# Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 160 competitors, 127 men and 33 women, took part in 106 events in 21 sports. Brazilians conquered 6 medals in Seoul, but only one gold medal.
Aurelio Miguel Fernandez became the first Brazilian judoka to win a gold medal. He defeated Marc Meiling from West Germany in men's 95 kg category.
The previous Olympic champion runner Joaquim Cruz won the silver medal in men's 800 metres.
Men's Brazil Olympic football team was silver medalist led by Romário and Bebeto. They lost the final by 2 - 1 at extra time against Soviet Union
Robson Caetano was the first Brazilian sprinter to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the men's 200 metres.
The other two bronze medals were obtained in sailing. Together with Nelson Falcão, Torben Grael won the medal at Star class. It was Torben Grael's second olympic medal. Torben's brother Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas obtained the bronze at Tornado class.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Aurelio Miguel | Judo | Men's 95 kg | 30 September |
| Silver | Joaquim Cruz | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 26 September |
| Silver | Men's Brazil Olympic football team AdemirAloísioAndradeBatistaBebetoCarecaAndré CruzEdmarGeovaniJoão PauloJorginhoMiltonNetoRomárioCláudio TaffarelLuiz Carlos WinckRicardo GomesMazinhoValdo FilhoZé Carlos | Football | Men's tournament | 1 October |
| Bronze | Lars Grael Clinio Freitas | Sailing | Tornado | 27 September |
| Bronze | Torben Grael Nelson Falcão | Sailing | Star | 27 September |
| Bronze | Robson da Silva | Athletics | Men's 200 metres | 28 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Football | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Athletics | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Boxing | 3 | – | 3 |
| Cycling | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Fencing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Football | 16 | – | 16 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 7 | – | 7 |
| Rowing | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sailing | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Shooting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Swimming | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 3 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | – | 2 |
| wrestling | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 127 | 33 | 160 |

## Archery

In its third Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Jorge Azevedo | Individual | 1191 | 62 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Renato Emilio | Individual | 1225 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| José Luíz Barbosa | 800 m | 1:46.32 | 2 Q | 1:46.20 | 3 Q | 1:44.99 | 3 Q | 1:46.39 | 6 |
| José Luíz Barbosa | 1500 m | 3:44.46 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jailto Bonfim | 100 m | 10.75 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joaquim Cruz | 800 m | 1:47.16 | 1 Q | 1:46.10 | 1 Q | 1:44.75 | 2 Q | 1:43.90 | |
| Joaquim Cruz | 1500 m | 3:40.92 | 3 q | — | — | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adauto Domingues | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:32.77 | 5 Q | — | — | 8:35.05 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agberto Guimarães | 800 m | 1:48.49 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sérgio de Menezes | 400 m | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marcelo Palma | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:31:42 | 45 |
| Ivo Rodrigues | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:26:27 | 56 |
| Diamantino dos Santos | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:25:13 | 48 |
| Arnaldo da Silva | 100 m | 10.44 | 2 Q | 10.25 | 2 Q | 10.32 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robson da Silva | 100 m | 10.37 | 1 Q | 10.24 | 2 Q | 10.24 | 4 Q | 10.11 | 5 |
| Robson da Silva | 200 m | 21.12 | 1 Q | 20.41 | 1 Q | 20.28 | 2 Q | 20.04 | |
| Gerson de Souza | 400 m | 45.90 | 1 Q | | | 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 |
| Abcélvio Rodrigues | Triple jump | 15.13 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge da Silva | Triple jump | 15.95 | 22 | 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 |
| Angélica de Almeida | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:43:40 | 44 |
| Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | 200 m | 23.71 | 2 Q | 23.67 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | 400 m | 51.74 | 1 Q | 51.32 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Soraya Telles | 800 m | 2:02.48 | 3 Q | — | — | 2:01.86 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tânia Miranda Suzete Montalvão Soraya Telles Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | 4 × 400 m | 3:36.81 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Conceição Geremias | Result | 14.23 | 1.71 | 12.95 | 25.50 | 5.50 | 39.64 | 2:24.02 | 5508 | 22 |
| Conceição Geremias | Points | 946 | 867 | 724 | 841 | 700 | 660 | 770 | 5508 | 22 |

## Basketball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Brazil men's | Men's tournament | Canada W 125–109 | China W 130–108 | United States L 87–102 | Egypt W 138–85 | Spain L 110–118 | 3 Q | Soviet Union L 105–110 | Puerto Rico W 104–86 (Class. 5–8) | Canada W 106–90 (Class. 5/6) | 5 |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Brazil roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 485 | 302 | +183 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 484 | 435 | +49 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 590 | 522 | +68 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 479 | 455 | +24 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 4 | 433 | 527 | −94 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 338 | 568 | −230 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
* 17 September 1988
| Brazil | 125–109 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 56–45, 69–64 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 20 September 1988
| Brazil | 130–108 | China |
| Scoring by half: 72–61, 58–47 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 21 September 1988
| Brazil | 87–102 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 55–63, 32–39 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 23 September 1988
| Brazil | 138–85 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 66–38, 72–47 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 24 September 1988
| Brazil | 110–118 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 57–61, 53–57 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Quarterfinals

* 26 September 1988 19:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 110–105 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47 |||
| Pts: Kurtinaitis 24 Rebs: Sabonis 9 Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 2 | | Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Israel 11 Asts: Maury 5 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Classification round 5–8

* 28 September 1988 9:45
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 104–86 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 51–39, 53–47 |||
| Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Schmidt 9 Asts: Guerrinha 7 | | Pts: E. de León 19 Rebs: E. de León 10 Asts: Cruz 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Classification round 5/6

* 30 September 1988 09:45
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 106–90 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 43–39, 63–51 |||
| Pts: Schmidt 41 Rebs: Pipoka 17 Asts: Villas Boas, Schmidt 2 | | Pts: Triano 29 Rebs: Hatch 10 Asts: Yearwood 3 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

## 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 |
| Joilson Santana | Bantamweight | Phetsmone Sonnavanh (LAO) W 5–0 | Slimane Zengli (ALG) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wanderley Oliveira | Welterweight | Dimus Chisala (ZAM) L RSC-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Silva | Light middleweight | Charles Mahlalela (SWZ) W 5–0 | Rey Rivera (PUR) L KO-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Cássio Freitas | Men's road race | 4:32:56 | 20 |
| Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo | Men's road race | 4:32:56 | 63 |
| Marcos Mazzaron | Men's road race | 4:32:56 | 66 |
| Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo César Daneliczen Cássio Freitas Marcos Mazzaron | Team time trial | 2:07:11.7 | 18 |

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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Clóvis Anderson | 1000m time trial | 1:06.282 | 10 |

#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps behind | Rank | Points | Laps behind | Rank |
| Fernando Louro | Points race | 10 | 1 | 12 Q | 0 | 3 | 24 |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Antônio Silvestre | Individual pursuit | 5:02.07 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Clóvis Anderson Paulo Jamur Fernando Louro Antônio Silvestre | Men's team pursuit | 4:38.21 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ângela Ribeiro | 3 m springboard | 396.51 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrianism
### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Rank |
| André Johannpeter | Heartbreaker | Individual | 29.00 | 46 | 39.00 | 36 | 68.00 Q | 38 | 9.50 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christina Johannpeter | Societao | Individual | 6.00 | 67 | AC | DNF | AC | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paulo Stewart | Platon | Individual | 27.50 | 47 | AC | DNF | AC | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vitor Teixeira | Going | Individual | 46.00 | 29 | 67.50 | 7 | 113.50 Q | 16 | 8.75 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| André Johannpeter Christina Johannpeter Paulo Stewart Vitor Teixeira | See above | Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.00 | 10 Q | 35.00 | 9 | 75.00 | 8 |

## Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.

