1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Brazil)

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Brazil took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 79 athletes (72 men and 7 women) in 48 competitions in twelve sports.

The Brazilian athletes won two bronze medals. The athlete João Carlos de Oliveira came third in the triple jump as did the sailors Reinaldo Conrad and Peter Ficker in the Flying Dutchman . João Carlos de Oliveira was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Antônio Toledo Filho

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Raimundo Alves

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Francisco de Jesus

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Fernando Martins

  Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

fencing

Men

• Arthur Ribeiro

  Epee: 38th place

Soccer

• 4th Place

  Carlos

  Rosemiro

  Tecão

  Edinho

  Junior

  Alberto Leguelé

  Marinho

  Batista

  Eudes

  Erivelto

  Santos

  Mauro Cabeção

  Júlio César

  Chico Fraga

  Jarbas

  Edval

  Zé Carlos

Weightlifting

• Paulo de Sene

  Bantamweight: 16th place

Judo

• Roberto Machusso

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Carlos Motta

  Middleweight: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Carlos Pacheco

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

athletics

Men

• Rui da Silva

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: 5th place

• Delmo da Silva

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Irajá Cecy

  High jump: without a valid attempt

• João Carlos de Oliveira

  Long jump: 5th place

  Triple jump: bronze

• Nélson Prudêncio

  Triple jump: 14th place

Women

• Esmeralda García

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Silvina Pereira da Silva

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Long jump: 16th place

• Maria Luiza Betioli

  High jump: 25th place

rowing

• Gilberto Gerhardt

  Doubles-twos: 13th place

• Sérgio Sztancsa

  Doubles-twos: 13th place

• Guilherme Campos

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Raúl Bagattini

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Atalibio Magioni

  Two with a helmsman: 10th place

• Wandir Kuntze

  Two with a helmsman: 10th place

• Nilton Alonço

  Two with a helmsman: 10th place

shoot

• Delival Nobre

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 41st place

• Bertino de Souza

  Free pistol 50 m: 9th place

• Paulo Lamego

  Free pistol 50 m: 29th place

• Durval Guimarães

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 9th place

• Waldemar Capucci

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 60th place

• Marcos José Olsen

  Trap: 11th place

• Athos Pisoni

  Skeet: 22nd place

• Romeu Luchiari Filho

  Skeet: 30th place

swim

Men

• Paul Jovanneau

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Djan Madruga

  400 m freestyle: 4th place

  1500 m freestyle: 4th place

• Rômulo Arantes Filho

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

• José Sylvio Fiolo

  100 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

• Sérgio Ribeiro

  100 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Maria Guimarães

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  800 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Cristina Teixeira

  100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Flavia Nadalutti

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Rosemary Ribeiro

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Claudio Biekarck

  Finn dinghy: 4th place

• Marco Paradeda

  470 dinghy: 11th place

• Luiz Aydos

  470 dinghy: 11th place

• Reinaldo Conrad

  Flying Dutchman: bronze

• Peter Ficker

  Flying Dutchman: bronze

• Gastao Brun

  Soling: 10th place

• Vicente Brun

  Soling: 10th place

• Andreas Wengert

  Soling: 10th place

volleyball

Men

• 7th place

  Bebeto de Freitas

  Sérgio Danilas

  Alexandre Abeid

  Elói de Oliveira

  Antonio Carlos Moreno

  Bernard Rajzman

  William Carvalho da Silva

  Alexandre Kalache

  Jean Luc Rosat

  Fernando Avila

  Paulo Peterle

  José Roberto Guimarães

Diving

Men

• Milton Braga

  10 m high diving: 21st place

Web links

• Brazilian Olympic team from 1976 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )