Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Brazil competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 147 competitors, 126 men and 21 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports. The country set a record with 8 medals – only surpassed in 1996 with 15, but only one medal was gold.
The runner Joaquim Cruz won the men's 800 metres event with an Olympic record. This was the first and until nowadays the only gold medal achieved by Brazilians in a track event in Athletics – all the other gold medals were in field events.
Brazilian football and volleyball men's teams started their success in Olympic history winning for the first time an Olympic medal. Both teams were silver medalists. The Olympic football team lost the final to France by 2 – 0.
Brazil men's national volleyball team was defeated by host country United States by 3 sets to 0.
The swimmer Ricardo Prado was the silver medalist in the men's 400 metre individual medley. The sailor Torben Grael won the silver medal in the Soling class together with Daniel Adler and Ronaldo Senfft. It was the first Olympic medal won by Grael, who has five Olympic medals, a record only equaled by sailor Robert Scheidt
Brazilian judokas won three Olympic medals in 1984. Douglas Vieira was a silver medalist in men's 95 kg category. Luis Onmura was a bronze medalist in men's 71 kg and Walter Carmona conquered bronze medal in men's 86 kg.
Medalists
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Archery
In its second Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent only one man. Veteran Renato Emilio fell drastically in the ranking despite having improved upon his score from 1980 by 99 points.
Men
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Heptathlon
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
Group A
Team Roster
Nilo Guimarães
Silvio Malvezi
Gerson Victalino
Milton Setrini Júnior
Ricardo Guimarães
Marcos Leite
Eduardo Galvão
Marcel Souza
Adilson Nascimento
Marcelo Vido
Oscar Schmidt
Israel Machado
Cycling
Seven cyclists represented Brazil in 1984.
Road
Track
1000m time trial
Men's Sprint
Points race
Pursuit
Diving
Women
Equestrianism
Show jumping
Football
Brazil won the silver medal for men's football, their first ever. Even though Brazil has won more Soccer World Cups than any other country, they have never won a football gold medal at any olympics.
The Brazilian team was entirely made by players of Sport Club Internacional, of Porto Alegre. Amongst them, was 1994 World Cup captain, Dunga.
First round
Group C
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Gold Medal match
Gymnastics
Artistic
Men
Women
Judo
A traditional sport in Brazil, Judo has warranted three medals, for Brazilian men. Two bronze medals, and a silver medal.
Men
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Men
Sailing
Open
Shooting
Men
Women
Open
Swimming
Men
Synchronized swimming
Women
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition
Pool A
Semifinals
Gold medal match
Team Roster
Renan dal Zotto
William Carvalho da Silva
Fernando d'Àvila
Mário Xandó de Oliveira Neto
Bernardo Rocha de Rezende
Rui Campos do Nascimento
Marcus Vinicius Simòes Freire
Domingos Lampariello Neto
José Montanaro
Bernard Rajzman
Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro
Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas
Women's Team Competition
Group A
5th–8th place semifinals
7th place natch
Team Roster
Vera Mossa
Fernanda Emerick Silva
Mônica da Silva
Isabel Salgado
Heloísa Roese
Regina Vilela Santos-Uchoa
Jackie Silva
Ana Richa
Sandra Suruagy
Eliana da Costa
Luiza Machado
Ida Alvares
Head coach: Ênio Figueiredo
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
Group B
August 1
August 2
August 3
Group E
August 6
August 7
August 9
August 10
Team Roster
Roberto Borelli
Orlando Chaves
Paulo Sérgio Abreu
Carlos Carvalho
Silvio Manfredi
Sólon Santos
Ricardo Tonieto
Eric Tebbe Borges
Mário Souto
Mário Sérgio Lotufo
Fernando Carsalade
Hélio Silva
André Campos
References
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984
Olympics