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competed at the

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. 106 competitors, 91 men and 15 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Brazilian athletes conquered gold medals again after 24 years, since the

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. Brazil won two gold and two bronze medals in 1980. Both the two gold medals were obtained in

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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 João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" (May 28, 1954May 29, 1999) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump. Born in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo De Oliveira won two Olympic bronze medals. His per ...

repeated the result in men's triple jump in a very controversial event. The

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and Viktor Saneyev placed first and second, ahead of Oliveira. Both him and fourth place

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's Ian Campbell produced long jumps, but they were declared fouls by the officials and not measured.

Medalists

Archery

In its first Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent one woman and one man. ;Men ;Women

Athletics

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

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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

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. *Team Roster: **

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** 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 **

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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, ...

** Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães

Boxing

;Men

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Brazil in 1980.

Road

Track

;1000m time trial ;Pursuit

Diving

;Men

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Women

Judo

;Men

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

;Open

Swimming

;Men

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 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 Silva * Amauri Ribeiro *

Bernardo 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 ...

* 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 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 ...

* Eliana Maria Aleixo * Maria Castanheira * Jaqueline Silva * Vera Mossa * Rita de Cássia Teixeira

Weightlifting

;Men

References

{{Country at games navbox, Brazil, Olympics Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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