Brazil competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 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 won the men's 800 metres event with an Olympic record. This was the first and until nowadays the only gold medal achieved by Brazilians in a track event in Athletics – 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 by 2 – 0. Brazil men's national volleyball team was defeated by host country United States by 3 sets to 0.
The swimmer Ricardo Prado was the silver medalist in the men's 400 metre individual medley. The sailor Torben Grael won the silver medal in the Soling class together with Daniel Adler and Ronaldo Senfft. It was the first Olympic medal won by Grael, whose five Olympic medals were a record for 40 years, when Rebeca Andrade won six.
Brazilian judokas won three Olympic medals in 1984. Douglas Vieira was a silver medalist in men's 95 kg category. Luis Onmura was a bronze medalist in men's 71 kg and Walter Carmona conquered bronze medal in men's 86 kg.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Joaquim Cruz Athletics Men's 800 metres Ricardo Prado Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley Daniel AdlerTorben GraelRonaldo Senfft Sailing Soling class Douglas Vieira Judo Men's 95 kg Men's Brazil Olympic football team Football Men's tournament Volleyball Men's tournament Luis Onmura Judo Men's 71 kg Walter Carmona Judo Men's 86 kg | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 1001Judo 0123Football 0101Sailing 0101Swimming 0101Volleyball 0101Total1528
Medals by genderGender TotalMale1528Female0000Mixed0000Total 1 5 2 8
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 AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Total scoreScoreSeedScoreSeedScoreSeedRenato EmilioIndividual1184 42 1179 42236344
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJosé Luíz Barbosa800 m1:47.122 Q1:46.874 Q1:48.708Did not advancePaulo Roberto Correia100 m10.454 q10.547Did not advanceJoaquim Cruz800 m1:45.66 1 Q1:44.841 Q1:43.821 Q1:43.001500 m3:41.011 Qcolspan=2 DNFDid not advanceAntônio Dias Ferreira400 m hurdles49.852 Qcolspan=2 50.708Did not advanceAgberto Guimarães800 m1:47.723 Q1:45.183 Q1:46.656Did not advance1500 m3:49.262 Qcolspan=2 DSQDid not advanceKatsuhiko Nakaya100 m10.553 Q10.695Did not advanceWilson David Santos400 m47.555Did not advanceNelson dos Santos100 m10.703 Q10.534Did not advanceEloi SchlederMarathoncolspan=6 2'16:3523 Arnaldo da Silva200 m21.245Did not advanceJoão Batista da Silva20.703 q20.614 Q20.612 Q20.304José João da Silva5000 m14:03.448Did not advance10000 m29:10.5210Did not advanceRobson da Silva200 m21.083 Q20.884 Q20.806Did not advanceEvaldo Rosa Silva400 m47.55 6Did not advanceGerson Souza47.023 Q46.657Did not advanceArnaldo da SilvaRobson CaetanoKatsuhiko NakayaPaulo Roberto CorreiaNelson dos Santos4 × 100 m39.272 qcolspan=2 39.524 q39.408João Batista da SilvaAntônio Dias FerreiraJosé Luíz BarbosaGerson SouzaWilson David Santos4 × 400 m3:05.085 qcolspan=2 3:03:995Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionTom HintnausPole vault5.358 qNM12Abcélvio RodriguesTriple jump16.1216Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankEsmeralda de Jesus Garcia100 m11.634 q11.826Did not advanceEleonora MendonçaMarathoncolspan=6 2:52:19 44 Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionConceição GeremiasLong jump6.0418Did not advanceEsmeralda de Jesus Garcia6.0119Did not advance Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankConceição Geremias Result13.98 1.74 13.1525.00 5.65NMDNS5508 DNFPoints868974789846 8280
Basketball
Men's team competition
Group A Qualified for the quarterfinals TeamWLPFPAPDPts 5 0 457 366 +91 10 4 1 437 363 +74 9 3 2 383 403 −20 8 2 3 384 376 +8 7 1 4 401 423 −22 6 0 5 349 480 −131 5
Team Roster Nilo Guimarães Silvio Malvezi Gerson Victalino Milton Setrini Júnior Ricardo Guimarães Marcos Leite Eduardo Galvão Marcel Souza Adilson Nascimento Marcelo Vido Oscar Schmidt Israel Machado
Cycling
Seven cyclists represented Brazil in 1984.
