Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Brazil
games=1936 Summer
competitors=94 (88 men, 6 women)
sports=10
flagbearer=Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha

Brazil competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

ports

=Athletics=

*Sílvio Magalhães Padilha (flagbearer, and future COB president): 5th, 400 metre hurdles

=Basketball=

*9th place
**Games: 24x17 Canada, 18x23 Chile, 32x14 China, 29x33 Poland

=Boxing=

=Cycling=

*3 racers, 100km road race, Men

=Fencing=

*Hilda Von Puttkammer: 2nd round, Individual Foil, Women

=Modern pentathlon=

=Rowing=

=Sailing=

*24th, Olympic Monotype

=Shooting=

*José Salvador Trindade: 5th, 50m rifle

=Swimming=

*João Havelange (future FIFA president): 5th, 1500m. male
*Piedade Coutinho: 5th, 400m. freestyle female; semifinals, 100m. freestyle female
*Maria Lenk: semifinals, 200m breaststroke female (but garnished some attention with the butterfly swimming).
*Scylla Venancio
*Sieglind Lenk: no finals, 100m backstroke female

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
*pt icon [http://www.cob.org.br/site/brasil_jogos/brasil_jogos_interna.asp Brazilian Olympic Committee]
*pt icon Duarte, Marcelo. "O Guia dos Curiosos: Jogos Olímpicos". ISBN 85-87537-56-3