# Brazil at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 76 competitors, 73 men and 3 women, took part in 27 events in 13 sports. Brazilians won three medals at 1968 Summer Olympics. The bronze medal obtained by sailors Reinaldo Conrad and Burkhard Cordes and the bronze medal won by boxer Servílio de Oliveira were the first medals in their sports. Nelson Prudêncio obtained a silver medal and carried on the nation's tradition of good results in Men's Triple Jump.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Nelson Prudêncio | Athletics | Men's triple jump | October 17 |
| Bronze | Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes | Sailing | Flying Dutchman | October 21 |
| Bronze | Servílio de Oliveira | Boxing | Men's Flyweight | October 24 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |

## Athletics
### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Nelson Prudêncio | Triple jump | 16.46 | 4 Q | 17.27 | |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Maria Cipriano | High jump | 1.74 | 9 Q | 1.71 | 11 |

### Combined events – Pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | 80H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200 m | Final | Rank |
| Aída dos Santos | Result | 11.6 | 12.41 | 1.59 | 5.50 | 24.9 | 4578 | 20 |
| Aída dos Santos | Points | 948 | 882 | 934 | 873 | 941 | 4578 | 20 |

## Basketball
### Preliminary round
#### Group B

* Qualified for the semifinals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 7 | 0 | 642 | 408 | +234 | 14 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1 | 561 | 418 | +143 | 13 |
| Mexico | 5 | 2 | 493 | 443 | +50 | 12 |
| Poland | 4 | 3 | 473 | 504 | −31 | 11 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 456 | 478 | −22 | 10 |
| Cuba | 2 | 5 | 514 | 532 | −18 | 9 |
| South Korea | 1 | 6 | 453 | 530 | −77 | 8 |
| Morocco | 0 | 7 | 355 | 634 | −279 | 7 |
* 13.10.1968
| Brazil | 98–52 | Morocco |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 14.10.1968
| Brazil | 75–59 | Bulgaria |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 15.10.1968
| Mexico | 53–60 | Brazil |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 16.10.1968
| Poland | 51–88 | Brazil |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 18.10.1968
| South Korea | 59–91 | Brazil |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 19.10.1968
| Cuba | 68–84 | Brazil |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 20.10.1968
| Soviet Union | 76–65 | Brazil |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

### Semifinal

* 22.10.1968
| Brazil | 63–75 | United States |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

### Bronze medal

* 25.10.1968
| Soviet Union | 70–53 | Brazil |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

## 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 |
| Servilio de Oliveira | Flyweight | BYE | BYE | Engin Yadigar (TUR) W 3-2 | Joseph Destimo (GHA) W 5-0 | Ricardo Delgado (MEX) L 0-5 | did not advance | |
| Expedito Alencar | Welterweight | BYE | Tadesse Gebregiorgis (ETH) W RSC-1 | Manfred Wolke (GDR) L 0-5 | 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 |
| Lucia Faria | Rush du Camp | Individual | 7,25 | 8 Q | 19,25 | 12 | 19,25 | — | 12 |
| Jose Fernandez | Cantal | Individual | 23,25 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nelson Pessoa Filho | Pass Op | Individual | 8,00 | 9 Q | 24,00 | 16 | 24,00 | — | 16 |
| Lucia Faria Jose Fernandez Nelson Pessoa Filho | See above | Team | 138,00 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 |

## Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1968.

