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Brazil competed at the
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in
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, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in
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– and 3 golds – surpassed in
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with five. In the debutant
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, several remarkable achievements were earned when it happened the all-Brazilian final between
Sandra Pires Sandra Pires Tavares (born June 16, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Jackie Silva. She ...
and
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, partne ...
(who won gold) and
Mônica Rodrigues Mônica Rodrigues (born September 20, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player. She won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering with Adriana Samu ...
and
Adriana Samuel Adriana Samuel Ramos (born April 12, 1966) is a Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering with Mônica Rodrigues. Samu ...
: - the first Olympic medals ever won by Brazilian women in any sport - the first Olympic gold medal ever won by Brazilian women. - the first medal ever earned in beach volleyball - the first gold medal ever in the sport. Brazil has also won the first medal ever in
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, when the team jumping conquered the bronze medal, marking also the first medal ever in a mixed gender Olympic event.


Summary

After 76 years since the debut of the country at the
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, Brazilian women finally won Olympic medals. That happened for the first time in the all-Brazilians
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final between
Sandra Pires Sandra Pires Tavares (born June 16, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Jackie Silva. She ...
and
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, partne ...
(who won gold) and
Mônica Rodrigues Mônica Rodrigues (born September 20, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player. She won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering with Adriana Samu ...
and
Adriana Samuel Adriana Samuel Ramos (born April 12, 1966) is a Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering with Mônica Rodrigues. Samu ...
. Beach volleyball competitions made its debut at
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. The other two gold medals were both obtained in
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events.
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was gold medalist in the Laser class.
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and Marcelo Ferreira won Star class. It was the first medal of
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and the third medal of
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; both sailors are the onliest Brazilian athletes with the record of five Olympic medals (two of them are gold). Besides the two gold medals, a bronze medal was also obtained in
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by Torben's brother
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and Kiko Pellicano in Tornado class.
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, led by
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,
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and
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, had a great performance, losing the gold medal match to host country
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. It was the first medal won by women in
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. The swimmer
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obtained the silver medal in men's 200 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in
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. The other medal obtained in swimmer was the bronze medal conquered by
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in men's 50 m freestyle.
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, finally won its first Olympic medal after a hard bronze medal match against
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by 3 sets to 2. At the men's football tournament, the under-23 football team lost a dramatic semifinal to
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by 4–3, after being winning the match by 3 to 0. In the bronze medal match, Brazil beat
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by 5–0. At the
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events, Brazil won two bronze medals. The 1988 Olympic champion
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obtained a medal in men's 95 kg category, while
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was the medalist in men's 65 kg category. The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and
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in team jumping was the first of the History of the country not only in
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as also in a mixed gender Olympic event, tough all 4 members of the team were men. Finally,
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, Édson Ribeiro,
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and
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obtained for the first time ever a medal in a relay event in
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, the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.


Medalists

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Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.


Athletics

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


Basketball


Men's tournament

;Team roster * Ratto * Tonico * Josuel * Caio * Caio da Silveira * Olívia * Ferraciú * Pipoka * Janjão * Oscar Schmidt *
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* Wilson Minucci ;Group play ;Quarterfinal ;Classification game 5th-8th place ;5th place game


Women's tournament

;Team roster * Hortência * Paula * Janeth * Marta Sobral * Alessandra * Branca * Adriana * Leila *
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*
Silvinha Silvia Andrea Santos Luz (born March 5, 1975 in Araçatuba), nicknamed Silvinha, is a Brazilian women's basketball player. She represented her country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ( Atlanta, Georgia), and won a silver and a bron ...
* Cíntia * Cláudia ;Group play ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Boxing


Canoeing


Slalom


Sprint

;Men


Cycling


Road

;Men


Mountain biking

;Men


Equestrian


Eventing


Jumping


Football


Summary


Men's tournament

;Team roster Head coach: Zagallo ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal match


Women's tournament

;Team roster Head coach: José Duarte
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named a squad of 16 players and 2 alternates for the tournament. During the tournament, Kátia replaced Nilda due to injury. ;Group play ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal match


Handball

;Summary


Men's tournament

;Team roster * Cezar Stelzner de Lima * Edison Alves Freire * Ivan Raimundo Pinheiro * Marcos Antônio Cezar * José Ronaldo do Nascimento * Fausto Steinwandter * Paulo Moratore * Milton Fonseca Pelissari * Daniel Pinheiro * Agberto Correa de Matos * Marcelo Minhoto Ferraz de Sampaio * Winglitton Rocha Barros * Ivan Bruno Maziero * Rodrigo Hoffelder * Osvaldo Inocente Filho * Carlos Luciano Ertel ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Eleventh place game


Judo

;Men ;Women


Rowing

;Men


Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Mixed


Shooting

;Men


Swimming

;Men ;Women


Table tennis

;Men ;Women


Tennis


Volleyball


Beach


Indoor


Men's tournament

;Team roster *
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* Nalbert Bitencourt * Giovane Gávio * Antonio Carlos Gouveia * Mauricio Lima * Fábio Marcelino * Marcelo Negrão * Cássio Pereira * Max Pereira * Alexandre Samuel * Carlos Schwanke * Paulo André Silva *Head Coach:
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;Group play ;Quarterfinal ;5th-8th place classification game ;5th place game


Women's tournament

;Team roster *
Ana Ida Alvares Ana Margarida "Ida" Vieira Álvares (born January 22, 1965) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. She competed in three Summer Olympics for Brazil women's national volleyball team, winning the bronze medal in their last, the 1996 Summer O ...
*
Leila Barros Leila Gomes de Barros (born September 30, 1971) is a Brazilian politician and a former volleyball player. She often played as opposite hitter and attacker. She was a member of the Brazilian squad who had great success in the late 1990s and earl ...
*
Ericleia Bodziak ''Ericleia Bodziak'' (26 September 1969), also known as Filó, is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player. She participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known ...
*
Hilma Caldeira Hilma Aparecida Caldeira (born January 5, 1972) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who competed with the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she claimed the bronze medal with ...
*
Ana Paula Connelly Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a retired female volleyball player and journalist from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and ...
* Marcia Fu Cunha *
Virna Dias Virna Cristine Dantas Dias (born August 31, 1971 in Natal) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she claimed the bronze medal with the Women's N ...
*
Ana Moser Ana Beatriz Moser (born August 14, 1968 in Blumenau) is a Brazilian former volleyball player, who played as an outside hitter. She was a member of the Women's National Team for over a decade, serving as the team captain and winning the squad's ...
* Ana Flavia Sanglard ( c) * Hélia Souza *
Sandra Suruagy Sandra Maria Lima Suruagy (born 17 April 1963) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she claimed the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. ...
*
Fernanda Venturini Fernanda Porto Venturini (born 24 October 1970, in Ribeirão Preto) is a former volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she won the bronze medal with the Brazi ...
*Head Coach:
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 ...
;Group play ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game


Weightlifting


See also

* Brazil at the 1995 Pan American Games


References


Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee

sports-reference

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