| Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BRA |
| NOC | Brazilian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Berlin | |
| Competitors | 73 (67 men, 6 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Brazil competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 73 competitors, 67 men and 6 women, took part in 37 events in 9 sports. [1]
Sílvio Magalhães Padilha (flagbearer, and future COB president).
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| José de Almeida | 100 m | 11.1 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | NT | did not advance | |||||||
| Antônio de Carvalho | 400 m | 50.4 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
| Oswaldo Domingues | 100 m | NT | did not advance | ||||||
| Darcy Guimarães | 110 m hurdles | NT | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| Sylvio Padilha | 400 m hurdles | 54.2 | 2 Q | — | 53.3 | 3 Q | 54.0 | 5 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Antônio Lira | Shot put | ? | 16 | did not advance | |
| Ícaro Mello | High jump | 1.80 | 23 | did not advance | |
| Alfredo Mendes | High jump | 1.80 | 23 | did not advance | |
| Assis Naban | Hammer throw | ? | 18 | did not advance | |
| Márcio de Oliveira | Long jump | ? | Q | 7.05 | 15 |
Three cyclists, all male, represented Brazil in 1936.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dertônio Ferrer | Men's road race | NT | |
| José Magnani | NT | ||
| Hermógenes Netto | NT | ||
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Brazil in 1936.
Ranks given are within the pool.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Lodovico Alessandri | Men's foil | 1–5 | 6 | did not advance | |||||||
| Moacyr Dunham | 0–4 | 6 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Ricardo Vagnotti | 1–4 | 5 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Henrique de Aguilar | Men's épée | 6–0 | 1 Q | — | 5–0 | 4 Q | 2–0 | 10 | did not advance | ||
| Moacyr Dunham | 0–0 | 8 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Ennio de Oliveira | 2–0 | 7 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Lodovico Alessandri | Men's sabre | 1–5 | 6 | did not advance | |||||||
| Moacyr Dunham | 0–6 | 8 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Ennio de Oliveira | 0–7 | 9 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Moacyr Dunham Ennio de Oliveira Ricardo Vagnotti Lodovico Alessandri | Team foil |  France (FRA)L 0–16  Yugoslavia (YUG)L 7–9 | 3 | did not advance | |||||||
| Moacyr Dunham Ricardo Vagnotti Henrique de Aguilar Ennio de Oliveira | Team epee |  Germany (GER)L 6–9  Canada (CAN)L 7–8 | 3 | did not advance | |||||||
Ranks given are within the pool.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Hilda von Puttkammer | Women's foil | 3–3 | 4 Q | — | 0–4 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1936.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | ||||
| Guilherme Catramby Filho | Men's | 1.0 | 17.5 | 157 | 28 | 36 | 159.5 | 36 |
| Rui Duarte | 18 | 15.5 | 167 | 23 | 33 | 160.0 | 37 | |
| Anísio da Rocha | 41,5 | 18.5 | 146 | 39 | 30 | 177.5 | 39 |
Brazil had 22 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1936. [2]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Celestino de Palma | Single sculls | 7:37.7 | 2 R | 7:49.7 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Adamor Gonçalves Paschoal Rapuano | Double sculls | 7:26.3 | 6 q | — | 8:30.2 | 5 | did not advance | ||
| Afonso de Castro Eduardo Lehman | Coxless pair | 7:40.2 | 4 q | BYE | DNF | did not advance | |||
| Estevam Strata José Ramalho Decio Klettenberg | Coxed pair | 8:13.7 | 6 q | — | 9:32.3 | 5 | did not advance | ||
| Nelson Ribeiro Álvaro de Sá Freire José de Campos Wilson de Freitas Henrique Camargo | Coxed four | 7:01.3 | 2 q | — | 8:26.0 | 4 | did not advance | ||
| Arno Franzen Maximo Fava Ernesto Sauter Alfredo de Baer Frederico Tadewald Henrique Kranen Nilo Franzen Lauro Franzen Rodolpho Rath | Eight | 6:33.2 | 5 R | 7:06.1 | 4 | — | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Final rank | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Walter Heuer | O-Jolle | 21 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 39 | 24 |
Four shooters represented Brazil in 1936.
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Manoel Braga | 50 metre rifle prone | 287 | 51 |
| Harvey Dias Villela | 50 m pistol | 515 | 25 |
| Antônio Guimarães | 50 metre rifle prone | 292 | 23 |
| José Mello | 296 | 5 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Julius Edgar Arp | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:02.6 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Ademar Caballero | 100 metre backstroke | 1:17.0 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Antônio Amaral Filho | 100 metre backstroke | 1:21.0 | 7 | did not advance | |||
| João Havelange | 400 metre freestyle | 5:31.5 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 22:54.1 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| Aluizio Lage | 400 metre freestyle | 5:18.3 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Isaac Moraes | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.5 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Benvenuto Nunes | 100 metre backstroke | 1:16.9 | 6 | did not advance | |||
| Leônidas da Silva | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.3 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Antônio Luiz dos Santos | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:56.8 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Paulo Tarrto | 100 metre freestyle | 1:02.6 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Manoel Villar | 400 metre freestyle | 5:18.2 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 21:49.9 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| Aluizio Lage Leônidas da Silva Manoel Villar Isaac Moraes | 4 x 200 metre freestyle | — | 9:42.5 | 3 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| Piedade Coutinho | 100 metre freestyle | 1:09.4 | 3 Q | 1:09.6 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| 400 metre freestyle | 5:35.5 | 3 Q | 5:42.5 | 2 Q | 5:35.2 | 5 | |||
| Maria Lenk | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:17.2 | 3 Q | 3:17.7 | 6 | did not advance | |||
| Helena Salles | 100 metre freestyle | 1:16.2 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| Scylla Venâncio | 100 metre freestyle | 1:15.1 | 8 | did not advance | |||||
| 400 metre freestyle | 6:23.0 | 5 | did not advance | ||||||
| Sieglinda Zigler | 100 metre backstroke | 1:32.0 | 8 | did not advance | |||||
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Argentina at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was the nation's fourth appearance out of seven editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1924 Summer Olympics its first national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee, 77 athletes that competed in 39 events in 11 sports. They brought home Argentina's inaugural batch of Olympic medals, one gold in a team sport, three silver and two bronze; the latter five medals for individual achievement.
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The United States competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 299 competitors, 275 men and 24 women, took part in 108 events in 18 sports.
Austria competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, returning to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1920 Games because of the nation's role in World War I. 49 competitors, 46 men and 3 women, took part in 27 events in 8 sports.
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Belgium competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 172 competitors, 166 men and 6 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports.
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