Brazil competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 182 competitors, 132 men and 50 women, took part in 107 events in 23 sports.
Marcelo Negrão, Jorge Edson Brito, Giovane Gávio, Paulo Andre Silva, Mauricio Lima, Janelson Carvalho, Douglas Chiarotti, Antonio Carlos Gouveia, Talmo Oliveira, Andre Felipe Ferreira, Alexandre Samuel and Amauri Ribeiro — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
Rogério Sampaio — Judo, Men's Lightweight
Gustavo Borges — swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle
In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men. Only one qualified for the elimination rounds, where he was defeated in the first match.
Men's Individual Competition:
Vitor Krieger — Round of 32, 30th place (0-1)
Dutra Mello — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)
Men's 100m metres
André Domingos Silva
Heat — 10.78 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Eronilde de Araujo, Nelson Rocha, Sergio Matias de Menezes, and Sidney Telles de Souza
Heat — 3:01.38
Robson da Silva, Nelson Rocha, Sergio Matias de Menezes, and Sidney Telles de Souza
Final — 3:01.61 (→ 4th place)
Men's Marathon
Osmiro de Souza Silva — 2:17.16 (→ 24th place)
Joseildo Rocha da Silva — 2:26.00 (→ 56th place)
Diamantino dos Santos — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 110m Hurdles
Joilto Santos Bonfim
Heats — 14.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Eronilde de Araújo
Heat — 49.10
Semifinal — 49.66 (→ did not advance)
Pedro Chiamulera
Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
Sérgio Galdino — 1:33:32 (→ 27th place)
Marcelo Palma — 1:40:11 (→ 32nd place)
Ademar Kammler — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Triple Jump
Anísio Silva
Qualification — 16.03 m (→ did not advance)
Jorge Luis Teixeira
Qualification — 15.64 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Pedro da Silva
Women's 10,000 metres
Carmem de Oliveira
Qualifying Heat — 34:48.21 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Márcia Narloch — 2:44.32 (→ 17th place)
Janette Mayal — 3:00.23 (→ 31st place)
Preliminary Round (Group A):
Lost to Croatia (76-93)
Lost to Spain (100-101)
Defeated Angola (76-66)
Lost to United States (83-127)
Defeated Germany (85-76)
Quarter Finals:
Lost to Lithuania (96-114)
Classification Matches:
5th/8th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (86-84)
5th/6th place: Defeated Australia (90-80) → 5th place
Team Roster:
( 4.) Paulo Villas Boas
( 5.) Jorge Guerra
( 6.) Gerson Victalino
( 7.) João José Vianna
( 8.) Rolando Ferreira
( 9.) Ricardo Cardoso
(10.) Maury Ponickwar
(11.) Marcel Ponickwar
(12.) Aristides Santos
(13.) Wilson Fernando Kuhn
(14.) Oscar Schmidt
(15.) Israel Machado
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Italy (85-70)
Lost to Cuba (88-95)
Lost to Unified Team (64-76)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (62-74)
7th/8th place: Defeated Italy (86-83) → 7th place
Team Roster
Hortência Marcari
Janeth Arcain
Helen Cristina
Nádia Bento
Vânia Hernandes
Maria Paula Gonçalves
Adriana Santos
Marta Sobral
Ruth Roberta de Souza
Maria José Bertolotti
Joycenara Batista
Simone Pontello
Men's Flyweight
Luiz Freitas
Men's Featherweight
Rogerio Dezorzi
Men's Lightweight
Adilson Silva
Men's Light-Middleweight
Lucas Franca
Seven cyclists, six men and one woman, represented Brazil in 1992.
Men's road race
Wanderley Magalhães
Tonny Azevedo
Hernandes Quadri
Men's team time trial
Fernando Louro
Euripides Ferreira
Márcio May
Hernandes Quadri
Men's points race
Fernando Louro
Women's road race
Claudia Carceroni — 2:23:52 (→ 48th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Silvana Neitzke
Preliminary Round — 230.70 points (→ 28th place)
Four fencers, all male, represented Brazil in 1992.
Men's épée
Roberto Lazzarini
Luciano Finardi
Francisco Papaiano
Men's sabre
Ricardo Menalda
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Brazil — Iceland 18-19
Brazil — Hungary 21-27
Brazil — Sweden 15-22
Brazil — Czechoslovakia 16-27
Brazil — South Korea 26-30
Classification Match
11th/12th place: Brazil — Egypt 24-27 (→ Twelfth place)
Team Roster
José Luiz Aguiar Ramalho
Sergio Carnasciali Cavichiolo
Drean Farencena Dutra
Milton Fonseca Pelissari
Rodrigo Hoffelder
Osvaldo Inocente Filho
Gilberto Jesus Cardoso
José Luiz Lopes Vieira
Ricardo Matos Pereira
Ivan Bruno Maziero
Marcelo Minhoto Ferraz
Paulo Rogerio Moratore
José Ronaldo Nascimiento
Claudio Oliveira Brito
Ivan Raimundo Pinheiro
Edson Roberto Rizzo
Head Coach: Antonio Carlos Simões
Men's Extra-Lightweight
Shigueto Yamasaki
Men's Half-Lightweight
Rogério Sampaio
Men's Lightweight
Sérgio Oliveira
Men's Half-Middleweight
Ezequiel Paraguassu
Men's Middleweight
Wagner Castropil
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Aurélio Miguel
Men's Heavyweight
José Mario Tranquillini
Women's Extra-Lightweight
Andrea Rodrigues
Women's Half-Lightweight
Patricia Bevilacqua
Women's Lightweight
Jemina Alves
Women's Half-Middleweight
Tânia Ishii
Women's Middleweight
Rosicléia Campos
Women's Half-Heavyweight
Soraia André
Women's Heavyweight
Edilene Aparecida
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
George Rebello
Final Ranking — 216.0 points (→ 19th place)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Christina Forte
Final Ranking — 183.0 points (→ 17th place)
Women's 470 Class
Claudia Swan and Monica Scheel
Final Ranking — 100.7 points (→ 15th place)
Men's 50m Freestyle
Gustavo Borges
Heat — 23.10
B-Final — 23.01 (→ 13th place)
Teófilo Ferreira
Heat — 24.13 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
Gustavo Borges
Heat — 49.49
Final — 49.43 (→ Silver Medal)
Emanuel Nascimento
Heat — 51.17 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Cristiano Michelena
Heat — 1:51.04 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Gustavo Borges
Heat — 1:51.42 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Rogério Romero
Heat — 57.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Rogério Romero
Heat — 2:00.99
B-Final — 2:01.02 (→ 10th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
José Carlos Souza
Heat — 54.78
B-Final — 54.85 (→ 12th place)
Eduardo Piccinini
Heat — 54.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Eduardo Piccinini
Heat — 2:01.20
B-Final — 2:01.87 (→ 15th place)
André Teixeira
Heat — 2:01.39 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
José Carlos Souza
Heat — 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Renato Ramalho
Heat — 2:07.78 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Renato Ramalho
Heat — 4:29.28 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Gustavo Borges, Emanuel Nascimento, Teófilo Ferreira, and Cristiano Michelena
Heat — 7:24.20
Cristiano Michelena, Emanuel Nascimento, Gustavo Borges, and Teófilo Ferreira
Final — 7:24.03 (→ 7th place)
Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1992.
Women's solo
Gláucia Soutinho
Fernanda Veirano
Cristiana Lobo
Women's duet
Fernanda Veirano
Cristiana Lobo
Men's Singles Competition
Luiz Mattar
First round — Lost to Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands) 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 2-6
Jaime Oncins
First round — Defeated Srđan Muškatirović (Independent Participants) 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
Second round — Defeated Michael Chang (United States) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Third round — Defeated Mark Koevermans (Netherlands) 6-7, 0-6, 6-7
Quarterfinals — Lost to Andrei Cherkasov (Unified Team) 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
Luiz Mattar and Jaime Oncins
First round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6
Women's Singles Competition
Andrea Viera-Arnold
First round — Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 2-6, 3-6
