Brazil competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 93 competitors, 86 men and 7 women, took part in 48 events in 12 sports.
João Carlos de Oliveira — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
Reinaldo Conrad and Peter Ficker — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
Men's 100 metres
Ruy da Silva
Qualification — 13th place (→ did not advance to finals)
Men's 200 metres
Ruy da Silva
Final —20.84 (→ 5th place)
Men's 5.000 metres
José Andrade da Silva
Heat — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's High Jump
Iraja Chedid Cecy
Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
João Carlos de Oliveira
Qualification — 7.87m
Final — 8.00m (→ 5th place)
Men's Triple Jump
João Carlos de Oliveira
Qualification — 16.81m
Final — 16.90m (→ Bronze Medal)
One male fencer represented Brazil in 1976.
Men's épée
Arthur Ribeiro
Preliminary Round
Brazil - East Germany 0-0
Brazil - Spain 2-1
Quarterfinals
Brazil - Israel 4-1
Semifinals
Brazil - Poland 0-2
Bronze Medal match
Brazil - USSR 0-2
Team Roster
(1) Carlos
(2) Rosemiro
(3) Tecão
(4) Edinho
(5) Júnior
(6) Alberto
(7) Marinho
(8) Batista
(9) Eudes
(10) Erivelto
(11) Santos
(12) Mauro
(13) Julinho
(14) Chico Fraga
(15) Jarbas
(16) Edval
(17) Zé Carlos
Coach: Cláudio Coutinho
Men's Half-Middleweight
Roberto Machusso
Men's Middleweight
Carlos Motta
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Carlos Pacheco
Finn
Claudio Bierkarck
Final: 54.7 pts (→ 4th place)
Flying Dutchman
Reinaldo Conrad and Peter Ficker
Final: 51.8 pts (→ Bronze Medal)
Soling
Gastão d'Avila, Vicente d'Avila, Andreas Wengert
Final: 81.4 pts (→ 10th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Djan Madruga
Final — 3:57.18 (→ 4th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Djan Madruga
Final — 15:19.84 (→ 4th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
José Fiolo
Heats — 1:06.18
Semi Final — 1:06.38 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Defeated Italy (3-2)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to South Korea (2-3)
7th/8th place: Defeated Italy (3-0) → Seventh place
Team Roster
Bebeto de Freitas
Sergio Danilas
Alexandre Abeid
Eloi Lacerda
Antonio Carlos Moreno
Bernard Rajzman
William Carvalho da Silva
Celso Kalache
Suiço Rosat
Fernando Roscio
Paulo Peterle
José Roberto Guimarães
Head Coaches: Russo Sevciuc and Carlos Souto
