# Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 44 competitors, 43 men and one woman took part in 28 events in 11 sports. The only Brazilian medal was the gold won by Adhemar Ferreira da Silva in men's triple jump. This was his second gold medal in the event. He was the first Brazilian to be a two-time Olympic champion.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Adhemar Ferreira da Silva | Athletics | Men's triple jump | November 27 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jorge de Barros | 100 m | 11.15 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jorge de Barros | 200 m | 22.30 | 2 Q | 23.88 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| José da Conceição | 200 m | 21.61 | 1 Q | 21.46 | 3 Q | 21.53 | 3 Q | 21.56 | 6 |
| Ulisses dos Santos | 400 m hurdles | 53.8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| João Pires Sobrinho | 100 m | 11.14 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| João Pires Sobrinho | 200 m | 21.67 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ary de Sá Jorge Machado João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.6 | 3 Q | — | — | 43.8 | 6 | 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 | 1.86 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ary de Sá | Long jump | 7.00 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adhemar da Silva | Triple jump | 15.15 | 11 Q | 16.35 OR | |

## Basketball
### Preliminary round
#### Group D

| TEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
| Brazil | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 125 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 137 | 134 |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 167 |
| Chile | 59–78 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 34–39, 25–39 |||
| Brazil | 89–66 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 50–35, 39–31 |||

### Quarterfinal
#### Group B

| TEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
| United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 283 | 150 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 209 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 182 | 224 |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 282 |
| Brazil | 68–87 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 28–37, 40–50 |||
| United States | 113–51 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 50–22, 63–29 |||
| Bulgaria | 82–73 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 38–36, 44–37 |||

### Classification 5–8

| Chile | 64–89 | Brazil |
| Bulgaria | 64–52 | Brazil |

## 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 |
| Eder Jofre | Bantamweight | BYE | Thein Myint (BIR) L PTS | Claudio Barrientos (CHI) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Celestino Pinto | Light-Welterweight | Leopold Potesil (AUT) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling
### Track
#### 1000m time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Anísio Argenton | Time trial | 1:12.7 | 9 |

#### Men's Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage 1 | Repechage Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Anísio Argenton | Sprint | Romanov (URS) Shardelow (RSA) L | Mitchell (TTO) Markus (CAN) W 13.0 | Shardelow (RSA) L inches behind | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Fernando Ribeiro | 3 m springboard | 62.07 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Mary Proença | 10 m platform | 36.71 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian
### 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 | 29.25 | 34 | 56.25 | 44 | 85.50 | — | 42 |
| Eloy de Menezes | Biguaj | Individual | 56.25 | 47 | 28.75 | 31 | 85.00 | — | 41 |
| Nelson Pessoa | Relincho | Individual | 32.00 | 35T | 26.00 | 28 | 58.00 | — | 33 |
| Renyldo Ferreira Eloy de Menezes Nelson Pessoa | See above | Team | 117.50 | 11 | 111.00 | 10 | 58.00 | — | 10 |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1956.

### 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 |
| Sálvio Lemos | Men's | 455 | 556 | 760 | 785 | 730 | 3,286 | 27 |
| Wenceslau Malta | Men's | 0 | 741 | 760 | 755 | 877 | 3,133 | 31 |
| Nilo da Silva | Men's | 17.5 | DNS | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | AC |
| Sálvio Lemos Wenceslau Malta Nilo da Silva | Team | 472.5 | AC | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | AC |

## Rowing

Brazil had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ruy Kopper André Richer Nelson Guarda José de Carvalho Filho Sylvio de Souza | Coxed four | 7:13.9 | 3 R | 7:25.7 | 2 | 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 |
| Joaquim Roderbourg | Finn | 16 | 198 | 11 | 361 | DNF | 0 | 14 | 256 | 9 | 448 | DNF | 0 | 14 | 256 | 1519 | 17 |
| Alfredo Jorge Ebling Bercht Rolf Ebling Bercht | 12m² Sharpie | DNF | 0 | 11 | 174 | 7 | 370 | DNF 0 | 0 | 11 | 174 | 7 | 370 | 9 | 261 | 1349 | 10 |

## Shooting

Four shooters represented Brazil in 1956.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Severino Moreira | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1102 | 37 |
| Severino Moreira | 50 m rifle, prone | 597 | 8 |
| Pedro Simão | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 561 | 16 |
| Milton Sobocinski | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1115 | 33 |
| Milton Sobocinski | 50 m rifle, prone | 594 | 20 |
| Adhaury Rocha | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 556 | 18 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| João Gonçalves Filho | 100 metre backstroke | 1:07.9 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Haroldo Lara | 100 metre freestyle | 59.9 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Octavio Mobiglia | 200 metre breaststroke | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sylvio dos Santos | 400 metre freestyle | 4:48.8 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## 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 |
| Américo Ferreira | 67.5 kg | 102.5 | 15 | 97.5 | 17 | 135.0 | 10 | 335.0 | 14 |
| Bruno Barabani | 90 kg | 110.0 | 15 | 112.5 | 10 | 145.0 | 11 | 367.5 | 12 |