Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. 147 competitors, 126 men and 21 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports. The country set a record with 8 medals - only surpassed in 1996 with 15 , but only one medal was gold. The runner

Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (born March 12, 1963) is a Brazilian former middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of only five men to run the 800 metres in less than 1 minute, 42 seconds. Biography Cruz wa ...

won the men's 800 metres event with an Olympic record. This was the first and until nowadays the onliest gold medal won by Brazilians in a track event in

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

- all the other gold medals were in field events. Brazilian football and volleyball men's teams started their success in Olympic history winning for the first time an Olympic medal. Both teams were silver medalists. The Olympic football team lost the final to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

by 2 - 0.

Brazil men's national volleyball team The Brazil men's national volleyball team is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol ''( Brazilian Volleyball Confederation)'' and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Brazil has three gold medals at the Olympic Game ...

was defeated by host country

by 3 sets to 0. The swimmer

Ricardo Prado Ricardo Prado (born 3 January 1965 in Andradina, São Paulo, Brazil) is an Olympic and former World Record holding medley swimmer from Brazil. He was one of the greatest swimmers in the history of Brazil and the best Brazilian swimmer in the ...

was the silver medalist in the men's 400 metre individual medley. The sailor

Torben Grael Torben is a Danish variant of the given name Torbjörn. People named Torben include: *Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter *Torben Boye (born 1966), Danish former footballer *Torben Frank (born 1968), Danish former footbal ...

won the silver medal in the Soling class together with Daniel Adler and Ronaldo Senfft. It was the first Olympic medal won by Grael, who has five Olympic medals, a record only equaled by sailor

Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt (born April 15, 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of the most successful sailors at Olympic Games and one of t ...

Brazilian judokas won three Olympic medals in 1984.

Douglas Vieira Douglas Vieira (born June 17, 1960) is a Brazilian judoka and Olympic medalist. Among his best sporting achievements is his silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), oft ...

was a silver medalist in men's 95 kg category.

Luis Onmura Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

was a bronze medalist in men's 71 kg and

Walter Carmona Walter Carmona (born 21 June 1957 in Sao Paulo) is a Brazilian judoka and Olympic medalist. He placed 5th at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Lo ...

conquered bronze medal in men's 86 kg.

Medalists

, width=78% align=left valign=top , , style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;",

Archery

In its second Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent only one man. Veteran Renato Emilio fell drastically in the ranking despite having improved upon his score from 1980 by 99 points. ;Men

Athletics

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

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Group A

*Team Roster **

Nilo Guimarães Nilo de Oliveira Guimarães (born 30 September 1954) is a São Toméan businessman and politician. Running as an independent candidate in the 30 July 2006 presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose ...

** Silvio Malvezi **

Gerson Victalino Gerson Victalino (19 September 1959 – 29 April 2020), also commonly known simply as Gerson, was a Brazilian professional basketball player. National team career With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Victalino won a silver me ...

** Milton Setrini Júnior ** Ricardo Guimarães ** Marcos Leite ** Eduardo Galvão ** Marcel Souza ** Adilson Nascimento **

Marcelo Vido Marcelo Vido (born 15 January 1959) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. Playing career During his pro sports club, club playing career, Vido won the 1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 1979 edition of t ...

Oscar Schmidt Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, ...

Israel Machado Israel Machado Campelo Andrade (born January 17, 1960 in Salvador), commonly known as Israel Andrade or simply Israel, is a former professional basketball player from Brazil. Professional career During his pro club career, Andrade won 4 Brazil ...

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented Brazil in 1984.

Road

Track

;1000m time trial ;Men's Sprint ;Points race ;Pursuit

Diving

;Women

Equestrianism

Show jumping

Football

Brazil won the silver medal for men's football, their first ever. Even though

has won more

Soccer World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has ...

s than any other country, they have never won a football

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

at any olympics. The Brazilian team was entirely made by players of

Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional Association football, football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A, the first divisio ...

, of

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...

. Amongst them, was

1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the countr ...

captain,

Dunga Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri (born 31 October 1963), known as Dunga (), is a Brazilian football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. Under his captaincy, Brazil won the 1994 FIFA World Cup and he lifted ...

First round

Group C

---- ----

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold Medal match

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Women

Judo

A traditional sport in Brazil, Judo has warranted three medals, for Brazilian men. Two bronze medals, and a silver medal. ;Men

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

;Men ;Women ;Open

Swimming

;Men

Synchronized swimming

;Women

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Pool A

Semifinals

Gold medal match

*Team Roster **

Renan dal Zotto Renan Dal Zotto (born July 19, 1960) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in three editions of the Summer Olympics and currently head coach of Brazil men's national volleyball team. He was born in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul. ...

** William Carvalho da Silva ** Fernando d'Àvila ** Mário Xandó de Oliveira Neto **

Bernardo Rocha de Rezende Bernardo Rocha de Rezende (born 25 August 1959), known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube. Rezende i ...

Rui Campos do Nascimento Rui Campos do Nascimento known as Rui (born September 23, 1960) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its ...

** Marcus Vinicius Simòes Freire **

Domingos Lampariello Neto Domingos is the name of: People Surnamed * Afonso Domingos * André Domingos * Antonio Domingos * Bárbara Domingos * Camilo Domingos * Ederson Bruno Domingos * Garcia Domingos * Guilherme Afif Domingos * Jônatas Domingos * Laila Doming ...

** José Montanaro **

Bernard Rajzman Bernard Rajzman (born April 25, 1957) is a former Brazilian volleyball player. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He was enshrined in the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2005. Nowadays, Bernard is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Ra ...

** Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro *Head Coach:

Bebeto de Freitas Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 – March 13, 2018), was a Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager. He was the president of Botafogo FR football club. Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He coached several ...

Women's Team Competition

Group A

5th–8th place semifinals

7th place natch

*Team Roster ** Vera Mossa ** Fernanda Emerick Silva **

Mônica da Silva Mônica Pinto da Silva Driscoll, known professionally as Mônica da Silva, is a Brazilian American singer-songwriter and musician, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie duo Complicated Animals. Da Silva's sound can be c ...

Isabel Salgado Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado Alencar (2 August 1960 – 16 November 2022) was a Brazilian volleyball player and coach. She played for the Brazilian national team for ten years, with appearances at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, and the 19 ...

** Heloísa Roese ** Regina Vilela Santos-Uchoa **

Jackie Silva Jacqueline "Jackie" Louise Cruz Silva, (born February 13, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired female volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partn ...

Ana Richa Ana Maria Richa Medeiros (born December 3, 1966) is a retired female beach volleyball player from Brazil who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partner ...

** Sandra Suruagy ** Eliana da Costa ** Luiza Machado ** Ida Alvares *Head Coach: Ênio Figueiredo

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Group B

*August 1 *August 2 *August 3

Group E

*August 6 *August 7 *August 9 *August 10 *Team Roster ** Roberto Borelli ** Orlando Chaves ** Paulo Sérgio Abreu ** Carlos Carvalho ** Silvio Manfredi ** Sólon Santos ** Ricardo Tonieto ** Eric Tebbe Borges ** Mário Souto ** Mário Sérgio Lotufo **

Fernando Carsalade Fernando Carsalade (born 2 November 1964) is a Brazilian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1 ...

** Hélio Silva ** André Campos

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brazil At The 1984 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...