Brazil at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Montreal
Competitors93 (86 men and 7 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer João Carlos de Oliveira
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Brazil competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 93 competitors, 86 men and 7 women, took part in 48 events in 12 sports. Brazilians athletes obtained two bronze medals, repeating the same performance of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The sailors, Reinaldo Conrad and Peter Ficker, won the medal in Flying Dutchman. It was the second bronze medal conquered by Reinaldo Conrad after the 1968 Olympics. The jumper João Carlos de Oliveira won the medal in men's triple jump. He was the current record holder from altitude at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. The winner was two time defending champion Viktor Saneyev from Soviet Union.[1]

Medalists

Further information: 1976 Summer Olympics medal table

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rui da Silva 100 m 10.61 3 Q 10.57 4 Q 10.54 7 did not advance
200 m 20.99 2 Q 20.76 3 Q 21.01 3 Q 20.84 5
José Andrade da Silva 5000 m DNS did not advance
Delmo da Silva 400 m 47.21 2 Q 46.48 4 Q 46.69 8 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Iraja Chedid Cecy High jump NM did not advance
João Carlos de Oliveira Long jump 7.87m 6 Q 8.00 5
Triple jump 16.81 1 Q 16.90 Bronze
Nélson Prudêncio 16.22 14 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia 100 m 11.80 4 Q 11.77 7 did not advance
Silvina Pereira da Silva 200 m 24.00 6 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Maria Luísa Betioli High jump 1.75 25 did not advance
Silvina Pereira da Silva Long jump 6.13 16 did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Antonio Filho Flyweight BYE  Leszek Błażyński (POL)
L KO-2 		did not advance
Raimundo Alves Featherweight BYE  Juan Paredes (MEX)
L 0-5 		did not advance
Francisco de Jesus Light welterweight  Girmaye Gabre (ETH)
W WO 		BYE  Ulrich Beyer (GDR)
L 0-5 		did not advance
Fernando Martins Middleweight BYE  Matouk Elsadek (LIB)
W WO 		—  Alec Năstac (ROU)
L 2-3 		did not advance 5

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Total Rank
Milton Machado 10 m platform 424.68 21 did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Brazil in 1976.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer Event Round 1 Round 2 Elimination round I Elimination round II Repechage round I Repechage round II Repechage Final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Result Rank
Arthur Ribeiro Men's épée 2-2 4 did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
 East Germany 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
 Spain 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Brazil 0 – 0 East Germany
Report
Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 21.643
Referee: John Paterson United Kingdom
Brazil 2 – 1 Spain
Rosemiro 7'
Chico Fraga 47' (pen.)		 Report Idígoras 14'
Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Attendance: 38.123
Referee: Paul Schiller Austria

Quarter-finals

Brazil 4 – 1 Israel
Jarbas 56' 74'
Erivélto 72'
Júnior 88'		 Report Peretz 80'
Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 18.601
Referee: Károly Palotai Hungary

Semi-finals

Poland 2 – 0 Brazil
Szarmach 51' 82' Report
Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 21.743
Referee: John Paterson United Kingdom

Bronze Medal match

Soviet Union 2 – 0 Brazil
Onishcenko 5'
Nazarenko 49'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Attendance: 55.647
Referee: Abraham Klein Israel

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Roberto Machusso −70 kg  Yonah Melnik (ISR)
W 1000-0000 		 Lee Chang-sun (KOR)
L 0000-0001 		did not advance 13
Carlos Motta −80 kg  Assane N'Done (SEN)
W 1000-0000 		 Brian Jacks (GBR)
L 0000-0001 		did not advance 13
Carlos Pacheco −93 kg  Mario Vecchi (ITA)
W 0001-0000 		 José Ibanez Gomes (CUB)
W 1000-0000 		 Jen-Luc Rouge (FRA)
L 0000-0001 		did not advance 12

