Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in 2008 – and 3 golds – surpassed in 2004 with five.
In the debutant beach volleyball, several remarkable achievements were earned when it happened the all-Brazilian final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel:

the first Olympic medals ever won by Brazilian women in any sport
the first Olympic gold medal ever won by Brazilian women.
the first medal ever earned in beach volleyball
the first gold medal ever in the sport.

Brazil has also won the first medal ever in Equestrian, when the team jumping conquered the bronze medal, marking also the first medal ever in a mixed gender Olympic event.

Summary

After 76 years since the debut of the country at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Brazilian women finally won Olympic medals. That happened for the first time in the all-Brazilians beach volleyball final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel. Beach volleyball competitions made its debut at 1996 Summer Olympics.
The other two gold medals were both obtained in Sailing events. Robert Scheidt was gold medalist in the Laser class. Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira won Star class. It was the first medal of Robert Scheidt and the third medal of Torben Grael; both sailors are the onliest Brazilian athletes with the record of five Olympic medals. Besides the two gold medals, a bronze medal was also obtained in sailing by Torben's brother Lars Grael and Kiko Pellicano in Tornado class.
Brazil women's national basketball team, led by Hortência Marcari, Janeth Arcain and Maria Paula Silva, had a great performance, losing the gold medal match to host country United States women's national basketball team. It was the first medal won by women in Basketball.
The swimmer Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 200 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle. The other medal obtained in swimmer was the bronze medal conquered by Fernando Scherer in men's 50 m freestyle.
Brazil women's national volleyball team, finally won its first Olympic medal after a hard bronze medal match against Russia by 3 sets to 2.
At the men's football tournament, the under-23 football team lost a dramatic semifinal to Nigeria by 4–3, after being winning the match by 3 to 0. In the bronze medal match, Brazil beat Portugal by 5–0.
At the Judo events, Brazil won two bronze medals. The 1988 Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel obtained a medal in men's 95 kg category, while Henrique Guimarães was the medalist in men's 65 kg category.
The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the first of the History of the country not only in Equestrian as also in a mixed gender Olympic event, tough all 4 members of the team were men.
Finally, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Arnaldo da Silva obtained for the first time ever a medal in a relay event in Athletics, the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Volleyball	Women's beach volleyball
		Sailing	Star class
		Sailing	Laser class
		Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle
		Volleyball	Women's beach volleyball
	Brazil women's national basketball team	Basketball	Women's tournament
		Judo	Men's 95 kg
		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
		Judo	Men's 65 kg
		Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle
		Sailing	Tornado class
	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo André Johannpeter Alvaro Miranda Neto Rodrigo Pessoa	Equestrian	Team jumping
	Brazil national under-23 football team	Football	Men's tournament
	Brazil women's national volleyball team	Volleyball	Women's tournament
	Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Arnaldo da Silva	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Gustavo Borges		Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle Men's 100 metre freestyle

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	31	9	40
Basketball	12	12	24
Beach volleyball	4	4	8
Boxing	6	–	6
Canoeing	3	0	3
Cycling	8	0	6
Equestrian	9	0	8
Football	17	16	33
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	7	5	12
Rowing	6	0	6
Sailing	12	2	14
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	9	1	10
Table tennis	2	2	4
Tennis	1	2	3
Volleyball	11	12	23
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	156	65	221

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Team roster

;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Classification game 5th-8th place
;5th place game

Women's tournament

;Team roster

;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Leonardo Selbach	Men's C-1	216.51	24	184.54	19	184.54	23
Gustavo Selbach	Men's K-1	168.33	28	162.48	23	168.33	32

Sprint

;Men

Cycling

Road

;Men

Mountain biking

;Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivanir Lopes	Cross-country	2:53:29	35
Márcio Ravelli	Cross-country	2:45:16	27

Football

Men's tournament

;Team roster
Head coach: Zagallo
;Group play
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

;Team roster
Head coach: José Duarte
Brazil named a squad of 16 players and 2 alternates for the tournament. During the tournament, Kátia replaced Nilda due to injury.
;Group play
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal match

Handball

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster

;Group play
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;Eleventh place game

Judo

;Men
;Women

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Table tennis

;Men
;Women

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

;Team roster

José Roberto Guimarães
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;5th-8th place classification game
;5th place game

Women's tournament

;Team roster

Bernardo Rezende
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game