Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the Olympic Games
Flag of Brazil IOC code  BRA NOC Brazilian Olympic Committee Website www.cob.org.br (Portuguese)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	81 (78 men and 3 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Luiz Cláudio Menon
Medals Rank: 41	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 2
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Brazil competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 81 competitors, 78 men and 3 women, took part in 44 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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

Bronze

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

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

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

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Brazil in 1972.

Individual road race

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

Equestrianism

Football

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
  • Vitor
  • Osmar
  • Fred
  • Terezo
  • Falcão
  • Celso
  • PEDRINHO
  • Rubens Galaxe
  • Washington
  • Roberto Dinamite
  • Dirceu
  • Nielsen
  • Abel Braga
  • Wagner
  • Bolívar
  • Ângelo
  • Pintinho
  • Zé Carlos
  • Manoel

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Four male shooters represented Brazil in 1972.

50 m pistol

• Bertino de Souza
• Durval Guimarães

Trap

• Marcos José Olsen
• Túlio Miraglia

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

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

Men's 200m Freestyle

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

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Alfredo Machado

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Alfredo Machado

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Rômulo Arantes

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Rômulo Arantes

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• José Fiolo

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• José Fiolo

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Sérgio Waismann

Men's 200m Medley

• Antônio Azevedo

Men's 400m Medley

• Antônio Azevedo

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

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

Volleyball

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

Weightlifting

References

1. "Brazil at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database