Brazil competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 106 competitors, 91 men and 15 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Brazilian athletes won two gold medals after a drought of 24 years, since the 1956 Summer Olympics, as well as two bronze medals.
Both the two gold medals were obtained in sailing and they were the first gold medals in the history of the sport. Lars Sigurd Bjorkström and Alexandre Welter were Olympic champions in Tornado class. Marcos Soares and Eduardo Penido won the gold medal in the 470 class.
Brazil won a medal in a relay event in swimming for the first time - the bronze in men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.
The current world record holder and bronze medalist triple jumper João Carlos de Oliveira repeated the result in men's triple jump in a very controversial event. The Soviet Union's Jaak Uudmäe and Viktor Saneyev placed first and second, ahead of Oliveira. Both him and fourth place Australia's Ian Campbell produced long jumps, but they were declared fouls by the officials and not measured.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Lars Sigurd BjorkströmAlexandre Welter Sailing Tornado class Marcos SoaresEduardo Penido Sailing 470 class Cyro DelgadoJorge FernandesDjan MadrugaMarcus Mattioli Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics Men's triple jump
Medals by sportSport TotalSailing 2002Athletics 0011Swimming 0011Total2024
Medals by genderGender TotalMale2024Female0000Mixed0000Total 2 0 2 4
Archery
In its first Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent one woman and one man. Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Total scoreScoreSeedScoreSeedScoreSeedRenato EmilioIndividual1139 28 1125 272264 27
Women AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Total scoreScoreSeedScoreSeedScoreSeedArci KempnerIndividual1084 25 1102 242186 26
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAltevir de Araújo200 m21.494 q21.227Did not advanceMilton de Castro100 m10.745Did not advancePaulo Roberto Correia200 m21.273 Q21.016 Did not advanceAntônio Dias Ferreira400 m hurdles50.142 Qcolspan=2 52.317Did not advanceAgberto Guimarães800 m1:48.23 Qcolspan=2 1:46.93 Q1:46.24Katsuhiko Nakaya100 m10.723 Q10.708Did not advanceGeraldo José Pegado400 m48.716Did not advanceNelson dos Santos100 m10.513 Q10.457Did not advanceMilton de CastroNelson dos SantosKatsuhiko NakayaAltevir de Araújo4 × 100 m39.48 4 qcolspan=4 39.548Paulo Roberto CorreiaAntônio Dias FerreiraAgberto GuimarãesGeraldo José Pegado4 × 400 m3:04.92 Qcolspan=4 3:05.95
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionClaudio da Matta FreireHigh jump2.05 29Did not advanceJoão Carlos de OliveiraLong jump7.7812 qDNSTriple jump16.625 Q17.22
Women Combined events – Pentathlon AthleteEvent 800 mFinalRankConceição Geremias Result14.3313.161.715.972:18.90426314Points825789945900804
Basketball
Men Preliminary round The top two teams from each group advance to the final round group, while the remaining teams compete for 8th through 12th places in the classification group. Hosts Soviet Union and the world champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the final round. Meanwhile, qualification in Group C was closely contested between Italy, Cuba and Australia, which ended up being decided by a third tiebreaker in favor of the first two teams.
Group A Qualified for the quarterfinals TeamPts 3 0 321 235 +86 6 2 1 297 235 +62 5 1 2 285 236 +49 4 0 3 194 391 −197 3
Final round The first two places in the preliminary group compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze. The remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings. The host nation failed to compete for the gold in spite of finishing the preliminary round undefeated, due to losses against the other two group leaders Yugoslavia and especially Italy, since the result from that match served as tiebreaker, giving the latter a passport to the gold medal match. The Soviet Union then won the bronze against Spain. Yugoslavia earned their first and only gold medal in men's basketball at this Olympic Games. Results from Yugoslavia vs. Spain, Italy vs. Cuba and Soviet Union vs. Brazil were carried over from the preliminary round. Competed for the gold medal Competed for the bronze medal TeamPts 5 0 506 442 +64 10 3 2 419 438 −19 8 1W–0L 3 2 505 468 +37 8 0W–1L 2 3 488 485 +3 7 1W–0L 2 3 448 477 −29 7 0W–1L 0 5 434 490 −56 5
Team Roster: André Ernesto Stoffel Luiz Gustavo de Lage José Carlos Santos Saiani Milton Setrini Wagner Machado da Silva Marcos Abdalla Leite Gilson Trindade de Jesus Marcel Ramon de Souza Adilson de Nascimento Marcelo Vido Oscar Schmidt Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round 3 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSidnei dal RovereFeatherweightcolspan=1 W KO-1W 5-0L 0-5Did not advance5Jaime FrancoLight welterweightL 0-5Did not advanceFrancisco de JesusLight middleweightW 5-0W 5-0L 0-5Did not advanceCarlos FonsecaMiddleweightL 1-4Did not advance
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Brazil in 1980.
