Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Seoul
Competitors	160 (127 men, 33 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Walter Carmona
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Brazil competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 160 competitors, 127 men and 33 women, took part in 106 events in 21 sports. Brazilians conquered 6 medals in Seoul, but only one gold medal.

Aurelio Miguel Fernandez became the first Brazilian judoka to win a gold medal. He defeated Marc Meiling from West Germany in men's 95 kg category.

The previous Olympic champion runner Joaquim Cruz won the silver medal in men's 800 metres.

Men's Brazil Olympic football team was silver medalist led by Romário and Bebeto. They lost the final by 2 - 1 at extra time against Soviet Union

Robson Caetano was the first Brazilian sprinter to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the men's 200 metres.

The other two bronze medals were obtained in sailing. Together with Nelson Falcão, Torben Grael won the medal at Star class. It was Torben Grael's second olympic medal. Torben's brother Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas obtained the bronze at Tornado class.^[1]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Aurelio Miguel Judo Men's 95 kg 30 September  Silver Joaquim Cruz Athletics Men's 800 metres 26 September  Silver Men's Brazil Olympic football team Ademir Aloísio Andrade Batista Bebeto Careca André Cruz Edmar Geovani João Paulo Jorginho Milton Neto Romário Cláudio Taffarel Luiz Carlos Winck Ricardo Gomes Mazinho Valdo Filho Zé Carlos Football Men's tournament 1 October  Bronze Lars Grael Clinio Freitas Sailing Tornado 27 September  Bronze Torben Grael Nelson Falcão Sailing Star 27 September  Bronze Robson da Silva Athletics Men's 200 metres 28 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 1 0 0 1 Athletics 0 1 1 2 Football 0 1 0 1 Sailing 0 0 2 2 Total 1 2 3 6 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 2 3 6 Female 0 0 0 0 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 1 2 3 6

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

In its third Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men.

Men

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Luíz Barbosa	800 m	1:46.32	2 Q	1:46.20	3 Q	1:44.99	3 Q	1:46.39	6
	1500 m	3:44.46	33	Did not advance
Jailto Bonfim	100 m	10.75	5	Did not advance
Joaquim Cruz	800 m	1:47.16	1 Q	1:46.10	1 Q	1:44.75	2 Q	1:43.90
	1500 m	3:40.92	3 q	—		DNS		Did not advance
Adauto Domingues	3000 m steeplechase	8:32.77	5 Q	—		8:35.05	11	Did not advance
Agberto Guimarães	800 m	1:48.49	5	Did not advance
Sérgio de Menezes	400 m	DNF		Did not advance
Marcelo Palma	20 km walk	—						1:31:42	45
Ivo Rodrigues	Marathon	—						2:26:27	56
Diamantino dos Santos		—						2:25:13	48
Arnaldo da Silva	100 m	10.44	2 Q	10.25	2 Q	10.32	5	Did not advance
Robson da Silva	100 m	10.37	1 Q	10.24	2 Q	10.24	4 Q	10.11	5
	200 m	21.12	1 Q	20.41	1 Q	20.28	2 Q	20.04
Gerson de Souza	400 m	45.90	1 Q			Did not advance

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	Canada W 125–109	China W 130–108	United States L 87–102	Egypt W 138–85	Spain L 110–118	3 Q	Soviet Union L 105–110	Puerto Rico W 104–86 (Class. 5–8)	Canada W 106–90 (Class. 5/6)	5

Team roster

The following is the Brazil roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Brazil men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Paulinho Villas Boas 25 – (1963-01-26)26 January 1963 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) PG 5 Guerrinha 29 – (1959-06-21)21 June 1959 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 6 Gerson Victalino 29 – (1959-09-17)17 September 1959 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) SF 7 João Vianna 24 – (1963-11-15)15 November 1963 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) C 8 Rolando Ferreira 24 – (1964-05-24)24 May 1964 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 9 Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães 18 – (1969-10-04)4 October 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 10 Maury Ponikwar de Souza 26 – (1962-09-02)2 September 1962 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 11 Marcel de Souza 31 – (1956-12-04)4 December 1956 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 12 Luiz de Azevedo 23 – (1964-10-08)8 October 1964 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) C 13 Giant Silva 25 – (1963-07-21)21 July 1963 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) G/F 14 Oscar Schmidt 30 – (1958-02-16)16 February 1958 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) JuveCaserta Basket 15 Israel Andrade 28 – (1960-01-17)17 January 1960 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	485	302	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	484	435	+49	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	590	522	+68	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	479	455	+24	7
5	China	5	1	4	433	527	−94	6	9th–12th classification round
6	Egypt	5	0	5	338	568	−230	5

