Summary
The first Brazilian medal in Paris was awarded to judoka Willian Lima at men's 66 kg. Lima won four fights, defeating Mongolian Baskhuu Yondonperenlei, a two-time World Championship bronze medalist, in the quarterfinals, and Kazakh Gusman Kyrgyzbayev, the 2021 World Championship runner-up, in the semifinals, to reach the Olympic final, something that had not happened with Brazilian men's judo since Sydney 2000. In the final, facing Japanese Hifumi Abe, the incumbent gold medalist from Tokyo 2020 and four-time world champion, Lima was defeated and conquered the silver medal. [2]
Larissa Pimenta won bronze medal in women's 52 kg, after being defeated by Amandine Buchard in the quarterfinals, she went on to the repechage, where she beat German Mascha Ballhaus. In the bronze medal fight, Pimenta beat world champion and Olympic runner-up Italian Odette Giuffrida by ippon and took the medal. [3]
The first gold medal conquered by Brazil was in the women's +78 kg event by judoka Beatriz Souza. Souza defeated tough competitors, including South Korean Kim Ha-yun and French Romane Dicko, number 1 in the world ranking and supported by the crowd in the stands. The gold medal came in the dispute against Israeli Raz Hershko, who was won by waza-ari in the final. [4]
The fourth and last medal in judo was a bronze medal awarded in the mixed team event. To reach the podium, Brazil beat Kazakhstan, but lost to Germany in a tiebreaker. In the repechage, the Brazilians beat Serbia and went on to play for third place. The team tied with Italy 3–3 and the decision was made in a tiebreaker. In the draw, the women's 57 kg category was selected, with Rafaela Silva taking to the mat for the second time to face Veronica Toniolo. In 14 seconds, Rafaela scored a waza-ari, scoring Brazil's fourth point and securing the bronze. Among the medalists, Larissa Pimenta, Willian Lima and Beatriz Souza conquered their second medal in Paris, and previous medalists Rafaela Silva, Daniel Cargnin and Ketleyn Quadros also conquered their second olympic medals and Rafael Silva his third Olympic medal. [5]
Two medals were conquered in skateboarding. Rayssa Leal was bronze medalist in women's street. The 16-year-old Brazil's youngest-ever medalist had a score of 253.37, below the Japanese gold and silver medalists Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama. With the bronze medal she won in Paris, she became the youngest person in history, among men and women, to reach the podium in two different Olympics. A silver medalist in Tokyo at the age of 13, she returned to the podium in Paris at the age of 16 years, six months and 24 days. In doing so, she broke the record held by American diver Dorothy Poynton-Hill, who won silver in Amsterdam 1928 and gold in Los Angeles 1932, when she was 17 years and 26 days old. [6]
The second medal in skateboarding was achieved in men's park by Augusto Akio. With 91.85 on the last lap of the skate park final, Akio was bronze medalist, below the scores of Australian Keegan Palmer, who won his second Olympic championship with 93.11, and American Tom Schaar, who scored 92.23. [7]
In artistic gymnastics, Brazil had its best performance ever in the sport, with four medals conquered. Brazilian athletes Rebeca Andrade, Flavia Saraiva, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane Oliveira, and Julia Soares made history by winning the bronze medal in the artistic gymnastics team competition at the Paris Olympics. This marks Brazil's first podium finish in the team event at the Olympic Games. To achieve this milestone, the Brazilian team earned 164.497 points, finishing behind the United States, who won gold with 171.296 points thanks to Simone Biles' outstanding performance, and Italy who claimed silver with 165.494 points. [8]
The other three medals in artistic gymnastic were all achieved by Rebeca Andrade. Andrade won the silver medal in women's all-around final, repeating her feat Tokyo 2020, when she also won silver in the discipline. Rebeca Andrade won the silver medal in a historic clash with Simone Biles, who took gold in the women's individual all-around final in artistic gymnastics, with a score of 59.131 points, followed by Andrade with 57.932 and Sunisa Lee with 56.465. [9]
In the final of women's vault, incumbent gold medalist in Tokyo 2020, Rebeca Andrade had an average score of 14.966, winning the silver medal in another duel with Biles, who took gold with a score of 15.300. [10]
In the final event of artistic gymnastics in Paris, Andrade won her fourth Olympic medal and clinched the gold medal in women's floor exercise, with a score of 14.166 narrowly surpassing the favored Simone Biles, who earned 14.133 despite two penalties for stepping off the competition platform, claiming the silver medal. During the floor final medal ceremony, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles bowed to Andrade as she walked onto the podium, a gesture that went viral.With this victory, Andrade brought her total to six Olympic medals, making her the most decorated Brazilian Olympian, surpassing sailors Robert Scheidt and Torben Grael, who have five Olympic medals. [11]
In the surfing competition, two medals were conquered in Teahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti, French Polynesia. After a fourth place in Tokyo 2020, Gabriel Medina finally won his first Olympic medal. During the competition, Medina had the highest single-wave score of the tournament with a 9.9, and a picture of his subsequent landing appearing to float in mid-air became viral. [12] The semifinal against Australian Jack Robinson had Medina eliminated only surfing one wave, as the Tahitian sea calmed down and did not offer another opportunity for him to score. [13] Medina then beat Peruvian Alonso Correa by 15.54 to 12.43 to get the bronze medal. [14]
In in women's shortboard, Tatiana Weston-Webb became the first Brazilian woman to win a medal in surfing. Weston-Webb earned the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics after losing a head-to-head competition with American Caroline Marks at Teahupo'o, with 10.50 to 10.33 in the final. [15]
In the boxing competitions, Beatriz Ferreira was the bronze medalist in women's lightweight, after losing the semifinal to Kellie Harrington from Ireland in a unanimous decision, winning her second Olympic medal, after the silver medal in Tokyo 2020. [16]
In the taekwondo competitions, Edival Pontes, also known as Netinho, lost his first match to Jordanian Zaid Kareem, but was allowed into the repechage once Kareem reached the final. After winning a rematch against Turkish Hakan Reçber, he got to the bronze medal match opposite Spanish Javier Pérez Polo, and with his win, conquered the bronze medal at men's 68 kg category. [17]
Canoeist Isaquias Queiroz, the incumbent Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020, won the silver medal in the men's C–1 1000 m. Queiroz ran a historic sprint in the last quarter of the race, in a thrilling race at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne; the canoeist managed to rise from fifth place, more than two seconds behind the leader, in the last 250 meters to finish second behind Czech Martin Fuksa. The achievement gives him his fifth Olympic medal, making him second to gymnast Rebeca Andrade with six medals. [18]
Two medals were conquered in athletics. Caio Bonfim snatched the silver medal in men's 20 km walk. From the start of the race, Bonfim remained among the frontrunners, holding the lead for a few kilometers, but on the last lap Ecuadorian Brian Pintado overtook him and won with a time of 1:18:55. Even with two punishments, Bonfim remained among the frontrunners and crossed the finish line in 1:19:09, becoming the first Brazilian ever to win a medal in a race-walk event in athletics. [19]
Alison dos Santos got the bronze medal in men's 400 metres hurdles, with a time of 47.26, behind Karsten Warholm of Norway, with 47.06 and gold medalist Rai Benjamin of the United States with 46.46. He earned his second bronze medal in the event after Tokyo 2020. [20]
In the football competitions, Brazil women's national football team had an unexpected silver medal. Brazil arrived in Paris with discredit, after an early elimination in round group in 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. In the group stage Brazil had a poor performance, winning the first match against Nigeria and losing to Japan and Spain; if Brazilian national team had conceded one more goal, they would have been eliminated from the Olympics in this stage. In knockout stage opener against France, with a packed stadium, the home team started aggressively and soon earned a penalty, saved by goalkeeper Lorena and Gabi Portilho got the decisive goal in the 82nd minute, ensuring Brazil's 1–0 victory, after an unprecedent time of 19 minutes of stoppage time played. [21] In the semifinal, Brazil created many more chances than their opponents and won 4–2 against incumbent FIFA World Champions Spain. In the final against United States, Brazil lost to 1–0, with a goal from Mallory Swanson in the 57th minute of the gold medal match. The match against the United States marked the farewell of Marta, the legendary player of the Brazilian national team, who entered in the second half of the match. Marta won her third silver Olympic medal. [22]
In the women's tournament of beach volleyball, Brazil won its third gold medal with Ana Patrícia Ramos and Duda Lisboa. The Brazilians had an impeccable campaign, with six victories in six matches to reach the gold medal match, losing only 2 sets during the tournament. In the iconic beach volleyball stadium, in front of Eiffel Tower, Ana Patrícia and Duda confronted Canadians Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson in the gold medal match. Ana Patrícia and Duda rallied from an 11–5 deficit to take the first-to-21, win-by-two first set 26–24, and Canada won the second 21–12. In a tense tie-breaker Brazilians won 15–10, earning the gold medal. Brazilian women won the second gold medal in the history of the tournament, 28 years later of the historic inaugural title of Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires in Atlanta 1996. Ana Patrícia and Duda also served as flag bearers for Brazil at the Games' closing ceremony. [23]
The last Brazilian medal of 2024 Summer Olympics was a bronze one achieved by Brazil women's national volleyball team. The team went undefeated in the pool round and in the bracket leading up to the semifinal, but lost by 3 sets to 2 to the United States. In the bronze medal match, Brazil defeated Turkey by 3–1 The 25–21 27–25 22–25 25–15 victory gave Brazil, runners-up at the Tokyo Games, their third bronze in Olympic women's volleyball, taking them to joint highest in the all-time medals table with six. Among the Brazilian players, Thaísa Menezes, a twice-Olympic champion who came out of retirement in 2023, got her third Olympic medal. The coach José Roberto Guimarães won his fifth Olympic medal, being three of them gold medals. [24]
