Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the

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, China, in August 2008. Brazilian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since

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, except the

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. The country is represented by the

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(COB – Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro). Brazil headed to the Beijing Games with its largest Olympic delegation at the time, 277 athletes, including 132 women. The 17 medals won by Brazil topped the previous medal count record set in

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, and included the first individual medal and the first individual gold earned by women, by judoka

Ketleyn Quadros Ketleyn Lima Quadros (born 1 October 1987) is a Brazilian judoka. She won the bronze medal in the 57 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual sport. Personal l ...

and jumper

Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi (born June 25, 1976, in São Carlos) is a former Brazilian track and field athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder in the 100 metres hurdles and long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metre ...

, respectively. Three of the medals were gold, by Maggi, swimmer César Cielo and the female volleyball team. Brazil won the first medal ever in taekwondo, when

Natália Falavigna Natália Falavigna da Silva (born May 9, 1984 in Maringá''Guia do Pan – XV Jogos Pan-Americanos''. Rio de Janeiro: Lance!, 2007) is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekw ...

won the bronze medal in women's +67 kg. Brazil also won its first gold medal ever in swimming, achieved by César Cielo in men's 50 m freestyle.

Summary

Brazil was the 39th nation to enter the

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during the

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. Sailor

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(

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and

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medalist) was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. 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

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a result that confirmed his position of new standout in the tests of speed of swimming. The jumper

reached 7.04m in the final of the women's long jump and surpassed, in just one centimeter, the Russian

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. Maurren won gold and became the first Brazilian woman in history to win the gold medal, not only in

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but also in an individual event of any sport in the Olympic Games.

, was the flag bearer at the

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. It was also in

that one of the most popular sports in Brazil finally saw women win Olympic gold: the

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. Four years earlier, in

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, the

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, led by coach

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, champion with the men's team at the

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, had been very close to the dreamy Olympic decision when, in the semifinal against

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, 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

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. 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

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in the decision by 3 to 1.

entered history as the only coach to have taken a male and a female teams Olympic gold. The

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was silver medalist of the tournament, losing the gold medal match by 3 to 1 to

. In the

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two medals were conquered in the men's tournament. Márcio Araújo and

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were silver medalists, losing the gold medal match to Americans Todd Rogers and

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. The bronze medal was obtained by Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego. At the

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the Brazil women's national football team won the silver medal. The team advanced to the final against

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

and

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were silver medalists in Star class. This was

's fourth of his 5 Olympic medals. Also in the

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, Fernanda Oliveira and

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were the bronze medalists in Women's 470 class, becoming the first Brazilian women to win an Olympic medal in

. Brazilian judokas won three more podiums for Brazil.

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was the bronze medalist in men's 73 kg while Thiago Camilo won the bronze in men's 81 kg category.

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

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

, due to doping violations. Both medals were in the

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. Originally won by

, the gold medal of women's 4 × 100 m relay was stripped due to anti-doping rules violation by Yulia Chermoshanskaya. Following medals reallocation,

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was awarded gold,

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– silver and Brazil – bronze.

Rosemar Coelho Neto Rosemar Maria Coelho Neto (born January 2, 1977, in Miracatu, São Paulo) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil.

Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura (born 22 March 1974 in Timóteo, MG) is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won the ...

Thaissa Presti Thaissa Barbosa Presti(born November 7, 1985, in São Paulo) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil., beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 Presti represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

and

Rosângela Santos Rosângela Cristina Oliveira Santos (born December 20, 1990) is an American-born Brazilian track and field sprint athlete. Career Santos represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together ...

received the bronze medals in March 2017 at the

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ceremony in

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. Jamaican team originally won gold medals in Men's 4 × 100 m relay but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by

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. The

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decided in 2018 that

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is the winner, the silver medal was reallocated to

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and the bronze to Brazil team, which was formed by sprinters

Vicente de Lima Vicente Lenílson de Lima (born June 4, 1977) is a Brazilian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4×100 metres relay. De Lima represented Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The 37.90 seconds were not enough ...

, Sandro Viana, Bruno de Barros and

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Medalists

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Multiple medallist

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

Archery

Luiz Trainini Luiz Gustavo Trainini (born 14 January 1978, in Canoas) is an athlete from Brazil, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Trainini finished his ranking round with a total of 610 points, which gave him ...

qualified by placing third at the Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament, held in

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, October 2007.

Athletics

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

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

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* The athlete who finished in second place,

Lyudmila Blonska Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk ( uk, Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper. ...

of the

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, tested positive for a banned substance. 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

;Summary

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

;Women

Sprint

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

Cycling

Road

;Men ;Women

Mountain biking

;Men ;Men

Diving

César Castro qualified a spot to Brazil at the FINA World Championship, while

Cassius Duran Cassius Ricardo Duran (born May 31, 1979 in São Paulo) is a male diver from Brazil. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 ( Sydney, Australia). Duran won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan Americ ...

Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso (born December 22, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a female diving (sport), diver from Brazil who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, from Sydney 2000 to 2016 Olympic Games, Rio 2016. She claim ...

and

Hugo Parisi Hugo Pellicer Parisi (born August 1, 1984) is a male diver from Brazil, who competed at four consecutive Summer Olympic Games for his native country, starting in 2004. A member of ' he claimed two silver medals at the 2008 South American Swimmi ...

qualified at the FINA Diving World Cup. ;Men ;Women

Equestrian

The dressage and eventing teams qualified by taking bronze medals at the team Competition at the

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, while the jumping team qualified by taking the gold medal at the team Competition at the

Dressage

Eventing

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

* 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.

Fencing

;Men

Football

;Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified by winning the

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. * Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players ;Roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Bronze medal game ;Final rank

Women's tournament

Brazil women's national football team is in Group B with Korea DPR, Germany and Nigeria.

(

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runner-up, second in the

2006 Sudamericano Femenino The 2006 South American Women's Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 2006'') was the fifth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship (now known as ''Copa América Femenina'') and determined the CON ...

) qualified by defeating ( CAF runner-up, second in the qualifying tournament). * Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players ;Roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Gold medal game ;Final rank

Gymnastics

Artistic

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qualified by placing 17th at the

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in the men's team all-around competition, and the women's team qualified by placing 5th at the

in the women's team all-around competition. ;Men ;Women ;Team ;Individual finals

Rhythmic

A group qualified by placing 11th at the

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in the group all-around competition.

Handball

Brazil has qualified for both the men's and women's events by winning the

. * Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players * Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players ;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play

Judo

Qualification spots were won at the

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and the Pan-American Judo Union Championships. ;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

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

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Synchronized swimming

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

Table tennis

Gustavo Tsuboi Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985, São Paulo) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games. Along with Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the ...

, Thiago Monteiro and

Mariany Nonaka Mariany Mayumi Nonaka (born 22 February 1988) is a Brazilian table tennis player. As of March 2012, Nonaka is ranked no. 406 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). She is a member of Acrepa Sao Bernardo Sports Club, an ...

all qualified at the 18th Latin American Championship. ;Singles ;Team

Taekwondo

;Men ;Women

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

;Women

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. ;Summary

Men's tournament

qualified by winning the

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. ;Roster ;Preliminary round ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

qualified by being runner-up at the

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. ;Roster ;Preliminary round ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Weightlifting

Wellison Silva qualified at the

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Wrestling

;Women's freestyle

References

COB's listingBrazilian Olympic Team

Notes

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Summary

Medalists

Multiple medallist

Archery

Athletics

Basketball

Women's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Mountain biking

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Handball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

Notes