### Men's foil

* Antônio Machado
* Roberto Lazzarini
* Douglas Fonseca

### Men's épée

* Antônio Machado
* Douglas Fonseca
* Roberto Lazzarini

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Round I | Repechage Round I | Round II | Repechage Round II | Round III | Repechage Round III | Round IV | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Régis Avila | Individual sabre | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | 1/16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Régis Avila Douglas Fonseca Roberto Lazzarini Antônio Machado | Team épée | West Germany (FRG) L 3–9 United States (USA) L 1–9 | — | — | — | — | 16 |

## Football
### Preliminary round (Group D)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

### Gold-medal match
#### Team Roster

** Claudio Taffarel
** Zé Carlos
** Jorginho
** Luís Carlos Winck
** André Cruz
** João Santos Batista
** Ademir
** Mazinho
** Edmar
** Andrade
** Careca Souza
** Milton de Souza Filho
** Geovani
** Neto
** Sergio Donizete
** Bebeto
** Aloísio
** Romário

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | 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 |
| Sérgio Pessoa | −60 kg | BYE | Gilles Pages (MON) W 1000–0000 | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ricardo Cardoso | −65 kg | BYE | Pavel Petřikov (TCH) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luiz Onmura | −71 kg | BYE | Wiesław Błach (POL) W 0010–0000 | Kerrith Brown (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 |
| Ezequiel Paraguassu | −78 kg | Torsten Bréchôt (GDR) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wálter Carmona | −86 kg | BYE | West Iqiebor (NGR) W 1000–0000 | Akinobu Osako (JPN) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aurélio Miguel | −95 kg | — | Dennis Stewart (GBR) W 0010–0000 | Bjarni Friðriksson (ISL) W 0010–0000 | Juri Fazi (ITA) W 0100–0000 | Jiří Sosna (TCH) W 0100–0000 | BYE | BYE | BYE | Marc Meiling (FRG) W 0100–0000 | |
| Frederico Flexa | +95 kg | — | Abderrahim Lahcinia (MAR) W 1000–0000 | Elvis Gordon (GBR) W 1000–0000 | Grigory Verichev (URS) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Denis Marinho | Single sculls | 7:48.33 | 5 R | 7:22.84 | 3 | — | — | 7:22.84 | 18 |
| Ronaldo de Carvalho Ricardo de Carvalho | Coxless pair | 6:45.20 | 5 R | 7:01.00 | 3 FB | 6:54.89 | 6 | 7:28.30 | 10 |
| Ângelo Roso Neto Flávio de Melo Nilton Alonso | Coxed pairs | 7:27.68 | 5 R | NT | 4 | — | — | NT | 13 |
| Marcos Arantes Fernando Fantoni Oswaldo Kuster Neto Waldemar Trombetta | Coxless four | 6:29.61 | 6 R | NT | 5 | — | — | NT | 14 |

## Sailing
### Men

| 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 |
| George Rebello | Division II | 13 | 19.0 | 23 | 29.0 | 23 | 29.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 124.0 | 16 |
| Jorge Zarif Neto | Finn | 19 | 25.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 16 | 22.0 | YMP | 21.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 126.0 | 19 |
| Carlos Wanderley Bernardo Arndt | 470 | 7 | 13.0 | 9 | 15.0 | DSQ | 36.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 13 | 19.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 83.7 | 10 |

### Women

| 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 |
| Cinthia Knoth M Pellicano | 470 | 12 | 18.0 | RET | 28.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 14 | 20.0 | RET | 28.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 124.0 | 16 |