Road AthleteEventTimeRankGilson AlvaristoJair BragaRenan FerraroMarcos MazzaronTeam time trial2:15:3718
Track 1000m time trial AthleteEventTimeRankMarcelo Greuel1000m time trial1:08.3712 Men's Sprint AthleteEventRound 1Repechage 1Repechage FinalsRound 2Repechage 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankPaulo JamurSprintLLW 11,92 LLDid not advance Points race AthleteEventSemifinalFinalPoints Laps behindRankPoints Laps behindRankHans FischerPoints race5214Did not advance Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankHans FischerIndividual pursuit5:00,4722Did not advance
Diving
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankTotalRankÂngela Ribeiro3 m springboard370.6823Did not advance10 m platform329.31 13Did not advance
Equestrianism
Show jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankMarcelo BlessmanAlpesIndividual44.00 45 Did not advanceJorge CarneiroTestarudo21.2532Did not advanceCaio Sérgio de CarvalhoVirtuoso23.25 33Did not advanceJorge CarneiroMarcelo BlessmanCaio Sérgio de CarvalhoVitor TeixeiraSee aboveTeam66.50 12 Q67.0010133.5010
Football
Brazil won the silver medal for men's football, their first ever. Even though Brazil has won more Soccer World Cups than any other country, they have never won a football gold medal at any olympics. The Brazilian team was entirely made by players of Sport Club Internacional, of Porto Alegre. Amongst them, was 1994 World Cup captain, Dunga.
First round
Group C
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Gold Medal match
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankGerson GnoattoAll-around18.25 17.4018.45 18.9516.95 18.05 108.05 70Did not advance Women AthleteEventQualification FinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankTatiana FigueiredoAll-around18.70 18.65 17.20 18.05 72.60 57 Q9.600 9.650 9.400 9.450 74.400 27
Judo
A traditional sport in Brazil, Judo has warranted three medals, for Brazilian men. Two bronze medals, and a silver medal. Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Repechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLuiz Shinohara−60 kgW 0001-0000L 0000-0001Did not advanceW 1000-0000L 0000-0001Did not advance7Sérgio Sano−65 kgW 1000-0000W 0010-0000L 0000-0010Did not advanceL 0000-1000Did not advance7Luis Onmura−71 kgW 1000-0000W 0100-0000W 1000-0000L 0000-1000colspan=3 W 0010-0000Rogério Santos−78 kgL 0000-0100Did not advance20Walter Carmona−86 kgW 1000-0000W 1000-0000W 0001-0000L 0000-0010colspan=3 W 0010-0000Douglas Vieira−95 kgW 0010-0000W 1000-0000W 0001-0000W 0001-0000colspan=3 L 0000-0001Frederico Flexa+95 kgcolspan=2 L 0000-1000Did not advance11
Rhythmic gymnastics
AthleteEventQualificationFinalRopeHoopClubsRibbonPrelim TotalRankRopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalRankRosana FavilaIndividual8.950 9.150 9.200 8.550 35.65024 Did not advance
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRonaldo de CarvalhoRicardo de CarvalhoCoxless pair7:32.694 R7:05.24 3 SF 7:05.926 FB7:03.978Walter SoaresAngelo Roso NetoNilton AlonsoCoxed pairs7:18.962 R7:19.40 1 FA colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 7:17.074André BerezinLuiz dos SantosDênis MarinhoLaildo MachadoManuel MandelCoxed four6:39.884 R6:33.44 5 FB colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 6:47.137
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceFinal rank1234567ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankJorge Zarif NetoFinn 8 14.0 1 0.0 6 11.719 25.0 11 17.0 15 21.0 9 15.0 78.7 8Marco ParadedaRolf Nehn470 17 23.0 16 22.0 16 22.0 9 15.0 2 3.0 19 25.0 8 14.0 99.0 13 Alan AdlerMarcos TenkeFlying Dutchman 5 10.0 PMS 24.0 13 19.06 11.7 2 3.0 2 3.0 9 15.0 61.76Lars GraelGlein HaynesTornado 5 10.0 8 14.0 14 20.0 11 17.0 3 5.7 5 10.0 12 18.0 74.77 Eduardo RamosRoberto SouzaStar 9 15.0 8 14.07 13.0 9 15.0 5 10.0 9 15.0 12 18.0 82.012 Torben GraelDaniel AdlerRonaldo SenfftSoling3 5.7 7 13.0 2 3.010 16.0 10 16.0 1 0.0 3 5.7 43.4
Shooting
Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankWaldemar Capucci50 m rifle prone58152Sylvio Carvalho50 m pistol54625Durval Guimarães50 m rifle prone58345Delival Nobre25 m rapid fire pistol5914Paulo Pimenta10 m air rifle55745 Women AthleteEventFinalScoreRankDébora Srour25 m pistol5787 Open AthleteEventFinalScoreRankMarcos José OlsenTrap18810Avelino Palma16460
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLuiz Carvalho100 metre breaststroke1:05.9624Did not advance200 metre breaststrokeDSQDid not advanceCyro Delgado100 metre freestyle51.7418Did not advance200 metre freestyle1:53.2221 Did not advanceJorge Fernandes200 metre freestyle1:53.0320Did not advanceMarcelo Jucá400 metre freestyle3:57.4315 q3:58.2315Did not advance1500 metre freestyle15:43.8017Did not advance200 metre butterflyDNSDid not advanceDjan Madruga200 metre backstroke2:05.2313 qDid not advance2:05.3312Ronald Menezes100 metre freestyle52.49 28Did not advanceRicardo Prado200 metre backstroke2:04.468 QDid not advance2:03.054200 metre butterfly2:00.5910 qDNSDid not advance200 m individual medley2:07.16 17Did not advance400 m individual medley4:23.314 Q Did not advance4:18.45 SA Jorge FernandesRonald MenezesCyro DelgadoDjan Madruga4 × 100 metre freestyle relay3:27.3310Did not advanceJorge FernandesMarcelo JucáCyro DelgadoDjan Madruga4 × 200 metre freestyle relay7:30.419Did not advanceRicardo PradoLuiz CarvalhoMarcelo JucáCyro Delgado4 × 100 metre medley relay3:53.4912Did not advance
Synchronized swimming
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalTechnicalFreeTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankPaula CarvalhoSolo79.900 85.80 165.70013Did not advancePaula CarvalhoTessa CarvalhoDuet82.092 84.20 166.29211Did not advance
Volleyball
Men's team competition
Pool A
Semifinals
Gold medal match
Team Roster Renan dal Zotto William Carvalho da Silva Fernando d'Àvila Mário Xandó de Oliveira Neto Bernardo Rocha de Rezende Rui Campos do Nascimento Marcus Vinicius Simòes Freire Domingos Lampariello Neto José Montanaro Bernard Rajzman Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas
Women's team competition
Group A
5th–8th place semifinals
7th place natch
Team Roster Vera Mossa Fernanda Emerick Silva Mônica da Silva Isabel Salgado Heloísa Roese Regina Vilela Santos-Uchoa Jackie Silva Ana Richa Sandra Suruagy Eliana da Costa Luiza Machado Ida Alvares Head coach: Ênio Figueiredo
Water polo
Men's team competition
Group B Qualified for second group stage Team 3 3 0 0 32 17 +15 6 3 2 0 1 39 31 +8 4 3 0 1 2 23 33 –10 1 3 0 1 2 25 38 −13 1 August 1 19 – 12 August 2 10 – 4 August 3 9 – 9
Group E TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff7.954106334+298.853205241+119.653024439+510.351134048–811.251043055–2512.250234052–12 August 6 13 – 4 August 7 10 – 10 August 9 11 – 9 August 10 9 – 8 Team Roster Roberto Borelli Orlando Chaves