### 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 |
| Fencer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Result | Rank |
| Darío Amaral | Men's épée | 1-4 | 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 |
| Carlos Couto | Men's épée | 3-2 | 4 Q | 4-2 | 2 Q | Polzhuber (AUT) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Arthur Ribeiro | Men's épée | 2-3 | 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 |
| Arthur Ribeiro Darío Amaral José Maria Pereira Carlos Couto | Team epee | Italy (ITA) L 2-14 Great Britain (GBR) L 6-8 | 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 |

## Football
### First round
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Harri Klein Edgard Gijsen | Double scull | 7:16.70 | 5 R | NT | 2 Q | 7:17.08 | 5 | 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 |
| Jörg Bruder | Finn | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | DNF | 42 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 90 | 9 |
| Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes | Flying Dutchman | 14 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 48.4 | |
| Erik Schmidt Axel Schmidt | Star | 18 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.7 | 74.4 | 7 |

## Shooting

Two male shooters represented Brazil in 1968.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Durval Guimarães | 50 m pistol | 524 | 55 |
| Durval Guimarães | 50 m rifle, prone | 589 | 39 |
| Edmar de Salles | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1077 | 55 |
| Edmar de Salles | 50 m rifle, prone | 590 | 34 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| José Aranha | 100 metre freestyle | 56.8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| César Filardi | 100 metre backstroke | 1:04.6 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| José Fiolo | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:09.5 | 1 Q | 1:08.6 | 3 Q | 1:08.1 | 4 |
| José Fiolo | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:42.1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| João Lima Neto | 100 metre butterfly | 1:02.3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| César Filardi José Fiolo João Lima Neto José Aranha | 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 4:11.1 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Men's Team Competition

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3.250 | 464 | 326 | 1.423 |
| 2 | Japan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 4.000 | 430 | 258 | 1.667 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 1.467 | 454 | 417 | 1.089 |
| 4 | East Germany | 9 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 1.833 | 449 | 374 | 1.201 |
| 5 | Poland | 9 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 1.636 | 371 | 281 | 1.320 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 0.941 | 379 | 385 | 0.984 |
| 7 | United States | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 0.833 | 383 | 414 | 0.925 |
| 8 | Belgium | 9 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 0.250 | 239 | 417 | 0.573 |
| 9 | Brazil | 9 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 0.320 | 357 | 469 | 0.761 |
| 10 | Mexico | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 0.222 | 289 | 474 | 0.610 |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 13 Oct | Belgium | 3–1 | Brazil | 15–7 | 16–14 | 9–15 | 15–6 | | 55–42 |
| 16 Oct | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Brazil | 11–15 | 15–2 | 15–9 | 15–9 | | 56–35 |
| 17 Oct | United States | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–12 | 15–7 | 15–10 | | | 45–29 |
| 19 Oct | Czechoslovakia | 3–2 | Brazil | 15–12 | 15–10 | 13–15 | 13–15 | 15–9 | 71–61 |
| 20 Oct | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–8 | 18–16 | 15–3 | | | 48–27 |
| 21 Oct | Poland | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–12 | 15–4 | 15–7 | | | 45–23 |
| 23 Oct | East Germany | 3–1 | Brazil | 15–13 | 15–7 | 14–16 | 15–12 | | 59–48 |
| 24 Oct | Japan | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–8 | 15–11 | 15–12 | | | 45–31 |
| 25 Oct | Brazil | 3–1 | Mexico | 14–16 | 15–6 | 17–15 | 15–8 | | 61–45 |

## Water polo
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Hungary | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 14 | +25 |
| 2. | Soviet Union | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 18 | +25 |
| 3. | United States | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 36 | +1 |
| 4. | Cuba | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 35 | –4 |
| 5. | West Germany | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 34 | –1 |
| 6. | Spain | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 37 | –17 |
| 7. | Brazil | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 51 | –29 |
* 14 October 1968
| United States | 10 – 5 | Brazil |
* 15 October 1968
| Cuba | 9 – 2 | Brazil |
* 19 October 1968
| West Germany | 10 – 5 | Brazil |
* 20 October 1968
| Spain | 6 – 6 | Brazil |
* 21 October 1968
| Hungary | 8 – 2 | Brazil |
* 22 October 1968
| Soviet Union | 8 – 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 |
| Luiz de Almeida | 75 kg | 137.5 | 8 | 115.0 | 15 | 155.0 | 15 | 407.5 | 13 |