Brazil at the 1955 Pan American Games

Brazil at the 1955 Pan American Games
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br
in Mexico City March 12 - March 26, 1955
Competitors	135 in 17 sports
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 13 Total 18
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Brazil competed at the 2nd Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico from March 12 to March 26, 1955.

Medals

Medal Name(s) Sport Event Date Ref  Bronze José Telles da Conceição Athletics Men's high jump 13 March 1955 [1]  Bronze Ary de Sá Athletics Men's long jump 14 March 1955 [1]  Bronze Wilson Carneiro Athletics Men's 400m hurdles 14 March 1955 [1]  Gold Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Athletics Men's triple jump 16 March 1955 [1]  Bronze José Telles da Conceição Athletics Men's 200m 16 March 1955 [1] [2]  Bronze Wanda dos Santos Athletics Women's 80m hurdles 17 March 1955 [1]  Silver Deyse de Castro Athletics Women's high jump 17 March 1955 [1]  Bronze Men's basketball team Wlamir Marques Amaury Pasos Almir Nelson de Almeida Mayr Facci Wilson Bombarda Edson Bispo Pedro Vicente Fonseca Leonardo Ribeiro Paraíso Moacyr Penha Ribeiro Carlos Marino Willi Pecher Zenny de Azevedo Basketball Men's tournament 24 March 1955 [1]  Bronze Women's basketball team Neuci Ramos da Silva Agláe Giorgio Nair Kanawatti Wanda Lima Bezerra Eugenia Rindeika Isaura Marli Alvares Marlene José Bento Zilah Helen Santos Maria Helena Cardoso Zilda Ulbrich Laura Rodrigues Nivea Figueiredo Silva Basketball Women's tournament [1]  Bronze Celestino Pinto Boxing Men's light welterweight (-63,5 kg) [1]  Gold Luiz Ignácio Boxing Men's light heavyweight (-81 kg) [1]  Silver Adão Waldemar Boxing Men's heavyweight (+81 kg) [1]  Bronze Ingrid Metzner Tennis Women's singles [1]  Bronze Ingrid Metzner Maria Esther Bueno Tennis Women's doubles [1]  Bronze Men's volleyball team Atila Gonçalves Martins Fernando Pavan Gilberto Geraldo Barcelos Jorge Almeida Belo Jorge Bittencourt José Gil Mendonça Lucio Cunha Figueiredo Mário Figueira Sobrinho Oscar Cunha Pinheiro Parker Gilbert Carvalho Reginaldo Lyra Silva Urbano Santiago Volleyball Men's tournament [1]  Bronze Women's volleyball team Celma de Araújo Helena Valente Duarte Hildergarde Lassen Isaura Marli Alvares Lillian Collier Maria Imaculada Machado Maria José Barros Marlene Schenkel Norma Rosa Vaz Sônia Freire Araújo Vera Trezoitko Zilda Ulbrich Volleyball Women's tournament [1]  Bronze Men's water polo team Adhemar Grijó Filho Amaury Fonseca Denir Ribeiro Edson Peri Eduardo Alijó Everaldo Cruz Hilton de Almeida Márvio dos Santos Roberto de Araújo Rodney Bell Rolf Kestener Water polo Men's tournament [1]  Silver Bruno Barabani Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight (-90 kg) [1]

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 1 5 7 Boxing 1 1 1 3 Weightlifting 0 1 0 1 Basketball 0 0 2 2 Tennis 0 0 2 2 Volleyball 0 0 2 2 Waterpolo 0 0 1 1 Total 2 3 13 18

See also

• Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• List of Pan American medalists for Brazil

References

• (in Portuguese) Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee

1. "Medalhistas Brasileiros - Cidade do México 1955". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
2. "Pan-American Games, Mexico City 1955" (PDF). atfs.org. Retrieved 31 December 2022.