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Brazil at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Brazil at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Rome
Competitors72 (71 men and 1 woman) in 14 sports
Flag bearerAdhemar Ferreira da Silva
Medals
Ranked 39th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Brazil competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 72 competitors, 71 men and 1 woman, took part in 35 events in 14 sports. Brazilians obtained two bronze medals in Rome. The swimmer Manuel dos Santos was a bronze medalist in men's 100 metre freestyle. The men's basketball team also won the bronze medal. Flagbearer and defending two-time Olympic champion Adhemar Ferreira da Silva could not repeat his performance and placed fourteenth in the triple jump,[1]

Medalists

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Further information: 1960 Summer Olympics medal table

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
José da Conceição 200 m 21.3 2 Q 21.5 7 did not advance
Anubes da Silva 100 m 10.8 4 did not advance
400 m 48.0 4 did not advance
400 m hurdles 52.25 3 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Adhemar da Silva Triple jump 15.61 13 Q 15.07 14
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Wanda dos Santos 80 m hurdles 11.84 4 did not advance

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

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Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 213 198 +15 6
 Soviet Union 3 2 1 220 170 +50 5
 Mexico 3 1 2 189 210 −21 4
 Puerto Rico 3 0 3 199 243 −44 3
August 26
20:00
Puerto Rico  72–75  Brazil
Scoring by half: 35–33, 37–42
Pts: Walle (22) Pts: Pasos (18)
Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: P. Reverberi Italy
K. Klima Czechoslovakia
August 27
21:30
Soviet Union  54–58  Brazil
Scoring by half: 23–28, 31–30
Pts: Blatskauskas, Pasos (14) Pts: Muzhniek (14)
Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: D. Shirley United States
E. Kassai Hungary
August 29
21:30
Brazil  80–72 ()  Mexico
Scoring by half: 29–32, 32–29 Overtime: 19–11
Pts: Pasos (19) Pts: A. Herrera (22)
Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Luglini Italy
C. Sien Singapore

Semifinals

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Advance to the championship round
Relegated to 5th-8th place classification playoffs

Pool A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 240 221 +19 6
 Italy 3 2 1 226 216 −10 5
 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 236 237 −1 4
 Poland 3 0 3 211 239 −28 3
September 1
21:30
Brazil  78–75 (OT)  Italy
Scoring by half: 29–39, 41–31 Overtime: 8–5
Pts: Marques, Pasos (18) Pts: Alesini (18)
Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: R. Klima Switzerland
B. Takev Bulgaria
September 2
20:00
Brazil  77–68  Poland
Scoring by half: 39–46, 38–22
Pts: Baumruk, Konecny (18) Pts: Wichowski (24)
Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: B. Takev Bulgaria
Harvey New Zealand
September 3
21:30
Czechoslovakia  78–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 30–43, 48–42
Pts: Baumruk (23) Pts: Pasos (25)
Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto Mexico
E. Kassai Hungary

Championship Round

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 283 201 +82 6
 Soviet Union 3 2 1 199 213 −14 5
 Brazil 3 1 2 203 229 −26 4
 Italy 3 0 3 226 268 −42 3
September 8
21:00
Brazil  62–64  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32–28, 30–36
Pts: Marques (25) Pts: Voljnov (19)
Palazzo dello Sport, Rome
Referees: R. Weber Switzerland
Bilek Turkey
September 10
22:30
Brazil  63–90  United States
Scoring by half: 24–50, 39–40
Pts: Marques (19) Pts: Lucas (23)
Palazzo dello Sport, Rome
Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto Mexico
E. Kassai Hungary

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
José Martins Flyweight BYE  Mircea Dobrescu (ROU)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Waldomiro Pinto Bantamweight BYE  Oleg Grigoriew (URS)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Jorge Salomão Light welterweight BYE  Miguel Amarista (VEN)
L 2–3 		did not advance
Hélio Crescencio Light middleweight BYE  Michael Reid (IRL)
L 1–4 		did not advance
José Leite Light heavyweight BYE  Rafael Gargiulo (ARG)
L KO-1 		did not advance

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

One male cyclist represented Brazil in 1960.

