# Brazil at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 93 competitors, 86 men and 7 women, took part in 48 events in 12 sports. Brazilians athletes obtained two bronze medals, repeating the same performance of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The sailors, Reinaldo Conrad and Peter Ficker, won the medal in Flying Dutchman. It was the second bronze medal conquered by Reinaldo Conrad after the 1968 Olympics. The jumper João Carlos de Oliveira won the medal in men's triple jump. He was the current record holder from altitude at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. The winner was two time defending champion Viktor Saneyev from Soviet Union.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Reinaldo Conrad Peter Ficker | Sailing | Flying Dutchman | July 27 |
| Bronze | João Carlos de Oliveira | Athletics | Men's triple jump | July 30 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Rui da Silva | 100 m | 10.61 | 3 Q | 10.57 | 4 Q | 10.54 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rui da Silva | 200 m | 20.99 | 2 Q | 20.76 | 3 Q | 21.01 | 3 Q | 20.84 | 5 |
| José Andrade da Silva | 5000 m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Delmo da Silva | 400 m | 47.21 | 2 Q | 46.48 | 4 Q | 46.69 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Iraja Chedid Cecy | High jump | NM | NM | did not advance | did not advance |
| João Carlos de Oliveira | Long jump | 7.87m | 6 Q | 8.00 | 5 |
| João Carlos de Oliveira | Triple jump | 16.81 | 1 Q | 16.90 | |
| Nélson Prudêncio | Triple jump | 16.22 | 14 | 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 |
| Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | 100 m | 11.80 | 4 Q | 11.77 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Silvina Pereira da Silva | 200 m | 24.00 | 6 | 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 |
| Maria Luísa Betioli | High jump | 1.75 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Silvina Pereira da Silva | Long jump | 6.13 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Antonio Filho | Flyweight | BYE | Leszek Błażyński (POL) L KO-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Raimundo Alves | Featherweight | BYE | Juan Paredes (MEX) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Francisco de Jesus | Light welterweight | Girmaye Gabre (ETH) W WO | BYE | Ulrich Beyer (GDR) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fernando Martins | Middleweight | BYE | Matouk Elsadek (LIB) W WO | — | Alec Năstac (ROU) L 2-3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Milton Machado | 10 m platform | 424.68 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Fencing

One male fencer represented Brazil in 1976.

### Men

Ranks given are within the pool.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Elimination round I | Elimination round II | Repechage round I | Repechage round II | Repechage Final | Final | Final |
| Fencer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Result | Rank |
| Arthur Ribeiro | Men's épée | 2-2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Football
### First round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| East Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
* **Nigeria withdrew

### Bronze Medal match

* Team Roster
** (1) Carlos
** (2) Rosemiro
** (3) Tecão
** (4) Edinho
** (5) Júnior
** (6) Alberto
** (7) Marinho
** (8) Batista
** (9) Eudes
** (10) Erivelto
** (11) Santos
** (12) Mauro
** (13) Julinho
** (14) Chico Fraga
** (15) Jarbas
** (16) Edval
** (17) Zé Carlos
* Coach: Cláudio Coutinho

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Roberto Machusso | −70 kg | Yonah Melnik (ISR) W 1000-0000 | Lee Chang-sun (KOR) L 0000-0001 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
| Carlos Motta | −80 kg | Assane N'Done (SEN) W 1000-0000 | Brian Jacks (GBR) L 0000-0001 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
| Carlos Pacheco | −93 kg | Mario Vecchi (ITA) W 0001-0000 | José Ibanez Gomes (CUB) W 1000-0000 | Jen-Luc Rouge (FRA) L 0000-0001 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Gilberto Gerhardt Sérgio Sztancsa | Double sculls | 7:02.18 | 5 R | 6:48.95 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raúl Bagattini Guilherme Campos | Coxless pair | 8:00.64 | 5 R | NT | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Atalibio Magioni Wandir Kuntze Nilton Alonço | Coxed pairs | 7:39.20 | 2 SF | BYE | BYE | 7:21.81 | 5 FB | 8:14.44 | 10 |

## 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 |
| Claudio Biekarck | Finn | 6 | 11.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 54.7 | 4 |
| Marco A. Paradeda Luiz A. Sohni Aydos | 470 | 5 | 10.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 96.0 | 11 |
| Reinaldo Conrad Peter Ficker | Flying Dutchman | 8 | 14.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 52.1 | |
| Gastao D'Melo Brun Vicente Brun Andreas Wengert | Soling | 17 | 23.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 16 | 22.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 81.4 | 10 |

## Shooting
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Waldemar Capucci | 50 m rifle prone | 582 | 60 |
| Durval Guimarães | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 9 |
| Paulo Lamego | 50 m pistol | 544 | 29 |
| Romeu Luchiari Filho | Skeet | 189 | 30 |
| Delival Nobre | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 563 | 41 |
| Marcos José Olsen | Trap | 181 | 11 |
| Athos Pisoni | Skeet | 191 | 22 |
| Bertino de Souza | 50 m pistol | 556 | 9 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rômulo Arantes | 100 metre backstroke | 58.46 | 2 Q | 58.49 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rômulo Arantes | 200 metre backstroke | 2:07.38 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rômulo Arantes | 100 metre butterfly | 58.80 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| José Fiolo | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:06.18 | 4 Q | 1:06.38 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Jouanneau | 100 metre freestyle | 54.49 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Jouanneau | 100 metre backstroke | 59.35 | 2 Q | 59.59 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Djan Madruga | 400 metre freestyle | 3:59.62 | 1 Q OR | BYE | BYE | 3:57.18 | 4 |
| Djan Madruga | 1500 metre freestyle | 15:36.95 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 15:19.84 | 4 |
| Sérgio Ribeiro | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:06.07 | 4 Q | 1:06.69 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sérgio Ribeiro | 200 metre breaststroke | DSQ | DSQ | 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 |
| Maria Guimarães | 400 metre freestyle | 4:32.63 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maria Guimarães | 800 metre freestyle | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Flavia Nadalutti | 100 metre butterfly | 1:06.29 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rosemary Ribeiro | 100 metre butterfly | 1:06.50 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rosemary Ribeiro | 200 metre butterfly | 2:23.79 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cristina Teixeira | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:17.94 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cristina Teixeira | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:47.69 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Preliminary round
#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 135 | 63 | 2.143 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 118 | 89 | 1.326 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 118 | 142 | 0.831 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 81 | 158 | 0.513 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| WD | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
* ↑ Egypt withdrew because of the Congolese-led boycott after they lost to Brazil 1–3 (5–15, 5–15, 15–13, 9–15) on 18 July. The result of that match was annulled.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 20 Jul | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–7 | 15–11 | 15–2 | | | 45–20 |
| 22 Jul | Japan | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–13 | 15–8 | 15–9 | | | 45–30 |
| 24 Jul | Brazil | 3–2 | Italy | 15–8 | 11–15 | 12–15 | 15–6 | 15–8 | 68–52 |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 26 Jul | South Korea | 3–2 | Brazil | 15–12 | 12–15 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 15–5 | 64–53 |

### 7th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 27 Jul | Italy | 0–3 | Brazil | 8–15 | 6–15 | 8–15 | | | 22–45 |

### Team roster

* Bebeto de Freitas
* Sergio Danilas
* Alexandre Abeid
* Eloi Lacerda
* Antonio Carlos Moreno
* Bernard Rajzman
* William Carvalho da Silva
* Celso Kalache
* Suiço Rosat
* Fernando Roscio
* Paulo Peterle
* José Roberto Guimarães
Head coaches: Russo Sevciuc and Carlos Souto

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Paulo de Sene | 56 kg | 92.5 | 17 | 122.5 | 15 | 215.0 | 16 |