Brazil at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the; 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Rome
Competitors	72 (71 men and 1 woman) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Medals ; Ranked 39th	Gold0Silver0Bronze2Total2
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Last updated March 28, 2025

Brazil competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 72 competitors, 71 men and 1 woman, took part in 35 events in 14 sports. Brazilians obtained two bronze medals in Rome. The swimmer Manuel dos Santos was a bronze medalist in men's 100 metre freestyle. The men's basketball team also won the bronze medal. Flagbearer and defending two-time Olympic champion Adhemar Ferreira da Silva could not repeat his performance and placed fourteenth in the triple jump,^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Manuel dos Santos	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	August 27
Bronze	Brazil national men's basketball team Edson Bispo dos Santos Moyses Blas Waldemar Blatskauskas Algodão Carmo de Souza Carlos Domingos Massoni Waldyr Boccardo Wlamir Marques Amaury Pasos Fernando Pereira De Freitas Antônio Salvador Sucar Eduardo Schall Jatyr	Basketball	Men's tournament	September 10

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Basketball	0	0	1	1
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	0	2	2
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	2	2

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José da Conceição	200 m	21.3	2 Q	21.5	7	did not advance
Anubes da Silva	100 m	10.8	4	did not advance
	400 m	48.0	4	did not advance
	400 m hurdles	52.25	3	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Adhemar da Silva	Triple jump	15.61	13 Q	15.07	14

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wanda dos Santos	80 m hurdles	11.84	4	did not advance

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	213	198	+15	6
Soviet Union	3	2	1	220	170	+50	5
Mexico	3	1	2	189	210	−21	4
Puerto Rico	3	0	3	199	243	−44	3

August 26
20:00

Puerto Rico	72–75	Brazil
Scoring by half: 35–33, 37–42
Pts: Walle (22)		Pts: Pasos (18)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: P. Reverberi

K. Klima

August 27
21:30

Soviet Union	54–58	Brazil
Scoring by half: 23–28, 31–30
Pts: Blatskauskas, Pasos (14)		Pts: Muzhniek (14)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: D. Shirley

E. Kassai

August 29
21:30

Brazil	80–72 ()	Mexico
Scoring by half: 29–32, 32–29 Overtime: 19–11
Pts: Pasos (19)		Pts: A. Herrera (22)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Luglini

C. Sien

Semifinals

	Advance to the championship round
	Relegated to 5th-8th place classification playoffs

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	240	221	+19	6
Italy	3	2	1	226	216	−10	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	236	237	−1	4
Poland	3	0	3	211	239	−28	3

September 1
21:30

Brazil	78–75 (OT)	Italy
Scoring by half: 29–39, 41–31 Overtime:8–5
Pts: Marques, Pasos (18)		Pts: Alesini (18)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: R. Klima

B. Takev

September 2
20:00

Brazil	77–68	Poland
Scoring by half: 39–46, 38–22
Pts: Baumruk, Konecny (18)		Pts: Wichowski (24)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: B. Takev

Harvey

September 3
21:30

Czechoslovakia	78–85	Brazil
Scoring by half: 30–43, 48–42
Pts: Baumruk (23)		Pts: Pasos (25)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto

E. Kassai

Championship Round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	283	201	+82	6
Soviet Union	3	2	1	199	213	−14	5
Brazil	3	1	2	203	229	−26	4
Italy	3	0	3	226	268	−42	3

September 8
21:00

Brazil	62–64	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32–28, 30–36
Pts: Marques (25)		Pts: Voljnov (19)

Palazzo dello Sport, Rome
Referees: R. Weber

Bilek

September 10
22:30

Brazil	63–90	United States
Scoring by half: 24–50, 39–40
Pts: Marques (19)		Pts: Lucas (23)

Palazzo dello Sport, Rome
Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto

E. Kassai

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Martins	Flyweight	BYE	Mircea Dobrescu (ROU) L 0–5	did not advance
Waldomiro Pinto	Bantamweight	BYE	Oleg Grigoriew (URS) L 0–5	did not advance
Jorge Salomão	Light welterweight	BYE	Miguel Amarista (VEN) L 2–3	did not advance
Hélio Crescencio	Light middleweight	BYE	Michael Reid (IRL) L 1–4	did not advance
José Leite	Light heavyweight	BYE	Rafael Gargiulo (ARG) L KO-1	did not advance

Cycling

One male cyclist represented Brazil in 1960.

Track

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anésio Argenton	1000m time trial	1:09.96	6

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Round 2	Repechage 3	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Anésio Argenton	Sprint	Sterckx (BEL) L	Barton (GBR) W12.3	Bodnieks (URS) Mucino (MEX) L	—	—	Baensch (AUS) Gasparella (ITA) W	Gaiardoni (ITA) L	did not advance		5

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Fernando Ribeiro	3 m springboard	49.27	22	did not advance

Equestrian

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Renyldo Ferreira	Marengo	Individual	50.00	44	did not advance		did not finish
Mario Leite Neto	Biguaj		29.75	32	did not advance		did not finish
Oscar da Silva	Eldorado		34.00	36	did not advance		did not finish
Renyldo Ferreira Mario Leite Neto Oscar da Silva	See above	Team	AC	DNF	did not advance		did not finish

Football

First round

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	5	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	4
3	Great Britain	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
4	Taiwan	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

August 26, 1960
12:00

Brazil	4–3	Great Britain
Gérson 2' China 61', 72' Wanderley 64'	Report	Brown 32', 87' Lewis 47'

Livorno, Stadio di Ardenza

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)

August 29, 1960
12:00

Brazil	5–0	Taiwan
Gérson 13', 16', 47' Roberto Dias 73', 87'	Report

Rome, Stadio Flaminio

Referee: E. Erlich (YUG)

September 1, 1960
12:00

Italy	3–1	Brazil
Rivera 69' Rossano 70', 86'	Report	Didi 4'

Florence, Stadio Comunale

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (FRA)

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1960.

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
Justo Botelho	Men's	718	724	840	940	1,048	4,270	27
Wenceslau Malta		1,066	586	860	750	919	4,181	32
José Wilson		433	448	800	920	919	3,520	50
Justo Botelho Wenceslau Malta José Wilson	Team	2,217	1,724	2,500	2,610	2,886	11,937	13

Rowing

Brazil had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harri Klein Paulino Leite Eduardo Endtner Francisco Todesco Waldemar Scovino	Coxed four	6:57.48	5 R	7:09.78	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
Reinaldo Conrad	Finn	15	~~469~~	3	1168	10	645	1	1645	10	645	18	390	11	604	5176	5
Richter Wolfgang Edgard Roberto Ferreira Da Rosa	Flying Dutchman	21	270	17	362	20	291	23	231	21	270	~~DNS~~	0	DNS	0	1424	26
Jorge Pontual Cid Nascimento	Star	10	516	13	~~482~~	9	562	6	738	8	613	11	475	9	562	3466	9

Shooting

Three shooters represented Brazil in 1960.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Luiz Martins	50 m rifle, three positions	525	28	did not advance
Luiz Martins	50 m rifle, prone	387	9 Q	577	33
Ambrosio Rocha	50 m pistol	—		503	50
Ambrosio Rocha	25 m rapid fire pistol	—		556	42
Álvaro dos Santos Filho	50 m pistol	—		518	43

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fernando de Abreu	100 metre freestyle	1:00.1	5	did not advance
Athos de Oliveira	100 metre backstroke	1:07.9	7	did not advance
Aldo Perseke	200 metre butterfly	2:50.8	6	did not advance
Manuel dos Santos Filho	100 metre freestyle	56.3	1 Q	56.3	1 Q	55.4
Farid Zablith Filho	200 metre breaststroke	2:48.6	5	did not advance
Athos de Oliveira Farid Zablith Filho Aldo Perseke Fernando de Abreu	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:30.1	6	did not advance

Water polo

First round

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	20	10	+10	6
United Team of Germany (EUA)	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	4
Argentina	3	0	1	2	7	14	−7	1
Brazil	3	0	1	2	7	16	−9	1

Source: sports-reference.com

August 25, 1960
21:30

Brazil	2–2	Argentina
	(1:0)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto

August 26, 1960
21:00

Brazil	3–6	United Team of Germany (EUA)
	(1:3)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto

August 29, 1960
12:00

Soviet Union	8–2	Brazil
	(5:1)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Bruno Barabani	90 kg	120.0	15	117.5	14	152.5	14	390.0	15

References

↑ "Brazil at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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[sports-reference-1] "Brazil at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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Africa	Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Liberia Morocco Nigeria Rhodesia South Africa Sudan Tunisia Uganda United Arab Republic
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana British West Indies Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Haiti Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Peru Puerto Rico Suriname United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma Ceylon Taiwan (In the name of Formosa) Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan South Korea Lebanon Malaya Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand

Brazil at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group C

Semifinals

Pool A

Championship Round

Boxing

Cycling

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Show jumping

Football

First round

Group B

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Water polo

First round

Group B

Weightlifting

References

External links