Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in August 2008. Brazilian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1920, except the 1928 Summer Olympics. The country is represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB – Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro). Brazil headed to the Beijing Games with its largest Olympic delegation ever, 277 athletes, including a record 132 women.[1] The 17 medals won by Brazil topped the previous medal count record set in 1996, and included the first individual and gold medals by women, by judoka Ketleyn Quadros and jumper Maurren Maggi, respectively. Three of the medals were gold, by Maggi, swimmer César Cielo and the female volleyball team.

Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Beijing
Competitors	277[1] in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Robert Scheidt (opening)[2] Maurren Maggi (closing)
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 10 Total 17
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Summary

Brazil was the 39th nation to enter the Beijing National Stadium during the Olympic opening ceremony. Sailor Robert Scheidt (1996, 2000 and 2004 medalist) was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[2] In the ceremony, it was present Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Lula and Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, lobbied for Rio de Janeiro's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

The swimmer César Cielo was the first Brazilian swimmer to be gold medalist, when he conquered the gold medal in men's 50 m freestyle, with an Olympic record. Raised to the post of new hero of the national sport, he had previously won in Beijing the bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle a result that confirmed his position of new standout in the tests of speed of swimming.

The jumper Maurren Maggi reached 7.04m in the final of the women's long jump and surpassed, in just one centimeter, the Russian Tatyana Lebedeva. Maurren won gold and became the first Brazilian woman in history to win the gold medal, not only in Athletics but also in an individual event of any sport in the Olympic Games. Maurren Maggi, was the flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

It was also in 2008 Summer Olympics that one of the most popular sports in Brazil finally saw women win Olympic gold: the volleyball. Four years earlier, in Athens, the Brazil women's national volleyball team, led by coach José Roberto Guimarães, champion with the men's team at the 1992 Barcelona Games, had been very close to the dreamy Olympic decision when, in the semifinal against Russia, got the advantage of 24/19 in the fourth set (the Brazilians led by 2 sets to 1). Incredibly, although it needed just one more point to close the match, the Brazilians allowed a spectacular turn of the Russians in the fourth set. Not only did they lose that quarter-final by 28/26, like the game after a 16/14 loss in the tie-break. They would also lose the bronze medal for the Cuba. The trauma of Athens, however, was completely erased in Beijing. With a perfect campaign of eight wins, highlighted by the statistics of only one set lost in all the tournament, Brazil was the champion by defeating the United States in the decision by 3 to 1. José Roberto Guimarães entered history as the only coach to have taken a male and a female teams Olympic gold.

The Brazil men's national volleyball team was silver medalist of the tournament, losing the gold medal match by 3 to 1 to United States. In the beach volleyball two medals were conquered in the men's tournament. Márcio Araújo and Fábio Luiz Magalhães were silver medalists, losing the gold medal match to Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser. The bronze medal was obtained by Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego.

At the football the Brazil women's national football team won the silver medal. The team advanced to the final against United States and lost by 1–0 at extra time. The Brazil national under-23 football team was the bronze medalist in the men's tournament.

The sailors Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada were silver medalists in Star class. This was Robert Scheidt's fourth of his 5 Olympic medals. Also in the sailing, Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan were the bronze medalists in Women's 470 class, becoming the first Brazilian women to win an Olympic medal in sailing.

Brazilian judokas won three more podiums for Brazil. Leandro Guilheiro was the bronze medalist in men's 73 kg while Thiago Camilo won the bronze in men's 81 kg category. Ketleyn Quadros was the bronze medalist in women's 57 kg. She was the first Brazilian judoka woman to win an Olympic medal and also the first Brazilian woman to conquer a medal in an individual sport.

The taekwondo athlete Natália Falavigna won the bronze medal in women's +67 kg category. This was the first Olympic medal ever won by Brazil in the Taekwondo.

Finally two more bronze medals were awarded to Brazilian athletes, several years after the 2008 Summer Olympics, due to doping violations. Both medals were in the athletics. Originally won by Russia, the gold medal of women's 4 × 100 m relay was stripped due to anti-doping rules violation by Yulia Chermoshanskaya. Following medals reallocation, Belgium was awarded gold, Nigeria – silver and Brazil – bronze. Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti and Rosângela Santos received the bronze medals in March 2017 at the Prêmio Brasil Olímpico ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

Jamaican team originally won gold medals in Men's 4 × 100 m relay but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by Nesta Carter. The Court of Arbitration for Sport decided in 2018 that Trinidad and Tobago is the winner, the silver medal was reallocated to Japan and the bronze to Brazil team, which was formed by sprinters Vicente de Lima, Sandro Viana, Bruno de Barros and José Carlos Moreira.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold César Cielo Filho Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle August 16  Gold Maurren Maggi Athletics Women's long jump August 22  Gold Brazil women's national volleyball team Walewska Oliveira Carolina Albuquerque Marianne Steinbrecher Paula Pequeno Thaisa Menezes Hélia Souza Valeska Menezes Fabiana Claudino Welissa Gonzaga Jaqueline Carvalho Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Volleyball Women's tournament August 23  Silver Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada Sailing Star class August 21  Silver Brazil women's national football team Andréia Suntaque Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa Renata Aparecida da Costa Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva Daniela Alves Lima Érika Cristiano dos Santos Ester Aparecida dos Santos Fabiana da Silva Simões Miraildes Maciel Mota Francielle Manoel Alberto Marta Vieira da Silva Maurine Dorneles Gonçalves Andréia dos Santos Delma Gonçalves Andréia Rosa de Andrade Rosana dos Santos Augusto Simone Gomes Jatobá Tânia Maria Pereira Ribeiro Football Women's tournament August 21  Silver Márcio Araújo Fábio Luiz Magalhães Beach volleyball Men's tournament August 22  Silver Brazil men's national volleyball team Dante Amaral Marcelo Elgarten Gustavo Endres Bruno Rezende Gilberto Amauri Godoy Filho André Heller Murilo Endres André Nascimento Anderson Rodrigues Samuel Fuchs Sergio Dutra Santos Rodrigo Santana Volleyball Men's tournament August 24  Bronze Leandro Guilheiro Judo Men's 73 kg August 11  Bronze Ketleyn Quadros Judo Women's 57 kg August 11  Bronze Tiago Camilo Judo Men's 81 kg August 12  Bronze César Cielo Filho Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 14  Bronze Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan Sailing Women's 470 class August 18  Bronze Ricardo Santos Emanuel Rego Beach volleyball Men's tournament August 22  Bronze Brazil U-23 national football team Diego Alves Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira Breno Borges Diego Ribas Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Ilson Pereira Dias Júnior João Alves de Assis Silva Lucas Leiva Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior Thiago Neves Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza Ramires Santos do Nascimento Renan Brito Soares Ronaldo de Assis Moreira Alex Sandro da Silva Thiago Silva Rafael Sóbis Football Men's tournament August 22  Bronze Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosângela Santos Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay August 22  Bronze Vicente de Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay August 22  Bronze Natália Falavigna Taekwondo Women's +67 kg August 23

Medals by sport Sport Total Volleyball 1 2 1 4 Athletics 1 0 2 3 Swimming 1 0 1 2 Football 0 1 1 2 Sailing 0 1 1 2 Judo 0 0 3 3 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Total 3 4 10 17 Medals by date Date Total 9 Aug 0 0 0 0 10 Aug 0 0 0 0 11 Aug 0 0 2 2 12 Aug 0 0 1 1 13 Aug 0 0 0 0 14 Aug 0 0 1 1 15 Aug 0 0 0 0 16 Aug 1 0 0 1 17 Aug 0 0 0 0 18 Aug 0 0 1 1 19 Aug 0 0 0 0 20 Aug 0 0 0 0 21 Aug 0 2 0 2 22 Aug 1 1 4 6 23 Aug 1 0 1 2 24 Aug 0 1 0 1 Total 3 4 10 17 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 3 6 10 Female 2 1 4 7 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 3 4 10 17

Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
César Cielo Filho	Gold  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle Men's 100 metre freestyle

Archery

Luiz Trainini qualified by placing third at the Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2007.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luiz Trainini	Men's individual	610	61	Park K-M (KOR) (4) L 99–116	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vicente de Lima	100 m	10.26	3 Q	10.31	7	Did not advance
José Carlos Moreira		10.29	3 Q	10.32	6	Did not advance
Sandro Viana	100 m	10.60	6	Did not advance
	200 m	20.84	4 q	21.07	7	Did not advance
Bruno de Barros	200 m	21.15	5	Did not advance
Fernando de Almeida	400 m	46.60	5	N/A		Did not advance
Kléberson Davide	800 m	1:48.53	5	N/A		Did not advance
Fabiano Peçanha	800 m	1:46.54	4	N/A		Did not advance
Hudson de Souza	1500 m	3:37.06	7	N/A		Did not advance
Anselmo da Silva	110 m hurdles	13.81	4 Q	13.84	7	Did not advance
Mahau Suguimati	400 m hurdles	49.45	3 Q	50.16	7	Did not advance
José Alessandro Bagio	20 km walk	N/A						1:21:43	14
Mário dos Santos	50 km walk	N/A						4:10:25	41
Franck Caldeira	Marathon	N/A						DNF
José Teles	Marathon	N/A						2:20:25	38
Marílson dos Santos		N/A						DNF
Bruno de Barros Vicente de Lima José Carlos Moreira Sandro Viana	4 × 100 m relay	39.01	4 Q	N/A				38.24

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Fábio Gomes da Silva	Pole vault	5.45	=25	Did not advance
Mauro Vinícius da Silva	Long jump	7.75	26	Did not advance
Jessé de Lima	High jump	2.29	=1 Q	2.20	=10
Jadel Gregório	Triple jump	17.15	9 q	17.20	6
Jefferson Sabino		16.45	28	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Carlos Chinin	Result	10.99	6.94	NM	1.99	49.21	DNS	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	863	799	0	794	851	0	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lucimar de Moura	100 m	11.60	4 q	11.67	8	Did not advance
Evelyn dos Santos	200 m	23.40	5	Did not advance
Maria Laura Almirão	400 m	53.26	5	N/A		Did not advance
Zenaide Vieira	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		N/A				Did not advance
Maíla Machado	100 m hurdles	13.45	7	N/A		Did not advance
Lucimar Teodoro	400 m hurdles	57.68	6	N/A		Did not advance
Tânia Spindler	20 km walk	N/A						1:36:46	37
Marily dos Santos	Marathon	N/A						2:38:10	51
Lucimar de Moura Rosemar Coelho Neto Thaissa Presti Rosângela Santos	4 × 100 m relay	43.38	3 Q	N/A				43.14
Maria Laura Almirão Emmily Pinheiro Lucimar Teodoro Josiane Tito	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.10	6	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Elisângela Adriano	Discus throw	58.84	19	Did not advance
Keila Costa	Long jump	6.62	8 q	6.43	11
Maurren Maggi	Long jump	6.79	2 Q	7.04
Gisele de Oliveira	Triple jump	13.81	23	Did not advance
Fabiana Murer	Pole vault	4.50	=2 q	4.45	10
Alessandra Resende	Javelin throw	56.53	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Lucimara da Silva	Result	13.55	1.83	11.59	24.56	6.18	40.34	2:16.20	6076	17*
	Points	1043	1016	634	928	905	674	876

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[4] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and da Silva moved up a position.

Basketball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5]

Brazil women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Moisés Pinto, Adriana 30 – June 12, 1978 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) ŽKK Gospić SG 5 Costa, Karla 29 – September 25, 1978 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Catanduva Basket Clube G/F 6 Gustavo Rocha, Karen 24 – March 4, 1984 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ourinhos Basquete F 7 Martins Jacintho, Micaela 29 – June 12, 1979 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Ourinhos Basquete G 8 Neves Beling, Fernanda 25 – December 5, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Americana Basketball PG 9 das Neves, Cláudia (C) 33 – February 17, 1975 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Stade Clermontois BA F/C 10 Evangelista Dantas, Jucimara 30 – February 4, 1978 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq F/C 11 Garvão Zakrzeski, Soeli 30 – November 12, 1977 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) CDB Zaragoza F 12 Ferreira, Patrícia 29 – March 21, 1979 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Ourinhos Basquete C 13 Nascimento, Franciele 30 – October 19, 1977 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Rivas Futura C 14 de Jesus Coelho, Graziane 25 – January 18, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) MiZo Pécs 2010 C 15 Santos, Kelly 28 – November 10, 1979 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Seattle Storm	Head coach Paulo Bassul Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Australia	5	5	0	424	319	+105	10
Russia	5	4	1	339	333	+6	9
Belarus	5	2	3	324	332	−8	7	1–0
South Korea	5	2	3	327	360	−33	7	0–1
Latvia	5	1	4	334	387	−53	6	1–0
Brazil	5	1	4	337	354	−17	6	0–1

9 August 2008 16:45

Report

South Korea	68–62 (OT)	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 13–14, 15–15, 14–12, Overtime: 13–7
Pts: Beon 19, Choi 19 Rebs: Jung 8 Asts: Jung 5		Pts: Santos 13 Rebs: Nascimento 12 Asts: Jacintho 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA)

11 August 2008 22:15

Report

Australia	80–65	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 21–15, 11–20, 19–16
Pts: Summerton 18 Rebs: Taylor 8 Asts: Harrower 5		Pts: Santos 21 Rebs: Santos 10 Asts: Santos 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

13 August 2008 14:30

Report

Brazil	78–79	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 13–17, 23–26, 19–22
Pts: Zakrzeski 16 Rebs: Santos, Zakrzeski 9 Asts: Pinto 4		Pts: Jēkabsone 25 Rebs: Kubliņa 7 Asts: Jēkabsone 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

15 August 2008 14:30

Report

Russia	74–64	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 14–15, 19–15, 20–8
Pts: Shchegoleva 14 Rebs: Korstin 10 Asts: Korstin 5		Pts: Pinto 21 Rebs: Zakrzeski 5 Asts: Pinto 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

17 August 2008 16:45

Report

Brazil	68–53	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 19–14, 10–12, 19–15
Pts: Santos 14 Rebs: Nascimento 10 Asts: Nascimento 3		Pts: Anufryienka, Leuchanka 10 Rebs: Verameyenka 10 Asts: Marchanka 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP)

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paulo Carvalho	Light flyweight	Bouchtouk (MAR) W 13–7	Plange (GHA) W 21–12	Hernández (CUB) L 6–21	Did not advance
Robenílson de Jesus	Flyweight	Rathnayake (SRI) W 13–3	Yunusov (TJK) L 6–12	Did not advance
Robson Conceição	Featherweight	Li Y (CHN) L 4–12	Did not advance
Éverton Lopes	Lightweight	Talasbayev (KGZ) L 7–9	Did not advance
Myke Carvalho	Light welterweight	Colin (MRI) L 11–15	Did not advance
Washington Silva	Light heavyweight	Augustama (HAI) W 6–2	B Samir (GHA) W 9–7	Egan (IRL) L 0–8	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Poliana de Paula	Women's K-1	113.47	16	110.72	17	224.19	14 Q	168.29	14	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nivalter Santos	Men's C-1 500 m	1:51.363	6 QS	1:56.139	7	Did not advance
	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:17.407	6 QS	4:12.556	7	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Murilo Fischer	Men's road race	6:26:17	20
Luciano Pagliarini		7:08:27	90
Clemilda Fernandes	Women's road race	3:41:01	51

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rubens Donizete	Men's cross-country	2:05:19	21
Jaqueline Mourão	Women's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	19

Diving

César Castro qualified a spot to Brazil at the FINA World Championship, while Cassius Duran, Juliana Veloso and Hugo Parisi qualified at the FINA Diving World Cup.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
César Castro	3 m springboard	400.60	24	Did not advance
Cassius Duran	10 m platform	389.65	24	Did not advance
Hugo Parisi		412.95	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juliana Veloso	10 m platform	283.75	23	Did not advance

Equestrian

The dressage and eventing teams qualified by taking Bronze Medals at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, while the jumping team qualified by taking the Gold Medal at the team Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Leandro Silva	Oceano Do Top	Individual	60.125	23	Did not advance
Luiza Almeida	Samba		60.833	40	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jeferson Moreira	Escudeiro	Individual	55.90	51	50.80	106.70	45	4.00	110.70	40	Did not advance			110.70	39
André Paro	Land Heir		59.60	57	39.20	98.80	43	35.00	133.80	48	Did not advance			133.80	47
Marcelo Tosi	Super Rocky		64.80	63	24.80	89.60	37	0.00	89.60	28 Q	0.00	89.60	22	89.60	22
Saulo Tristão	Totsie		79.60 #	69	Eliminated			Did not advance
Jeferson Moreira André Paro Marcelo Tosi Saulo Tristão	See above	Team	180.30	11	114.80	295.10	10	39.00	334.10	10	N/A			334.10	10

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	Individual	0	=1 Q	12	12	30 Q	20	32	27	Did not advance					32	27
Camila Benedicto	Bonito Z		5	39 Q	13	18	40 Q	9	27	38 Q	0	=1 Q	8	8	14	8	10
Rodrigo Pessoa	Rufus		1	=14 Q	0	1	3 Q	7	8	7 Q	4	11 Q	0	4	=3	4	DSQ*
Pedro Veniss	Un Blanc de Blancs		0	=1 Q	Eliminated			Did not advance
Bernardo Alves Camila Benedicto Rodrigo Pessoa Pedro Veniss	See above	Team	N/A								25	10	Did not advance			25	DSQ*

* Pessoa was disqualified after his horse Rufus was tested positive of Nonivamide; thus, all of his scores, both individual and team, had dropped towards last place.[6]

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
João Souza	Individual foil	N/A	Ota (JPN) L 4–15	Did not advance
Renzo Agresta	Individual sabre	Samir (EGY) W 15–10	Tarantino (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 South American Youth Championship.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Roster

The following is the Brazil squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[7]

Head coach: Dunga

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Diego Alves	24 June 1985 (aged 23)	1	0	Almería
2	DF	Rafinha	7 September 1985 (aged 22)	1	0	Schalke 04
3	DF	Alex Silva	10 March 1985 (aged 23)	1	0	São Paulo
4	DF	Thiago Silva*	22 September 1984 (aged 23)	0	0	Fluminense
5	MF	Hernanes	29 May 1985 (aged 23)	1	0	São Paulo
6	DF	Marcelo	12 May 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Real Madrid
7	MF	Anderson	13 April 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Manchester United
8	MF	Lucas	9 January 1987 (aged 21)	1	0	Liverpool
9	FW	Alexandre Pato	2 September 1989 (aged 18)	2	1	Milan
10	MF	Ronaldinho* (c)	21 March 1980 (aged 28)	19	15	Milan
11	MF	Ramires	24 March 1987 (aged 21)	2	0	Cruzeiro
12	GK	Renan	24 January 1985 (aged 23)	2	0	Internacional
13	DF	Ilsinho	12 October 1985 (aged 22)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
14	DF	Breno	13 October 1989 (aged 18)	2	0	Bayern Munich
15	MF	Diego	28 February 1985 (aged 23)	13	5	Werder Bremen
16	MF	Thiago Neves	27 February 1985 (aged 23)	1	0	Fluminense
17	FW	Rafael Sóbis	17 June 1985 (aged 23)	1	0	Real Betis
18	FW	Jô	20 March 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Manchester City

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
3	China PR	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source:

7 August 2008

17:00

Brazil	1–0	Belgium
Hernanes  79'	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 39,661

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

10 August 2008

17:00

New Zealand	0–5	Brazil
	Report	Anderson  3' Pato  33' Ronaldinho  55', 61' (pen.) Sóbis  90+3'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 44,951

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

13 August 2008

19:45

China PR	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Diego  18' Thiago Neves  69', 73'

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 38,790

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Quarterfinals

16 August 2008

18:00

Brazil	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
Sóbis  101' Marcelo  105'	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 41,043

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Semifinals

19 August 2008

21:00

Argentina	3–0	Brazil
Agüero  52', 58' Riquelme  76' (pen.)	Report

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 52,968

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Bronze medal game

22 August 2008

19:00

Belgium	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Diego  27' Jô  45', 90+2'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 50,705

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Final rank

 Bronze

Women's tournament

Brazil women's national football team is in Group B with Korea DPR, Germany and Nigeria. Brazil (CONMEBOL runner-up, second in the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino) qualified by defeating Ghana (CAF runner-up, second in the qualifying tournament).

• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Roster

The following is the Brazil squad in the women's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[8]

Head coach: Jorge Barcellos

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Andréia	14 September 1977 (aged 30)	7	0	Prainsa Zaragoza
2	DF	Simone	10 February 1981 (aged 27)	8	1	Olympique Lyonnais
3	DF	Andréia Rosa	8 July 1984 (aged 24)	3	0	Ferroviária Araraquara
4	DF	Tania	10 March 1974 (aged 34)	8	1	Saad
5	DF	Renata Costa	8 July 1986 (aged 22)	7	1	Odense
6	MF	Maycon	3 April 1977 (aged 31)	8	2	Saad
7	MF	Daniela	12 January 1984 (aged 24)	8	4	Linköpings FC
8	MF	Formiga	3 March 1978 (aged 30)	8	4	Saad
9	MF	Ester	9 February 1982 (aged 26)	5	1	Santos F.C.
10	FW	Marta	19 February 1986 (aged 22)	7	24	Umeå IK
11	FW	Cristiane	15 May 1985 (aged 23)	7	10	Linköpings FC
12	GK	Bárbara	4 July 1988 (aged 20)	4	0	Sport Recife
13	MF	Francielle	18 October 1989 (aged 18)	4	1	Santos F.C.
14	FW	Pretinha	19 May 1975 (aged 33)	9	14	INAC Leonissa
15	FW	Fabiana	4 August 1989 (aged 19)	4	1	Corinthians
16	DF	Erika	4 February 1988 (aged 20)	4	9	Santos F.C.
17	FW	Maurine	14 January 1986 (aged 22)	5	2	Santos F.C.
18	DF	Rosana	7 July 1982 (aged 26)	7	3	SV Neulengbach

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
3	North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source:

6 August 2008

17:00

Germany	0–0	Brazil
	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 20,703

Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

9 August 2008

19:45

Brazil	2–1	North Korea
Daniela  14' Marta  23'	Report	Ri Kum-suk  90'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 19,616

Referee: Niu Huijun (China)

12 August 2008

17:00

Nigeria	1–3	Brazil
Nkwocha  19' (pen.)	Report	Cristiane  34', 35', 45+3'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 51,112

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

Quarterfinals

15 August 2008

18:00

Brazil	2–1	Norway
Daniela  43' Marta  57'	Report	Nordby  83' (pen.)

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 26,174

Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

Semifinals

18 August 2008

18:00

Brazil	4–1	Germany
Formiga  43' Cristiane  49', 76' Marta  53'	Report	Prinz  10'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 26,976

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

Gold medal game

21 August 2008

21:00

Brazil	0–1 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report	Lloyd  96'

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 51,612

Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Final rank

 Silver

Gymnastics

Artistic

Diego Hypólito qualified by placing 17th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the men's team all-around competition, and the women's team qualified by placing 5th at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the women's team all-around competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Diego Hypólito	Floor	15.950	N/A					15.950	1 Q	15.200	N/A					15.200	6
	Vault	N/A			16.100	N/A		16.100	=25	Did not advance

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Jade Barbosa	Team	14.900	15.100 Q	14.800	14.700	59.500	12 Q	14.325	15.025	14.725	15.300	N/A
Daiane dos Santos		15.275 Q	14.800	N/A				15.275	14.675	N/A
Ethiene Franco		14.275	14.175	14.100	14.400	56.950	36	N/A			13.675	N/A
Daniele Hypólito		14.250	N/A	14.300	14.000	N/A		N/A		14.625	14.925	N/A
Ana Cláudia Silva		14.800	14.750	14.550	13.475	57.575	28 Q	13.375	N/A
Laís Souza		N/A	14.800	14.775	13.575	N/A		N/A	14.600	14.350	N/A
Total		59.250	59.450	58.425	56.675	233.800	7 Q	42.975	44.300	43.700	43.900	174.875	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Jade Barbosa	All-around	13.950	15.025	15.075	15.500	59.550	10
	Vault	N/A	14.487	N/A		14.487	7
Daiane dos Santos	Floor	14.975	N/A			14.975	6
Ana Cláudia Silva	All-around	14.350	14.175	14.175	14.175	56.875	22

Rhythmic

A group qualified by placing 11th at the 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in the group all-around competition.

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Luana Faro Daniela Leite Tayanne Mantovaneli Luisa Matsuo Marcela Menezes Nicole Muller	Team	14.900	14.225	29.125	12	Did not advance

Handball

Brazil has qualified for both the men's and women's events by winning the 2007 Pan American Games.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Brazil roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[9][10]

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Maik Santos 6 September 1980 (aged 27) 1.80 m 60 1 EC Pinheiros 3 RB Fernando Pacheco Filho 25 May 1983 (aged 25) 1.90 m 54 90 EC Pinheiros 5 P Carlos Ertel 18 December 1974 (aged 33) 1.85 m 139 316 IMES São Caetano 7 RW Renato Ruy 7 June 1979 (aged 29) 1.84 m 121 211 Wilhelmshavener HV 8 LB Bruno Souza 27 June 1977 (aged 31) 1.99 m 139 316 HSV Handball 9 CB Leonardo Bortolini 10 April 1977 (aged 31) 1.85 m 124 350 Unopar Londrina 10 LW Helio Justino 23 July 1972 (aged 36) 1.84 m 186 640 IMES São Caetano 12 GK Alexandre Vasconcelos 19 December 1978 (aged 29) 1.94 m 130 0 Metodista SBC 13 RW Silvio Laureano 19 April 1981 (aged 27) 1.70 m 30 32 IMES São Caetano 14 P Alexandre Silva 12 November 1980 (aged 27) 1.90 m Unopar Londrina 17 LW Felipe Ribeiro 4 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.86 m 40 21 BM Aragón 18 CB Bruno Santana 27 February 1982 (aged 26) 1.83 m 89 112 EC Pinheiros 19 P Jardel Pizzinato 10 February 1978 (aged 30) 1.92 m 73 11 Metodista SBC 20 LB Guilherme Oliveira 8 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.90 m 40 57 HSG Bärnbach/Köflach

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	4	1	0	148	115	+33	9
Poland	5	3	1	1	147	128	+19	7
Croatia	5	3	0	2	140	115	+25	6
Spain	5	3	0	2	152	145	+7	6
Brazil	5	1	0	4	129	153	–24	2
China	5	0	0	5	104	164	–60	0

10 August 2008 14:00	France	34 – 26	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Girault 7	(19–11)	Ertel 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

12 August 2008 09:00	Brazil	14 – 33	Croatia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Ertel, Souza 3	(9–18)	Džomba 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

14 August 2008 10:45	Poland	28 – 25	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Jurecki, Tłuczyński 6	(14–15)	Ribeiro 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

16 August 2008 09:00	Brazil	29 – 22	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Ribeiro, Laureano 5	(14–10)	Cui Liang, Cui Lei 4
	3× 3×	Report	4× 4×

18 August 2008 10:45	Spain	36 – 35	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Romero 8	(20–17)	Pacheco Filho 12
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[11]

Head coach: Juan Oliver

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Chana Masson 18 December 1978 (aged 29) 1.83 m 136 3 Randers HK 2 P Fabiana Diniz 13 May 1981 (aged 27) 1.83 m 77 100 BM Elda Prestigio 3 RW Alexandra do Nascimento 16 September 1981 (aged 26) 1.77 m 74 170 Hypo Niederösterreich 5 P Daniela Piedade 2 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.73 m 78 134 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 LB Eduarda Amorim 23 September 1986 (aged 21) 1.86 m 40 120 Kometal Gjorče Petrov 7 P Alessandra Oliveira 7 October 1981 (aged 26) 1.84 m 78 121 SD Itxako 9 CB Ana Paula Belo 18 October 1987 (aged 20) 1.72 m 15 35 BM Roquetas 10 LW Aline Rosas 28 June 1979 (aged 29) 1.60 m 105 201 AD Blumenau 11 RW Viviane Jacques 10 May 1977 (aged 31) 1.70 m 180 260 BM Elda Prestigio 13 CB Lucila Silva 7 March 1976 (aged 32) 1.74 m 173 220 ABC Santo Andre 17 LW Idalina Mesquita 2 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.71 m 149 326 Hypo Niederösterreich 18 RB Deonise Cavaleiro 20 June 1983 (aged 25) 1.80 m 42 104 SD Itxako 19 LB Aline Santos 17 August 1981 (aged 26) 1.95 m 90 221 Frisch Auf Göppingen 23 GK Darly de Paula 25 August 1982 (aged 25) 1.80 m 98 0 Le Havre AC

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	-13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	-14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	-13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	-11	2

9 August 2008 20:45	Germany	24 – 22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Krause 6	(11–12)	Santos 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

11 August 2008 10:45	Brazil	28 – 28	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Amorim 10	(12–17)	Görbicz 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6× 1×

13 August 2008 09:00	Russia	28 – 19	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Poltoratskaya 6	(12–10)	Nascimento 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

15 August 2008 10:45	Brazil	33 – 32	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Nascimento 9	(17–12)	Hong Jeong-ho 10
	4× 6×	Report	3× 5× 1×

17 August 2008 09:00	Sweden	25 – 22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Ahlm 7	(14–11)	Rosas 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

Judo

Qualification spots were won at the 2007 World Judo Championships and the Pan-American Judo Union Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Denílson Lourenço	−60 kg	Korotun (UKR) W 1001–0001	Petříkov (CZE) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
João Derly	−66 kg	Bye	Kim J-J (KOR) W 0002–0001	Dias (POR) L 0010–0101	Did not advance
Leandro Guilheiro	−73 kg	N/A	Bertolotti (ARG) W 0100–0010	August (RSA) W 1001–0000	Wang K-C (KOR) L 0000–0100	Did not advance	Bye	Muminov (UZB) W 1000–0000	Bilodid (UKR) W 1000–0001	Maloumat (IRI) W 1000–0000
Tiago Camilo	−81 kg	Bye	Ono (JPN) W 0120-0000	Malekmohammadi (IRI) W 1010–0000	Bischof (GER) L 0000–0200	Did not advance	Bye	Stevens (USA) W 0011–0010	Burton (GBR) W 0100–0010	Elmont (NED) W 1100–0001
Eduardo Santos	−90 kg	N/A	He Yz (CHN) W 1000–0000	Camacho (VEN) W 1000–0000	Dafreville (FRA) L 0001–1011	Did not advance	Bye	Meloni (ITA) W 1000-0000	Aschwanden (SUI) L 0000–0000 YUS	Did not advance
Luciano Corrêa	−100 kg	N/A	Grol (NED) L 0001–0210	Did not advance			Ze'evi (ISR) W 0011–0001	Matyjaszek (POL) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
João Schlittler	+100 kg	Bye	Sotnikov (UKR) W 0010–0001	Padar (EST) W 0010–0000	Brayson (CUB) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Bye	Hachache (LIB) W 1031–0000	Riner (FRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Menezes	−48 kg	Csernoviczki (HUN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Andressa Fernandes	−52 kg	García (DOM) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Ketleyn Quadros	−57 kg	Kang S-Y (KOR) W 0011–0002	Gravenstijn (NED) L 0000–0001	Did not advance		Bye	Fernández (ESP) W 0001–0000	Sato (JPN) W 1000–0000	Pekli (AUS) W 1000–0000
Danielli Yuri	−63 kg	Kong J-Y (KOR) L 0100–1000	Did not advance
Mayra Aguiar	−70 kg	Iglesias (ESP) L 0011–0020	Did not advance
Edinanci Silva	−78 kg	Bye	San Miguel (ESP) L 0010–0011	Did not advance		Moskalyuk (RUS) W 0021–0000	Morico (ITA) W 1101–0000	Lkhamdegd (MGL) W 1131–0010	Jeong (KOR) L 0000–1010	5

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Yane Marques	Women's	185	7	1156	19–16	14	856	2:15.44	6	1296	252	33	948	11:01.61	24	1076	5332	12

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anderson Nocetti	Single sculls	7:35.52	2 QF	N/A		7:23.68	5 SC/D	7:18.78	3 FC	7:01.54	14
Thiago Almeida Thiago Gomes	Lightweight double sculls	6:30.78	5 R	6:51.99	4 SC/D	N/A		6:39.91	2 FC	6:36.24	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fabiana Beltrame	Single sculls	8:08.84	4 QF	N/A		7:52.65	5 SC/D	8:13.01	4 FD	7:43.04	19
Camila Carvalho Luciana Granato	Lightweight double sculls	7:25.90	5 R	7:47.53	5 FC	N/A		Bye		7:22.40	15

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ricardo Santos	RS:X	12	6	13	7	6	3	6	7	5	33	12	65	5
Bruno Fontes	Laser	31	17	31	12	12	24	35	23	39	CAN	EL	185	27
Samuel Albrecht Fábio Pillar	470	9	30	10	18	4	30	16	10	24	13	EL	134	17
Bruno Prada Robert Scheidt	Star	10	11	6	1	9	10	2	3	3	3	6	53

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Patrícia Freitas	RS:X	20	13	15	23	6	7	21	17	16	20	EL	135	18
Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan	470	11	16	5	10	7	6	6	2	7	4	2	60

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Eduardo Couto	Finn	6	16	DNF	7	2	17	14	27	CAN	CAN	N/A					EL	89	13
André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte	49er	10	5	8	9	9	4	12	5	11	1	9	13	CAN	CAN	CAN	16	99	7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Júlio Almeida	10 m air pistol	580	13	Did not advance
	25 m rapid fire pistol	568	11	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	554	18	Did not advance
Stênio Yamamoto	10 m air pistol	568	43	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	538	44	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicholas Santos	50 m freestyle	22.00	11 Q	22.15	16	Did not advance
César Cielo	50 m freestyle	21.47	2 Q	21.34 OR	1 Q	21.30 OR
	100 m freestyle	48.16	7 Q	48.07	8 Q	47.67
Rodrigo Castro	200 m freestyle	1:47.87	18 Q	1:48.71	16	Did not advance
Guilherme Guido	100 m backstroke	54.89	=20	Did not advance
Lucas Salatta	200 m backstroke	1:59.91	23	Did not advance
Felipe França Silva	100 m breaststroke	1:01.04	22	Did not advance
Henrique Barbosa	100 m breaststroke	1:01.11	23	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.99	30	Did not advance
Gabriel Mangabeira	100 m butterfly	52.28	23	Did not advance
Kaio de Almeida	100 m butterfly	52.05	16 Q	52.32	15	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:54.65	3 Q	1:55.21	6 Q	1:54.71	7
Thiago Pereira	200 m breaststroke	2:11.40	19	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:58.41	3 Q	1:58.06	3 Q	1:58.14	4
	400 m individual medley	4:11.74	8 Q	N/A		4:15.40	8
Rodrigo Castro César Cielo Fernando Silva Nicolas Oliveira	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance
Rodrigo Castro Phillip Morrison Nicolas Oliveira Lucas Salatta	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:19.54	16	N/A		Did not advance
Kaio de Almeida Guilherme Guido Nicolas Oliveira Felipe Silva	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:38.66	14	N/A		Did not advance
Allan do Carmo	10 km open water	N/A				1:52:16.6	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Flávia Cazziolato	50 m freestyle	25.34	=22	Did not advance
Tatiana Barbosa	100 m freestyle	55.01	19	Did not advance
Monique Ferreira	200 m freestyle	2:00.64	=28	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:12.21	21	N/A		Did not advance
Fabíola Molina	100 m backstroke	1:01.00	18	Did not advance
Tatiane Sakemi	100 m breaststroke	1:11.75	39	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:39.13	40	Did not advance
Daynara de Paula	100 m butterfly	59.45	34	Did not advance
Gabriella Silva	100 m butterfly	58.00	5 Q	58.39	8 Q	58.10	7
Joanna Melo	200 m butterfly	2:10.64	22	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.97	22	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:40.18	17	N/A		Did not advance
Tatiana Barbosa Flávia Cazziolato Monique Ferreira Michelle Lenhardt	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.85	13	N/A		Did not advance
Tatiana Barbosa Fabíola Molina Tatiane Sakemi Gabriella Silva	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.61	10	N/A		Did not advance
Ana Marcela Cunha	10 km open water	N/A				1:59:36.8	5
Poliana Okimoto	10 km open water	N/A				1:59:37.4	7

Synchronized swimming

Lara Teixeira and Nayara Figueira qualified at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Beijing.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Nayara Figueira Lara Teixeira	Duet	44.334	12	44.667	89.001	13	Did not advance

Table tennis

Gustavo Tsuboi, Thiago Monteiro and Mariany Nonaka all qualified at the 18th Latin American Championship.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thiago Monteiro	Men's singles	Bye	Kim H-B (PRK) L 1–4	Did not advance
Gustavo Tsuboi		Peter-Paul (CAN) W 4–3	Gionis (GRE) L 0–4	Did not advance
Mariany Nonaka	Women's singles	Paškauskienė (LTU) L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hugo Hoyama Thiago Monteiro Gustavo Tsuboi	Men's team	Group C  South Korea (KOR) L 1–3  Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 1–3  Sweden (SWE) L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Márcio Wenceslau	Men's −58 kg	Naderian (IRI) W 2–1	Ramos (ESP) L 2–3	Did not advance
Débora Nunes	Women's −57 kg	Lele (NIG) W DSQ	Zubčić (CRO) L 2–3	Did not advance
Natália Falavigna	Women's +67 kg	Kouvari (GRE) W 3–1	Marton (AUS) W 5–2	Solheim (NOR) L 2–2 SUP	Bye	Kedzierska (SWE) W 5–2	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomaz Bellucci	Men's singles	Hrbatý (SVK) L 6–2, 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Marcos Daniel		Melzer (AUT) L 7–6^(11–9), 1–6, 6–8	Did not advance
Marcelo Melo André Sá	Men's doubles	N/A	Berdych / Štěpánek (CZE) W 5–7, 6–2, 8–6	Bhupathi / Paes (IND) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Reinaldo Colucci	Men's	18:24	0:27	1:17:43	0:30	33:22	1:51:35.57	26
Juraci Moreira		18:52	0:29	1:17:47	0:30	34:56	1:53:13.94	37
Mariana Ohata	Women's	20:02	0:30	1:26:56	0:32	39:43	2:07:11.92	39

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Márcio Araújo Fabio Luiz Magalhães	Men's	Pool D  Amore – Lione (ITA) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–18)  Doppler – Gartmayer (AUT) L 1–2 (20–22, 21–19, 15–11)  Barsouk – Kolodinsky (RUS) W 2–0 (24–22, 21–17)	2 Q	Asahi – Shiratori (JPN) W 2–0 (23–21, 21–15)	Gosch – Horst (AUT) W 2–0 (22–20, 21–17)	Emanuel – Ricardo (BRA) W 2–0 (22–20, 21–18)	Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) L 1–2 (21–23, 21–17, 4–15)
Emanuel Rego Ricardo Santos		Pool C  Fernandes – Morais (ANG) W 2–0 (21–8, 21–13)  Geor – Gia (GEO) W 2–0 (21–19, 21–17)  Schacht – Slack (AUS) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–17)	1 Q	Barsouk – Kolodinsky (RUS) W 2–1 (18–21, 25–23, 15–13)	Gibb – Rosenthal (USA) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–16)	Araújo – Luiz (BRA) L 0–2 (20–22, 18–21)	Geor – Gia (GEO) W 2–0 (21–15, 21–10)
Talita Antunes Renata Ribeiro	Women's	Pool F  Candelas – García (MEX) W 2–1 (18–21, 21–16, 15–8)  D Schwaiger – S Schwaiger (AUT) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–19)  Arvaniti – Karantasiou (GRE) W 2–0 (22–20, 21–19)	1 Q	Glesnes – Maaseide (NOR) W 2–1 (12–21, 21–19, 15–13)	Barnett – Cook (AUS) W 2–0 (24–22, 21–14)	May-Treanor – Walsh (USA) L 0–2 (12–21, 14–21)	Xue C – Zhang X (CHN) L 0–2 (19–21, 17–21)	4
Ana Paula Connelly Larissa França		Pool C  Rtvelo – Saka (GEO) W 2–1 (23–25, 21–17, 15–5)  Shiryaeva – Uryadova (RUS) W 2–1 (19–21, 21–12, 15–13)  Barnett – Cook (AUS) L 0–2 (23–21, 23–21)	2 Q	Pohl – Rau (GER) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–14)	May-Treanor – Walsh (USA) L 0–2 (18–21, 15–21)	Did not advance

Indoor

Brazil qualified a team to both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won all their group matches but one, and advanced to the final round. There, they won both the quarterfinal and the semifinal, but lost the gold medal game, having to settle for the silver medal.

The women's team went through the tournament undefeated, winning all their games, and ultimately becoming the Olympic champions.

Men's tournament

Brazil qualified by winning the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup.

Roster

The following is the Brazilian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[12]

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Bruno Rezende	2 July 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	323 cm (127 in)	302 cm (119 in)	Cimed
2	Marcelo Elgarten	9 November 1974	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	321 cm (126 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Panathinaikos VC
4	André Heller	17 December 1975	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	339 cm (133 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Pallavolo Modena
6	Samuel Fuchs	4 March 1984	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	316 cm (124 in)	Lokomotiv Belgorod
7	Giba	23 December 1976	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	312 cm (123 in)	Iskra Odintsovo
8	Murilo Endres	3 May 1981	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	319 cm (126 in)	Pallavolo Modena
9	André Nascimento	4 March 1979	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Pallavolo Modena
10	Sérgio Santos	15 October 1975	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica
11	Anderson Rodrigues	21 May 1974	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Sport Club Ulbra
13	Gustavo Endres	23 August 1975	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	337 cm (133 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Sisley Treviso
14	Rodrigão	17 April 1979	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Lube Banca Marche
18	Dante Amaral	30 September 1980	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Panathinaikos VC

Preliminary round

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	427	373	1.145	13	4	3.250
2	Russia	9	4	1	496	447	1.110	14	7	2.000
3	Poland	9	4	1	434	404	1.074	12	6	2.000
4	Serbia	7	2	3	440	439	1.002	9	10	0.900
5	Germany	6	1	4	418	440	0.950	6	12	0.500
6	Egypt	5	0	5	267	379	0.704	0	15	0.000

10 August 2008 15:20	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
	(25–19, 25–15, 25–18) result statistics

12 August 2008 15:00	Serbia	1–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Osamu Sakaide (JPN)
	(27–25, 20–25, 17–25, 21–25) result statistics

14 August 2008 12:30	Brazil	1–3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Victor Rodriguez (PUR), Ning Wang (CHN)
	(25–22, 24–26, 29–31, 19–25) result statistics

16 August 2008 20:00	Brazil	3–0	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Kun-Tae Kim (KOR), Osamu Sakaide (JPN)
	(30–28, 25–19, 25–19) result statistics

18 August 2008 12:20	Germany	0–3	Brazil	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Jiang Liu (CHN), Umit Sokullu (TUR)
	(22–25, 21–25, 23–25) result statistics

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 20:00	China	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Massimo Menghini (ITA), Frank Leuthauser (GER)
	(17–25, 15–25, 16–25) result statistics

Semifinal

22 August 2008 20:00	Italy	1–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Kun-Tae Kim (KOR), Humberto Salas (MEX)
	(25–19, 18–25, 21–25, 22–25) result statistics

Gold medal game

24 August 2008 12:00	United States	3–1	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(20–25, 25–22, 25–21, 25–23) result statistics

Women's tournament

Brazil qualified by being runner-up at the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup.

Roster

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[13]

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Walewska Oliveira	1 October 1979	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	CAV Murcia
2	Carolina Albuquerque	25 July 1977	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	289 cm (114 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Finasa
3	Marianne Steinbrecher	23 August 1983	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
4	Paula Pequeno	22 January 1982	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Finasa
6	Thaísa Menezes	15 May 1987	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	316 cm (124 in)	301 cm (119 in)	Rexona Ades
7	Hélia Souza	3 October 1970	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	283 cm (111 in)	264 cm (104 in)	CAV Murcia
8	Valeska Menezes	23 April 1976	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Asystel Novara
9	Fabiana Claudino	24 January 1985	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	314 cm (124 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Rexona Ades
10	Wélissa Gonzaga	9 September 1982	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	287 cm (113 in)	Rexona Ades
12	Jaqueline Carvalho	31 December 1983	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	286 cm (113 in)	CAV Murcia
13	Sheilla Castro	1 July 1983	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	284 cm (112 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
14	Fabiana de Oliveira	7 March 1980	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	276 cm (109 in)	266 cm (105 in)	Rexona Ades

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX
2	Italy	9	4	1	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	8	3	2	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	7	2	3	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	6	1	4	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	0	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 12:30	Algeria	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Liu Jiang (China), Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar)
	(11–25, 11–25, 10–25) result statistics

11 August 2008 14:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Osamu Sakaide (Japan), Wang Ning (China)
	(25–14, 25–14, 25–16) result statistics

13 August 2008 14:30	Serbia	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Frans Loderus (Netherlands)
	(15–25, 13–25, 23–25) result statistics

15 August 2008 12:00	Brazil	3–0	Kazakhstan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	(25–13, 25–6, 27–25) result statistics

17 August 2008 15:15	Italy	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Humberto Salas (Mexico), Mitch Davidson (Canada)
	(16–25, 22–25, 17–25) result statistics

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 12:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	(12–25, 20–25, 16–25) result statistics

Semifinal

21 August 2008 20:00	China	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Andrei Zenovich (Russia)
	(25–27, 22–25, 14–25) result statistics

Gold medal game

23 August 2008 20:00	United States	1–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referees: Massimo Menghini (Italy), Umit Sokullu (Turkey)
	(15–25, 25–18, 13–25, 21–25) result statistics

Weightlifting

Wellison Silva qualified at the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wellison Silva	Men's −69 kg	135	=15	155	18	290	18

Wrestling

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rosângela Conceição	−72 kg	Zhanibekova (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Hamaguchi (JPN) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance				8

See also

• Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Brazil at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Brazil at the Olympics
• Sports in Brazil

References

• COB's listing
• Brazilian Olympic Team

Notes

1. "Brazil in the 2008 Summer Olympics". Brazilian Olympic Committee. 2012-05-19. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
2. "Brazil picks sailor Scheidt as flag bearer for Beijing Olympics". International Herald Tribune. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
3. "World leaders quash qualms, go to Olympic opening". International Herald Tribune. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
4. "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
5. "2008 Olympic Basketball Women (FIBA) – Brazil roster". FIBA. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
6. "Rodrigo Pessoa Disqualified from 2008 Olympic Games". Horse Channel. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
7. "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Brazil Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
8. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Brazil Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
9. "Brazil men's handball team roster". NBC Olympics. 1 February 2013.
10. "Men's Handball Team Roster – Brazil (BRA)" (PDF). 2008 Beijing. LA84 Foundation. 1 February 2013. p. 2484.
11. "Brazil women's handball team roster". Handball Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. 23 August 2008. p. 4. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
12. "Brazil men's volleyball team roster". Beijing 2008. FIVB. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
13. 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.