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
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in
Helsinki
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,
Finland
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. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.
Brazil won three medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Brazil won its first gold medal since its debut at the
1920 Summer Olympics.
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (September 29, 1927 – January 12, 2001) was a Brazilian triple jumper. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four world records, the last being 16.56 metres in 1955 Pan American Games. In his early career he also ...
won the
men's triple jump. Adhemar broke the Olympic record four times and the world record twice in the event. Gold medal favorite and incumbent world recorder Adhemar broke the record for the first time in his second jump, with 16.12m. In the fifth, the Brazilian reached his best mark, 16.22m, a new world mark, 24 cm ahead of the Soviet
Leonid Shcherbakov
Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, born 7 April 1927) is a Russian retired triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953 and won the Europ ...
, who won the silver medal.
José Telles da Conceição won the bronze medal in
men's high jump with a jump of 1,98 m; together with the gold medal won by Adhemar, those were the first medals won by Brazilians at
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), competi ...
in the Olympic Games.
Tetsuo Okamoto became the first Brazilian swimmer to win an Olympic medal, the bronze at the
men's 1500 metre freestyle.
Medalists
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Basketball
Main tournament
Group 3
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Quarterfinals
The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.
Quarterfinals group B
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Semifinals
Finals
Team Roster
**
Algodão
**
Angelo Bonfietti
**
João Francisco Bráz
**
Mayr Facci
**
Mário Jorge Mário Jorge may refer to:
* Mário Jorge (basketball) (1926-2019), Brazilian basketball player
* Mário Jorge (footballer) (born 1961), Portuguese footballer
* Mário Jorge (football manager) (born 1978), Brazilian football manager
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**
Ruy de Freitas
**
Sebastião Giménez
**
Godinho
**
Thales Monteiro
**
Almir
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Alfredo da Motta
Alfredo Rodrigues da Motta (12 January 1921 – 22 April 1998) was a Brazilian basketball player, who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. There he won the bronze medal with the men's national team. He was born in Rio ...
**
Raymundo Carvalho
**
Zé Luiz
*Head coach:
Manoel Pitanga
Boxing
;Men
Diving
;Men
Equestrian
Eventing
Show jumping
Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1952.
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Men's épée
*
César Pekelman
*
Darío Amaral
*
Walter de Paula
;
Men's team épée
*
Darío Amaral,
César Pekelman,
Walter de Paula,
Helio Vieira
;
Men's sabre
*
Etienne Molnar
Football
; Preliminary round
; First round
; Quarter-finals
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1952.
;Men
Rowing
Brazil had three male rowers participate in one out of seven
rowing
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...
events in 1952.
;Men
Sailing
;Open
Shooting
Eight shooters represented Brazil in 1952.
;Men
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Water polo
Qualifying round
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Preliminary round
Group D
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Weightlifting
;Men
References
External links
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Country at games navbox, Brazil, Olympics
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
1952 in Brazilian sport