Road AthleteEventTimeRankGilson AlvaristoRoad raceDNFJosé Carlos de LimaDNFFernando LouroDNFDavis PereiraDNF
Track 1000m time trial AthleteEventTimeRankHans Fischer1000m time trial1:10.80115 Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankAntônio SilvestreMen's individual pursuit4:54,5213Did not advanceHans FischerJosé Carlos de LimaFernando LouroAntônio SilvestreTeam pursuit4:32,34 11Did not advance
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRank½ Prel.TotalRankMilton Jorge Braga3 m springboard451.1722Did not advance10 m platform373.0620Did not advance
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankJoão Luiz RibeiroAll-around18.20 16.8517.35 18.65 17.0517.65 52.3064Did not advance Women AthleteEventQualification FinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankClaudia CostaAll-around17.50 18.2017.60 17.25 35.275 Q8.6508.800 8.200 8.850 69.775 31
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Repechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLuiz Juniti Shinohara−60 kgW 1000-0000L 0000-0001Did not advance13Luiz Onmura−65 kgW 1000-0000L 0000-0001Did not advance13Anelson Vieira−71 kgL 0000-1000Did not advance19Carlos Alberto Cunha−78 kgW 1000-0000W 1000-0000L 0000-0001Did not advance10Walter Carmona−86 kgW 1000-0000W 1000-0000W 1000-0000L 0000-0001Did not advanceL 0000-00015OpenW 1000-0000L 0000-0001Did not advance10Luiz Moura−95 kgW 1000-0000L 0000-0001Did not advance13Oswaldo Simões Filho+95 kgL 0000-0001Did not advance10
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPaulo Cesar DvorawskiSingle sculls8:01.383 SFcolspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 7:39.28 6 FB 7:32.0012José Cláudio LazzarottoRonaldo de CarvalhoRicardo de CarvalhoWaldemar TrombettaQuadruple sculls 6:25.845 R6:11.96 4 FB colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 6:06.5811Laildo MachadoWandir KuntzeWalter SoaresHenrique JohannManuel MandelCoxless pair6:59.985 R6:37.07 3 FB colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 6:33.298
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceFinal rank1234567ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankClaudio BiekarckFinn 9 15.0 5 10.0 1 0.0 13 19.0 9 15.0 5 10.02 3.0 53.0 4Marcos SoaresEduardo Penido470 2 3.0 1 0.0 6 11.7 1 0.0 5 10.0 10 16.0 6 11.7 36.4 Reinaldo ConradManfred KaufmannFlying Dutchman 3 5.7 5 10.0 9 15.0 7 13.0 5 10.0 6 11.7 7 13.0 63.4 8Alexandre WelterLars Sigurd BjorkstromTornado 3 5.7 1 0.0 3 5.7 6 11.7 1 0.0 1 0.05 10.0 21.4 Eduardo de SouzaPeter ErzbergerStar 9 15.0 11 17.0 8 14.0 8 14.0 9 15.0 11 17.05 10.0 85.0 9 Gastão BrunVicente BrunRoberto Luiz SouzaSoling4 8.0 7 13.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 7 13.0 3 5.7 6 11.7 47.16
Shooting
Open AthleteEventFinalScoreRankWaldemar Capucci50 m rifle prone59132Sylvio Carvalho50 m pistol5589Fernando Gomes25 m rapid fire pistol58819Durval Guimarães50 m rifle prone59225Marcos José OlsenTrap18718
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRômulo Arantes100 metre backstroke57.902 Q58.215Did not advanceCyro Delgado100 metre freestyle53.006Did not advance200 metre freestyle1:54.595 Did not advanceJorge Fernandes100 metre freestyle52.514 Q52.918Did not advance200 metre freestyle1:54.323Did not advanceMarcelo Jucá400 metre freestyle4:03.924Did not advance1500 metre freestyle16:01.115Did not advanceCláudio Kestener100 metre butterfly57.654Did not advance200 metre butterfly2:08.656Did not advanceDjan Madruga400 metre freestyle3:55.691 Qcolspan=2 3:54.1541500 metre freestyle15:56.206Did not advance400 m individual medley4:28.771 Qcolspan=2 4:26.815Marcus Mattioli200 metre freestyle1:54.393 Did not advance100 metre butterfly57.965Did not advance200 metre butterfly2:06.873Did not advanceRicardo Prado100 metre backstroke1:01.036Did not advance400 m individual medley4:31.693Did not advanceSérgio Ribeiro100 metre breaststroke1:06.715 Did not advanceJorge FernandesMarcus MattioliCyro DelgadoDjan Madruga4 × 200 metre freestyle relay7:32.812colspan=2 7.29,30Rômulo ArantesSérgio Pinto RibeiroCláudio KestenerCyro DelgadoJorge Fernandes4 × 100 metre medley relay3.53,23 8 Qcolspan=2 3.53,23 8
Volleyball
Men
Pool B
5th–8th semifinals
5th place match
Team Roster João Alves Granjeiro Mario Xandó Oliveira Neto Antonio Gueiros Badalhoca José Montanaro Antonio Carlos Moreno Renan Dal Zotto William Carvalho Silva Amauri Ribeiro Bernardo Rezende Jean Luc Rosat Deraldo Wanderley Bernard Rajzman
Women
Group B
5th–8th place semifinals
7th place match
Team Roster Denise Porto Mattioli Ivonette Das Neves Lenice Peluso Oliveira Regina Vilela Santos Fernanda Emerick Silva Paula Hernandez Rodrigues Mello Isabel Salgado Eliana Maria Aleixo Maria Castanheira Jaqueline Silva Vera Mossa Rita Teixeira
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRank Durval de Moraes 52 kg8018 107.514 187.516 Paulo Batista de Sene 60 kg10014 0NVL 100AC
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