### 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 |
| Alan Adler Marcos Tenke | Flying Dutchman | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 13 | 19.0 | DSQ | 29.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 76.4 | 7 |
| Lars Grael Clinio Freitas | Tornado | 8 | 14.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 40.1 | |
| Torben Grael Nelson Falcao | Star | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 2 | 3.0 | RET | 28.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 50.0 | |
| Jose Paulo Dias Jose Augusto Dias Christoph Bergman | Soling | 3 | 5.7 | 6 | 11.7 | DSQ | 27.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 67.4 | 5 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Delival Nobre | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 586 | 24 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Maria Amaral | 25 m pistol | 579 | 22 |
| Maria Amaral | 10 m air pistol | 369 | 31 |
| Tania Fassoni | 25 m pistol | 569 | 32 |
| Tania Fassoni | 10 m air pistol | 372 | 27 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Rodrigo Bastos | Trap | 137 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final A | Final A |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| David Castro | 400 metre freestyle | 4:02.48 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Castro | 1500 metre freestyle | 15:57.89 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Fernandes | 50 metre freestyle | 24.40 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Fernandes | 100 metre freestyle | 52.23 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Júlio Lópes | 100 metre freestyle | 1:53.16 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Júlio Lópes | 200 m individual medley | 2:09.62 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristiano Michelena | 200 metre freestyle | 1:52.34 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristiano Michelena | 400 metre freestyle | 3:57.79 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristiano Michelena | 1500 metre freestyle | 15:50.50 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Moreira | 50 metre freestyle | 24.26 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emanuel Nascimento | 100 metre freestyle | 52.41 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eduardo de Poli | 100 metre butterfly | 56.37 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eduardo de Poli | 200 metre butterfly | 2:06.15 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Renato Ramalho | 200 m individual medley | 2:10.32 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Renato Ramalho | 400 m individual medley | 4:31.95 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wladimir Ribeiro | 100 metre butterfly | 57.25 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wladimir Ribeiro | 200 metre butterfly | 2:09.40 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wladimir Ribeiro | 100 metre backstroke | 59.76 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wladimir Ribeiro | 200 metre backstroke | 2:11.48 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rogério Romero | 100 metre backstroke | 57.91 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rogério Romero | 200 metre backstroke | 2:02.26 | 8 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | 2:02.28 | 8 |
| Cícero Tortelli | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:05.50 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cícero Tortelli | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:28.82 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Fernandes Cristiano Michelena Emanuel Nascimento Júlio Lópes | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:28.17 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Fernandes Cristiano Michelena Emanuel Nascimento Júlio Lópes | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 7:32.11 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rogério Romero Cícero Tortelli Eduardo de Poli Emanuel Nascimento | 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 3:53.21 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final A | Final A |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Patrícia Amorim | 200 metre freestyle | 2:04.74 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patrícia Amorim | 400 metre freestyle | 4:19.64 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patrícia Amorim | 800 metre freestyle | 8:51.95 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Pereira | 50 metre freestyle | 26.56 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Pereira | 100 metre freestyle | 58.53 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mônica Rezende | 50 metre freestyle | 27.44 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Isabelle Vieira | 100 metre freestyle | 59.15 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Pereira Mônica Rezende Patrícia Amorim Isabelle Vieira | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:56.29 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1988.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Technical | Free | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Paula Carvalho | Solo | 82.517 | 83.80 | 166.317 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Érika MacDavid Eva Riera | Duet | 83.425 | 87.60 | 171.025 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Claudio Kano | Men's singles | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Kawai | Men's singles | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Claudio Kano Carlos Kawai | Men's doubles | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Luiz Mattar | Men's singles | Masur (AUS) L 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luiz Mattar Ricardo Acioly | Men's doubles | — | Matsuoka / Tsuchihashi (JPN) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 | Forget / Leconte (FRA) L 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gisele Miró | Women's singles | Kelesi (CAN) L 7–5, 7–5 | Maleeva (BUL) L 5–7, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Men's Team Competition
#### Preliminary round
##### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 248 | 190 | 1.305 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 296 | 225 | 1.316 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 220 | 262 | 0.840 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 190 | 194 | 0.979 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 0.636 | 203 | 222 | 0.914 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0.357 | 200 | 264 | 0.758 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 17 Sep | Sweden | 3–2 | South Korea | 10–15 | 5–15 | 15–12 | 17–15 | 15–4 | 62–61 |
| 18 Sep | Brazil | 3–0 | Italy | 15–7 | 15–4 | 17–15 | | | 47–26 |
| 18 Sep | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 15–7 | 15–9 | 15–8 | | | 45–24 |
| 19 Sep | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Sweden | 15–8 | 15–7 | 16–14 | | | 46–29 |
| 19 Sep | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Italy | 15–7 | 15–8 | 15–6 | | | 45–21 |
| 19 Sep | South Korea | 3–2 | Brazil | 19–17 | 15–8 | 6–15 | 11–15 | 15–12 | 66–67 |
| 22 Sep | Brazil | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 13–15 | 15–6 | 15–12 | 15–12 | | 58–45 |
| 22 Sep | Italy | 3–2 | Sweden | 9–15 | 15–6 | 12–15 | 15–12 | 15–3 | 66–51 |
| 22 Sep | Soviet Union | 3–0 | South Korea | 15–6 | 15–7 | 15–13 | | | 45–26 |
| 24 Sep | Brazil | 3–1 | Sweden | 15–6 | 13–15 | 15–0 | 15–12 | | 58–33 |
| 24 Sep | Bulgaria | 3–0 | South Korea | 15–7 | 15–10 | 15–8 | | | 45–25 |
| 24 Sep | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Italy | 15–9 | 15–9 | 12–15 | 15–12 | | 57–45 |
| 26 Sep | Italy | 3–0 | South Korea | 15–10 | 15–7 | 15–5 | | | 45–22 |
| 26 Sep | Brazil | 3–2 | Soviet Union | 12–15 | 9–15 | 15–8 | 15–11 | 15–6 | 66–55 |
| 26 Sep | Sweden | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 15–11 | 15–12 | 15–8 | | | 45–31 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 30 Sep | Brazil | 0–3 | United States | 3–15 | 5–15 | 11–15 | | | 19–45 |

#### Bronze-medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 02 Oct | Argentina | 3–2 | Brazil | 15–10 | 15–17 | 15–8 | 12–15 | 15–9 | 72–59 |

#### Team roster

* Maurício Lima
* Wagner Rocha
* Paulo Rose
* José Montanaro Junior
* Paulo da Silva
* Renan dal Zotto
* William Silva
* Amauri Ribeiro
* Antônio Carlos Gouveia
* Domingos Lampariello Neto
* Leonidio de Pra Filho
* André Ferreira
Head coach: Paulo Freitas

### Women's Team Competition
#### Preliminary round
##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 177 | 142 | 1.246 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 161 | 132 | 1.220 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 140 | 167 | 0.838 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 126 | 163 | 0.773 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 Sep | China | 3–0 | United States | 15–9 | 15–5 | 15–7 | | | 45–21 | Report |
| 20 Sep | Peru | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–11 | 15–11 | 15–3 | | | 45–25 | Report |
| 23 Sep | Brazil | 2–3 | United States | 16–14 | 5–15 | 13–15 | 15–12 | 7–15 | 56–71 | Report |
| 23 Sep | China | 2–3 | Peru | 15–13 | 13–15 | 15–7 | 12–15 | 14–16 | 69–66 | Report |
| 25 Sep | China | 3–1 | Brazil | 2–15 | 15–7 | 15–12 | 15–11 | | 47–45 | Report |
| 25 Sep | Peru | 3–2 | United States | 12–15 | 9–15 | 15–4 | 15–5 | 15–9 | 66–48 | Report |

#### 5th–8th-place semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Sep | South Korea | 2–3 | Brazil | 6–15 | 17–15 | 15–8 | 4–15 | 15–17 | 57–70 | Report |

#### 5th-place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Sep | Brazil | 1–3 | East Germany | 9–15 | 4–15 | 15–11 | 11–15 | | 39–56 | Report |

#### Team roster

* Kerly Santos
* Ana Moser
* Vera Mossa
* Eliani Costa
* Ana Richa
* Dora Castanheira
* Ana Claudia Ramos
* Marcia Cunha
* Ana Lucia Barros
* Sandra Suruagy
* Fernanda Venturini
* Simone Storm
Head coach: Jorge de Barros

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Edwaldo Santos | 67.5 kg | 120.0 | 17 | 140.0 | 17 | 260.0 | 17 |
| Emilson Dantas | 90 kg | 135.0 | 19 | 165.0 | 21 | 300.0 | 21 |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Round 7 Result | Rank | Final round Result | Rank |
| Floriano Spiess | −100 kg | Uwe Neupert (GDR) L 0–4 | Fred Solovi (SAM) W 11–7 | Leri Khabelov (URS) L 0–4 | — | — | — | — | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Round 7 Result | Rank | Final round Result | Rank |
| Roberto Neves Filho | −90 kg | BYE | Franz Pitschmann (AUT) L 0–14 | Kamal Ibrahim (EGY) L 0–17 | — | — | — | — | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |