Brazil at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the; 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in London
Competitors	70 (59 men and 11 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha
Medals ; Ranked 34th	Gold0Silver0Bronze1Total1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated May 11, 2025

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 men's basketball team. With seven consecutive victories, the basketball team only lost in the semifinals, against France. In the dispute for bronze, the team coached by Moacir Daiuto beat Mexico by 52 to 47, guaranteeing the first medal ever won by Brazilians not only in Basketball as also in a team sport.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Brazil national men's basketball team Algodão João Francisco Bráz Ruy de Freitas Marcus Vinícius Dias Affonso Évora Alexandre Gemignani Alfredo da Motta Alberto Marson Nilton Pacheco Massinet Sorcinelli	Basketball	Men's tournament	August 13

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Basketball	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	0	1	1
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	1	1

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ivan Hausen	100 m	10.9	2 Q	NT	4	did not advance
Ivan Hausen	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
Aroldo da Silva	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
Rosalvo Ramos	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Helena de Menezes	200 m	27.7	4	did not advance
Elizabeth Müller	100 m	13.2	4	did not advance
Benedicta de Oliveira	100 m	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
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gertrudes Morg	Long jump	5.120	20	did not advance
Elizabeth Müller	Shot put	11.870	13	did not advance
Elizabeth Müller	High jump	—		1.40	17

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Brazil

45–41

Hungary

Harringay Arena, London

Brazil

36–32

Uruguay

Harringay Arena, London

Brazil

76–11

Great Britain

Harringay Arena, London

Brazil

57–35

Canada

Harringay Arena, London

Brazil

47–31

Italy

Harringay Arena, London

Quarterfinals

Brazil

28–23

Czechoslovakia

Harringay Arena, London

Semifinals

Brazil

33–45

France

Harringay Arena, London

Bronze medal match

Mexico

47–52

Brazil

Harringay Arena, London

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Milton Busin	3 m springboard	113.86	11
Gunnar Kemnitz	3 m springboard	102.22	21
Haroldo Mariano	10 m platform	90.00	16

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Final			Total
			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
Athlete	Horse	Event	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
Fencer	Event	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	Men's foil	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
Athlete	Event	Points	Points	Points	Points	Points	Total points	Final rank
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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pércio Zancani Paulo Diebold	Men's coxless pair	7:33.1	1 Q	—		8:18.6	2	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
Wolfgang Richter	Firefly	7	578	~~DNF~~	0	6	645	19	144	4	821	15	247	9	469	2904	11
Victório Ferraz Carlos Borchers	Swallow	9	293	11	206	9	293	12	168	8	344	2	946	5	548	2630	10
E. Rocco de Paula Simoes Carlos Bittencourt Filho M. Rocco de Paula Simoes	Star	16	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
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Manoel Braga	50 metre rifle prone	589	28
João de Faria	50 metre rifle prone	584	45
Silvino Ferreira	50 m pistol	511	28
Álvaro dos Santos Filho	50 m pistol	509	31
Álvaro dos Santos Filho	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	25 m rapid fire pistol	490	56

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	100 metre backstroke	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	—		9:31.0	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Piedade Coutinho-Tavares	100 metre freestyle	1:08.6	11 Q	1:16.0	13	did not advance
Piedade Coutinho-Tavares	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	—		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.

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[SportsRef-1] "Brazil at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

[2] 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.

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v t e National Olympic Committees at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom
Africa	Egypt South Africa
America	Argentina Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma Ceylon China India Iran Iraq Philippines Korea Lebanon Pakistan Singapore Syria Turkey
Europe	Austria Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Brazil at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group A

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Boxing

Diving

Equestrian

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

References

External links