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Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Brazil competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 147 competitors, 126 men and 21 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports. The country set a record with 8 medals – only surpassed in 1996 with 15, but only one medal was gold.

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The runner Joaquim Cruz won the men's 800 metres event with an Olympic record. This was the first and until nowadays the only gold medal achieved by Brazilians in a track event in Athletics – all the other gold medals were in field events.

Brazilian football and volleyball men's teams started their success in Olympic history winning for the first time an Olympic medal. Both teams were silver medalists. The Olympic football team lost the final to France by 2 – 0. Brazil men's national volleyball team was defeated by host country United States by 3 sets to 0.

The swimmer Ricardo Prado was the silver medalist in the men's 400 metre individual medley. The sailor Torben Grael won the silver medal in the Soling class together with Daniel Adler and Ronaldo Senfft. It was the first Olympic medal won by Grael, whose five Olympic medals were a record for 40 years, when Rebeca Andrade won six.

Brazilian judokas won three Olympic medals in 1984. Douglas Vieira was a silver medalist in men's 95 kg category. Luis Onmura was a bronze medalist in men's 71 kg and Walter Carmona conquered bronze medal in men's 86 kg. [1]

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Medalists

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Archery

In its second Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent only one man. Veteran Renato Emilio fell drastically in the ranking despite having improved upon his score from 1980 by 99 points.

Men
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Athletics

Men
Track & road events
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Field events
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Women
Track & road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
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July 29
Australia  7672  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–34
July 30
Brazil  9182  Egypt
Scoring by half: 45–43, 46–39
August 1
Italy  8978  Brazil
Scoring by half: 43–44, 46–34
August 2
Yugoslavia  9885  Brazil
Scoring by half: 55–50, 43–35
August 4
West Germany  7875  Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–37, 37–38
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Cycling

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Seven cyclists represented Brazil in 1984.

Road

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Track

1000m time trial
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Men's Sprint
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Points race
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Pursuit
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Diving

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Equestrianism

Show jumping

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Football

Brazil won the silver medal for men's football, their first ever. Even though Brazil has won more Soccer World Cups than any other country, they have never won a football gold medal at any olympics. The Brazilian team was entirely made by players of Sport Club Internacional, of Porto Alegre. Amongst them, was 1994 World Cup captain, Dunga.

First round

Group C

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Attendance: 40.799
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)

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Attendance: 75.239
Referee: Cha (KOR)

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Attendance: 49.355
Referee: Sánchez (ESP)

Quarter-finals

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Attendance: 36.150
Referee: Siles (CRC)

Semi-finals

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Attendance: 83.642
Referee: Socha (USA)

Gold Medal match

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Attendance: 101.799
Referee: Keizer (NED)
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Gymnastics

Artistic

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Women
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Judo

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A traditional sport in Brazil, Judo has warranted three medals, for Brazilian men. Two bronze medals, and a silver medal.

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Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Women
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Swimming

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Synchronized swimming

Women
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Volleyball

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Men's Team Competition

Pool A

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Semifinals

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Gold medal match

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Team Roster

Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas

Women's Team Competition

Group A

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5th–8th place semifinals

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7th place natch

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Team Roster

Head coach: Ênio Figueiredo

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Group B

Qualified for second group stage
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  • August 1
Spain  19 12  Brazil
  • August 2
United States  10 4  Brazil
  • August 3
Greece  9 9  Brazil

Group E

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  • August 6
Italy  13 4  Brazil
  • August 7
Canada  10 10  Brazil
  • August 9
China  11 9  Brazil
  • August 10
Japan  9 8  Brazil

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