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Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
BRA

Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Brazilian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.cob.org.br (Portuguese)

Competitors
  
73 (67 men, 6 women) in 9 sports

Flag bearer
  
Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Brazil competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 73 competitors, 67 men and 6 women, took part in 37 events in 9 sports.

Contents

Athletics

  • Sílvio Magalhães Padilha (flagbearer, and future COB president): 5th, 400 metre hurdles

    • Basketball

  • 9th place
  • Games: 24x17 Canada, 18x23 Chile, 32x14 China, 29x33 Poland

    • Cycling

    Three cyclists, all male, represented Brazil in 1936.

    Individual road race
  • Dertônio Ferrer
  • José Magnani
  • Hermógenes Netto

    • Fencing

    Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Brazil in 1936.

    Men's foil
  • Ricardo Vagnotti
  • Lodovico Alessandri
  • Moacyr Dunham
    • Men's team foil
  • Moacyr Dunham, Ennio de Oliveira, Ricardo Vagnotti, Lodovico Alessandri
    • Men's épée
  • Henrique de Aguilar
  • Ennio de Oliveira
  • Moacyr Dunham
    • Men's team épée
  • Moacyr Dunham, Ricardo Vagnotti, Henrique de Aguilar, Ennio de Oliveira
    • Men's sabre
  • Lodovico Alessandri
  • Moacyr Dunham
  • Ennio de Oliveira
    • Women's foil
  • Hilda von Puttkammer

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1936.

  • Guilherme Catramby Filho
  • Rui Duarte
  • Anísio da Rocha

    • Sailing

  • 24th, Olympic Monotype

    • Shooting

    Four shooters represented Brazil in 1936.

    50 m pistol
  • Harvey Dias Villela
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • José Mello
  • Antônio Guimarães
  • Manoel Braga

    • Swimming

  • João Havelange (future FIFA president): 5th, 1500m. male
  • Piedade Coutinho: 5th, 400m. freestyle female; semifinals, 100m. freestyle female
  • Maria Lenk: semifinals, 200m breaststroke female (but garnished some attention with the butterfly swimming).
  • Scylla Venancio
  • Sieglind Lenk: no finals, 100m backstroke female

    • References

    Brazil at the 1936 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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