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gilberto Gerhardt
Sérgio Sztancsa 		Double sculls 7:02.18 5 R 6:48.95 4 Did not advance
Raúl Bagattini
Guilherme Campos 		Coxless pair 8:00.64 5 R NT 6 Did not advance
Atalibio Magioni
Wandir Kuntze
Nilton Alonço 		Coxed pairs 7:39.20 2 SF BYE 7:21.81 5 FB 8:14.44 10

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Claudio Biekarck Finn 6 11.7 7 13.0 5 10.0 19 25.0 2 3.0 1 0.0 11 17.0 54.7 4
Marco A. Paradeda
Luiz A. Sohni Aydos 		470 5 10.0 12 18.0 8 14.0 8 14.0 10 16.0 18 24.0 21 27.0 96.0 11
Reinaldo Conrad
Peter Ficker 		Flying Dutchman 8 14.0 9 15.0 18 24.0 6 11.7 1 0.0 3 5.7 3 5.7 52.1 Bronze
Gastao D'Melo Brun
Vicente Brun
Andreas Wengert 		Soling 17 23.0 9 15.0 6 11.7 16 22.0 4 8.0 13 19.0 3 5.7 81.4 10

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Waldemar Capucci 50 m rifle prone 582 60
Durval Guimarães 592 9
Paulo Lamego 50 m pistol 544 29
Romeu Luchiari Filho Skeet 189 30
Delival Nobre 25 m rapid fire pistol 563 41
Marcos José Olsen Trap 181 11
Athos Pisoni Skeet 191 22
Bertino de Souza 50 m pistol 556 9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rômulo Arantes 100 metre backstroke 58.46 2 Q 58.49 6 did not advance
200 metre backstroke 2:07.38 4 did not advance
100 metre butterfly 58.80 5 did not advance
José Fiolo 100 metre breaststroke 1:06.18 4 Q 1:06.38 7 did not advance
Paul Jouanneau 100 metre freestyle 54.49 5 did not advance
100 metre backstroke 59.35 2 Q 59.59 7 did not advance
Djan Madruga 400 metre freestyle 3:59.62 1 Q OR BYE 3:57.18 4
1500 metre freestyle 15:36.95 2 Q BYE 15:19.84 4
Sérgio Ribeiro 100 metre breaststroke 1:06.07 4 Q 1:06.69 8 did not advance
200 metre breaststroke DSQ did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maria Guimarães 400 metre freestyle 4:32.63 4 did not advance
800 metre freestyle DSQ did not advance
Flavia Nadalutti 100 metre butterfly 1:06.29 5 did not advance
Rosemary Ribeiro 100 metre butterfly 1:06.50 6 did not advance
200 metre butterfly 2:23.79 6 did not advance
Cristina Teixeira 100 metre breaststroke 1:17.94 6 did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:47.69 31 did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Pool B
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 6 9 0 MAX 135 63 2.143 Semifinals
2  Japan 3 2 1 5 6 3 2.000 118 89 1.326
3  Brazil 3 1 2 4 3 8 0.375 118 142 0.831 5th–8th semifinals
4  Italy 3 0 3 3 2 9 0.222 81 158 0.513
WD  Egypt[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Egypt withdrew because of the Congolese-led boycott after they lost to Brazil 1–3 (5–15, 5–15, 15–13, 9–15) on 18 July. The result of that match was annulled.
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
20 Jul Soviet Union  3–0  Brazil 15–7 15–11 15–2     45–20
22 Jul Japan  3–0  Brazil 15–13 15–8 15–9     45–30
24 Jul Brazil  3–2  Italy 15–8 11–15 12–15 15–6 15–8 68–52

5th–8th semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
26 Jul South Korea  3–2  Brazil 15–12 12–15 7–15 15–6 15–5 64–53

7th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Jul Italy  0–3  Brazil 8–15 6–15 8–15     22–45

Team roster

Head coaches: Russo Sevciuc and Carlos Souto

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Paulo de Sene 56 kg 92.5 17 122.5 15 215.0 16

References

  1. ^ "Brazil at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

External links

Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada
Brazil at the Olympics
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