Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Brazil at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  BRA
NOC Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
2		 Total
2
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Brazil competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

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[edit] Medals

Brazil finished in 41st position in the final medal rankings, with two bronze medals.

[edit] Bronze

  • Nelson Prudencio — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
  • Chiaki Ishii — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (93 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Luiz Gonzaga da Silva
  • First Heat — 10.63s (→ did not advance)

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Luiz Carlos Flores — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Miguel Silva Júnior — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Football

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • First Round (Group C)
  • Lost to Denmark (2-3)
  • Drew with Hungary (2-2)
  • Lost to Iran (0-1) → did not advance, 13th place over-all
  • Team Roster
  • Abel Braga
  • Vitor de Paula Braga
  • Roberto Vagner Chinoca
  • Manoel da Silva Costa
  • Nielsen Elias
  • Falcão
  • Celso Ferreira
  • Rubens Màrcio Galaxe
  • Carlos Alberto Gomes
  • Jorge Osmar Guarnelli
  • Bolívar Modualdo Guedes
  • Dirceu José Guimaräes
  • Carlos Roberto Oliveira
  • Frederico Oliveira
  • Washington Luiz de Paulo
  • José Carlos dos Santos
  • Antônio da Silva Teresa
  • Pedro Antônio Simeão
  • Ângelo Paulino de Souza

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • José Diniz Aranha
  • Heat — 54.06s
  • Semifinals — 53.47s (→ did not advance)
  • Ruy Aquino Oliveira
  • Heat — 54.26s (→ did not advance)
  • Paulo Zanetti
  • Heat — 54.97s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Ruy Aquino Oliveira
  • Heat — 2:00.48 (→ did not advance)
  • Alfredo Machado
  • Heat — 2:00.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Ruy Aquino Oliveira, Paulo Zanetti, Paulo Becskehazy, and José Diniz Aranha
  • Heat — 3:35.84
  • Final — 3:33.14 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Alfredo Machado, Ruy Aquino Oliveira, Paulo Zanetti, and José Diniz Aranha
  • Heat — 8:17.91 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated West Germany (3-2)
  • Lost to East Germany (1-3)
  • Defeated Romania (3-2)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Lost to Cuba (2-3)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3) → 8th place
  • 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

[edit] References



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