17 September 1988

Brazil	125–109	Canada
Scoring by half: 56–45, 69–64

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

20 September 1988

Brazil	130–108	China
Scoring by half: 72–61, 58–47

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

21 September 1988

Brazil	87–102	United States
Scoring by half: 55–63, 32–39

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

23 September 1988

Brazil	138–85	Egypt
Scoring by half: 66–38, 72–47

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

24 September 1988

Brazil	110–118	Spain
Scoring by half: 57–61, 53–57

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Quarterfinals

26 September 1988 19:30

Boxscore

Soviet Union	110–105	Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47
Pts: Kurtinaitis 24 Rebs: Sabonis 9 Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 2		Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Israel 11 Asts: Maury 5

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification round 5–8

28 September 1988 9:45

Boxscore

Brazil	104–86	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–39, 53–47
Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Schmidt 9 Asts: Guerrinha 7		Pts: E. de León 19 Rebs: E. de León 10 Asts: Cruz 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification round 5/6

30 September 1988 09:45

Boxscore

Brazil	106–90	Canada
Scoring by half: 43–39, 63–51
Pts: Schmidt 41 Rebs: Pipoka 17 Asts: Villas Boas, Schmidt 2		Pts: Triano 29 Rebs: Hatch 10 Asts: Yearwood 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

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
Joilson Santana	Bantamweight	Phetsmone Sonnavanh (LAO) W 5–0	Slimane Zengli (ALG) L 0–5	Did not advance
Wanderley Oliveira	Welterweight	Dimus Chisala (ZAM) L RSC-2	Did not advance
Peter Silva	Light middleweight	Charles Mahlalela (SWZ) W 5–0	Rey Rivera (PUR) L KO-1	Did not advance

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.

1000m time trial

Points race

Pursuit

Women

Four fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.

Men's foil

• Antônio Machado
• Roberto Lazzarini
• Douglas Fonseca

Men's épée

• Antônio Machado
• Douglas Fonseca
• Roberto Lazzarini

Athlete	Event	Elimination round	1/16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Régis Avila Douglas Fonseca Roberto Lazzarini Antônio Machado	Team épée	West Germany (FRG) L 3–9  United States (USA) L 1–9	—				16

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	2	3	−1	4
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

September 18, 1988

Brazil	4–0	Nigeria

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

September 20, 1988

Australia	0–3	Brazil

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

September 22, 1988

Brazil	2–1	Yugoslavia

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

September 25, 1988

Brazil	1–0	Argentina

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 21,800

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger

September 27, 1988

Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	West Germany
Penalties
	3–2

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Keith Hackett

October 1, 1988

Soviet Union	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Dobrovolski 61' (pen.) Savichev 103'		Romário 30'

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA)

• • Claudio Taffarel
  • Zé Carlos
  • Jorginho
  • Luís Carlos Winck
  • André Cruz
  • João Santos Batista
  • Ademir
  • Mazinho
  • Edmar
  • Andrade
  • Careca Souza
  • Milton de Souza Filho
  • Geovani
  • Neto
  • Sergio Donizete
  • Bebeto
  • Aloísio
  • Romário

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sérgio Pessoa	−60 kg	BYE	Gilles Pages (MON) W 1000–0000	Kim Jae-yup (KOR) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Ricardo Cardoso	−65 kg	BYE	Pavel Petřikov (TCH) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Luiz Onmura	−71 kg	BYE	Wiesław Błach (POL) W 0010–0000	Kerrith Brown (GBR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Ezequiel Paraguassu	−78 kg	Torsten Bréchôt (GDR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Wálter Carmona	−86 kg	BYE	West Iqiebor (NGR) W 1000–0000	Akinobu Osako (JPN) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Aurélio Miguel	−95 kg	—	Dennis Stewart (GBR) W 0010–0000	Bjarni Friðriksson (ISL) W 0010–0000	Juri Fazi (ITA) W 0100–0000	Jiří Sosna (TCH) W 0100–0000	BYE			Marc Meiling (FRG) W 0100–0000
Frederico Flexa	+95 kg	—	Abderrahim Lahcinia (MAR) W 1000–0000	Elvis Gordon (GBR) W 1000–0000	Grigory Verichev (URS) L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Men

Men

Women

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
Alan Adler Marcos Tenke	Flying Dutchman	4	8.0	3	5.7	6	11.7	13	19.0	DSQ	29.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	76.4	7
Lars Grael Clinio Freitas	Tornado	8	14.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	3	5.7	3	5.7	8	14.0	2	3.0	40.1
Torben Grael Nelson Falcao	Star	1	0.0	7	13.0	2	3.0	11	17.0	2	3.0	RET	28.0	8	14.0	50.0
Jose Paulo Dias Jose Augusto Dias Christoph Bergman	Soling	3	5.7	6	11.7	DSQ	27.0	5	10.0	11	17.0	9	15.0	4	8.0	67.4	5

Men

Women

Open

Men

Women

Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1988.

Women

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
Luiz Mattar	Men's singles	Masur (AUS) L 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Luiz Mattar Ricardo Acioly	Men's doubles	—	Matsuoka / Tsuchihashi (JPN) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2	Forget / Leconte (FRA) L 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Gisele Miró	Women's singles	Kelesi (CAN) L 7–5, 7–5	Maleeva (BUL) L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	248	190	1.305	Semifinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	9	14	7	2.000	296	225	1.316
3	Sweden	5	2	3	7	9	11	0.818	220	262	0.840	5th–8th semifinals
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	190	194	0.979
5	Italy	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	203	222	0.914	9th–12th semifinals
6	South Korea	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	200	264	0.758

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Sweden	3–2	South Korea	10–15	5–15	15–12	17–15	15–4	62–61
18 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–4	17–15			47–26
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–9	15–8			45–24
19 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Sweden	15–8	15–7	16–14			46–29
19 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
19 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Brazil	19–17	15–8	6–15	11–15	15–12	66–67
22 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	13–15	15–6	15–12	15–12		58–45
22 Sep	Italy	3–2	Sweden	9–15	15–6	12–15	15–12	15–3	66–51
22 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–7	15–13			45–26
24 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Sweden	15–6	13–15	15–0	15–12		58–33
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–10	15–8			45–25
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Italy	15–9	15–9	12–15	15–12		57–45
26 Sep	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–7	15–5			45–22
26 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Soviet Union	12–15	9–15	15–8	15–11	15–6	66–55
26 Sep	Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Brazil	0–3	United States	3–15	5–15	11–15			19–45

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Argentina	3–2	Brazil	15–10	15–17	15–8	12–15	15–9	72–59

• Maurício Lima
• Wagner Rocha
• Paulo Rose
• José Montanaro Junior
• Paulo da Silva
• Renan dal Zotto
• William Silva
• Amauri Ribeiro
• Antônio Carlos Gouveia
• Domingos Lampariello Neto
• Leonidio de Pra Filho
• André Ferreira

Head coach: Paulo Freitas

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	177	142	1.246	1st–4th semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	161	132	1.220
3	United States	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	140	167	0.838	5th–8th semifinals
4	Brazil	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	126	163	0.773

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	China	3–0	United States	15–9	15–5	15–7			45–21	Report
20 Sep	Peru	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–11	15–3			45–25	Report
23 Sep	Brazil	2–3	United States	16–14	5–15	13–15	15–12	7–15	56–71	Report
23 Sep	China	2–3	Peru	15–13	13–15	15–7	12–15	14–16	69–66	Report
25 Sep	China	3–1	Brazil	2–15	15–7	15–12	15–11		47–45	Report
25 Sep	Peru	3–2	United States	12–15	9–15	15–4	15–5	15–9	66–48	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	South Korea	2–3	Brazil	6–15	17–15	15–8	4–15	15–17	57–70	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	Brazil	1–3	East Germany	9–15	4–15	15–11	11–15		39–56	Report

• Kerly Santos
• Ana Moser
• Vera Mossa
• Eliani Costa
• Ana Richa
• Dora Castanheira
• Ana Claudia Ramos
• Marcia Cunha
• Ana Lucia Barros
• Sandra Suruagy
• Fernanda Venturini
• Simone Storm

Head coach: Jorge de Barros

Men

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool								Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Round 7 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Floriano Spiess	−100 kg	Uwe Neupert (GDR) L 0–4	Fred Solovi (SAM) W 11–7	Leri Khabelov (URS) L 0–4	—				6	Did not advance

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool								Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Round 7 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Roberto Neves Filho	−90 kg	BYE	Franz Pitschmann (AUT) L 0–14	Kamal Ibrahim (EGY) L 0–17	—				9	Did not advance