Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Berlin
Competitors	73 (67 men, 6 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated July 30, 2025

Brazil competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1920 and missing the 1928 Summer Olympics. 73 competitors, 67 men and 6 women, took part in 37 events in 9 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Sílvio Magalhães Padilha (flagbearer, and future COB president).

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José de Almeida	100 m	11.1	3	did not advance
José de Almeida	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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Basketball

Men's tournament

First round

7 August

Brazil

28–17

Canada

Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

Second round

9 August

Chile

23–18

Brazil

Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

Second consolation round

10 August

Brazil

32–14

Republic of China

Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

Third round

11 August

Poland

33–25

Brazil

Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

Cycling

Three cyclists, all male, represented Brazil in 1936.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time
Dertônio Ferrer	Men's road race	NT
José Magnani		NT
Hermógenes Netto		NT

Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Brazil in 1936.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	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

Women

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	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

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1936.

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
Athlete	Event	Points	Points	Points	Points	Points	Total points	Final rank
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

Rowing

Brazil had 22 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Sailing

Open

Athlete	Event	Race														Final rank
		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		Final rank
		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

Shooting

Four shooters represented Brazil in 1936.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	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	50 metre rifle prone	296	5

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
João Havelange	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
Manoel Villar	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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Piedade Coutinho	100 metre freestyle	1:09.4	3 Q	1:09.6	5	did not advance
Piedade Coutinho	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
Scylla Venâncio	400 metre freestyle	6:23.0	5	did not advance
Sieglinda Zigler	100 metre backstroke	1:32.0	8	did not advance

References

↑ "Brazil at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links

Official Olympic Reports
(in Portuguese) Brazilian Olympic Committee ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
(in Portuguese) Duarte, Marcelo. O Guia dos Curiosos: Jogos Olímpicos. ISBN 85-87537-56-3

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[sports-reference-1] "Brazil at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

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Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Contents

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Cycling

Road

Fencing

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

References

External links