Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (Portuguese)
in Barcelona
Competitors	182 (132 men, 50 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Aurelio Miguel Fernandez
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 0 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Brazil competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 182 competitors, 132 men and 50 women, took part in 107 events in 23 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Marcelo Negrão, Jorge Edson Brito, Giovane Gávio, Paulo Andre Silva, Mauricio Lima, Janelson Carvalho, Douglas Chiarotti, Antonio Carlos Gouveia, Talmo Oliveira, Andre Felipe Ferreira, Alexandre Samuel and Amauri Ribeiro — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
• Rogério Sampaio — Judo, Men's Lightweight

Silver

• Gustavo Borges — swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle

Archery

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men. Only one qualified for the elimination rounds, where he was defeated in the first match.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Vitor Krieger — Round of 32, 30th place (0-1)
• Dutra Mello — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)

Athletics

Men's 100m metres

• André Domingos Silva
  • Heat — 10.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Eronilde de Araujo, Nelson Rocha, Sergio Matias de Menezes, and Sidney Telles de Souza
  • Heat — 3:01.38
• Robson da Silva, Nelson Rocha, Sergio Matias de Menezes, and Sidney Telles de Souza
  • Final — 3:01.61 (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

• Osmiro de Souza Silva — 2:17.16 (→ 24th place)
• Joseildo Rocha da Silva — 2:26.00 (→ 56th place)
• Diamantino dos Santos — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Joilto Santos Bonfim
  • Heats — 14.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Eronilde de Araújo
  • Heat — 49.10
  • Semifinal — 49.66 (→ did not advance)
• Pedro Chiamulera
  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Sérgio Galdino — 1:33:32 (→ 27th place)
• Marcelo Palma — 1:40:11 (→ 32nd place)
• Ademar Kammler — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump

• Anísio Silva
  • Qualification — 16.03 m (→ did not advance)
• Jorge Luis Teixeira
  • Qualification — 15.64 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Pedro da Silva

Women's 10,000 metres

• Carmem de Oliveira
  • Qualifying Heat — 34:48.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Márcia Narloch — 2:44.32 (→ 17th place)
• Janette Mayal — 3:00.23 (→ 31st place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A):
  • Lost to Croatia (76-93)
  • Lost to Spain (100-101)
  • Defeated Angola (76-66)
  • Lost to United States (83-127)
  • Defeated Germany (85-76)
• Quarter Finals:
  • Lost to Lithuania (96-114)
• Classification Matches:
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (86-84)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Australia (90-80) → 5th place
• Team Roster:
  • ( 4.) Paulo Villas Boas
  • ( 5.) Jorge Guerra
  • ( 6.) Gerson Victalino
  • ( 7.) João José Vianna
  • ( 8.) Rolando Ferreira
  • ( 9.) Ricardo Cardoso
  • (10.) Maury Ponickwar
  • (11.) Marcel Ponickwar
  • (12.) Aristides Santos
  • (13.) Wilson Fernando Kuhn
  • (14.) Oscar Schmidt
  • (15.) Israel Machado

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Italy (85-70)
  • Lost to Cuba (88-95)
  • Lost to Unified Team (64-76)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (62-74)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Italy (86-83) → 7th place
• Team Roster
  • Hortência Marcari
  • Janeth Arcain
  • Helen Cristina
  • Nádia Bento
  • Vânia Hernandes
  • Maria Paula Gonçalves
  • Adriana Santos
  • Marta Sobral
  • Ruth Roberta de Souza
  • Maria José Bertolotti
  • Joycenara Batista
  • Simone Pontello

Boxing

Men's Flyweight

• Luiz Freitas

Men's Featherweight

• Rogerio Dezorzi

Men's Lightweight

• Adilson Silva

Men's Light-Middleweight

• Lucas Franca

Canoeing

Cycling

Seven cyclists, six men and one woman, represented Brazil in 1992.

Men's road race

• Wanderley Magalhães
• Tonny Azevedo
• Hernandes Quadri

Men's team time trial

• Fernando Louro
• Euripides Ferreira
• Márcio May
• Hernandes Quadri

Men's points race

• Fernando Louro

Women's road race

• Claudia Carceroni — 2:23:52 (→ 48th place)

Diving

Women's 10m Platform

• Silvana Neitzke
  • Preliminary Round — 230.70 points (→ 28th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, all male, represented Brazil in 1992.

Men's épée

• Roberto Lazzarini
• Luciano Finardi
• Francisco Papaiano

Men's sabre

• Ricardo Menalda

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Brazil — Iceland 18-19
  • Brazil — Hungary 21-27
  • Brazil — Sweden 15-22
  • Brazil — Czechoslovakia 16-27
  • Brazil — South Korea 26-30
• Classification Match
  • 11th/12th place: Brazil — Egypt 24-27 (→ Twelfth place)
• Team Roster
  • José Luiz Aguiar Ramalho
  • Sergio Carnasciali Cavichiolo
  • Drean Farencena Dutra
  • Milton Fonseca Pelissari
  • Rodrigo Hoffelder
  • Osvaldo Inocente Filho
  • Gilberto Jesus Cardoso
  • José Luiz Lopes Vieira
  • Ricardo Matos Pereira
  • Ivan Bruno Maziero
  • Marcelo Minhoto Ferraz
  • Paulo Rogerio Moratore
  • José Ronaldo Nascimiento
  • Claudio Oliveira Brito
  • Ivan Raimundo Pinheiro
  • Edson Roberto Rizzo
• Head Coach: Antonio Carlos Simões

Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight

• Shigueto Yamasaki

Men's Half-Lightweight

• Rogério Sampaio

Men's Lightweight

• Sérgio Oliveira

Men's Half-Middleweight

• Ezequiel Paraguassu

Men's Middleweight

• Wagner Castropil

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• Aurélio Miguel

Men's Heavyweight

• José Mario Tranquillini

Women's Extra-Lightweight

• Andrea Rodrigues

Women's Half-Lightweight

• Patricia Bevilacqua

Women's Lightweight

• Jemina Alves

Women's Half-Middleweight

• Tânia Ishii

Women's Middleweight

• Rosicléia Campos

Women's Half-Heavyweight

• Soraia André

Women's Heavyweight

• Edilene Aparecida

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• George Rebello
  • Final Ranking — 216.0 points (→ 19th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Christina Forte
  • Final Ranking — 183.0 points (→ 17th place)

Women's 470 Class

• Claudia Swan and Monica Scheel
  • Final Ranking — 100.7 points (→ 15th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Gustavo Borges
  • Heat — 23.10
  • B-Final — 23.01 (→ 13th place)
• Teófilo Ferreira
  • Heat — 24.13 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Gustavo Borges
  • Heat — 49.49
  • Final — 49.43 (→ Silver Medal)
• Emanuel Nascimento
  • Heat — 51.17 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Cristiano Michelena
  • Heat — 1:51.04 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
• Gustavo Borges
  • Heat — 1:51.42 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Rogério Romero
  • Heat — 57.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Rogério Romero
  • Heat — 2:00.99
  • B-Final — 2:01.02 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• José Carlos Souza
  • Heat — 54.78
  • B-Final — 54.85 (→ 12th place)
• Eduardo Piccinini
  • Heat — 54.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Eduardo Piccinini
  • Heat — 2:01.20
  • B-Final — 2:01.87 (→ 15th place)
• André Teixeira
  • Heat — 2:01.39 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• José Carlos Souza
  • Heat — 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
• Renato Ramalho
  • Heat — 2:07.78 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Renato Ramalho
  • Heat — 4:29.28 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Gustavo Borges, Emanuel Nascimento, Teófilo Ferreira, and Cristiano Michelena
  • Heat — 7:24.20
• Cristiano Michelena, Emanuel Nascimento, Gustavo Borges, and Teófilo Ferreira
  • Final — 7:24.03 (→ 7th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1992.

Women's solo

• Gláucia Soutinho
• Fernanda Veirano
• Cristiana Lobo

Women's duet

• Fernanda Veirano
• Cristiana Lobo

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Luiz Mattar
  • First round — Lost to Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands) 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 2-6
• Jaime Oncins
  • First round — Defeated Srđan Muškatirović (Independent Participants) 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
  • Second round — Defeated Michael Chang (United States) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Third round — Defeated Mark Koevermans (Netherlands) 6-7, 0-6, 6-7
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Andrei Cherkasov (Unified Team) 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Luiz Mattar and Jaime Oncins
  • First round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Andrea Viera-Arnold
  • First round — Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 2-6, 3-6

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

• Brazil at the 1991 Pan American Games

References

External links

• (Portuguese) Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee