Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in 2008 – and 3 golds – surpassed in 2004 with five.

Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Atlanta
Competitors	225 (159 men, 66 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Joaquim Cruz
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 9 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

In the debutant beach volleyball, several remarkable achievements were earned when it happened the all-Brazilian final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel:

• the first Olympic medals ever won by Brazilian women in any sport
• the first Olympic gold medal ever won by Brazilian women.
• the first medal ever earned in beach volleyball
• the first gold medal ever in the sport.

Brazil has also won the first medal ever in Equestrian, when the team jumping conquered the bronze medal, marking also the first medal ever in a mixed gender Olympic event.

Summary

After 76 years since the debut of the country at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Brazilian women finally won Olympic medals. That happened for the first time in the all-Brazilians beach volleyball final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel. Beach volleyball competitions made its debut at 1996 Summer Olympics.

The other two gold medals were both obtained in Sailing events. Robert Scheidt was gold medalist in the Laser class. Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira won Star class. It was the first medal of Robert Scheidt and the third medal of Torben Grael; both sailors are the onliest Brazilian athletes with the record of five Olympic medals (two of them are gold). Besides the two gold medals, a bronze medal was also obtained in sailing by Torben's brother Lars Grael and Kiko Pellicano in Tornado class.

Brazil women's national basketball team, led by Hortência Marcari, Janeth Arcain and Maria Paula Silva, had a great performance, losing the gold medal match to host country United States women's national basketball team. It was the first medal won by women in Basketball.

The swimmer Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 200 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle. The other medal obtained in swimmer was the bronze medal conquered by Fernando Scherer in men's 50 m freestyle.

Brazil women's national volleyball team, finally won its first Olympic medal after a hard bronze medal match against Russia by 3 sets to 2.

At the men's football tournament, the under-23 football team lost a dramatic semifinal to Nigeria by 4–3, after being winning the match by 3 to 0. In the bronze medal match, Brazil beat Portugal by 5–0.

At the Judo events, Brazil won two bronze medals. The 1988 Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel obtained a medal in men's 95 kg category, while Henrique Guimarães was the medalist in men's 65 kg category.

The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the first of the History of the country not only in Equestrian as also in a mixed gender Olympic event, tough all 4 members of the team were men.

Finally, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Arnaldo da Silva obtained for the first time ever a medal in a relay event in Athletics, the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.

Medalists

Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Sandra Pires Jackie Silva Volleyball Women's beach volleyball July 27  Gold Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira Sailing Star class July 29  Gold Robert Scheidt Sailing Laser class July 31  Silver Gustavo Borges Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle July 20  Silver Adriana Samuel Mônica Rodrigues Volleyball Women's beach volleyball July 27  Silver Brazil women's national basketball team Maria Angélica Janeth Arcain Roseli Gustavo Silvinha Hortência Marcari Oliva Alessandra Oliveira Claudia Maria Pastor Adriana Santos Cintia Santos Maria Paula Silva Leila Sobral Marta de Souza Sobral Basketball Women's tournament August 4  Bronze Aurélio Miguel Judo Men's 95 kg July 21  Bronze Gustavo Borges Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle July 22  Bronze Henrique Guimarães Judo Men's 65 kg July 25  Bronze Fernando Scherer Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle July 25  Bronze Lars Grael Henrique Pellicano Sailing Tornado class July 30  Bronze Luiz Felipe de Azevedo André Johannpeter Alvaro Miranda Neto Rodrigo Pessoa Equestrian Team jumping August 1  Bronze Brazil national under-23 football team Aldair Amaral Bebeto Danrlei André Luiz Flavio Conceição Juninho Paulista Luizão Marcelinho Paulista Narciso Rivaldo Roberto Carlos Ronaldo Guiaro Ronaldo Savio Dida Ze Elias Zé Maria Football Men's tournament August 2  Bronze Brazil women's national volleyball team Ana Ida Alvares Leila Barros Ericleia Bodziak Hilma Caldeira Ana Paula Connelly Virna Dias Ana Moser Ana Flavia Sanglard Hélia Souza Sandra Suruagy Fernanda Venturini Marcia Fu Cunha Volleyball Women's tournament August 3  Bronze Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Arnaldo da Silva Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay August 3

Medals by sport Sport Total Sailing 2 0 1 3 Volleyball 1 1 1 3 Swimming 0 1 2 3 Basketball 0 1 0 1 Judo 0 0 2 2 Football 0 0 1 1 Athletics 0 0 1 1 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Total 3 3 9 15 Medals by date Date Total 20 July 0 1 0 1 21 July 0 0 1 1 22 July 0 0 1 1 23 July 0 0 0 0 24 July 0 0 0 0 25 July 0 0 2 2 26 July 0 0 0 0 27 July 1 1 0 2 28 July 0 0 0 0 29 July 1 0 0 1 30 July 0 0 1 1 31 July 1 0 0 1 1 Aug 0 0 1 1 2 Aug 0 0 1 1 3 Aug 0 0 2 2 4 Aug 0 1 0 1 Total 3 3 9 15 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 2 1 7 10 Female 1 2 1 4 Mixed/Open[a] 0 0 1 1 Total 3 3 9 15

Multiple medallist

The following competitor won several medals at the 1996 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Gustavo Borges	Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle Men's 100 metre freestyle

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	31	9	40
Basketball	12	12	24
Beach volleyball	4	4	8
Boxing	6	–	6
Canoeing	3	0	3
Cycling	8	0	6
Equestrian	9	0	8
Football	17	16	33
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	7	5	12
Rowing	6	0	6
Sailing	12	2	14
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	9	1	10
Table tennis	2	2	4
Tennis	1	2	3
Volleyball	11	12	23
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	156	65	221

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
André da Silva	100 m	10.25	12 Q	10.26	19	Did not advance
Arnaldo da Silva		10.62	70	Did not advance
Edson Ribeiro		10.39	42	Did not advance
Claudinei da Silva	200 m	20.80	36 Q	DNF		Did not advance
Robson da Silva		20.61	16 Q	20.65	24	Did not advance
Edson Ribeiro		20.69	22 Q	20.60	20	Did not advance
Valdinei da Silva	400 m	46.61	39	Did not advance
Osmar dos Santos		46.16	33	Did not advance
Sanderlei Parrela		45.60	13 Q	45.72	23	Did not advance
José Luíz Barbosa	800 m	1:46.58	15 q	—		1:50.33	23	Did not advance
Flávio Godoy		1:48.91	34	—		Did not advance
Joaquim Cruz	1500 m	3:45.32	42	—		Did not advance
Edgar de Oliveira		3:40.70	30	—		Did not advance
Adalberto Garcia	5000 m	14:28.64	32	—		Did not advance
Ronaldo da Costa	10000 m	29:26.58	36	—				Did not advance
Vanderlei de Lima	Marathon	—						2:21:01	47
Diamantino dos Santos		—						2:26:53	73
Luíz Antônio dos Santos		—						2:15:55	10
Pedro Chiamulera	110 m hurdles	13.70	22 q	13.77	27	Did not advance
Walmes de Souza		13.82	32 Q	14.12	29	Did not advance
Emerson Perin		13.76	33	Did not advance
Cleverson da Silva	400 m hurdles	51.23	37	—		Did not advance
Eronilde de Araújo		48.52	3 Q	—		48.45	8 Q	48.78	8
Éverson Teixeira		48.52	3 Q	—		48.28	4 Q	48.57	7
Clodoaldo do Carmo	3000 m steeplechase	8:51.78	34	—		Did not advance
André da Silva Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Edson Ribeiro	4 × 100 m relay	38.97	6 Q	—		38.42	3 Q	38.41
Valdinei da Silva Eronilde de Araújo Osmar dos Santos Sanderlei Parrela Éverson Teixeira	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.51	4 q	—		3:03.46	11	Did not advance
Cláudio Bertolino	20 km walk	—						1:31:04	49
Sérgio Galdino		—						1:25:14	26

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Márcio da Cruz	Long jump	7.12	42	Did not advance
Douglas de Souza		7.61	33	Did not advance
Nélson Ferreira Júnior		7.76	27	Did not advance
Messias José Baptista	Triple jump	16.45	22	Did not advance
Anísio Silva		16.67	18	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cleide Amaral	100 m	11.76	41	Did not advance
Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	400 m	52.41	24 Q	51.98	22	Did not advance
Luciana Mendes	800 m	2:00.25	17	—		Did not advance
Roseli Machado	5000 m	15:41.63	21	—		Did not advance
Carmen de Oliveira	Marathon	—						DNF
Solange de Souza		—						2:56:23	60
Márcia Narloch		—						2:39:33	39

