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Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | BRA |
NPC | Brazilian Paralympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 188 in 17 sports |
Flag bearer | Antônio Tenório Silva |
Medals Ranked 9th |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China The country debuted in the Games in 1972 and 2008 was its 10th participation.
Brazil also sent the largest number of athletes to the Paralympics in its history, with 188 athletes competing in 17 Paralympic sports. Brazil didn't include any competitors in the archery and wheelchair rugby. In the Opening Ceremony, the Brazilian Flag bearer was the judoka Antônio Tenório Silva, who became four-time Paralympic champion in his category.
In 2008, Brazil had its second strongest showing in the history of the Games, finishing in respectable 9th place. André Brasil and Daniel Dias, both of swimming and Lucas Prado of athletics were Brazil's top medalists. Prado won three gold medals, Brasil won five medals (four golds and one silver) and Dias won nine medals (four golds, four silvers and one bronze).
Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Jose Carlos Alecrim | T46 | 800m | 2:06.37 | 20 | did not advance | |||
1500m | 4:15.54 | 19 | did not advance | |||||
Andre Luiz Andrade | T13 | 200m | DSQ | did not advance | ||||
Gilson Anjos | T13 | 400m | 53.39 | 11 | did not advance | |||
1500m | 4:29.80 | 17 | did not advance | |||||
Ozivan Bonfim | T46 | Marathon | — | 2:35:31 | 5 | |||
Christiano Farias | T11 | 1500m | 4:21.32 | 7 | did not advance | |||
5000m | — | 16:38.15 | 6 | |||||
Felipe Gomes | T11 | 100m | 11.55 | 8 q | 11.57 | 7 B | 11.72 | 4 |
200m | 23.90 | 8 q | DNS | did not advance | ||||
Pedro Guilhermino | T12 | 400m | 56.14 | 13 | did not advance | |||
800m | DNS | did not advance | ||||||
Alex Mendonça | T12 | 10000m | — | 33:48.45 | 7 | |||
Marathon | — | 2:44:50 | 17 | |||||
Pedro Cesar Moraes | T12 | 100m | 11.84 | 22 | did not advance | |||
200m | DNS | did not advance | ||||||
Yohansson Nascimento | T46 | 100m | 11.18 | 5 Q | — | 11.25 | ||
200m | 22.92 | 6 q | — | 22.53 | 5 | |||
400m | 59.76 | 15 | did not advance | |||||
Moises Neto | T46 | 5000m | — | DNF | ||||
Marathon | — | 2:41:32 | 9 | |||||
Alan Oliveira | T44 | 200m | 24.31 | 7 q | — | 24.21 | 7 | |
Andre Luiz Oliveira | T44 | 100m | 12.12 | 10 | did not advance | |||
Nelson Pereira | T13 | 800m | — | 2:02.81 | 7 | |||
1500m | 4:20.09 | 15 | did not advance | |||||
Edson Pinheiro | T38 | 100m | — | 11.30 | 4 | |||
200m | 23.62 | 5 q | — | 23.46 | 6 | |||
400m | — | DNF | ||||||
Lucas Prado | T11 | 100m | 11.19 WR | 1 Q | 11.20 | 1 Q | 11.03 WR | |
200m | 23.24 | 3 Q | 22.71 PR | 1 Q | 22.48 WR | |||
400m | 51.84 | 2 Q | 51.84 | 2 Q | 50.27 | |||
Aurelio Santos | T12 | 10000m | — | DNF | ||||
Marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
Claudemir Santos | T46 | 200m | 1:09.60 | 21 | did not advance | |||
Odair Santos | T12 | 800m | 1:56.77 | 3 Q | — | 1:53.73 | ||
5000m | 15:09.90 | 1 Q | — | 14:50.35 | ||||
10000m | — | 31:57.91 | ||||||
Tito Sena | T46 | 5000m | — | 15:32.32 | 9 | |||
Marathon | — | 2:30:49 | ||||||
