# Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 73 competitors, 67 men and 6 women, took part in 37 events in 9 sports.

## Athletics

Sílvio Magalhães Padilha (flagbearer, and future COB president).

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| José de Almeida | 100 m | 11.1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| José de Almeida | 200 m | NT | NT | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antônio de Carvalho | 400 m | 50.4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oswaldo Domingues | 100 m | NT | NT | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Darcy Guimarães | 110 m hurdles | NT | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sylvio Padilha | 400 m hurdles | 54.2 | 2 Q | — | — | 53.3 | 3 Q | 54.0 | 5 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Antônio Lira | Shot put | ? | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ícaro Mello | High jump | 1.80 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alfredo Mendes | High jump | 1.80 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Assis Naban | Hammer throw | ? | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Márcio de Oliveira | Long jump | ? | Q | 7.05 | 15 |

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### First round

* 7 August
| Brazil | 28–17 | Canada |
* Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

#### Second round

* 9 August
| Chile | 23–18 | Brazil |
* Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

#### Second consolation round

* 10 August
| Brazil | 32–14 | Republic of China |
* Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

#### Third round

* 11 August
| Poland | 33–25 | Brazil |
* Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

## Cycling

Three cyclists, all male, represented Brazil in 1936.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Dertônio Ferrer | Men's road race | NT | NT |
| José Magnani | Men's road race | NT | NT |
| Hermógenes Netto | Men's road race | NT | NT |

## Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Brazil in 1936.

### Men

Ranks given are within the pool.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Fencer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Lodovico Alessandri | Men's foil | 1–5 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moacyr Dunham | Men's foil | 0–4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ricardo Vagnotti | Men's foil | 1–4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Henrique de Aguilar | Men's épée | 6–0 | 1 Q | — | — | 5–0 | 4 Q | 2–0 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moacyr Dunham | Men's épée | 0–0 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ennio de Oliveira | Men's épée | 2–0 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lodovico Alessandri | Men's sabre | 1–5 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moacyr Dunham | Men's sabre | 0–6 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ennio de Oliveira | Men's sabre | 0–7 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moacyr Dunham Ennio de Oliveira Ricardo Vagnotti Lodovico Alessandri | Team foil | France (FRA) L 0–16 Yugoslavia (YUG) L 7–9 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moacyr Dunham Ricardo Vagnotti Henrique de Aguilar Ennio de Oliveira | Team epee | Germany (GER) L 6–9 Canada (CAN) L 7–8 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

Ranks given are within the pool.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Fencer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Hilda von Puttkammer | Women's foil | 3–3 | 4 Q | — | — | 0–4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1936.

### 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 |
| Guilherme Catramby Filho | Men's | 1.0 | 17.5 | 157 | 28 | 36 | 159.5 | 36 |
| Rui Duarte | Men's | 18 | 15.5 | 167 | 23 | 33 | 160.0 | 37 |
| Anísio da Rocha | Men's | 41,5 | 18.5 | 146 | 39 | 30 | 177.5 | 39 |

## Rowing

Brazil had 22 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1936.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Celestino de Palma | Single sculls | 7:37.7 | 2 R | 7:49.7 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adamor Gonçalves Paschoal Rapuano | Double sculls | 7:26.3 | 6 q | — | — | 8:30.2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Afonso de Castro Eduardo Lehman | Coxless pair | 7:40.2 | 4 q | BYE | BYE | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance |
| Estevam Strata José Ramalho Decio Klettenberg | Coxed pair | 8:13.7 | 6 q | — | — | 9:32.3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nelson Ribeiro Álvaro de Sá Freire José de Campos Wilson de Freitas Henrique Camargo | Coxed four | 7:01.3 | 2 q | — | — | 8:26.0 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Arno Franzen Maximo Fava Ernesto Sauter Alfredo de Baer Frederico Tadewald Henrique Kranen Nilo Franzen Lauro Franzen Rodolpho Rath | Eight | 6:33.2 | 5 R | 7:06.1 | 4 | — | — | 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 |
| Walter Heuer | O-Jolle | 21 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 39 | 24 |

## Shooting

Four shooters represented Brazil in 1936.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Manoel Braga | 50 metre rifle prone | 287 | 51 |
| Harvey Dias Villela | 50 m pistol | 515 | 25 |
| Antônio Guimarães | 50 metre rifle prone | 292 | 23 |
| José Mello | 50 metre rifle prone | 296 | 5 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Julius Edgar Arp | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:02.6 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ademar Caballero | 100 metre backstroke | 1:17.0 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antônio Amaral Filho | 100 metre backstroke | 1:21.0 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| João Havelange | 400 metre freestyle | 5:31.5 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| João Havelange | 1500 metre freestyle | 22:54.1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aluizio Lage | 400 metre freestyle | 5:18.3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Isaac Moraes | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.5 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Benvenuto Nunes | 100 metre backstroke | 1:16.9 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leônidas da Silva | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antônio Luiz dos Santos | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:56.8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paulo Tarrto | 100 metre freestyle | 1:02.6 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Manoel Villar | 400 metre freestyle | 5:18.2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Manoel Villar | 1500 metre freestyle | 21:49.9 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aluizio Lage Leônidas da Silva Manoel Villar Isaac Moraes | 4 x 200 metre freestyle | — | — | 9:42.5 | 3 | 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 | 100 metre freestyle | 1:09.4 | 3 Q | 1:09.6 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Piedade Coutinho | 400 metre freestyle | 5:35.5 | 3 Q | 5:42.5 | 2 Q | 5:35.2 | 5 |
| Maria Lenk | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:17.2 | 3 Q | 3:17.7 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helena Salles | 100 metre freestyle | 1:16.2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Scylla Venâncio | 100 metre freestyle | 1:15.1 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Scylla Venâncio | 400 metre freestyle | 6:23.0 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sieglinda Zigler | 100 metre backstroke | 1:32.0 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |