Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Brazil
games=1980 Summer
competitors=106 (91 men and 15 women)
sports=14
flagbearer=João Carlos de Oliveira
gold=2
silver=0
bronze=2
total=4

Brazil competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Medalists

Gold

*Lars Sigurd Bjorkström and Alexandre Welter — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
*Marcos Soares and Eduardo Penido — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition

Bronze

*João Carlos de Oliveira — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
*Ciro Marques, Jorge Fernandes, Djan Madruga and Marcus Mattioli — Swimming, Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay

Results by event

=Archery=

In its first Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent one woman and one man.

Women's Individual Competition:
*Arci Kempner — 2186 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
*Renato Emilio — 2264 points (→ 27th place)

=Athletics=

Men's Triple Jump
*João Carlos de Oliveira:* Qualification — 16.62 m:* Final — 17.22 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Pentathlon
* Conceicão Brasil — 4263 points (→ 14th place)
*# 100 metres — 14.33s
*# Shot Put — 13.16m
*# High Jump — 1.71m
*# Long Jump — 5.97m
*# 800 metres — 2:18.90

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-70):* Lost to Soviet Union (88-101):* Defeated India (137-64)
*Semi Final Round (Group A):* Defeated Cuba (94-93):* Lost to Spain (81-110):* Defeated Italy (90-77):* Lost to Yugoslavia (95-96) → 5th place
*Team Roster::* André Ernesto Stoffel :* Luiz Gustavo de Lage :* José Carlos Santos Saiani :* Milton Setrini:* Wagner Machado da Silva :* Leite Marcos Abdalla:* Gilson Trindade de Jesus :* Marcel Ramon de Souza :* Adilson de Nascimento :* Marcelo Vido :* Oscar Schmidt :* Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães

=Boxing=

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
*Sidnei dal Rovere:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Narendra Poma (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round:* Third Round — Defeated Leoul Nearaio (Ethiopia) on points (5-0):* Quarter Finals — Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
*Jaime Franco:* First Round — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Francisco de Jesus:* First Round — Defeated Mbemba Camara (Guinee) on points (5-0):* Second Round — Defeated Leo Vainonen (Finland) on points (5-0):* Third Round — Lost to Armando Martínez (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
*Carlos Fonseca:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Lost to Mark Kaylor (Great Britain) on points (1-4)

=Diving=

Men's Springboard
*Milton Jorge Braga:* Preliminary Round — 451.17 points (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Men's Platform
*Milton Jorge Braga:* Preliminary Round — 373.06 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Ciro Marques:* Heats — 53,00 (→ did not advance)
*Jorge Fernandes:* Heats — 52,51 :* Semi-Finals — 52,91 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Ciro Marques:* Heats — 1.54,59 (→ did not advance)
*Jorge Fernandes:* Heats — 1.54,32 (→ did not advance)
*Marcus Mattioli:* Heats — 1.54,39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle
*Djan Madruga:* Final — 3.54,15 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley
*Djan Madruga:* Final — 4.26,81 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Jorge Fernandes, Marcus Mattioli, Ciro Marques, and Djan Madruga:* Final — 7.29,30 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Rômulo Arantes, Sergio Pinto Ribeiro, Claudo Mamede Kestener, and Jorge Fernandes:* Final — 3.53,23 (→ 8th place)

=Volleyball=

Men's team competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3):* Lost to Romania (1-3):* Defeated Libya (3-0):* Defeated Poland (3-2)
*Classification Matches:* 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0):* 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (3-2) → 5th place
*Team Roster:* João Alves Granjeiro:* Mario Xando Oliveira Neto :* Antonio Gueiros :* José Montanaro:* Antonio Carlos Moreno :* Renan Dal Zotto:* William Carvalho Silva:* Amauri Ribeiro:* Bernardo Rocha Rezende:* Jean Luc Rosat:* Deraldo Wanderley:* Bernard Rajzman

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to Hungary (2-3):* Lost to Bulgaria (0-3):* Lost to Romania (2-3)
*Classification Match:* 7th/8th place: Defeated Romania (3-0) → 7th place
*Team Roster:* Denise Porto Mattioli:* Ivonette Das Neves:* Lenice Peluso Oliveira:* Regina Vilela Santos:* Fernanda Emerick Silva:* Paula Rodrigues Mello:* Maria Isabel Alencar:* Eliana Maria Aleixo:* Maria Castanheira:* Jacqueline Cruz Silva:* Vera Helena Mossa:* Rita Cassia Teixeira

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1980/ sports-reference]