Brazil competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 160 competitors, 127 men and 33 women, took part in 106 events in 21 sports.
Aurelio Miguel Fernandez — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
Claudio Taffarel, Jorginho, Joāo Santos Batista, Ricardo Gomes, Ademir, Aloísio, Valdo, Geovani, Edmar, Careca Souza, Romário, Zé Carlos, Andre Cruz, Milton Filho de Souza, Neto, Sergio Donizete Luiz, Andrade, Bebeto, Mazinho, and Nelsinho — Football, Men's Team Competition
Joaquim Cruz — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Robson da Silva — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
Torben Grael and Nelson Falcão — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
In its third Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men.
Men's Individual Competition:
Renato Emilio — Preliminary round, 43rd place
Jorge Azevedo — Preliminary round, 62nd place
Men's Marathon
Diamantino Santos
Final — 2:25:13 (→ 48th place)
Ivo Rodrigues
Final — 2:26:27 (→ 56th place)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
Adauto Domingues
Heat — 8:32.77
Semi Final — 8:35.05 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 kilometres Walk
Marcelo Palma
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Tania Miranda, Suzete Montalvao, Soraya Telles, and Maria Figueiredo
Heat — 3:36.81 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Angélica de Almeida
Final — 2:43:40 (→ 44th place)
Women's Heptathlon
Conceição Geremias
Final Result — 5508 points (→ 22nd place)
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Canada (125-109)
Defeated China (130-108)
Lost to United States (87-102)
Defeated Egypt (138-85)
Lost to Spain (110-118)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Soviet Union (105-110)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (104-86)
5th/6th place: Defeated Canada (106-90) → 5th place
Team Roster
Paulinho Almeida
Luiz Felipe Azevedo
Paulon da Silva
Rolando Ferreira
Guerrinha
Cadum
Israel Machado
Marcel Ponikwar
Maury Ponikwar
Oscar Schmidt
João José Vianna
Gerson Victalino
Head Coach: Ary Ventura Vidal
Eight cyclists, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.
Men's road race
Cássio Freitas — 20th place
Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo — 63rd place
Marcos Mazzaron — 66th place
Men's team time trial
Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo, César Daneliczen, Cássio Freitas, and Marcos Mazzaron
Final — 18th place
Men's 1 km time trial
Clóvis Anderson — 10th place
Men's individual pursuit
Antônio Silvestre — 20th place
Men's team pursuit
Clóvis Anderson, Paulo Jamur, Fernando Louro, and Antônio Silvestre
Heats — 18th place
Men's points race
Fernando Louro — 24th place
Four fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.
Men's foil
Antônio Machado
Roberto Lazzarini
Douglas Fonseca
Men's épée
Antônio Machado
Douglas Fonseca
Roberto Lazzarini
Men's team épée
Régis Avila, Douglas Fonseca, Roberto Lazzarini, Antônio Machado
Men's sabre
Régis Avila
Preliminary Round (Group D)
Brazil — Nigeria 4-0
Brazil — Australia 3-0
Brazil — Yugoslavia 2-1
Quarterfinals
Brazil — Argentina 1-0
Semifinals
Brazil — West Germany 1-1 (after penalties 3-2)
Final
Brazil — Soviet Union 1-2 (aet) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
Claudio Taffarel
Zé Carlos
Jorginho
Luís Carlos Winck
André Cruz
João Santos Batista
Ademir
Mazinho
Edmar
Andrade
Careca Souza
Milton de Souza Filho
Geovani
Neto
Sergio Donizete
Bebeto
Aloísio
Romário
Men's 50m Freestyle
José Moreira
Heat — 24.26 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Jorge Fernandes
Heat — 24.40 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
Jorge Fernandes
Heat — 52.23 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Emanuel Nascimento
Heat — 52.41 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Cristiano Michelena
Heat — 1:52.34 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Júlio Lópes
Heat — 1:53.16 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Cristiano Michelena
Heat — 3:57.79 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
David Castro
Heat — 4:02.48 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Cristiano Michelena
Heat — 15:50.50 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
David Castro
Heat — 15:57.89 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Rogério Romero
Heat — 57.91 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Wladimir Ribeiro
Heat — 59.76 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Rogério Romero
Heat — 2:02.26
Final — 2:02.28 (→ 8th place)
Wladimir Ribeiro
Heat — 2:11.48 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Cícero Tortelli
Heat — 1:05.50 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Cícero Tortelli
Heat — 2:28.82 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Eduardo de Poli
Heat — 56.37 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Wladimir Ribeiro
Heat — 57.25 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Eduardo de Poli
Heat — 2:06.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Wladimir Ribeiro
Heat — 2:09.40 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Júlio Lópes
Heat — 2:09.62 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Renato Ramalho
Heat — 2:10.32 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Renato Ramalho
Heat — 4:31.95 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Emanuel Nascimento, Cristiano Michelena, Jorge Fernandes, and Júlio Lópes
Heat — 3:28.17 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Cristiano Michelena, Jorge Fernandes, Emanuel Nascimento, and Júlio Lópes
Heat — 7:32.11 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Rogério Romero, Cícero Tortelli, Eduardo de Poli, and Emanuel Nascimento
Heat — 3:53.21 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
Adriana Pereira
Heat — 26.56 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Mônica Rezende
Heat — 27.44 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Adriana Pereira
Heat — 58.53 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Isabelle Vieira
Heat — 59.15 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Patrícia Amorim
Heat — 2:04.74 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
Patrícia Amorim
Heat — 4:19.64 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
Patrícia Amorim
Heat — 8:51.95 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Adriana Pereira, Mônica Rezende, Patrícia Amorim, and Isabelle Vieira
Heat — 3:56.29 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1988.
Women's solo
Paula Carvalho
Érika MacDavid
Eva Riera
Women's duet
Érika MacDavid
Eva Riera
Men's Singles:
Luiz Mattar
Round of 1/32 — Lost to Wally Masur of Australia (4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 4-6)
Men's Doubles:
Luiz Mattar and Ricardo Acioly
Round of 1/16 — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka and Toshihisa Tsuchihashi of Japan (4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2)
Round of 1/8 — Lost to Guy Forget and Henri Leconte of France (6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 1-6)
Women's Singles:
Gisele Miró
Round of 1/32 — Defeated Helen Kelesi of Canada (7-5, 7-5)
Round of 1/16 — Lost to Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria (5-7, 1-6)
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Italy (3-0)
Lost to South Korea (2-3)
Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
Defeated Sweden (3-1)
Defeated Soviet Union (3-2)
Semi Finals
Lost to the United States (0-3)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to Argentina (2-3) → Fourth place
Team Roster
Mauricio Lima
Wagner Rocha
Paulo Rose
José Montanaro Junior
Paulo da Silva
Renan dal Zotto
William Silva
Amauri Ribeiro
Antonio Gouveia
Domingos Lampariello Neto
Leonidio de Pra Filho
André Ferreira
Head Coach: Paulo Freitas
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Peru (0-3)
Lost to United States (2-3)
Lost to PR China (1-3)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Defeated South Korea (2-3)
5th/6th place: Lost to East Germany (0-3) → Sixth place
Team Roster
Kerly Santos
Ana Moser
Vera Mossa
Eliani Costa
Ana Richa
Dora Castanheira
Ana Claudia Ramos
Marcia Cunha
Ana Lucia Barros
Sandra Suruagy
Fernanda Venturini
Simone Storm
Head Coach: Jorge de Barros