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maria de Souza	Triple jump	13.38	21	Did not advance
Elisângela Adriano	Shot put	16.49	21	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Ratto
• Tonico
• Josuel
• Caio
• Caio da Silveira
• Olívia
• Ferraciú
• Pipoka
• Janjão
• Oscar Schmidt
• Rogério
• Wilson Minucci

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	5	5	0	478	364	+114	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	492	438	+54	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	402	416	−14	8
4	Brazil	5	2	3	498	494	+4	7
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	447	465	−18	6	9th place playoff
6	South Korea	5	0	5	422	562	−140	5	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)

Report

Puerto Rico	98–101	Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–58, 44–43
Pts: Ortiz 35 Rebs: Ortiz 11 Asts: Mincy 7		Pts: Schmidt 45 Rebs: Vianna 8 Asts: Ratto 10

Atlanta Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)

Report

Brazil	87–89	Greece
Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35
Pts: Schmidt 32 Rebs: dos Santos 10 Asts: Minuci 6		Pts: Oikonomou 36 Rebs: Fasoulas 6 Asts: Bakatsias 5

Atlanta Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP)

24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)

Report

Australia	109–101 (OT)	Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–46, 41–36 Overtime: 27–19
Pts: Heal 35 Rebs: Bradtke 15 Asts: Bradtke 4		Pts: Schmidt 24 Rebs: dos Santos 13 Asts: Minuci 6

Atlanta Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)

Report

Brazil	82–101	FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 31–55, 51–46
Pts: de Mello 19 Rebs: Janjao 6 Asts: Ratto, Klafke 4		Pts: Danilović 21 Rebs: Divac, Tomašević 6 Asts: Obradović 6

Atlanta Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)

Report

Brazil	127–97	South Korea
Scoring by half: 66–49, 61–48
Pts: Schmidt 25 Rebs: dos Santos 8 Asts: Minuci 9		Pts: D. H. Kang 24 Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6 Asts: D. H. Kang 7

Atlanta Referees: Jiazhong Zhu (CHN), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)

Quarterfinal

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 22:00

Report

United States	98–75	Brazil
Scoring by half: 52–36, 46–39
Pts: Hardaway 14 Rebs: O'Neal 11 Asts: Payton 7		Pts: Schmidt 26 Rebs: Janjao 10 Asts: Minuci 5

Atlanta Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

Classification game 5th-8th place

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01) 12:00

Report

Brazil	80–74	Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–27, 41–47
Pts: Schmidt 32 Rebs: dos Santos, Janjao 7 Asts: Ratto 7		Pts: Tabak 18 Rebs: Tabak 8 Asts: Kukoč 5

Atlanta Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

5th place game

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 22:00

Report

Greece	91–72	Brazil
Scoring by half: 45–49, 46–23
Pts: Sigalas 35 Rebs: Fasoulas, Christodoulou 7 Asts: Patavoukas 7		Pts: Minuci 23 Rebs: Vianna 11 Asts: Ratto 7

Atlanta Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Hortência
• Paula
• Janeth
• Marta Sobral
• Alessandra
• Branca
• Adriana
• Leila
• Roseli
• Silvinha
• Cíntia
• Cláudia

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	424	360	+64	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	378	342	+36	9
3	Italy	5	3	2	330	309	+21	8
4	Japan	5	2	3	365	396	−31	7
5	China	5	1	4	347	378	−31	6
6	Canada	5	0	5	293	352	−59	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)

Boxscore

Brazil	69–56	Canada
Pts: Paula, Janeth 17 Rebs: Janeth 8 Asts: Janeth 4		Pts: Blackwell 11 Rebs: Smith 7 Asts: Evans 4

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)

Boxscore

Russia	68–82	Brazil
Pts: Rutkovskaya 18 Rebs: Baranova 9 Asts: Zaboluyeva 3		Pts: Hortência 20 Rebs: Marta Sobral 9 Asts: three players 4

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)

Brazil	100–80	Japan
Pts: Paula 25 Rebs: Leila 14 Asts: Paula 10		Pts: Ichijo 16 Rebs: Nagata, Murakami 5 Asts: Murakami 4

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)

Boxscore

China	83–98	Brazil
Pts: He J 22 Rebs: Liang X 5 Asts: Zheng D, Liu J 6		Pts: Janeth 26 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: Paula 8

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)

Boxscore

Italy	73–75	Brazil
Pts: Bonfiglio 15 Rebs: Pollini 5 Asts: Pollini 4		Pts: Janeth 17 Rebs: Marta Sobral 8 Asts: Janeth 5

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

Quarterfinal

31 July 1996 (1996-07-31) 22:00

Boxscore

Brazil	101–69	Cuba
Scoring by half: 50–33, 51–36
Pts: Paula, Janeth 19 Rebs: Janeth, Marta Sobral 10 Asts: Janeth 6		Pts: Martínez 25 Rebs: Martínez 9 Asts: four players 2

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Semifinal

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 15:00

Boxscore

Brazil	81–60	Ukraine
Scoring by half: 48–36, 33–24
Pts: Paula 24 Rebs: Alessandra 13 Asts: Paula 6		Pts: Zhyrko 15 Rebs: Sadovnykova 6 Asts: Tkachenko 5

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Gold medal game

4 August 1996 (1996-08-04) 18:35

Boxscore

Brazil	87–111	United States
Scoring by half: 46–57, 41–54
Pts: Arcain 24 Rebs: Alessandra 9 Asts: Paula 10		Pts: Leslie 29 Rebs: Leslie 6 Asts: Edwards 10

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rogério Dezorzi	Featherweight	Bahari (INA) W 12-3	Aragon (CUB) L 16-6	Did not advance
Agnaldo Magalhães	Lightweight	Kungsi (PNG) W 11-11	Soltani (ALG) L 11-1	Did not advance
Zely dos Santos	Light welterweight	Barrett (IRL) L 32-7	Did not advance
Jorge Silva	Light middleweight	Cadeau (SEY) L 22-7	Did not advance
José Ricardo Rodrigues	Middleweight	Gasio (SAM) W 11-4	Wells (USA) L 16-2	Did not advance
Daniel Andrade Júnior	Light heavyweight	Adnan (SYR) W 9-4	Mandengue (FRA) W RSC	Ulrich (GER) L 14-7	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Leonardo Selbach	Men's C-1	216.51	24	184.54	19	184.54	23
Gustavo Selbach	Men's K-1	168.33	28	162.48	23	168.33	32

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastián Cuattrin	K-1 500 m	1:44.328	5	1:44.204	4 Q	1:43.045	9	Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	3:49.308	5	4:02.527	1 Q	3:44.443	5 q	3:34.669	8

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Valdir Lermen	Time trial	1:14:48	36
Márcio May	Road race	DNF
Hernandes Quadri Júnior	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	1:14:12	35
Mauro Ribeiro	Road race	4:56:51	91
Daniel Rogelin	Road race	DNF
Jamil Suaiden	Road race	DNF

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivanir Lopes	Cross-country	2:53:29	35
Márcio Ravelli	Cross-country	2:45:16	27

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Artemus de Almeida	Buryand	Individual	51.60	15	DQ			DNF
Sidney de Souza	Avalaon da Mata	Team	208.60	16	1959.60	2168.20	15	6.25	6.25	–	2174.45	15
Luciano Drubi	Xilena
Serguei Fofanoff	Kaiser Eden
André Giovanini	Al do Beto

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final			Total
			Round 1	Round 2		Round 3			Round 1		Jump-off
			Penalties	Penalties	Total	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	Cassiana	Individual	17	8	25	4	29	48	Did not advance
Álvaro de Miranda Neto	Aspen		8	0.25	8.25	8	16.25	=23 QU	4	=2	16	4	8
André Johannpeter	Calei		8.25	4.25	12.50	8	20.50	=34 QC	12	18	—	12	18
Rodrigo Pessoa	Tomboy		1.25	0	1.25	0.75	2	2 QU	4.25	=9	—	4.25	=9
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo Álvaro de Miranda Neto André Johannpeter Rodrigo Pessoa	See above	Team	—	4.50		12.75	17.25	3	—			17.25

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–1	Hungary W 3–1	Nigeria W 1–0	1	Ghana W 4–2	Nigeria L 3–4 (a.e.t.)	Portugal W 5–0
Brazil women's	Women's tournament	Norway D 2–2	Japan W 2–0	Germany D 1–1	2	—	China L 2–3	Norway L 0–2	4

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Zagallo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Dida	(1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 22)		Cruzeiro
2	2DF	Zé María	(1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (aged 22)		Flamengo
3	2DF	Aldair*	(1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 30)		Roma
4	2DF	Ronaldo Guiaro	(1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 22)		Atlético Mineiro
5	3MF	Flávio Conceição	(1974-06-13)13 June 1974 (aged 22)		Palmeiras
6	2DF	Roberto Carlos	(1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 23)		Internazionale
7	4FW	Bebeto*	(1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 32)		Flamengo
8	3MF	Amaral	(1973-02-28)28 February 1973 (aged 23)		Parma
9	3MF	Juninho	(1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 23)		Middlesbrough
10	3MF	Rivaldo*	(1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 24)		Palmeiras
11	4FW	Sávio	(1974-01-09)9 January 1974 (aged 22)		Flamengo
12	1GK	Danrlei	(1973-04-18)18 April 1973 (aged 23)		Grêmio
13	2DF	Narciso	(1973-12-23)23 December 1973 (aged 22)		Santos
14	3MF	André Luiz	(1974-06-11)11 June 1974 (aged 22)		São Paulo
15	3MF	Zé Elias	(1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 19)		Corinthians
16	3MF	Marcelinho	(1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 22)		Corinthians
17	4FW	Luizão	(1975-11-14)14 November 1975 (aged 20)		Palmeiras
18	4FW	Ronaldo	(1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 19)		PSV

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Hungary	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Japan	1–0	Brazil
Ito 72'	Report

July 21, 1996
18:30

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 46,713

Referee: Archundia (MEX)

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Brazil	3–1	Hungary
Ronaldo 35' Juninho 61' Bebeto 84'	Report	Madar 58'

July 23, 1996
20:30

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 34,871

Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)

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Brazil	1–0	Nigeria
Ronaldo 30'	Report

July 25, 1996
21:00

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 55,650

Referee: Baharmast (USA)

Quarterfinal

Brazil	4–2	Ghana
Duodu 18' (o.g.) Ronaldo 56', 62' Bebeto 72''	Report	Akonnor 23' Aboagye 53'

July 28, 1996
18:00

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 45,257

Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)

Semifinal

Nigeria	4–3 (asdet)	Brazil
Roberto Carlos 20' (o.g.) Ikpeba 78' Kanu 90', 94'	Report	Flávio Conceição 1', 38' Bebeto 28'

July 31, 1996
18:00

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 78,587

Referee: Garcia Aranda (ESP)

Bronze medal match

Brazil	5–0	Portugal
Ronaldo 4' Flávio Conceição 10' Bebeto 46', 53', 74'	Report

August 2, 1996
18:00

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 68,173

Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)

Women's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: José Duarte

Brazil named a squad of 16 players and 2 alternates for the tournament.^[2] During the tournament, Kátia replaced Nilda due to injury.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Meg	(1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 40)			Vasco da Gama
2	2DF	Nenê	(1976-03-31)31 March 1976 (aged 20)			Saad EC
3	2DF	Suzy	(1967-02-07)7 February 1967 (aged 29)			Vasco da Gama
4	3MF	Fanta	(1966-09-14)14 September 1966 (aged 29)			Vasco da Gama
5	3MF	Márcia Taffarel	(1968-05-15)15 May 1968 (aged 28)			Saad EC
6	2DF	Elane	(1968-06-04)4 June 1968 (aged 28)			Euroexport
7	4FW	Pretinha	(1975-05-19)19 May 1975 (aged 21)			Vasco da Gama
8	3MF	Formiga	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 18)			Saad EC
9	4FW	Michael Jackson	(1963-11-19)19 November 1963 (aged 32)			Torino CF
10	3MF	Sissi (captain)	(1967-06-02)2 June 1967 (aged 29)			Saad EC
11	4FW	Roseli	(1969-09-07)7 September 1969 (aged 26)			Takarazuka Bunnys
12	1GK	Didi	(1963-09-22)22 September 1963 (aged 32)			Saad EC
13	2DF	Marisa	(1966-09-10)10 September 1966 (aged 29)			Unattached
14	4FW	Tânia Maranhão	(1974-10-03)3 October 1974 (aged 21)			Saad EC
15	3MF	Nilda	(1972-03-25)25 March 1972 (aged 24)			Saad EC
16	2DF	Sônia	(1968-08-04)4 August 1968 (aged 27)			Ítalo Serrano
19	3MF	Kátia	(1977-02-18)18 February 1977 (aged 19)			Saad EC

Unenrolled alternate players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
18	3MF	Leda Maria	(1966-04-16)16 April 1966 (aged 30)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Brazil	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Norway	2–2	Brazil
Medalen 32' Aarønes 68'	Report (FIFA)	Pretinha 57', 89'

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)

15:00

Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 45,946^[4]

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

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Brazil	2–0	Japan
Kátia 68' Pretinha 78'	Report (FIFA)

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)

16:30

Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 26,111^[5]

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

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Brazil	1–1	Germany
Sissi 53'	Report (FIFA)	Wunderlich 4'

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)

18:30

Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 28,319^[6]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Semifinal

China	3–2	Brazil
Qingmei 5' Haiying 83', 90'	Report	Roseli 67' Pretinha 72'

July 28, 1996

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 64,196

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Bronze medal match

Brazil	0–2	Norway
	Report	Aarønes 21', 25'

August 1, 1996

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 76,489

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	Germany L 20–30	Egypt L 20–31	France L 23–37	Spain L 17–27	Algeria D 20–20	6	—	Kuwait W 31–25	11

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Cezar Stelzner de Lima
• Edison Alves Freire
• Ivan Raimundo Pinheiro
• Marcos Antônio Cezar
• José Ronaldo do Nascimento
• Fausto Steinwandter
• Paulo Moratore
• Milton Fonseca Pelissari
• Daniel Pinheiro
• Agberto Correa de Matos
• Marcelo Minhoto Ferraz de Sampaio
• Winglitton Rocha Barros
• Ivan Bruno Maziero
• Rodrigo Hoffelder
• Osvaldo Inocente Filho
• Carlos Luciano Ertel

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	0	1	145	114	+31	8[b]	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	114	97	+17	8[b]
3	Egypt	5	3	0	2	113	103	+10	6[c]	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	3	0	2	121	112	+9	6[c]	Seventh place game
5	Algeria	5	0	1	4	95	117	−22	1[d]	Ninth place game
6	Brazil	5	0	1	4	100	145	−45	1[d]	Eleventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. Medals won in Equestrian are considered an open event because men and women compete together.
2. France 27–25 Spain
3. Germany 22–24 Egypt
4. Algeria 20–20 Brazil

24 July 1996 20:45	Germany	30–20	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
	Löhr 7	(12–7)	Barros 4

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25 July 1996 19:00	Brazil	20–31	Egypt	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Barros 5	(10–15)	Waress 6

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27 July 1996 20:45	France	37–23	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
	Volle 14	(16–10)	Pelissari 7

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29 July 1996 19:00	Brazil	17–27	Spain	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
	Hoffelder 7	(10–12)	Urdangarín 6

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31 July 1996 19:00	Algeria	20–20	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
	Loukil, Nedjel Hammou 5	(9–11)	Pinheiro 5

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Eleventh place game

2 August 1996 10:00	Kuwait	25–31	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Boehne, Bojsen (USA)
	Al-Harbi, Al-Zadah 5	(13–16)	Nascimento 7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alexandre García	-60 kg	Mukhtarov (UZB) L	Did not advance
Henrique Guimarães	-65 kg	Benboudaoud (FRA) W	Lee (KOR) W	Csák (HUN) L	Did not advance		—	MacKinnon (RSA) W	Netov (BUL) W	Laats (BEL) W
Sebastian Pereira	-71 kg	Gagliano (FRA) W	Abanoz (TUR) W	Corkin (NZL) W	Kwak (KOR) L	Did not advance	—			Pedro (USA) L
Flávio Canto	-78 kg	Volmar (HAI) W	Vatrican (MON) W	Koga (JPN) L	Did not advance		—	Lo (TPE) W	Liparteliani (GEO) L	Did not advance
Edelmar Zanol	-86 kg	Tsmindashvili (GEO) W	Spittka (GER) L	Did not advance			Alimzhanov (KAZ) W	Gill (CAN) L	Did not advance
Aurélio Miguel	-95 kg	Bender (ARG) W	Shakimov (KAZ) W	Felicite (MRI) W	Nastula (POL) L	Did not advance	—			Sonnemans (NED) W
Frederico Flexa	+95 kg	Kampita (THA) W	Kosorotov (RUS) L	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Andrea Berti	-48 kg	Tortora (ITA) L	Did not advance
Danielle Zangrando	-56 kg	Bye	Pekli (HUN) L	Did not advance
Cristiane Parmigiano	-61 kg	Kobaş (TUR) L	Did not advance
Rosicleia Campos	-66 kg	Cho (KOR) L	Did not advance				Wang (CHN) L	Did not advance
Edinanci da Silva	+72 kg	Anno (JPN) W	Gundarenko (RUS) L	Did not advance			—	Granicz (HUN) W	Hagn (GER) L	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcelus dos Santos Dirceu Marinho	Double sculls	6:49.92	3 R	6:56.93	3 SC/D	6:52.73	3 FC	6:47.12	15
André Costa Oswaldo Kuster Neto Alexandre Altair Soares Giovanni Valentina	Quadruple sculls	6:36.60	5 R	6:12.86	5	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Yuri Taguti	Mistral	(37)	24	20	16	32	20	29	(37)	33	CAN	CAN	174	29
Christoph Bergmann	Finn	19	2	9	1	5	(20)	8	(21)	19	16	CAN	79	10
Rodrigo Amado Leonardo Santos	470	26	32	23	24	18	(37)	25	25	12	18	(29)	200	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Christina Mattoso	Mistral	19	24	23	23	(28)	(28)	28	28	28	CAN	CAN	173	26
Marcia Pellicano	Europe	(19)	(20)	17	16	9	8	7	16	11	13	10	107	16

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Robert Scheidt	Laser	2	(9)	3	6	1	3	7	2	1	1	(57)	26
Lars Grael Henrique Pellicano	Tornado	(12)	(16)	1	8	6	8	2	5	3	7	3	43
Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira	Star	1	6	2	(7)	1	4	(9)	2	6	3	CAN	25
Daniel Glomb Edson de Araújo, Jr. Marcelo Reitz	Soling	(23)	17	20	(23)	17	14	19	23	19	6	—	135	21

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jean Labatut	Trap	119	=20	Did not advance		=20

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gustavo Borges	50 m freestyle	22.86	16 FB	22.92	12
	100 m freestyle	49.17	3 FA	49.02
	200 m freestyle	1:49.00	7 FA	1:48.08
Fernando Scherer	50 m freestyle	22.68	7 FA	22.29
	100 m freestyle	49.79	8 FA	49.57	5
Luiz Lima	400 m freestyle	3:56.43	18	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	15:24.16	11	Did not advance
Rogério Romero	100 m backstroke	56.94	24	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:03.49	17 FB	2:03.20	15
André Teixeira	100 m butterfly	55.23	32	Did not advance
Fernando Scherer Alexandre Massura André Cordeiro Gustavo Borges	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:20.21	4 Q	3:18.30	4
Cassiano Leal Luiz Lima Fernando Saez André Teixeira	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:28.82	10	Did not advance

Women

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabrielle Rose	100 m freestyle	57.16	23	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:01.22	10 FB	1:01.39	14
	200 m individual medley	2:18.99	22	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hugo Hoyama	Singles	St. Louis (TRI) W 2–0	Kim (PRK) W 2–0	Persson (SWE) W 2–1	1 Q	Korbel (CZE) L 2–3	Did not advance
Hugo Hoyama Giuliano Peixoto	Doubles	Fetzner / Roßkopf (GER) L 0–2	Jindrak / Schlager (AUT) L 1–2	Huang / Ng (CAN) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Women

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Monica Doti	Singles	Chan (HKG) L 0–2	Hugh-Yip (USA) L 0–2	Tóth (HUN) L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Lyanne Kosaka		Ciosu (ROM) W 2–0	Kaffo (NGR) W 2–0	Tu (SUI) L 0–2	2	Did not advance
Monica Doti Lyanne Kosaka	Doubles	Kim / Park (KOR) L 0–2	Kaizu / Sato (JPN) L 0–2	Aganović / Boroš (CRO) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fernando Meligeni	Men's singles	Pescosolido (ITA) W 6–4, 6–2	Costa (ESP) W 7–6, 6–4	Philippoussis (AUS) W 7–6, 4–6, 8–6	Olhovskiy (RUS) W 6–7, 7–5, 6–3	Bruguera (ESP) L 6–7, 2–6	Paes (IND) L 6–3, 2–6, 4–6	4
Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	Women's doubles	—	Barabanschikova / Zvereva (BLR) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Classification Round 1	Classification Round 2	Classification Round 3	Classification Final 1	Classification Final 2	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emanuel Zé Marco	Men's	—	Jodard / Peginaud (FRA) W 1–0	Dodd / Whitmarsh (USA) L 0–1	Did not advance	—		Brenha / Maia (POR) L 0–1	Did not advance
Roberto Lopes Franco Neto		—	Palinek / Pakosta (CZE) W 1–0	Bosma / Jiménez (ESP) L 0–1	Did not advance	—		Kvalheim / Maaseide (NOR) L 0–1	Did not advance
Sandra Pires Jackie Silva	Women's	—	Kaize / Radavu (INA) W 1–0	Fenwick / Spring (AUS) W 1–0	Rodrigues / Samuel (BRA) W 1–0	—					Fontana / Hanley (USA) W 1–0	Rodrigues / Samuel (BRA) W 2–0
Mônica Rodrigues Adriana Samuel		—	Solazzi / Turetta (ITA) W 1–0	Fontana / Hanley (USA) W 1–0	Pires / Silva (BRA) L 0–1	—				Fujita / Takahashi (JPN) W 1–0	Cook / Pottharst (AUS) W 1–0	Pires / Silva (BRA) L 0–1

Indoor

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Gilson Bernardo
• Nalbert Bitencourt
• Giovane Gávio
• Antonio Carlos Gouveia
• Mauricio Lima
• Fábio Marcelino
• Marcelo Negrão
• Cássio Pereira
• Max Pereira
• Alexandre Samuel
• Carlos Schwanke
• Paulo André Silva
• Head coach:
  José Roberto Guimarães

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Brazil	9–15	15–8	16–14	15–6		55–43
23 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–13	15–8			45–32
25 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–11	15–8			45–26
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–11	15–11	15–7			45–29
29 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–11	15–10	15–11			45–32

Quarterfinal

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Yugoslavia	6–15	5–15	15–8	16–14	10–15	52–67

5th-8th place classification game

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–10	15–3	13–15	15–9		58–37

5th place game

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Aug	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	12–15	14–16	14–16			40–47

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Ana Ida Alvares
• Leila Barros
• Ericleia Bodziak
• Hilma Caldeira
• Ana Paula Connelly *Marcia Fu Cunha
• Virna Dias
• Ana Moser
• Ana Flavia Sanglard (c)
• Hélia Souza
• Sandra Suruagy
• Fernanda Venturini
• Head coach:
  Bernardo Rezende

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	121	1.967	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	217	140	1.550
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	196	156	1.256
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	163	191	0.853
5	Canada	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	156	239	0.653
6	Peru	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	129	252	0.512

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Peru	15–7	15–1	15–5			45–13	Report
22 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	11–15	10–15	4–15			25–45	Report
24 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Russia	15–3	15–11	15–13			45–27	Report
26 Jul	Canada	0–3	Brazil	6–15	6–15	11–15			23–45	Report
28 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Germany	15–4	13–15	15–6	15–8		58–33	Report

Quarterfinal

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	4–15	2–15	10–15			16–45	Report

Semifinal

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	5–15	15–8	10–15	15–13	15–12	60–63	Report

Bronze medal game

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	Russia	2–3	Brazil	13–15	15–4	14–16	15–8	13–15	70–58	Report

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emilson Dantas	Men's −99 kg	152.5	=20	182.5	21	335	21

Notes

See also

• Brazil at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

1. Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
2. "Brazil – Squad list". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
3. "Technical Report – Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1996. p. 150 (40 of PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2020. Sissi was the team's playmaker, supported by Formiga (right) and Katia (a late addition to the squad as "alternate" for the injured Nilda).
4. "Norway - Brazil". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
5. "Brazil - Japan". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
6. "Brazil - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

• (in Portuguese) Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee
• (in English) sports-reference