Brazil at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Brazil returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Brazil at the 1932 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	67 (66 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Antônio Lira
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Background

As the Great Depression had struck the country, the delegation of 82 athletes travelled in a ship, the Itaquicê, selling coffee along the way to fund the trip.^[1] Since the San Pedro authorities charged one dollar for each person who disembarked in the Port of Los Angeles, the organizers only let out of the ship the athletes they felt had a chance to win medals plus swimmer Maria Lenk – the first South American woman to compete in the Olympics – to spend less.^[2] Afterwards, the Itaquicê went to San Francisco to sell more coffee, and there the water polo, rowing and athletics competitors got financed.^[3]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

18 men competed. The most notable case was Adalberto Cardoso, who hitched a ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles and only arrived at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ten minutes prior to the 10,000 m race he would run. Cardoso competed barefoot and finished last, but was cheered by the audience and earned a special medal.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José de Almeida	100 m	11.0	2	10.8	4	did not advance
Mario Marques	100 m	11.5	5	did not advance
Ricardo Guimarães	100 m	11.4	4	did not advance
Domingos Puglisi	400 m	50.8	3	50.1	5	did not advance
	800 m	N/A				1:59.4	6	did not advance
Nestor Gomes	800 m	N/A				2:00.5	5	did not advance
	1500 m	N/A				DNF	AC	did not advance
Armando Bréa	1500 m	N/A				DNF	AC	did not advance
Adalberto Cardoso	10,000m	N/A						Unknown	13th
Antônio Giusfredi	110 m hurdles	N/A		15.3	5	did not advance
Sylvio Padilha	110 m hurdles	N/A		15.4	4	did not advance
	400 m hurdles	N/A		55.1	4	did not advance
Carlos dos Reis Filho	400 m hurdles	N/A		55.8	4	did not advance
Carlos Woebcken	Decathlon	N/A						DNF	AC
João Clemente da Silva	Marathon	N/A						3h02:06	19th
Matheus Marcondes	Marathon	N/A						DNF	AC
Lúcio de Castro	Pole vault	N/A						3.90	6th
Carlos Joel Nelli	Pole vault	N/A						NH	AC
Clóvis Raposo	Long jump	N/A						6.43	6th
Antônio Lira	Shot put	N/A						NM	—
Carmine Giorgi	Hammer throw	N/A						36.45	13th
Heitor Medina	Javelin throw	N/A						58	11th

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

18 men competed in four different boats.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Cox	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Estevan Strata José Ramalho	Francisco de Bricio	Coxed pair	N/A				8:53.2	4th
Osório Pereira Olivério Popovitch Durval Lima João Francisco de Castro	Americo Fernandes	Coxed four	7:29.4	4th	did not advance
Henrique Tomassini Adamor Gonçalves	N/A	Double sculls	7:38.8	3	7:57.8	3	did not advance
Vasco de Carvalho Joaquim Faria Osório Pereira Cláudionor Provenzano Antônio Rebello Júnior Fernando de Abreu José de Campos José Mò	Amaro da Cunha	Eight	N/A		6:52.4	4th	Withdrew

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Six Brazilian shooters competed.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Eugenio do Amaral	25 metre rapid fire pistol	17	13th
Bráz Magaldi		15	17th
Antônio da Silveira
Manoel Braga	50 m rifle, prone	284	19th
Antônio Guimarães		282	20th
José Castro		277	24th

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

7 men and one woman competed.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
João Pereira	100 metres Freestyle	1:08.2	6th	did not advance
Manoel Villar		1:08.4	6th	did not advance
Jorge de Paula	100 metres Backstroke	1:29.2	3rd	did not advance
Benvenuto Nuñes		1:21.0	5th	did not advance
Harry Forsell	200 metres Breaststroke	3:14.6	6th	did not advance
Manoel Lourenço Isaac Moraes Manoel Villar Benvenuto Nuñes	4 × 200 metres Freestyle	N/A				10:36.5	7th

Women

Swimmer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria Lenk	Women's 100 metres Freestyle	1:25.8	5th	did not advance
	Women's 100 metres Backstroke	N/A		N/A	4th	did not advance
	Women's 200 metres Breaststroke	N/A		3:26.6	4th	did not advance

Water Polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Brazil made its debut at water polo, but the team was disqualified after the players assaulted officials at the end of the match with Germany.

• Brazil vs. Germany: 3:7
• Brazil vs. United States: 1:6

Team: Mario De Lorenzo, Pedro Theberge, Salvador Amendola, Jefferson Maurity Souza, Luis Henrique Da Silva, Carlos Castello Branco, Antonio Ferreira Jacobina, Adhemar Serpa

References

1. "Navio levou atletas para competir nas Olimpíadas de 1932".
2. "Itaquicê - 1928 (navio a motor)".
3. "Café financiou o Brasil nos Jogos Olímpicos de 1932".

• Official Olympic Reports
• 1932 Olympics Report, Brazilian Olympic Committee
• Sports-reference