Pontes

  Show jumping: 10th place

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Eloy de Menezes

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Ruben Ribeiro

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Aëcio Coelho

  Versatility: 7th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Renyldo Ferreira

  Versatility: 31st place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Anísio da Rocha

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

rowing

• Pércio Zancani

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Paulo Diebold

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

shoot

• Pedro Simão

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 30th place

• Álvaro dos Santos Filho

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 34th place

  Free pistol 50 m: 31st place

• Allan Sobocinski

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 56th place

• Silvino Ferreira

  Free pistol 50 m: 28th place

• Antônio Guimarães

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 13th place

• Manoel Braga

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 28th place

• Joao de Faria

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 45th place

swim

Men

• Aram Boghossian

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place

• Sérgio Rodrígues

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place

• Plauto Guimarães

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Rolf Kestener

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place

• Helio Silva

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Paulo Silva

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Ilo da Fonseca

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Willy Otto Jordan

  200 m chest: 6th place

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place

Women

• Piedade Coutinho

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  400 m freestyle: 6th place

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Eleonora Schmidt

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Maria da Costa

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Talita Rodrigues

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Edith de Oliveira

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

Men

• Wolfgang Richter

  Finn dinghy: 11th place

• João José Bracony

  Star: 14th place

• Carlos Bittencourt Filho

  Star: 14th place

• Victório Ferraz

  Swallow: 10th place

• Carlos Borchers

  Swallow: 10th place

Diving

Men

• Milton Busin

  3 m jumping: 11th place

• Gunnar Kemnitz

  3 m jumping: 21st place

• 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 )