Brazil at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the; 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Mexico City
Competitors	76 (73 men and 3 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	João Gonçalves Filho
Medals ; Ranked 35th	Gold0Silver1Bronze2Total3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated March 28, 2025

Brazil competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 76 competitors, 73 men and 3 women, took part in 27 events in 13 sports. Brazilians won three medals at 1968 Summer Olympics. The bronze medal obtained by sailors Reinaldo Conrad and Burkhard Cordes and the bronze medal won by boxer Servílio de Oliveira were the first medals in their sports. Nelson Prudêncio obtained a silver medal and carried on the nation's tradition of good results in Men's Triple Jump.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Nelson Prudêncio	Athletics	Men's triple jump	October 17
Bronze	Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes	Sailing	Flying Dutchman	October 21
Bronze	Servílio de Oliveira	Boxing	Men's Flyweight	October 24

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	0	1	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	2	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	1	2	3
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	1	2	3

Athletics

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nelson Prudêncio	Triple jump	16.46	4 Q	17.27

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maria Cipriano	High jump	1.74	9 Q	1.71	11

Combined events – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event	80H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Final	Rank
Aída dos Santos	Result	11.6	12.41	1.59	5.50	24.9	4578	20
Aída dos Santos	Points	948	882	934	873	941	4578	20

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group B

	Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	7	0	642	408	+234	14
Brazil	6	1	561	418	+143	13
Mexico	5	2	493	443	+50	12
Poland	4	3	473	504	−31	11
Bulgaria	3	4	456	478	−22	10
Cuba	2	5	514	532	−18	9
South Korea	1	6	453	530	−77	8
Morocco	0	7	355	634	−279	7

13.10.1968

Brazil

98–52

Morocco

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

14.10.1968

Brazil

75–59

Bulgaria

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

15.10.1968

Mexico

53–60

Brazil

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

16.10.1968

Poland

51–88

Brazil

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

18.10.1968

South Korea

59–91

Brazil

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

19.10.1968

Cuba

68–84

Brazil

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

20.10.1968

Soviet Union

76–65

Brazil

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

Semifinal

22.10.1968

Brazil

63–75

United States

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

Bronze medal

25.10.1968

Soviet Union

70–53

Brazil

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

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
Servilio de Oliveira	Flyweight	BYE		Engin Yadigar (TUR) W 3-2	Joseph Destimo (GHA) W 5-0	Ricardo Delgado (MEX) L 0-5	did not advance
Expedito Alencar	Welterweight	BYE	Tadesse Gebregiorgis (ETH) W RSC-1	Manfred Wolke (GDR) L 0-5	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
Lucia Faria	Rush du Camp	Individual	7,25	8 Q	19,25	12	19,25	—	12
Jose Fernandez	Cantal		23,25	33	did not advance
Nelson Pessoa Filho	Pass Op		8,00	9 Q	24,00	16	24,00	—	16
Lucia Faria Jose Fernandez Nelson Pessoa Filho	See above	Team	138,00	7	—				7

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1968.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Elimination round I	Elimination round II	Repechage round I	Repechage round II	Repechage Final	Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Result	Rank
Darío Amaral	Men's épée	1-4	6	did not advance
Carlos Couto		3-2	4 Q	4-2	2 Q	Polzhuber (AUT)	did not advance
Arthur Ribeiro		2-3	5	did not advance
Arthur Ribeiro Darío Amaral José Maria Pereira Carlos Couto	Team epee	Italy (ITA) L 2-14 Great Britain (GBR) L 6-8	3	did not advance

Football

First round

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Japan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Brazil	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

1968-10-14

12:00

Spain	1 – 0	Brazil
Fernández 77'	Report

Azteca Stadium, Mexico City

Referee: Abraham Klein

1968-10-16

12:00

Brazil	1 – 1	Japan
Ferretti 9'	Report	Watanabe 83'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Referee: George Lamptey

