Brazil at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the; 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Tokyo
Competitors	61 (60 men and 1 woman) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Wlamir Marques
Medals ; Ranked 35th	Gold0Silver0Bronze1Total1
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Last updated November 22, 2025

Brazil competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 61 competitors, 60 men and 1 woman, took part in 17 events in 11 sports. The country single medal in 1964 was the bronze obtained by the men's basketball team.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Brazil national men's basketball team Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Friedrich Wilhem Braun Jatyr Eduardo Schall Victor Mirshawka Edson Bispo dos Santos Wlamir Marques Amaury Pasos Carlos Domingos Massoni Carmo de Souza Antônio Salvador Sucar Sérgio de Toledo Machado José Edvar Simões	Basketball	Men's tournament	October 23

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

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Aída dos Santos	High jump	1.70	5 Q	1.74	4

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group B

	Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	7	0	569	333	+236	14
Brazil	5	2	473	452	+21	12	1W−0L
SFR Yugoslavia	5	2	529	453	+76	12	0W−1L
Uruguay	4	3	472	482	−10	11
Finland	3	4	409	475	−66	10
Australia	2	5	434	460	−26	9	1W−0L
Peru	2	5	431	453	−22	9	0W−1L
South Korea	0	7	432	641	−209	7

11.10.1964
10:30

Brazil

50–58

Peru

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

12.10.1964
13:30

Yugoslavia

64–68

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

13.10.1964
20:30

South Korea

65–92

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

14.10.1964
17:30

Finland

54–61

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

16.10.1964
13:30

Uruguay

68–80

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

17.10.1964
19:00

Brazil

53–86

United States

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

18.10.1964
17:30

Australia

57–69

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

Semifinals

21.10.1964
17:30

Brazil

47–53

Soviet Union

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

Bronze medal match

23.10.1964
17:30

Puerto Rico

60–76

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokio

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
Joao Henrique da Silva	Light-Welterweight	BYE	Chang Pin Cheng (ROC) W RSC-1	Keramat Nadimi (IRN) W 3-2	Eddie Blay (GHA) L 0-5	did not advance		5
Luiz Fabre	Light-Middleweight	BYE	Sayed Elnahas (EGY) L 1-4	did not advance
Luiz Leonidas Cezar	Middleweight	BYE		Franco Valle (ITA) L 1-4	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
Nelson Pessoa	Individual	Huipil	12.00	6	8.00	3	20.00	—	5

Football

First round

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	United Arab Republic	3	1	1	1	12	6	+6	3	Advanced to knockout stage
3	Brazil	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	3
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: RSSSF

October 12, 1964
14:00

Brazil	1 – 1	United Arab Republic
Roberto 10'	Report	Shanin 88'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Attendance: 16,450

Referee: Glöckner (GDR)

October 14, 1964
14:00

Brazil	4 – 0	South Korea
Zé Roberto 30' Elizeu 44', 54' Roberto 73'	Report

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 12,672

Referee: Boukkili (MAR)

October 16, 1964
14:00

Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Brazil
Valošek 77'	Report

Omiya Park Soccer Stadium, Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 13,120

Referee: Tehrani (IRN)

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lhofei Shiozawa	−80 kg	Rafael Barquero (CRC) W 1000-0000	Alfred Redl (AUT) W 1000-0000	Narzal García (PHI) W 1000-0000	1 Q	Kim Eui-Tae (KOR) L 0000-0100	did not advance		5

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Brazil in 1964.

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
José Wilson	Men's	940	640	940	1025	733	4278	28

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
Jörg Bruder	Finn	19	~~341~~	8	716	5	921	12	540	10	620	6	841	2	1318	4956	7
Joaquim Roderbourg Klaus Hendriksen	Flying Dutchman	12	344	12	344	9	469	14	277	17	~~193~~	17	193	8	520	2147	16
Harry Adler Luiz Ramos	Star	10	331	6	553	~~DNF~~	~~101~~	12	252	9	377	9	377	10	331	2221	11

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mauri Fonseca	100 metre freestyle	59.6	7	did not advance
Athos de Oliveira		56.0	3	did not advance
Alvaro Pires		56.8	5	did not advance
Farid Zablith Filho	200 metre breaststroke	2:45.2	4	did not advance
Athos de Oliveira Farid Zablith Filho Mauri Fonseca Alvaro Pires	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:21.2	6	did not advance

Volleyball

Round robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	9	8	1	17	25	5	5.000	415	279	1.487
2	Czechoslovakia	9	8	1	17	26	10	2.600	486	399	1.218
3	Japan	9	7	2	16	22	12	1.833	475	372	1.277
4	Romania	9	6	3	15	19	15	1.267	432	394	1.096
5	Bulgaria	9	5	4	14	20	16	1.250	464	429	1.082
6	Hungary	9	4	5	13	18	18	1.000	449	466	0.964
7	Brazil	9	3	6	12	13	23	0.565	410	474	0.865
8	Netherlands	9	2	7	11	11	24	0.458	378	482	0.784
9	United States	9	2	7	11	10	23	0.435	360	450	0.800
10	South Korea	9	0	9	9	9	27	0.333	376	500	0.752

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	16–14	15–10	15–6			46–30
14 Oct	Romania	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–5	15–5			45–16
15 Oct	Netherlands	3–2	Brazil	14–16	15–11	15–12	6–15	16–14	66–68
17 Oct	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	15–12	15–8	14–16	16–14		60–50
18 Oct	Brazil	3–2	Hungary	15–4	13–15	11–15	16–14	15–11	70–59
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brazil	15–5	15–6	15–10			45–21
21 Oct	Japan	3–2	Brazil	15–12	15–9	12–15	7–15	15–11	64–62
22 Oct	Brazil	3–2	United States	5–15	11–15	15–9	15–6	15–9	61–54
23 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–6	15–9			45–22

Team roster

Head coach: Samy Mehlinski

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group C


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	17	3	+14	6
Netherlands	3	2	1	11	13	−2	5
United States	3	1	2	12	9	+3	4
Brazil	3	0	3	3	18	−15	3

1964-10-11

Netherlands

3–2

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

1964-10-12

United States

7–1

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

1964-10-13

Yugoslavia

8–0

Brazil

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

References

↑ "Brazil at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-08-11.

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[1]

v t e Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
Africa	Algeria Cameroon Chad Congo Ethiopia Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria Northern Rhodesia Rhodesia Senegal Tanganyika Tunisia Uganda United Arab Republic
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma Cambodia Ceylon Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Japan South Korea Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Taiwan Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Brazil at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group B

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Boxing

Equestrian

Show jumping

Football

First round

Group C

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Sailing

Swimming

Volleyball

Round robin

Team roster

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group C

References

External links