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Brazil at the Olympic Games

Flag of Brazil
IOC code  BRA
NOC Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website www.cob.org.br (Portuguese)
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 109 (94 men and 15 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer João Carlos de Oliveira
Medals
Rank: 17
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
4
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Brazil competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold medal.svg Gold

[edit] Bronze medal.svg Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In its first Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent one woman and one man.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat — 10.51
  • Quarterfinals — 10.45 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 10.72
  • Quarterfinals — 10.70 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 10.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:48.2
  • Semifinals — 1:46.9
  • Final — 1:46.2 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:04.9
  • Final — 3:05.9 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 50.14
  • Semifinals — 52.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.05 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.78 m
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.62 m
  • Final — 17.22 m (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Women's Pentathlon

  • Conceição Geremias — 4263 points (→ 14th place)
    1. 100 metres — 14.33s
    2. Shot Put — 13.16m
    3. High Jump — 1.71m
    4. Long Jump — 5.97m
    5. 800 metres — 2:18.90

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-70)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (88-101)
  • Defeated India (137-64)
  • Semi Final Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Cuba (94-93)
  • Lost to Spain (81-110)
  • Defeated Italy (90-77)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (95-96) → 5th place
  • Team Roster:

[edit] Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Narendra Poma (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round
  • Third Round — Defeated Leoul Nearaio (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Mark Kaylor (Great Britain) on points (1-4)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 451.17 points (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 373.06 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 53,00 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 52,51
  • Semi-Finals — 52,91 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1.54,59 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 1.54,32 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 1.54,39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Final — 3.54,15 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Final — 4.26,81 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Final — 7.29,30 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Final — 3.53,23 (→ 8th place)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's team competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3)
  • Lost to Romania (1-3)
  • Defeated Libya (3-0)
  • Defeated Poland (3-2)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (3-2) → 5th place
  • Team Roster


[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Hungary (2-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
  • Lost to Romania (2-3)
  • Classification Match
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Romania (3-0) → 7th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] References

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