Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Brazil
games=1992 Summer
competitors=198 (148 men, 50 women)
sports=23
flagbearer= Aurelio Miguel Fernandez
gold=2
silver=1
bronze=0
total=3

Brazil competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Gold

* Marcelo Negrão, Jorge Edson Brito, Giovane Gavio, Paulo Andre Silva, Mauricio Lima, Janelson Carvalho, Douglas Chiarotti, Antonio Carlos Gouveia, Talmo Oliveira, Andre Felippe Ferreira, Alexandre Samuel and Amauri Ribeiro — Volleyball, Men's team competition. Eight years after the silver medal in Los Angeles, Brazil won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament without losing a single game. Only one player from 1984 remained, Amaury. In 2004, the Brazilians won again, with two players from 1992, Giovane and Maurício.

* Rogério Sampaio — judo, men's lightweightSampaio injured himself before the 1996 selectives, and never was able to return.His brother, Ricardo, fought in the 1988 Olympics.

Silver

*Gustavo Borges — swimming, men's 100 metre freestyleBorges even overcame his idol Matt Biondi to win the silver medal. His lane's chronometer wasn't working, and they had to see the TV recordings to guarantee his medal. Borges won three more medals in 1996 and 2000.

Results by event

=Archery=

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men. Only one qualified for the elimination rounds, where he was defeated in the first match.

Men's Individual Competition:
*Vitor Krieger — Round of 32, 30th place (0-1)
*Dutra Mello — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)

=Athletics=

Men's 100m metres
*André Domingos Silva :* Heat — 10.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay
* Eronilde de Araujo, Nelson Rocha, Sergio Matias de Menezes, and Sidney Telles de Souza :* Heat — 3:01.38
* Robson da Silva, Nelson Rocha, Sergio Matias de Menezes, and Sidney Telles de Souza :* Final — 3:01.61 (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon
*Osmiro de Souza Silva — 2:17.16 (→ 24th place)
*Joseildo Rocha da Silva — 2:26.00 (→ 56th place)
*Diamantino dos Santos — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 110m Hurdles
* Joilto Santos Bonfim :* Heats — 14.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles
*Eronilde de Araújo:* Heat — 49.10:* Semifinal — 49.66 (→ did not advance)

*Pedro Chiamulera:* Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk
*Sérgio Galdino — 1:33:32 (→ 27th place)
*Marcelo Palma — 1:40:11 (→ 32nd place)
*Ademar Kammler — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump
*Anísio Silva :* Qualification — 16.03 m (→ did not advance)

*Jorge Teixeira :* Qualification — 15.64 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres
*Carmem de Oliveira Furtado:* Qualifying Heat — 34:48.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon
*Márcia Narloch — 2:44.32 (→ 17th place)
*Janette Mayal — 3:00.23 (→ 31st place)

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A)::* Lost to Croatia (76-93) :* Lost to Spain (100-101):* Defeated Angola (76-66) :* Lost to United States (83-127) :* Defeated Germany (85-76)
*Quarter Finals::* Lost to Lithuania (96-114)
*Classification Matches::* 5th/8th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (86-84):* 5th/6th place: Defeated Australia (90-80) → 5th place
*Team Roster::* ( 4.) Paulo Villas Boas :* ( 5.) Jorge Guerra:* ( 6.) Gerson Victalino:* ( 7.) João José Vianna:* ( 8.) Rolando Ferreira:* ( 9.) Ricardo Cardoso:* (10.) Maury Ponickwar:* (11.) Marcel Ponickwar:* (12.) Aristides Santos:* (13.) Wilson Fernando Kuhn:* (14.) Oscar Schmidt:* (15.) Israel Machado

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):*Defeated Italy (85-70):*Lost to Cuba (88-95):*Lost to Unified Team (64-76)
*Classification Matches:*5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (62-74):*7th/8th place: Defeated Italy (86-83) → 7th place
*Team Roster:*Hortência Marcari:*Janeth Arcain:*Helen Cristina:*Nádia Bento:*Vânia Hernandes:*Maria Paula Gonçalves:*Adriana Santos:*Marta Sobral:*Ruth Roberta de Souza:*Maria José Bertolotti:*Joycenara Batista:*Simone Pontello

=Cycling=

Women's Individual Road Race
*Claudia Carceroni:*Final — 2:23:52 (→ 48th place)

=Diving=

Women's 10m Platform
*Silvana Neitzke:*Preliminary Round — 230.70 points (→ 28th place)

=Judo=

Men's Extra-Lightweight
*Shigueto Yamasaki

Men's Half-Lightweight
*Rogério Sampaio

Men's Lightweight
*Sérgio Oliveira

Men's Half-Middleweight
*Ezequiel Paraguassu

Men's Middleweight
*Wagner Castropil

Men's Half-Heavyweight
*Aurélio Miguel

Men's Heavyweight
*José Mario Tranquillini
Women's Extra-Lightweight
*Andrea Rodrigues

Women's Half-Lightweight
*Patricia Bevilacqua

Women's Lightweight
*Jemina Alves

Women's Half-Middleweight
*Tânia Ishii

Women's Middleweight
*Rosicléia Campos

Women's Half-Heavyweight
*Soraia André

Women's Heavyweight
*Edilene Aparecida

=Handball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Brazil – Iceland 18-19:* Brazil – Hungary 21-27:* Brazil – Sweden 15-22:* Brazil – Czechoslovakia 16-27:* Brazil – South Korea 26-30
*Classification Match:* 11th/12th place: Brazil – Egypt 24-27 (→ Twelfth place)
*Team Roster:*José Luiz Aguiar Ramalho:*Sergio Carnasciali Cavichiolo:*Drean Farencena Dutra:*Milton Fonseca Pelissari:*Rodrigo Hoffelder:*Osvaldo Inocente Filho:*Gilberto Jesus Cardoso:*José Luiz Lopes Vieira:*Ricardo Matos Pereira:*Ivan Bruno Maziero:*Marcelo Minhoto Ferraz:*Paulo Rogerio Moratore:*José Ronaldo Nascimiento:*Claudio Oliveira Brito:*Ivan Raimundo Pinheiro:*Edson Roberto Rizzo
*Head Coach: Antonio Carlos Simões

=Sailing=

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
*George Rebello:* Final Ranking — 216.0 points (→ 19th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
*Christina Forte:* Final Ranking — 183.0 points (→ 17th place)

Women's 470 Class
*Claudia Swan and Monica Scheel:* Final Ranking — 100.7 points (→ 15th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Gustavo Borges
*# Heat – 23.10
*# B-Final – 23.01 (→ 13th place)

* Teófilo Ferreira
*# Heat – 24.13 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Freestyle
* Gustavo Borges
*# Heat – 49.49
*# Final – 49.43 (→ Silver Medal)

* Emanuel Nascimento
*# Heat – 51.17 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle
* Cristiano Michelena
*# Heat – 1:51.04 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

* Gustavo Borges
*# Heat – 1:51.42 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke
* Rogerio Romero
*# Heat – 57.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Backstroke
* Rogerio Romero
*# Heat – 2:00.99
*# B-Final – 2:01.02 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly
* José Carlos Souza
*# Heat – 54.78
*# B-Final – 54.85 (→ 12th place)

* Eduardo Piccinini
*# Heat – 54.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly
* Eduardo Piccinini
*# Heat – 2:01.20
*# B-Final – 2:01.87 (→ 15th place)

* André Teixeira
*# Heat – 2:01.39 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley
* José Carlos Souza
*# Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

* Renato Ramalho
*# Heat – 2:07.78 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Renato Ramalho
*# Heat – 4:29.28 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
* Gustavo Borges, Emanuel Nascimento, Teófilo Ferreira, and Cristiano Michelena
*# Heat – 7:24.20
* Cristiano Michelena, Emanuel Nascimento, Gustavo Borges, and Teófilo Ferreira
*# Final – 7:24.03 (→ 7th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
*Luiz Mattar
*# First round — Lost to Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands) 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 2-6

*Jaime Oncins
*# First round — Defeated Srđan Muškatirović (Independent Participants) 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
*# Second round — Defeated Michael Chang (United States) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
*# Third round — Defeated Mark Koevermans (Netherlands) 6-7, 0-6, 6-7
*# Quarterfinals — Lost to Andrei Cherkasov (Unified Team) 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition
*Luiz Mattar and Jaime Oncins
*# First round — Lost to Emilio Sanchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6

Women's Singles Competition
*Andrea Viera-Arnold
*# First round — Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 2-6, 3-6