Jose Ribeiro Silva | T37 | 100m | 12.58 | 11 | did not advance | |||
200m | 26.06 | 13 | did not advance | |||||
Ariosvaldo Silva | T53 | 100m | 15.46 | 6 Q | — | 15.40 | 8 | |
200m | 28.56 | 12 | did not advance | |||||
400m | DNS | did not advance | ||||||
Carlos Barto Silva | T11 | 1500m | 4:16.29 | 4 q | — | 4:14.80 | 5 | |
5000m | — | DNF | ||||||
Daniel Silva | T11 | 100m | 11.52 | 7 q | 11.55 | 6 B | 11.56 | 1 |
200m | 23.20 | 2 Q | 23.17 | 4 Q | 23.38 | 4 | ||
400m | 52.47 | 3 Q | 51.93 | 4 q | 52.05 | 4 | ||
Antonio Souza | T46 | 200m | DNS | did not advance | ||||
Emicarlo Souza | T46 | 400m | 50.06 | 6 q | — | 49.54 | 4 | |
800m | 2:01.26 | 15 | did not advance | |||||
Julio Cesar Souza | T12 | 100m | 11.46 | 10 q | 11.45 | 12 | did not advance | |
200m | 23.54 | 16 | did not advance | |||||
400m | 52.87 | 12 | did not advance | |||||
Andre Luiz Andrade Felipe Gomes Lucas Prado Julio Cesar Souza | T11-13 | 4 × 100 m relay | DSQ | did not advance | ||||
Yohansson Nascimento Alan Oliveira Andre Luiz Oliveira Claudemir Santos | T42-46 | 4 × 100 m relay | — | 45.25 |
Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
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Result | Points | Rank | |||
Leonardo Amâncio | F57-58 | Discus throw | 50.54 SB | 947 | 7 |
Shot put | 12.80 | 856 | 13 | ||
Marco Aurélio Borges | F44 | Discus throw | 41.53 | 768 | 9 |
Jonathan de Souza Santos | F40 | Shot put | 10.53 | - | 5 |
Felipe Gomes | F11 | Triple jump | DNS | ||
André Luiz Oliveira | F42/44 | Long jump | 6.19 | 957 | 7 |
Paulo Souza | F35-36 | Discus throw | 34.10 | 977 | 6 |
Javelin throw | 39.72 SB | 1073 | 4 | ||
Shot put | 9.92 | 795 | 9 |
Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Maria José Alves | T12 | 100m | 13.36 | 11 q | 13.21 | 10 | did not advance | |
200m | 27.16 | 11 | did not advance | |||||
400m | 1:01.79 | 6 B | — | DNS | ||||
Sheila Finder | T46 | 200m | 28.01 | 14 | did not advance | |||
Terezinha Guilhermina | T11 | 100m | 12.48 | 2 Q | — | 12.40 | ||
200m | 25.16 | 1 Q | — | 25.14 | ||||
T12 | 400m | 57.70 | 3 Q | — | 57.02 | |||
Sirlene Guilhermino | T12 | 100m | 12.95 | 5 Q | 12.88 | 6 B | 12.95 | 6 |
200m | 26.57 | 8 q | 26.91 | 8 | did not advance | |||
400m | 1:02.08 | 7 B | — | DNS | ||||
Indayana Martins | T13 | 100m | 13.68 | 13 | did not advance | |||
200m | 28.41 | 11 | did not advance | |||||
400m | 1:05.56 | 10 | did not advance | |||||
Ádria Santos | T11 | 100m | 13.11 | 4 Q | — | 13.07 | ||
200m | 27.37 | 7 B | — | 28.15 | 8 | |||
Jenifer Santos | T38 | 100m | 14.69 | 6 Q | — | 14.31 | 4 | |
200m | 31.22 | 9 | did not advance | |||||
Jerusa Santos | T11 | 100m | 13.16 | 7 B | — | 12.99 | 5 | |
200m | 26.05 | 3 Q | — | 26.09 | ||||
Fernanda Silva | T46 | 200m | 27.47 | 13 | did not advance | |||
Joana Silva | T13 | 100m | 13.17 | 11 | did not advance | |||
200m | 26.78 | 8 q | — | 26.85 | 7 | |||
400m | 1:01.46 | 8 q | — | 1:02.08 | 7 | |||
Ana Tércia Soares | T12 | 100m | 13.20 | 10 q | 13.24 | 11 | did not advance | |
200m | 26.95 | 10 | did not advance |
Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
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Result | Points | Rank | |||
Shirlene Coelho | F35-38 | Javelin throw | 35.95 | 1513 | |
F37-38 | Discus throw | 22.25 | 757 | 13 | |
Shot put | 10.09 | 984 | 8 | ||
Sônia Gouveia | F33-34/52-53 | Javelin throw | 8.57 | 753 | 16 |
Suely Guimarães | F54-56 | Discus throw | 21.98 SB | 838 | 8 |
Shot put | 6.68 SB | 803 | 13 | ||
Rosenei Herrera | F35-36 | Discus throw | 13.42 | 623 | 11 |
Shot put | 6.94 | 780 | 7 | ||
F35-38 | Javelin throw | 14.59 SB | 841 | 13 | |
Indayana Martins | F13 | Long jump | 4.10 | - | 12 |
Roseane Santos | F57-58 | Discus throw | 30.51 | 970 | 7 |
Shot put | 9.06 | 932 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Dirceu Pinto | Mixed individual BC4 | F Pereira (POR) | W 7-4 | 2 Q | Ni (CHN) W 12-0 | E Santos (BRA) W 9-2 | Leung Y W (HKG) W 3-1 | |
Valentim (POR) | L 2-4 | |||||||
Gyurkota (HUN) | W 4-1 | |||||||
Eliseu Santos | Qi C (CHN) | L 3-8 | 2 Q | Lau (HKG) W 7-3 | Pinto (BRA) L 2-9 | Dueso (ESP) W 7-1 | ||
Prochazka (CZE) | W 8-0 | |||||||
Desamparados Baixauli (ESP) | W 12-0 | |||||||
Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos | Pairs BC4 | Dueso (ESP) / Desamparados Baixauli (ESP) | L 0-5 | 2 Q | — | Kratina (CZE) / Prochazka (CZE) W 4-1 | F Pereira (POR) / Valentim (POR) W 5-2 | |
Durkovic (SVK) / Streharsky (SVK) | W 6-0 | |||||||
Beres (HUN) / Gyurkota (HUN) | W 6-2 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Flaviano Carvalho | Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3 | 1:39:15 | 14 |
Men's road time trial LC3 | 40:44.90 | 9 | |
Soelito Gohr | Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4 | 1:46:13 | 6 |
Men's road time trial LC1 | 35:50.02 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
Flaviano Carvalho | Men's individual pursuit LC3 | DSQ | did not advance | ||
Men's time trial LC3-4 | — | 1:29.00 | 19 | ||
Soelito Gohr | Men's individual pursuit LC1 | 4:50.11 | 4 q | Triboli (ITA) L 4:53.41 | 4 |
Men's time trial LC1 | — | 1:13.56 | 9 |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
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Score | Rank | |||
Marco Alves | Luthenay De Vernay | Mixed individual championship test grade Ib | 67.714 | |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib | 67.333 | |||
Elisa Melaranci | Lester | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 59.091 | 15 |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 66.277 | 7 | ||
Davi Mesquita | Neho De La Jonchere | Mixed individual championship test grade Ib | 56.952 | 14 |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib | 54.444 | 15 | ||
Sérgio Oliva | Neho De La J. | Mixed individual championship test grade Ia | 60.900 | 8 |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia | 63.556 | 8 |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |||
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TT | CT | Total | Score | Rank | |||
Marcos Alves | See above | Team | 62.823 | 67.714 | 130.537* | 364.405 | 11 |
Elisa Melaranci | 61.524 | 59.091 | 120.615* | ||||
Davi Mesquita | 44.941 | 56.952 | 101.893 | ||||
Sérgio Oliva | 52.353 | 60.900 | 113.253* |
* - denotes highest scores counted towards total score.
The Brazilian football 5-a-side team won the gold medal after defeating China in the gold medal match.
The Brazilian football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Iran in the bronze medal match.
The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 11th out of 12 teams.
The women's team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 8 teams.
Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
Eduardo Amaral | Men's 66kg | Alishov (AZE) L 0000-0001 | did not advance | ||||
Helder Araujo | Men's 60kg | Li X (CHN) L 0001-0101 | — | Quilter (GBR) L 0000-1010 | did not advance | ||
Antônio Tenório Silva | Men's 100kg | Nadri (IRI) W 1001-0000 | Porter (USA) W 1001–0000 | Lyivytskyi (UKR) W 1011-0000 | — | Sardarov (AZE) W 1101-0000 |
Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
Michelle Ferreira | Women's 52kg | Tsuchiya (JPN) W 1010-0000 | — | Cui (CHN) L 0001-0010 | — | S Hernandez (ESP) W 1000-0000 | |
Karla Cardoso | Women's 48kg | — | Halinska (UKR) W 0200–0000 | M Gonzalez (CUB) W 0002-0001 | — | Guo H (CHN) L 0000-1010 | |
Daniele Silva | Women's 57kg | Merenciano (ESP) L 0042-0101 | — | Buzmakova (RUS) W 1000-0000 | Karkar (ALG) W 0100-0000 | ||
Deanne Silva | Women's +70kg | de Pinies (ESP) W 1000-0010 | — | Komatsu (JPN) W 1011-0000 | — | Yuan Y (CHN) L 0000-1010 | |
Lucia Teixeira | Women's 63kg | Arce (ESP) L 0001-1001 | — | Quessandier (FRA) L 0100-1001 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
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João Euzébio | 82.5kg | 170.0 | 9 |
Alexsander Whitaker | 67.5kg | 172.5 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
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Josilene Ferreira | 67.5kg | 100.0 | 5 |
Maria Oliveira | 44kg | 82.5 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Antony Bonfim | Men's single sculls | 5:55.07 | 10 R | 6:21.27 | 9 FB | 5:52.23 | 3 |
Claudia Santos | Women's single sculls | 6:14.76 | 10 R | 6:57.12 | 4 FA | 6:54.76 | 6 |
Josiane Lima Elton Santana | Mixed double sculls | 4:18.45 | 2 FA | — | 4:28.36 | ||
Silva Nilton Alonco Andre Dutra Norma Moura Luciano Pires Regiane Silva | Mixed coxed four | 3:40.41 | 5 R | 3:49.76 | 4 FB | 3:50.37 | 1 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
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Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
Carlos Garletti | Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1116 | 17 | did not advance | ||
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 573 | 34 | did not advance |
Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Verônica Almeida | S7 | 50m butterfly | 40.19 | 5 Q | 38.49 | |
Rildene Firmino | SM4 | 150m individual medley | — | 4:05.00 | 6 | |
Edênia Garcia | S4 | 50m freestyle | — | 53.28 | ||
100m freestyle | 1:59.11 | 4 Q | 1:58.02 | 4 | ||
Valeria Lira | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:32.58 | 11 | did not advance | |
400m freestyle | 5:46.96 | 8 Q | 5:48.87 | 8 | ||
Fabiana Sugimori | S11 | 50m freestyle | 32.90 | 3 Q | 32.45 | |
100m freestyle | 1:15.24 | 8 Q | 1:13.40 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Alexandre Ank | Men's singles C4-5 | Bolldén (SWE) L 0-3 | Lin W H (TPE) L 0-3 | — | 3 | did not advance | ||||
Iranildo Espindola | Men's singles C2 | Boury (FRA) W 3–1 | Ruep (AUT) L 1-3 | Vella (ITA) W 3-2 | 2 | did not advance | ||||
