Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 81 competitors, 78 men and 3 women, took part in 44 events in 13 sports. Brazil obtained two bronze medals in 1972. Japanese Brazilian judoka Chiaki Ishii won Brazil's first Olympic medal in judo. Triple jumper Nelson Prudêncio won his second medal in men's triple jump.^[1]

Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Munich
Competitors	81 (78 men and 3 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Luiz Cláudio Menon
Medals Ranked 41st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 1972 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Chiaki Ishii Judo Men's 93 kg September 1  Bronze Nelson Prudêncio Athletics Men's triple jump September 4

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 0 0 1 1 Athletics 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 0 2 2 Female 0 0 0 0 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 2 2

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luiz Gonzaga da Silva	100 m	10.63	5	Did not advance
	200 m	21.81	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nelson Prudêncio	Triple jump	16.42	7 Q	17.05

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Group A

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets.

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	1st Tie
United States	7	0	542	312	+230	14
Cuba	6	1	560	445	+115	13
Brazil	4	3	561	490	+71	11	1W–0L
Czechoslovakia	4	3	493	489	+4	11	0W–1L
Spain	3	4	486	500	−14	10	1W–0L
Australia	3	4	523	524	−1	10	0W–1L
Japan	1	6	442	643	−201	8
Egypt	0	7	440	644	−204	7

August 27 14:30

Japan

55–110

Brazil

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28 9:00

Brazil

110–84

Egypt

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29 9:00

Brazil

72–69

Spain

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30 21:30

Brazil

54–61

United States

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1 21:30

Czechoslovakia

82–83

Brazil

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2 9:00

Australia

75–69

Brazil

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3 21:30

Cuba

64–63

Brazil

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

Classification brackets

September 7 21:30

Puerto Rico

87–83

Brazil

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 7 21:30

Brazil

87–69

Czechoslovakia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 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
Deusdete Vasconcelos	Bantamweight	BYE	Kim Jong-Ik (PRK) L 1-4	Did not advance
Waldemar de Oliveira	Light heavyweight	BYE	Nghivav Mehtab Singh (IND) W 5-0	Isaac Ikhouria (NGR) L 0-5	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists represented Brazil in 1972.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Luiz Carlos Flores	Road race	DNF
Miguel Silva Júnior		DNF

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sylvio de Rezende	Othelo	Individual	1431	25	Did not advance

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Antônio Simões	Individual	Bon Soir	16.00	31	Did not advance
Nelson Pessoa Filho		Nagir	21.00	39	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

First round

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	5
Denmark	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4
Iran	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	2
Brazil	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

27 August 1972
12:00

Denmark	3 – 2	Brazil
Simonsen 28' 83' Røntved 50'	Report	Dirceu 68' Zé Carlos 69'

Dreiflüssestadion, Passau

Attendance: 10.000

Referee: Pavel Kazakov

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29 August 1972
12:00

Hungary	2 – 2	Brazil
A. Dunai 4' Juhász 84'	Report	Pedrinho 67' Dirceu 73'

Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 50.000

Referee: William Mullan

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31 August 1972
12:00

Iran	1 – 0	Brazil
Halvai 63'	Report

Jahnstadion, Regensburg

Attendance: 2.200

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg

• Team Roster
  • Vitor
  • Osmar
  • Fred
  • Terezo
  • Falcão
  • Celso
  • Pedrinho
  • Rubens Galaxe
  • Washington
  • Roberto Dinamite
  • Dirceu
  • Nielsen
  • Abel Braga
  • Wagner
  • Bolívar
  • Ângelo
  • Pintinho
  • Zé Carlos
  • Manoel

