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competed at the

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, 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

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. The sailors, Reinaldo Conrad and

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, won the medal in

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. 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

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. The winner was two time defending champion Viktor Saneyev from

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Medalists

Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Boxing

;Men

Diving

;Men

Fencing

One male fencer represented Brazil in 1976. ; Men ''Ranks given are within the pool.''

Football

First round

Group A

* **

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withdrew ----

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze Medal match

*Team Roster **(1) Carlos **(2)

Rosemiro Rosemiro Correia de Souza (born 22 February 1954), known as Rosemiro, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a right-back. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The Internat ...

**(3) Tecão **(4) Edinho **(5) Júnior **(6)

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**(7) Marinho **(8)

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**(9) Eudes **(10) Erivelto **(11) Santos **(12) Mauro **(13) Julinho **(14) Chico Fraga **(15) Jarbas **(16) Edval **(17) Zé Carlos *Coach:

Cláudio Coutinho Cláudio Pêcego de Moraes Coutinho (5 January 1939 – 27 November 1981) was a Brazilian football manager who coached Brazil from 1977 to 1980 and Los Angeles Aztecs in 1981. He died as a result of a scuba diving accident at Rio de Janeiro. Mi ...

Judo

;Men

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

;Open

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Volleyball

Preliminary round

;Pool B

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

Team roster

* Bebeto de Freitas * Sergio Danilas * Alexandre Abeid * Eloi Lacerda * Antonio Carlos Moreno * Bernard Rajzman * William Carvalho da Silva * Celso Kalache * Suiço Rosat * Fernando Roscio * Paulo Peterle * José Roberto Guimarães Head coaches: Russo Sevciuc and Carlos Souto

Weightlifting

;Men

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results databaseCOB
{{Country at games navbox, Brazil, Olympics Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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