1968-10-18

12:00

Brazil	3 – 3	Nigeria
Ferretti 50' Olumodeji 59' (o.g.) Tião 65'	Report	Olayombo 10'41' Anieke 19'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harri Klein Edgard Gijsen	Double scull	7:16.70	5 R	NT	2 Q	7:17.08	5	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
Jörg Bruder	Finn	7	13	4	8	~~DNF~~	42	12	18	14	20	12	18	7	13	90	9
Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes	Flying Dutchman	14	20	7	13	4	8	3	5.7	3	5.7	10	16	1	0	48.4
Erik Schmidt Axel Schmidt	Star	18	24	8	14	17	23	17	23	3	5.7	2	3	3	5.7	74.4	7

Shooting

Two male shooters represented Brazil in 1968.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Durval Guimarães	50 m pistol	524	55
Durval Guimarães	50 m rifle, prone	589	39
Edmar de Salles	50 m rifle, three positions	1077	55
Edmar de Salles	50 m rifle, prone	590	34

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Aranha	100 metre freestyle	56.8	4	did not advance
César Filardi	100 metre backstroke	1:04.6	5	did not advance
José Fiolo	100 metre breaststroke	1:09.5	1 Q	1:08.6	3 Q	1:08.1	4
José Fiolo	200 metre breaststroke	2:42.1	5	did not advance
João Lima Neto	100 metre butterfly	1:02.3	5	did not advance
César Filardi José Fiolo João Lima Neto José Aranha	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:11.1	6	did not advance

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	9	8	1	17	26	8	3.250	464	326	1.423
2	Japan	9	7	2	16	24	6	4.000	430	258	1.667
3	Czechoslovakia	9	7	2	16	22	15	1.467	454	417	1.089
4	East Germany	9	6	3	15	22	12	1.833	449	374	1.201
5	Poland	9	6	3	15	18	11	1.636	371	281	1.320
6	Bulgaria	9	4	5	13	16	17	0.941	379	385	0.984
7	United States	9	4	5	13	15	18	0.833	383	414	0.925
8	Belgium	9	2	7	11	6	24	0.250	239	417	0.573
9	Brazil	9	1	8	10	8	25	0.320	357	469	0.761
10	Mexico	9	0	9	9	6	27	0.222	289	474	0.610

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Belgium	3–1	Brazil	15–7	16–14	9–15	15–6		55–42
16 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	Brazil	11–15	15–2	15–9	15–9		56–35
17 Oct	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–12	15–7	15–10			45–29
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Brazil	15–12	15–10	13–15	13–15	15–9	71–61
20 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–8	18–16	15–3			48–27
21 Oct	Poland	3–0	Brazil	15–12	15–4	15–7			45–23
23 Oct	East Germany	3–1	Brazil	15–13	15–7	14–16	15–12		59–48
24 Oct	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–11	15–12			45–31
25 Oct	Brazil	3–1	Mexico	14–16	15–6	17–15	15–8		61–45

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	12	6	6	0	0	39	14	+25
2.	Soviet Union	10	6	5	0	1	43	18	+25
3.	United States	7	6	3	1	2	37	36	+1
4.	Cuba	7	6	3	1	2	31	35	–4
5.	West Germany	4	6	2	0	4	33	34	–1
6.	Spain	1	6	0	1	5	20	37	–17
7.	Brazil	1	6	0	1	5	22	51	–29

14 October 1968


United States	10 – 5	Brazil

15 October 1968


Cuba	9 – 2	Brazil

19 October 1968


West Germany	10 – 5	Brazil

20 October 1968


Spain	6 – 6	Brazil

21 October 1968


Hungary	8 – 2	Brazil

22 October 1968


Soviet Union	8 – 2	Brazil

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Luiz de Almeida	75 kg	137.5	8	115.0	15	155.0	15	407.5	13

References

↑ "Brazil at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

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Brazil at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group B

Semifinal

Bronze medal

Boxing

Equestrian

Show jumping

Fencing

Football

First round

Group B

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group A

Weightlifting

References

External links