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lhofei Shiozawa	−80 kg	—	Tommy Tegelgård (SWE) W 1000-0000	Jean-Paul Coche (FRA) L 0000-0100	Did not advance						13
Chiaki Ishii	−93 kg	Mohamed Dione (SEN) W 1000-0000	Juang Jen-Wuh (ROC) W 1000-0000	Pavle Bajčetić (YUG) W 1000-0000	Paul Barth (FRG) L 0000-0100	Did not advance			Helmut Howiller (GDR) W 1000-0000	David Starbrook (GBR) W 1000-0000
	Open	—	BYE	Vitali Kuznetsov (URS) L 0000-1000	Did not advance	Barry Johnson (AUS) W 1000-0000	Wim Ruska (NED) L 0000-1000	Did not advance			7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza	Coxless pair	7:42.02	4 R	7:42.63	3	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 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
Claudio Biekarck	Finn	14	20.0	13	19.0	23	29.0	16	22.0	10	16.0	DNF	41.0	3	5.7	105.7	9
Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes	Flying Dutchman	12	18.0	3	5.7	19	25.0	9	15.0	9	15.0	2	3.0	3	5.7	62.4	4
Mario Buckup Peter Ficker	Tempest	19	25.0	3	5.7	7	13.0	7	13.0	16	22.0	5	10.0	5	10.0	73.7	7
Jörg Bruder Jan Willem Aten	Star	6	11.7	16.0	8	10	14.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	8	14.0	52.7	4
Erik Schmidt Axel Schmidt Patrick Mascarenhas	Soling	5	10.0	9	15.0	4	8.0	14	20.0	6	11.7	17	23.0	—		64.7	6

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four male shooters represented Brazil in 1972.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Durval Guimarães	50 m pistol	534	46
Túlio Miraglia	Trap	171	46
Marcos José Olsen		191	8
Bertino de Souza	50 m pistol	539	36

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Aranha	100 metre freestyle	54.06	3 Q	53.47	5	Did not advance
Rômulo Arantes	100 metre backstroke	1:03.18	4	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:18.15	6	Did not advance
Antônio Azevedo	200 metre medley	2:19.41	4	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	4:57.27	6	Did not advance
José Fiolo	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.23	2 Q	1:05.99	2 Q	1:06.24	6
	200 metre breaststroke	2:30.21	3	Did not advance
Alfredo Machado	200 metre freestyle	2:00.14	5	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:18.05	5	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	17:20.34	6	Did not advance
Ruy de Oliveira	100 metre freestyle	54.26	1	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:00.48	4	Did not advance
Sérgio Waismann	100 metre butterfly	58.37	3 Q	58.07	6	Did not advance
Paulo Zanetti	100 metre freestyle	54.97	4	Did not advance
Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti Paulo Becskehazy José Aranha	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:35.84	4 Q	—		3:33.14	4
Alfredo Machado Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti José Aranha	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	8:17.91	6	Did not advance
Rômulo Arantes Filho José Sylvio Fiolo Sérgio Waismann José Aranha	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:58.56	3 Q	—		3:57.89	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucy Burle	100 metre freestyle	1:03.12	6	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:18.57	6	Did not advance
Maria Isabel Guerra	100 metre butterfly	2:32.60	7	Did not advance
	200 metre medley	2:32.95	6	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:24.43	4	Did not advance
Cristina Teixeira	100 metre breaststroke	1:20.58	7	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:57.03	DSQ	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	95	2.368	Semifinals
2	East Germany	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	200	162	1.235
3	Romania	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	201	213	0.944	5th–8th semifinals
4	Brazil	5	2	3	7	9	13	0.692	273	280	0.975
5	Cuba	5	2	3	7	6	13	0.462	212	254	0.835	9th place match
6	West Germany	5	0	5	5	4	15	0.267	163	270	0.604	11th place match

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Aug	Brazil	3–2	West Germany	15–7	15–8	17–19	6–15	15–9	68–58
30 Aug	East Germany	3–1	Brazil	15–5	7–15	16–14	15–10		53–44
01 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Romania	18–16	11–15	15–7	11–15	15–12	70–65
03 Sep	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–13	15–11			45–31
06 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	16–14	6–15	15–7	7–15	15–9	59–60

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–6	15–1			45–15

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	Brazil	0–3	South Korea	16–18	7–15	5–15			28–48

Team roster

• João Lens
• Delano Couto
• Antônio Carlos Moreno
• Luiz Eymard Coelho
• José Marcelino
• Mário Marcos Procópio
• Bebeto de Freitas
• Russo Sevciuc
• Décio Cattaruzzi
• Alexandre Abeid
• Celso Alexandre Kalache
• Aderval Luis Arvani

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luiz de Almeida	82.5 kg	140.0	15	120.0	17	165.0	15	425.0	15
Thamer Chaim	+110 kg	175.0	12	135.0	11	180.0	10	490.0	11