Brazil at the World Athletics Championships

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Brazil at the
World Championships in Athletics
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WA codeBRA
National federation Brazilian Athletics Confederation
Website www.cbat.org.br
Medals
Ranked 53rd
Gold
2
Silver
6
Bronze
8
Total
16
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Brazil has participated in all the World Championships in Athletics since the beginning in 1983. Brazil is 53rd on the all time medal table. Brazil's first World Championships medal was a bronze medal won by Joaquim Cruz in the Men's 800 metres in 1983. Fabiana Murer won Brazil's first gold medal and the first woman's medal in the pole vault in 2011. Alison dos Santos was the first man to win a gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles in 2022. Claudinei Quirino has the most medals with three (one silver and two bronze).

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Medalists

MedalNameYearEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joaquim Cruz 1983 Helsinki Men's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zequinha Barbosa 1987 Rome Men's 800 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zequinha Barbosa 1991 Tokyo Men's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Luíz Antônio dos Santos 1995 Gothenburg Men's marathon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Claudinei Quirino 1997 Athens Men's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Claudinei Quirino 1999 Seville Men's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sanderlei Parrela 1999 Seville Men's 400 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze André Domingos, Claudinei Quirino, Édson Luciano Ribeiro, Raphael de Oliveira 1999 Seville Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver André Domingos, Cláudio Roberto Souza, Édson Luciano Ribeiro, Vicente Lenílson 2003 Saint-Denis Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jadel Gregório 2007 Osaka Men's triple jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fabiana Murer 2011 Daegu Women's pole vault
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fabiana Murer 2015 Beijing Women's pole vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Caio Bonfim 2017 London Men's 20 km walk
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Alison dos Santos 2022 Eugene Men's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Leticia Oro Melo 2022 Eugene Women's long jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Caio Bonfim 2023 Budapest Men's 20 km walk

Source: [1]

Medal tables

Best Finishes

Men

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalBest finish
Men's 100 metres 00007th (1991)
Men's 200 metres 0112Silver medal icon.svg (1999)
Men's 400 metres 0101Silver medal icon.svg (1999)
Men's 800 metres 0123Silver medal icon.svg (1991)
Men's 1500 metres 000014th (2001)
Men's 5000 metres 000024th (1991, 1993)
Men's 10000 metres 000022nd (1991)
Men's 110 m hurdles 00005th (2003)
Men's 400 m hurdles 1000Gold medal icon.svg (2022)
Men's 3000 m steeplechase 000017th (1997)
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 0112Silver medal icon.svg (2003)
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 00004th (2001)
Men's Marathon 0011Bronze medal icon.svg (1995)
Men's 20 km walk 0022Bronze medal icon.svg (2017, 2023)
Men's 35 km walk 00007th (2022)
Men's 50 km walk 000029th (1993)
Men's High jump 000013th (2007)
Men's Pole vault 00004th (2022)
Men's Long jump 00005th (1997, 2013)
Men's Triple jump 0100Silver medal icon.svg (2007)
Men's Shot put 00004th (2019)
Men's Discus throw 000021st (2015)
Men's Javelin throw 000015th (2015)
Men's Hammer throw 000019th (2017)
Men's Decathlon 00006th (2013)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalBest finish
Women's 100 metres 00007th (2017)
Women's 200 metres 000011th (2005, 2011)
Women's 400 metres 000014th (2011)
Women's 800 metres 00009th (1997)
Women's 1500 metres 000028th (1993)
Women's 5000 metres 0000x
Women's 10000 metres 000011th (1993)
Women's 100 m hurdles 000015th (2003)
Women's 400 m hurdles 000028th (2011)
Women's 3000 m steeplechase 000023rd (2022)
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 00005th (2009)
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 0000Finalist (2005)
Women's Marathon 000030th (2019)
Women's 20 km walk 00004th (2017, 2019)
Women's 35 km walk 00004th (2023)
Women's High jump 000014th (1991)
Women's Pole vault 1102Gold medal icon.svg (2011)
Women's Long jump 0011Bronze medal icon.svg (2022)
Women's Triple jump 00007th (2007)
Women's Shot put 00009th (2003, 2017)
Women's Discus throw 00006th (2019)
Women's Javelin throw 00008th (2023)
Women's Hammer throw 000029th (2022)
Women's Heptathlon 000024th (2017)

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References

  1. "Medalhas do Brasil" (PDF). CBAt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.