IOC code BRA Flag bearer Torben Grael | Competitors 243 in 24 sports | |
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NOC Brazilian Olympic Committee Website www.cob.org.br (Portuguese) Medals
Ranked 16th Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
5
2
3
10 | ||
Brazil competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, excluding the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The Brazilian Olympic Committee (Portuguese: Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro, COB) sent the nation's largest ever delegation in history to the Games. A total of 243 athletes, 124 men and 119 women, competed in 24 sports.
Contents
- Athletics
- Womens tournament
- Sprint
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Eventing
- Show jumping
- Fencing
- Artistic
- Mens tournament
- Judo
- Modern pentathlon
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Synchronized swimming
- Table tennis
- Triathlon
- Wrestling
- References
Brazil left Athens with a total of 10 medals (5 golds, 2 silver, and 3 bronze), the lowest in Summer Olympics since 1992. Although the nation's final medal count could not surpass its previous records set in Atlanta (15 medals) and Sydney (12 medals), Brazil produced a record of 5 golds at these edition, a performance only surpassed 12 years later in Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was the host country and won 7 gold medals. Three of these medals in Athens were awarded to the team in beach and indoor volleyball, and two each in judo and sailing. Brazil's team-based athletes proved particularly successful in Athens, as the men's indoor volleyball team (led by Giba) and the women's football team (led by Formiga) won gold and silver medals, respectively.
Among the nation's medalists were beach volleyball tandem Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego, Laser sailor Robert Scheidt, and judoka Leandro Guilheiro and Flávio Canto. Star sailor Torben Grael, who shared his gold medal with partner Marcelo Ferreira, became one of the most successful Brazilian athletes in Olympic history with a total of five medals. Meanwhile, marathon runner and Olympic bronze medalist Vanderlei de Lima added a prestigious Pierre de Coubertin Medal to his achievements for sportsmanship, after he was immediately attacked by Irish protester Cornelius Horan, who pushed him on the side of the road four miles from the finish.
On October 8, 2004, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports ordered a suspension for Ireland's Cian O'Connor after his horse Waterford Crystal failed a doping test for fluphenazine and zuclopenthixol. Because O'Connor decided not to appeal and formally strip off his Olympic title in men's show jumping, silver medalist Rodrigo Pessoa was subsequently awarded and received his gold medal at a public ceremony on Copacabana Beach in August 2005.
Athletics
Brazilian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). Marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima was awarded a prestigious Pierre de Coubertin Medal from the International Olympic Committee for sportsmanship after being attacked by Irish protester Cornelius Horan, who pushed him off the road four miles from the finish line.
Women's tournament
The following is the Brazil roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Diving
Equestrian
Brazil has qualified two teams in eventing and jumping. Show jumper Rodrigo Pessoa originally claimed a silver medal in men's show jumping. On October 8, 2004, International Federation for Equestrian Sports announced that Waterford Crystal, owned by Ireland's Cian O'Connor, failed a horse doping test for fluphenazine and zuclopenthixol that formally stripped off O'Connor's Olympic title in early 2005. Pessoa was eventually presented with his gold medal at a ceremony on Copacabana Beach in August 2005.
Eventing
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
Show jumping
*Won in jump-off
Fencing
Women's tournament
The following is the Brazilian squad in the women's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Renê Simões
Artistic
Brazil qualified a women's team and an individual man.
Men's tournament
The following is the Brazil roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Valmir Fassina
Women's tournament
The following is the Brazil roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Alexandre Schneider
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Brazil has qualified a single spot each in the men's and women's event.
Rowing
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Swimming
Brazilian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
Synchronized swimming
Brazil has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.
Table tennis
Brazil has qualified two spots each in the men's and women's doubles.
Triathlon
Brazil brought five veterans to the second Olympic triathlon. Once again, two triathletes did not finish (Carla Moreno started both, but finished neither).
Men's tournament
The following is the Brazilian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Bernardo Rezende
Women's tournament
The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães
Wrestling
Key: