# Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 81 competitors, 78 men and 3 women, took part in 44 events in 13 sports. Brazil obtained two bronze medals in 1972. Japanese Brazilian judoka Chiaki Ishii won Brazil's first Olympic medal in judo. Triple jumper Nelson Prudêncio won his second medal in men's triple jump

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Chiaki Ishii | Judo | Men's 93 kg | September 1 |
| Bronze | Nelson Prudêncio | Athletics | Men's triple jump | September 4 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Judo | 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 |
| Luiz Gonzaga da Silva | 100 m | 10.63 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luiz Gonzaga da Silva | 200 m | 21.81 | 5 | 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 |
| Nelson Prudêncio | Triple jump | 16.42 | 7 Q | 17.05 | |

## Basketball
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets.
* Qualified for the semifinals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | 1st Tie |
| United States | 7 | 0 | 542 | 312 | +230 | 14 | |
| Cuba | 6 | 1 | 560 | 445 | +115 | 13 | |
| Brazil | 4 | 3 | 561 | 490 | +71 | 11 | 1W–0L |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 493 | 489 | +4 | 11 | 0W–1L |
| Spain | 3 | 4 | 486 | 500 | −14 | 10 | 1W–0L |
| Australia | 3 | 4 | 523 | 524 | −1 | 10 | 0W–1L |
| Japan | 1 | 6 | 442 | 643 | −201 | 8 | |
| Egypt | 0 | 7 | 440 | 644 | −204 | 7 | |
* August 27 14:30
| Japan | 55–110 | Brazil |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* August 28 9:00
| Brazil | 110–84 | Egypt |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* August 29 9:00
| Brazil | 72–69 | Spain |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* August 30 21:30
| Brazil | 54–61 | United States |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* September 1 21:30
| Czechoslovakia | 82–83 | Brazil |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* September 2 9:00
| Australia | 75–69 | Brazil |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* September 3 21:30
| Cuba | 64–63 | Brazil |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

### Classification brackets

* September 7 21:30
| Puerto Rico | 87–83 | Brazil |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* September 7 21:30
| Brazil | 87–69 | Czechoslovakia |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

## 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 |
| Deusdete Vasconcelos | Bantamweight | BYE | Kim Jong-Ik (PRK) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Waldemar de Oliveira | Light heavyweight | BYE | Nghivav Mehtab Singh (IND) W 5-0 | Isaac Ikhouria (NGR) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Two cyclists represented Brazil in 1972.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Luiz Carlos Flores | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Miguel Silva Júnior | Road race | DNF | DNF |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Sylvio de Rezende | Othelo | Individual | 1431 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### 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 |
| Antônio Simões | Individual | Bon Soir | 16.00 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nelson Pessoa Filho | Individual | Nagir | 21.00 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Football
### First round
#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
* Team Roster
** Vitor
** Osmar
** Fred
** Terezo
** Falcão
** Celso
** Pedrinho
** Rubens Galaxe
** Washington
** Roberto Dinamite
** Dirceu
** Nielsen
** Abel Braga
** Wagner
** Bolívar
** Ângelo
** Pintinho
** Zé Carlos
** Manoel

## 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 |
| Lhofei Shiozawa | −80 kg | — | Tommy Tegelgård (SWE) W 1000-0000 | Jean-Paul Coche (FRA) L 0000-0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Chiaki Ishii | −93 kg | Mohamed Dione (SEN) W 1000-0000 | Juang Jen-Wuh (ROC) W 1000-0000 | Pavle Bajčetić (YUG) W 1000-0000 | Paul Barth (FRG) L 0000-0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Helmut Howiller (GDR) W 1000-0000 | David Starbrook (GBR) W 1000-0000 | |
| Chiaki Ishii | Open | — | BYE | Vitali Kuznetsov (URS) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | Barry Johnson (AUS) W 1000-0000 | Wim Ruska (NED) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza | Coxless pair | 7:42.02 | 4 R | 7:42.63 | 3 | 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 |
| Claudio Biekarck | Finn | 14 | 20.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 23 | 29.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 10 | 16.0 | DNF | 41.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 105.7 | 9 |
| Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes | Flying Dutchman | 12 | 18.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 19 | 25.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 62.4 | 4 |
| Mario Buckup Peter Ficker | Tempest | 19 | 25.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 73.7 | 7 |
| Jörg Bruder Jan Willem Aten | Star | 6 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 8 | 10 | 14.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 52.7 | 4 |
| Erik Schmidt Axel Schmidt Patrick Mascarenhas | Soling | 5 | 10.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 17 | 23.0 | — | — | 64.7 | 6 |

## Shooting

Four male shooters represented Brazil in 1972.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Durval Guimarães | 50 m pistol | 534 | 46 |
| Túlio Miraglia | Trap | 171 | 46 |
| Marcos José Olsen | Trap | 191 | 8 |
| Bertino de Souza | 50 m pistol | 539 | 36 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| José Aranha | 100 metre freestyle | 54.06 | 3 Q | 53.47 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rômulo Arantes | 100 metre backstroke | 1:03.18 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rômulo Arantes | 200 metre backstroke | 2:18.15 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antônio Azevedo | 200 metre medley | 2:19.41 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antônio Azevedo | 400 metre medley | 4:57.27 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Fiolo | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:06.23 | 2 Q | 1:05.99 | 2 Q | 1:06.24 | 6 |
| José Fiolo | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:30.21 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alfredo Machado | 200 metre freestyle | 2:00.14 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alfredo Machado | 400 metre freestyle | 4:18.05 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alfredo Machado | 1500 metre freestyle | 17:20.34 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ruy de Oliveira | 100 metre freestyle | 54.26 | 1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ruy de Oliveira | 200 metre freestyle | 2:00.48 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sérgio Waismann | 100 metre butterfly | 58.37 | 3 Q | 58.07 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paulo Zanetti | 100 metre freestyle | 54.97 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti Paulo Becskehazy José Aranha | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:35.84 | 4 Q | — | — | 3:33.14 | 4 |
| Alfredo Machado Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti José Aranha | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 8:17.91 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rômulo Arantes Filho José Sylvio Fiolo Sérgio Waismann José Aranha | 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 3:58.56 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:57.89 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lucy Burle | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.12 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucy Burle | 200 metre freestyle | 2:18.57 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Isabel Guerra | 100 metre butterfly | 2:32.60 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Isabel Guerra | 200 metre medley | 2:32.95 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Isabel Guerra | 400 metre medley | 5:24.43 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristina Teixeira | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:20.58 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristina Teixeira | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:57.03 | DSQ | 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 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 95 | 2.368 | Semifinals |
| 2 | East Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 200 | 162 | 1.235 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 201 | 213 | 0.944 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 0.692 | 273 | 280 | 0.975 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Cuba | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.462 | 212 | 254 | 0.835 | 9th place match |
| 6 | West Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 163 | 270 | 0.604 | 11th place match |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 28 Aug | Brazil | 3–2 | West Germany | 15–7 | 15–8 | 17–19 | 6–15 | 15–9 | 68–58 |
| 30 Aug | East Germany | 3–1 | Brazil | 15–5 | 7–15 | 16–14 | 15–10 | | 53–44 |
| 01 Sep | Brazil | 3–2 | Romania | 18–16 | 11–15 | 15–7 | 11–15 | 15–12 | 70–65 |
| 03 Sep | Japan | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–7 | 15–13 | 15–11 | | | 45–31 |
| 06 Sep | Cuba | 3–2 | Brazil | 16–14 | 6–15 | 15–7 | 7–15 | 15–9 | 59–60 |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 08 Sep | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–8 | 15–6 | 15–1 | | | 45–15 |

### 7th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 09 Sep | Brazil | 0–3 | South Korea | 16–18 | 7–15 | 5–15 | | | 28–48 |

### Team roster

* João Lens
* Delano Couto
* Antônio Carlos Moreno
* Luiz Eymard Coelho
* José Marcelino
* Mário Marcos Procópio
* Bebeto de Freitas
* Russo Sevciuc
* Décio Cattaruzzi
* Alexandre Abeid
* Celso Alexandre Kalache
* Aderval Luis Arvani

## 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 | 82.5 kg | 140.0 | 15 | 120.0 | 17 | 165.0 | 15 | 425.0 | 15 |
| Thamer Chaim | +110 kg | 175.0 | 12 | 135.0 | 11 | 180.0 | 10 | 490.0 | 11 |