Ivanildo Pessoa Freitas | Men's singles C4-5 | Guo X (CHN) L 0-3 | Stefanu (CZE) L 1-3 | — | 3 | did not advance | ||||
Welder Knaf | Men's singles C3 | Feng P (CHN) L 0-3 | Dollmann (AUT) L 1-3 | — | 3 | did not advance | ||||
Hemerson Kovalski | Men's singles C2 | L Hansen (DEN) L 0-3 | Revucky (SVK) L 0-3 | Vilsmaier (GER) L 0-3 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
Carlo Franco Michell | Men's singles C6 | Wetherill (GBR) L 0-3 | Schmidt (GER) L 0-3 | Kowalski (POL) L 1-3 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
Claudiomiro Segatto | Men's singles C4-5 | Choi K S (KOR) L 0-3 | Krizanec (CRO) W 3-0 | — | 2 | did not advance | ||||
Luiz Algacir Silva | Men's singles C3 | Unger (AUT) W 3-0 | Rawson (GBR) L 1-3 | — | 1 Q | Robinson (GBR) W 3-0 | Merrien (FRA) W 3-0 | Feng P (CHN) L 0-3 | Piñas (ESP) L 0-3 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Carollina Maldonado | Women's singles C9 | Lei L (CHN) L 0-3 | Kavas (TUR) L 0-3 | Belavic (SLO) W 3-1 | 3 | did not advance | ||
Maria Luíza Passos | Women's singles C5 | Ren G (CHN) L 0–3 | Lundback (SWE) L 0–3 | Tsai (TPE) L 0–3 | 4 | did not advance | ||
Jane Karla Rodrigues | Women's singles C8 | Zhang X (CHN) L 0-3 | Mairie (FRA) L 0-3 | Bengtsson (SWE) L 0-3 | 4 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Iranildo Espindola Hemerson Kovalski | Men's team C1-2 | — | Austria (AUT) L 1-3 | did not advance | ||
Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva | Men's team C3 | — | Austria (AUT) W 3-0 | China (CHN) W 3-2 | France (FRA) L 1-3 | |
Alexandre Ank Ivanildo Pessoa Freitas Claudiomiro Segatto | Men's team C4-5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 1-3 | did not advance | |||
Carollina Maldonado Jane Karla Rodrigues | Women's team C6-10 | — | France (FRA) L 0-3 | did not advance |
The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals, they were 6th out of 8 teams.
7 September 2008 19:30 | Brazil (BRA) | 0–3 | Egypt (EGY) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Anton Probst (Germany) |
(8–25, 14–25, 17–25) | ||||
8 September 2008 15:30 | Iran (IRI) | 3–0 | Brazil (BRA) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Viktor Feldshteyn (Ukraine) |
(25–9, 25–11, 25–8) | ||||
9 September 2008 19:30 | Brazil (BRA) | 3-0 | Japan (JPN) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: An Qi (China) |
(25–20, 25–17, 25–10) | ||||
{{{date}}} | Iraq (IRQ) | 1–3 | Brazil (BRA) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
(13–25, 25–20, 16–25, 18–25) | ||||
{{{date}}} | Brazil (BRA) | 1–3 | China (CHN) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
(18–25, 25–23, 18–25, 19–25) | ||||
The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 9th out of 12 teams.
16 September 2008 11:15 |
South Africa | 46–68 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 19, 11 - 18, 9 - 19, 9 - 12 |
The women's team didn't win any medals; they were 10th out of 10 teams.
11 September 2008 9:00 |
Brazil | 38–68 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 6 - 20, 13 - 18, 9 - 13, 10 - 17 |
Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Maurício Pommê | Open | Men's singles | Hinson (USA) L 1–6, 3-6 | did not advance | ||||
Carlos Santos | Mossier (AUT) W 7–6, 7-5 | Saida (JPN) L 0–6, 1-6 | did not advance | |||||
Maurício Pommê Carlos Santos | Men's doubles | — | Fujimoto (JPN) / Ikenoya (JPN) L 2–6, 7–5, 1-6 | did not advance |
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