Track

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1000m time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Anésio Argenton 1000m time trial 1:09.96 6
Men's Sprint
Athlete Event Heats Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Round 2 Repechage 3 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Anésio Argenton Sprint  Sterckx (BEL)
L 		 Barton (GBR)
W12.3 		 Bodnieks (URS)
 Mucino (MEX)
L 		— —  Baensch (AUS)
 Gasparella (ITA)
W 		 Gaiardoni (ITA)
L 		did not advance 5

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Fernando Ribeiro 3 m springboard 49.27 22 did not advance

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Total Jump-off Rank
Renyldo Ferreira Marengo Individual 50.00 44 did not advance did not finish
Mario Leite Neto Biguaj 29.75 32 did not advance did not finish
Oscar da Silva Eldorado 34.00 36 did not advance did not finish
Renyldo Ferreira
Mario Leite Neto
Oscar da Silva 		See above Team AC DNF did not advance did not finish

Football

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Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

First round

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Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 5 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 4
3  Great Britain 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
4  Taiwan 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Brazil 4–3 Great Britain
Gérson 2'
China 61', 72'
Wanderley 64'		 Report Brown 32', 87'
Lewis 47'
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)
Brazil 5–0 Taiwan
Gérson 13', 16', 47'
Roberto Dias 73', 87'		 Report
Referee: E. Erlich (YUG)
Italy 3–1 Brazil
Rivera 69'
Rossano 70', 86'		 Report Didi 4'
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (FRA)

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1960.

Men
Athlete Event Riding
(show jumping) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Shooting
(25 m rapid-fire pistol) 		Swimming
(300 m freestyle) 		Running
(4000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Points Points Points Points Points
Justo Botelho Men's 718 724 840 940 1,048 4,270 27
Wenceslau Malta 1,066 586 860 750 919 4,181 32
José Wilson 433 448 800 920 919 3,520 50
Justo Botelho
Wenceslau Malta
José Wilson 		Team 2,217 1,724 2,500 2,610 2,886 11,937 13

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Brazil had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Harri Klein
Paulino Leite
Eduardo Endtner
Francisco Todesco
Waldemar Scovino 		Coxed four 6:57.48 5 R 7:09.78 4 did not advance

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Reinaldo Conrad Finn 15 469 3 1168 10 645 1 1645 10 645 18 390 11 604 5176 5
Richter Wolfgang Edgard
Roberto Ferreira Da Rosa 		Flying Dutchman 21 270 17 362 20 291 23 231 21 270 DNS 0 DNS 0 1424 26
Jorge Pontual
Cid Nascimento 		Star 10 516 13 482 9 562 6 738 8 613 11 475 9 562 3466 9

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three shooters represented Brazil in 1960.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Luiz Martins 50 m rifle, three positions 525 28 did not advance
50 m rifle, prone 387 9 Q 577 33
Ambrosio Rocha 50 m pistol — 503 50
25 m rapid fire pistol — 556 42
Álvaro dos Santos Filho 50 m pistol — 518 43

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fernando de Abreu 100 metre freestyle 1:00.1 5 did not advance
Athos de Oliveira 100 metre backstroke 1:07.9 7 did not advance
Aldo Perseke 200 metre butterfly 2:50.8 6 did not advance
Manuel dos Santos Filho 100 metre freestyle 56.3 1 Q 56.3 1 Q 55.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Farid Zablith Filho 200 metre breaststroke 2:48.6 5 did not advance
Athos de Oliveira
Farid Zablith Filho
Aldo Perseke
Fernando de Abreu 		4 × 100 metre medley relay 4:30.1 6 did not advance

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

First round

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Group B

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 20 10 +10 6
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
 Argentina 3 0 1 2 7 14 −7 1
 Brazil 3 0 1 2 7 16 −9 1
Source: sports-reference.com
Brazil 2–2 Argentina
(1:0)
Brazil 3–6 United Team of Germany (EUA)
(1:3)
Soviet Union 8–2 Brazil
(5:1)

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Bruno Barabani 90 kg 120.0 15 117.5 14 152.5 14 390.0 15

References

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  1. ^ "Brazil at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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