# Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 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 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, 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 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

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Adhemar da Silva | Athletics | Men's triple jump | July 23 |
| Bronze | José da Conceição | Athletics | Men's high jump | July 20 |
| Bronze | Tetsuo Okamoto | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | August 2 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Wilson Carneiro | 400 m hurdles | 56.0 | 2 Q | 59.4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Argemiro Roque | 400 m | 49.05 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Argemiro Roque | 800 m | 1:54.1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| José da Conceição | High jump | 1.87 | 10 Q | 1.98 | |
| José da Conceição | Triple jump | 14.46 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Geraldo de Oliveira | Long jump | 6.71 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Geraldo de Oliveira | Triple jump | 14.64 | 10 Q | 14.95 | 7 |
| Ary de Sá | Long jump | 7.24 | 6 Q | 7.23 | 4 |
| Adhemar da Silva | Triple jump | 15.32 | 1 Q | 16.22 WR | |
| Hélcio da Silva | Pole vault | 3.60 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Deyse de Castro | 200 m | 25.0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helena de Menezes | 100 m | 12.5 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wanda dos Santos | 80 m hurdles | 11.3 | 2 Q | — | — | 11.4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Deyse de Castro | High jump | — | — | 1.50 | 12 |
| Helena de Menezes | Long jump | 5.33 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wanda dos Santos | Long jump | 5.35 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Basketball
### Main tournament
#### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 196 | +43 | 6 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 184 | 179 | +5 | 5 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 221 | −29 | 4 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 201 | 220 | −19 | 3 |
| Brazil | 57–55 | Canada |
| Brazil | 71–52 | Philippines |
| Argentina | 72–56 | Brazil |

### 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

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 166 | +80 | 6 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 190 | 195 | −5 | 5 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 155 | +22 | 4 |
| Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 256 | −97 | 3 |
| Brazil | 75–44 | Chile |
| Soviet Union | 54–49 | Brazil |
| United States | 57–53 | Brazil |

### Semifinals

* 31 July 1952 (1952-07-31) 10:30
| Brazil | 59–44 | France |
* Helsinki, Finland

### Finals

* 2 August 1952 (1952-08-02) 09:00
| Chile | 58–49 | Brazil |
* Helsinki, Finland

### Team Roster

** Algodão
** Angelo Bonfietti
** João Francisco Bráz
** Mayr Facci
** Mário Jorge
** Ruy de Freitas
** Sebastião Giménez
** Godinho
** Thales Monteiro
** Almir
** Alfredo da Motta
** Raymundo Carvalho
** Zé Luiz
* Head coach: Manoel Pitanga

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pedro Galasso | Featherweight | Toshihito Ishimaru (JPN) L 3–0 | Lech Drogosz (POL) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Celestino Pinto | Light-Welterweight | Salomon Carrizales (VEN) L 1–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alexandre Dib | Welterweight | Victor Jörgensen (DEN) L TKO-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paulo de Jesus Cavalheiro | Light-Middleweight | BYE | Sören Danielsson (SWE) W KO-3 | Boris Tishin (URS) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Nelson de Paula Andrade | Middleweight | Mátyás Plachy (HUN) W 2–1 | Vasile Tiță (ROU) L DSQ-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lucio Grotone | Light-Heavyweight | BYE | Bjarne Lingås (NOR) W 2–1 | Antonio Pacenza (ARG) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Richard Arie | 10 m platform | 59.40 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Milton Busin | 3 m springboard | 67.97 | 8 Q | 87.94 | 6 | 155.91 | 6 |

## Equestrian
### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Total |||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Pericles Cavalcanti | Destino | Individual | 175.50 | 9 | DSQ | DSQ | AC | DNF | DNF | AC | DNF | AC |

### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Jump-off | Rank |
| Renyldo Ferreira | Bibelot | Individual | 12.50 | 32 | 8.00 | 13 | 20.50 | — | 23 |
| Eloy de Menezes | Biguaj | Individual | 4.00 | 2 | 4.00 | 4 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 4 |
| Alvaro de Toledo | Eldorado | Individual | 16.00 | 33 | 12.00 | 21 | 28.00 | — | 31 |
| Renyldo Ferreira Eloy de Menezes Alvaro de Toledo | See above | Team | 28.50 | 4 | 28.00 | 5 | 56.50 | — | 4 |

## Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1952.

### 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

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1952.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Riding (show jumping) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Shooting (25 m rapid-fire pistol) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Running (4000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Aloysio Borges | Men's | 29 | 1 | 39 | 21 | 22 | 113 | 21 |
| Eric Marques | Men's | 43 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 135 | 29 |
| Eduardo de Medeiros | Men's | 22 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 80 | 10 |
| Aloysio Borges Eric Marques Eduardo de Medeiros | Team | 94 | 42 | 70 | 34 | 73 | 313 | 6 |

## Rowing

Brazil had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Francisco Furtado Harry Mosé João Maio | Coxed pair | 8:19.0 | 4 R | 8:05.5 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Final rank | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | Final rank | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Alfredo Jorge Ebling Bercht | Finn | 19 | 269 | 9 | 594 | 21 | 226 | 2 | 1247 | 13 | 434 | 17 | 318 | 5 | 849 | 3711 | 9 |
| Wolfgang Edgard Richter Peter Mangels Francisco Antonio Felici Italo Osoldi | Dragon | 12 | 252 | 4 | 729 | 11 | 290 | 6 | 553 | 10 | 331 | 4 | 729 | 15 | 155 | 2884 | 7 |
| Tacariju de Paula Cid de Oliveira Nascimento | Star | 11 | 382 | 4 | 821 | 13 | 309 | 19 | 144 | 12 | 344 | 15 | 247 | 15 | 247 | 2350 | 12 |

## Shooting

Eight shooters represented Brazil in 1952.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Manoel Braga | 300 m rifle, three positions | 962 | 27 |
| Guilherme Cavalcanti | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 547 | 28 |
| Antônio Guimarães | 300 m rifle, three positions | 932 | 31 |
| Severino Moreira | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1122 | 27 |
| Severino Moreira | 50 m rifle, prone | 398 | 8 |
| Jorge de Oliveira | 50 m pistol | 522 | 19 |
| Álvaro dos Santos Filho | 50 m pistol | 513 | 33 |
| Pedro Simão | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 543 | 38 |
| Harvey Dias Villela | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1113 | 32 |
| Harvey Dias Villela | 50 m rifle, prone | 385 | 48 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aram Boghossian | 100 metre freestyle | 1:02.0 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ricardo Esperard | 400 metre freestyle | 5:09.5 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| João Gonçalves Filho | 100 metre backstroke | 1:09.7 | 3 Q | 1:09.7 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adhemar Grijó Filho | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:47.6 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ilo da Fonseca | 100 metre backstroke | 1:09.9 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Haroldo Lara | 100 metre freestyle | 1:01.2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Octavio Mobiglia | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:46.1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tetsuo Okamoto | 400 metre freestyle | 4:46.1 | 1 Q | 4:46.2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tetsuo Okamoto | 1500 metre freestyle | 19:05.6 | 1 Q | — | — | 18:51.3 | |
| Fernando Pavan | 100 metre backstroke | 1:09.1 | 3 Q | 1:10.2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sylvio dos Santos | 1500 metre freestyle | 19:26.8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Haroldo Lara Sylvio dos Santos Aram Boghossian João Gonçalves Filho | 4 x 200 metre freestyle | 9:09.0 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Piedade Coutinho-Tavares | 400 metre freestyle | 5:26.9 | 3 Q | 5:28.5 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Edith de Oliveira | 100 metre backstroke | 1:20.0 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Water polo
### Qualifying round

* 1952-07-25
| Spain | 3–2 | Brazil |
* 1952-07-26
| Brazil | 6–2 | Portugal |

### Preliminary round
#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 5 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 3 |
* 1952-07-27
| Belgium | 3–1 | Brazil |
* 1952-07-28
| Spain | 6–4 | Brazil |
* 1952-07-29
| South Africa | 9–2 | Brazil |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military Press | Military Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Silvino Robin | 82.5 kg | 107.5 | 13 | 100.0 | 19 | 137.5 | 16 | 345.0 | 16 |
| Bruno Barabani | 90 kg | 97.5 | 19 | 112.5 | 8 | 145.0 | 9 | 355.0 | 14 |
| Valdemar de Silveira | +90 kg | 112.5 | 12 | 110.0 | 9 | 140.0 | 11 | 362.5 | 12 |