Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Brazilian athletes won twelve medals: six silver and six bronze, in the first Summer Olympics edition without a gold medal since the 1976 Summer Olympics. The 205 competitors, 111 men and 94 women, took part in 96 events in 23 sports.
Summary
At the Judo competitions, two silver medals were obtained. Tiago Camilo lost in the final against Italian Giuseppe Maddaloni in men's 73 kg. Carlos Honorato lost the final of the men's 90 kg to Mark Huizinga from the Netherlands.
Brazilians sailors conquered two medals in Sailing. Current Olympic champion Robert Scheidt was silver medalist in the Laser class after a very tough competition against British gold medalist Ben Ainslie. The 1996 Olympic champions Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira were bronze medalists in Star class. It was Grael's fourth of five Olympic medals.
Brazil obtained four of those medals in Volleyball (three of them in beach volleyball and one indoor). Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede were silver medalists in Women's beach volleyball. They were current world champions and lost the gold medal match to Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst from Australia. Also in the women's competition, Brazilians Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires were the bronze medalists. Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos were silver medalists of the men's beach volleyball competition losing the gold medal match to Americans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana. The indoor medal was the bronze conquered by Brazil women's national volleyball team, repeating the same result of the 1996 Summer Olympics, in a match of 3 sets to 0 against United States.
The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the same result of the 1996 Olympics and with the same team.
The swimmers Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges, Carlos Jayme and Edvaldo Valério conquered the bronze medal in men's 4 à100 metre freestyle relay. It was Gustavo Borges' fourth Olympic medal, a record number among Brazilian swimmers.
Brazil women's national basketball team won the bronze medal in a match decided in extra-time against South Korea.
At the Athletics competition a silver medal was obtained in men's 4 à100 metres relay, by sprinters Vicente de Lima, ÃÂdson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Claudinei da Silva. Cláudio Roberto Souza was also awarded a silver medal in the event because he took part in the relay in the heats.
Medalists
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Athletics
Key
- NoteâÂÂRanks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track and road events
Field events
Women
Field events
Basketball
Women's tournament
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Men
Cycling
Road
Men
Women
Mountain biking
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrianism
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
One male fencer represented Brazil in 2000.
Men
Football
Summary
Men's tournament
Roster
Head coach: Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Group play
Quarterfinal
Women's tournament
Head coach: José Duarte
Brazil named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.
Group play
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Gymnastics
Artistic
Women
Rhythmic
Handball
Summary
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
5th-8th place classification match
7th place match
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Nine men and three women competed in the eight events in the Sailing competition in Sydney.
Men's Mistral
- Ricardo Santos
- # Race 1 â 5
- # Race 2 â 10
- # Race 3 â 21
- # Race 4 â 12
- # Race 5 â 22
- # Race 6 â 4
- # Race 7 â 8
- # Race 8 â 14
- # Race 9 â (37) OCS
- # Race 10 â 21
- # Race 11 â 26
- # Final â 117 (15th place)
Men's single-handed dinghy (Finn)
- Christoph Bergmann
- # Race 1 â 10
- # Race 2 â 8
- # Race 3 â 3
- # Race 4 â (21)
- # Race 5 â 11
- # Race 6 â 13
- # Race 7 â 9
- # Race 8 â 2
- # Race 9 â 18
- # Race 10 â (20)
- # Race 11 â 10
- # Final â 84 (11th place)
Men's double-handed dinghy (470)
- Andre Fonseca and Alexandre Paradeda
- # Race 1 â 14
- # Race 2 â (24)
- # Race 3 â 11
- # Race 4 â 21
- # Race 5 â 15
- # Race 6 â 20
- # Race 7 â (27)
- # Race 8 â 24
- # Race 9 â 22
- # Race 10 â 21
- # Race 11 â 23
- # Final â 171 (26th place)
Men's Laser
- Robert Scheidt
- # Race 1 â 1
- # Race 2 â 2
- # Race 3 â (22)
- # Race 4 â 1
- # Race 5 â 12
- # Race 6 â 1
- # Race 7 â 20
- # Race 8 â 5
- # Race 9 â 1
- # Race 10 â 1
- # Race 11 â (44) DSQ
- # Final â 44 (silver medal)
Men's Tornado
- Henrique Pellicano and Mauricio Oliveira
- # Race 1 â (17) OCS
- # Race 2 â 7
- # Race 3 â 6
- # Race 4 â 9
- # Race 5 â 16
- # Race 6 â 13
- # Race 7 â (17) OCS
- # Race 8 â 5
- # Race 9 â 6
- # Race 10 â 5
- # Race 11 â 11
- # Final â 78 (11th place)
Men's two-handed keelboat (Star)
- Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael
- # Race 1 â 3
- # Race 2 â (13)
- # Race 3 â 1
- # Race 4 â 2
- # Race 5 â 1
- # Race 6 â 6
- # Race 7 â 7
- # Race 8 â 4
- # Race 9 â 12
- # Race 10 â 3
- # Race 11 â (17) OCS
- # Final â 39 (bronze medal)
Women's Mistral
- Christina Forte
- # Race 1 â 24
- # Race 2 â 22
- # Race 3 â (27)
- # Race 4 â 26
- # Race 5 â 24
- # Race 6 â (30) OCS
- # Race 7 â 26
- # Race 8 â 25
- # Race 9 â 24
- # Race 10 â 25
- # Race 11 â 27
- # Final â 223 (26th place)
Women's double-handed dinghy (470)
- Maria Krahe and Fernanda Oliveira
- # Race 1 â 16
- # Race 2 â 17
- # Race 3 â 14
- # Race 4 â 14
- # Race 5 â 13
- # Race 6 â (20) DSQ
- # Race 7 â 17
- # Race 8 â 15
- # Race 9 â (20) OCS
- # Race 10 â 19
- # Race 11 â 18
- # Final â 143 (19th place)
Swimming
Men's 50m freestyle
Men's 100m freestyle
- Fernando Scherer
- # Preliminary heat â DNS (did not advance)
- Gustavo Borges
- # Preliminary heat â 49.76
- # Semi-final â 49.93 (did not advance)
Men's 200m freestyle
Men's 400m freestyle
- Luiz Lima
- # Preliminary heat â 03:53.87 (did not advance)
Men's 1500m freestyle
- Luiz Lima
- # Preliminary heat â 15:23.15 (did not advance)
Men's 100m breaststroke
Men's 100m backstroke
Men's 200m backstroke
- Rogério Romero
- # Preliminary heat â 02:00.48
- # Semi-final â 01:59.69
- # Final â 01:59.27 (7th place)
- Leonardo Costa
- # Preliminary heat â 02:01.08
- # Semi-final â 02:02.26 (did not advance)
Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m freestyle
Men's 4 ÃÂ 200 m freestyle
Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m medley
Women's 100m butterfly
Women's 100m backstroke
Synchronized swimming
Women
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Brazil was represented by three men and three women. Two of the Brazilian women did not finish, giving Brazil the distinction of being one of only two nations (along with Great Britain) to have multiple competitors not finish the race.
Men's individual competition:
Women's individual competition:
Volleyball
Men's team competition
Women's team competition
Weightlifting
See also
Notes
References