Brazil at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | BRA |
NOC | Brazilian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 70 (59 men and 11 women) in 11 sports |
Flag bearer | Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha |
Medals Ranked 34th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Brazil competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. 70 competitors, 59 men and 11 women, took part in 41 events in 11 sports.[1] A Brazilian medal was won for the first time since the country's debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics, with a bronze by the basketball team.
Medalists[]
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Athletics[]
- Men
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Ivan Hausen | 100 m | 10.9 | 2 Q | NT | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
200 m | 22.2 | 2 Q | 22.3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Aroldo da Silva | 100 m | 10.6 | 2 Q | NT | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
200 m | 21.9 | 2 Q | 22.0 | 3 Q | NT | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Hélio da Silva | 100 m | NT | 4 | Did not advance | |||||||
Rosalvo Ramos | 200 m | 22.2 | 2 Q | NT | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
400 m | 49.2 | 2 Q | 48.7 | 3 Q | 49.1 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
Aroldo da Silva Hélio da Silva Ivan Hausen Rosalvo Ramos |
4 × 100 m relay | 42.4 | 9 | Did not advance |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Geraldo de Oliveira | Triple jump | 14.590 | 9 Q | 14.825 | 5 |
Adhemar da Silva | 14.690 | 4 Q | 14.490 | 8 | |
Hélio da Silva | 14.640 | 6 Q | 14.310 | 11 |
- Women
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Melânia Luz | 200 m | 26.6 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
Helena de Menezes | 100 m | 13.2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
200 m | 27.7 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Elizabeth Müller | 100 m | 13.2 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
Benedicta de Oliveira | 13.2 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Lucila Pini | 200 m | 27.6 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
Benedicta de Oliveira Melânia Luz Gertrudes Morg Lucila Pini |
4 × 100 m relay | 49.0 | 9 | Did not advance |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Gertrudes Morg | Long jump | 5.120 | 20 | Did not advance | |
Elizabeth Müller | Shot put | 11.870 | 13 | Did not advance | |
High jump | N/A | 1.40 | 17 |
Basketball[]
Preliminary round[]
Group A[]
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 261 | 150 | +111 | 10 |
Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 2 | 246 | 170 | +76 | 8 |
Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 201 | 172 | +29 | 8 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 222 | 205 | +17 | 8 |
Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 170 | 208 | −38 | 6 |
Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 298 | −195 | 5 |
Quarterfinals[]
Semifinals[]
Bronze medal match[]
Boxing[]
- Men
Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Manoel do Nascimento | Bantamweight | Tibor Csík (HUN) L DQ2 |
Did not advance | ||||
Ralph Zumbano | Lightweight | Franz Ehringer (LUX) W KO-2 |
Auguste Caulet (AUS) W PTS |
Wallace Smith (USA) L KO-2 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Vicente dos Santos | Heavyweight | Jay Lambert (USA) L PTS |
Did not advance |
Diving[]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Milton Busin | 3 m springboard | 113.86 | 11 |
Gunnar Kemnitz | 102.22 | 21 | |
Haroldo Mariano | 10 m platform | 90.00 | 16 |
Equestrian[]
Eventing[]
Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | ||||||
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Final | ||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Aëcio Coelho | Guapo | Individual | 114.00 | 16 | 72 | 42.00 | 10 | 10 | 52.00 | 7 | 52.00 | 7 |
Renyldo Ferreira | Indio | 184.00 | 43 | 54 | 210.00 | 37 | 40 | 250.00 | 31 | 250.00 | 31 | |
Anísio da Rocha | Carioca | 185.00 | 44 | 36 | 229.00 | 38 | DNF | AC | DNF | AC | ||
Aëcio Coelho Renyldo Ferreira Anísio da Rocha |
See above | Team | 483.00 | 13 | 162 | 481.00 | 11 | 50 | 302.0 | AC | 302.0 | AC |
Show jumping[]
Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | |
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Penalties | Rank | |||
Eloy de Menezes | Sabu | Individual | DNQ | |
Francisco Pontes | Itaguai | 20 | 10 | |
Ruben Ribeiro | Bon Soir | DNQ | ||
Eloy de Menezes Francisco Pontes Ruben Ribeiro |
See above | Team | 20 | DNF |
Fencing[]
Seven fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1948.
- Men
Ranks given are within the pool.
Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Lodovico Alessandri | Men's foil | 5-2 | 3 Q | 0-7 | 8 | Did not advance | |||||||
Salvatore Scianamea | 0-7 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
Henrique de Aguilar | Men's épée | 3-5 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Fortunato de Barros | 3-5 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
Mario Biancalana | 3-5 | 3 Q | 4-4 | 2 Q | 3-6 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||||
Etienne Molnar | Men's sabre | 4-1 | 2 Q | 2-5 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||||
Mario Biancalana Fortunato de Barros Henrique de Aguilar Walter de Paula Salvatore Scianamea |
Team epee | Italy (ITA) L 2-14 Great Britain (GBR) L 6-8 |
3 | Did not advance |
Modern pentathlon[]
Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1948.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Riding (show jumping) |
Fencing (épée one touch) |
Shooting (25 m rapid-fire pistol) |
Swimming (300 m freestyle) |
Running (4000 m) |
Total points | Final rank |
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Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | ||||
Humberto Bedford | Men's | 37 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 205 | 43 |
Aloysio Borges | 33 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 43 | 146 | 38 | |
Aëcio Coelho | 15 | 1 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 125 | 30 |
Rowing[]
Brazil had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Pércio Zancani Paulo Diebold |
Men's coxless pair | 7:33.1 | 1 Q | N/A | 8:18.6 | 2 | Did not advance |
Sailing[]
- Open
Athlete | Event | Race | Final rank | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Wolfgang Richter | Firefly | 7 | 578 | 0 | 6 | 645 | 19 | 144 | 4 | 821 | 15 | 247 | 9 | 469 | 2904 | 11 | |
Victório Ferraz Carlos Borchers |
Swallow | 9 | 293 | 11 | 206 | 9 | 293 | 168 | 8 | 344 | 2 | 946 | 5 | 548 | 2630 | 10 | |
Carlos Bittencourt Filho |
Star | 127 | 13 | 217 | 11 | 290 | 10 | 331 | 14 | 185 | 10 | 331 | 11 | 290 | 1644 | 14 |
Shooting[]
Seven shooters represented Brazil in 1948.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Score | Rank | ||
Manoel Braga | 50 metre rifle prone | 589 | 28 |
João de Faria | 584 | 45 | |
Silvino Ferreira | 50 m pistol | 511 | 28 |
Álvaro dos Santos Filho | 50 m pistol | 509 | 31 |
25 m rapid fire pistol | 527 | 34 | |
Antônio Guimarães | 50 metre rifle prone | 594 | 13 |
Pedro Simão | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 540 | 30 |
Allan Sobocinski | 490 | 56 |
Swimming[]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Aram Boghossian | 100 metre freestyle | 1:00.9 | 15 Q | 1:01.0 | 14 | Did not advance | |
Rolf Egon | 1500 metre freestyle | 20:36.3 | 15 q | 20:44.6 | 14 | Did not advance | |
Ilo da Fonseca | 100 metre backstroke | 1:11.9 | 2 Q | 1:11.6 | 7 | Did not advance | |
Plauto Guimarães | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.7 | 33 | Did not advance | |||
Willy Otto Jordan | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:46.4 | 6 Q | 2:43.9 | 2 Q | 2:46.4 | 6 |
Sérgio Rodrigues | 100 metre freestyle | 1:01.6 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
Hélio Silva | 100 metre backstroke | 1:10.5 | 3 q | 1:10.1 | 5 | Did not advance | |
Paulo Silva | 1:10.0 | 3 q | 1:09.8 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Sérgio Rodrigues Willy Otto Jordan Rolf Kestener Aram Boghossian |
4 x 200 metre freestyle | 9:19.9 | 7 q | N/A | 9:31.0 | 8 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
Piedade Coutinho-Tavares | 100 metre freestyle | 1:08.6 | 11 Q | 1:16.0 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
400 metre freestyle | 5:30.0 | 6 Q | 5:31.1 | 7 Q | 5:29.4 | 6 | |||
Maria da Costa | 100 metre freestyle | 1:16.0 | 32 | Did not advance | |||||
Edith de Oliveira | 100 metre backstroke | 1:22.5 | 19 | Did not advance | |||||
Eleonora Schmitt | 100 metre freestyle | 1:10.8 | 21 | Did not advance | |||||
Eleonora Schmitt Maria da Costa Talita Rodrígues Piedade Coutinho-Tavares |
4 x 100 metre freestyle | 4:51.4 | 8 q | N/A | 4:49.1 | 6 |
References[]
- ^ "Brazil at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- Nations at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Brazil at the Summer Olympics by year
- 1948 in Brazilian sport