Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in 2008 – and 3 golds – surpassed in 2004 with five.
In the debutant beach volleyball, several remarkable achievements were earned when it happened the all-Brazilian final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel:
the first Olympic medals ever won by Brazilian women in any sport
the first Olympic gold medal ever won by Brazilian women.
the first medal ever earned in beach volleyball
the first gold medal ever in the sport.
Brazil has also won the first medal ever in Equestrian, when the team jumping conquered the bronze medal, marking also the first medal ever in a mixed gender Olympic event.
Summary
After 76 years since the debut of the country at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Brazilian women finally won Olympic medals. That happened for the first time in the all-Brazilians beach volleyball final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel. Beach volleyball competitions made its debut at 1996 Summer Olympics.
The other two gold medals were both obtained in Sailing events. Robert Scheidt was gold medalist in the Laser class. Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira won Star class. It was the first medal of Robert Scheidt and the third medal of Torben Grael; both sailors are the onliest Brazilian athletes with the record of five Olympic medals (two of them are gold). Besides the two gold medals, a bronze medal was also obtained in sailing by Torben's brother Lars Grael and Kiko Pellicano in Tornado class.
Brazil women's national basketball team, led by Hortência Marcari, Janeth Arcain and Maria Paula Silva, had a great performance, losing the gold medal match to host country United States women's national basketball team. It was the first medal won by women in Basketball.
The swimmer Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 200 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle. The other medal obtained in swimmer was the bronze medal conquered by Fernando Scherer in men's 50 m freestyle.
Brazil women's national volleyball team, finally won its first Olympic medal after a hard bronze medal match against Russia by 3 sets to 2.
At the men's football tournament, the under-23 football team lost a dramatic semifinal to Nigeria by 4–3, after being winning the match by 3 to 0. In the bronze medal match, Brazil beat Portugal by 5–0.
At the Judo events, Brazil won two bronze medals. The 1988 Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel obtained a medal in men's 95 kg category, while Henrique Guimarães was the medalist in men's 65 kg category.
The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the first of the History of the country not only in Equestrian as also in a mixed gender Olympic event, tough all 4 members of the team were men.
Finally, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Arnaldo da Silva obtained for the first time ever a medal in a relay event in Athletics, the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.
Medalists
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Multiple medallist
The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Basketball
Men's tournament
Team roster
Ratto
Tonico
Josuel
Caio
Caio da Silveira
Olívia
Ferraciú
Pipoka
Janjão
Oscar Schmidt
Rogério
Wilson Minucci
Group play
Quarterfinal
Classification game 5th-8th place
5th place game
Women's tournament
Team roster
Hortência
Paula
Janeth
Marta Sobral
Alessandra
Branca
Adriana
Leila
Roseli
Silvinha
Cíntia
Cláudia
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Men
Cycling
Road
Men
Mountain biking
Men
Equestrian
Eventing
Jumping
Football
Summary
Men's tournament
Team roster
Head coach: Zagallo
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Women's tournament
Team roster
Head coach: José Duarte
Brazil named a squad of 16 players and 2 alternates for the tournament. During the tournament, Kátia replaced Nilda due to injury.
Group play
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Handball
Summary
Men's tournament
Team roster
Cezar Stelzner de Lima
Edison Alves Freire
Ivan Raimundo Pinheiro
Marcos Antônio Cezar
José Ronaldo do Nascimento
Fausto Steinwandter
Paulo Moratore
Milton Fonseca Pelissari
Daniel Pinheiro
Agberto Correa de Matos
Marcelo Minhoto Ferraz de Sampaio
Winglitton Rocha Barros
Ivan Bruno Maziero
Rodrigo Hoffelder
Osvaldo Inocente Filho
Carlos Luciano Ertel
Group play
Eleventh place game
Judo
Men
Women
Rowing
Men
Sailing
Men
Women
Mixed
Shooting
Men
Swimming
Men
Women
Table tennis
Men
Women
Tennis
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
Men's tournament
Team roster
Gilson Bernardo
Nalbert Bitencourt
Giovane Gávio
Antonio Carlos Gouveia
Mauricio Lima
Fábio Marcelino
Marcelo Negrão
Cássio Pereira
Max Pereira
Alexandre Samuel
Carlos Schwanke
Paulo André Silva
Head coach:José Roberto Guimarães
Group play
Quarterfinal
5th-8th place classification game
5th place game
Women's tournament
Team roster
Ana Ida Alvares
Leila Barros
Ericleia Bodziak
Hilma Caldeira
Ana Paula Connelly *Marcia Fu Cunha
Virna Dias
Ana Moser
Ana Flavia Sanglard (c)
Hélia Souza
Sandra Suruagy
Fernanda Venturini
Head coach:Bernardo Rezende
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Weightlifting
See also
Brazil at the 1995 Pan American Games
References
Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee
sports-reference
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
Olympics