Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Sydney
Competitors	205 (111 men, 94 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Sandra Pires
Medals Ranked 53rd	Gold 0 Silver 6 Bronze 6 Total 12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The Brazilian athletes won twelve medals: six silver and six bronze The first Summer Olympics without a gold medal since the 1976 Summer Olympics. The 205 competitors, 111 men and 94 women, took part in 96 events in 23 sports.

Summary

At the Judo competitions, two silver medals were obtained. Tiago Camilo lost in the final against Italian Giuseppe Maddaloni in men's 73 kg. Carlos Honorato lost the final of the men's 90 kg to Mark Huizinga from the Netherlands.

Brazilians sailors conquered two medals in Sailing. Current Olympic champion Robert Scheidt was silver medalist in the Laser class after a very tough competition against British gold medalistBen Ainslie. The 1996 Olympic champions Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira were bronze medalists in Star class. It was Grael's fourth of five Olympic medals.

Brazil obtained four of those medals in Volleyball (three of them in beach volleyball and one indoor). Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede were silver medalists in Women's beach volleyball. They were current world champions and lost the gold medal match to Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst from Australia. Also in the women's competition, Brazilians Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires were the bronze medalists. Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos were silver medalists of the men's beach volleyball competition losing the gold medal match to Americans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana. The indoor medal was the bronze conquered by Brazil women's national volleyball team, repeating the same result of the 1996 Summer Olympics, in a match of 3 sets to 0 against United States.

The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the same result of the 1996 Olympics and with the same team.

The swimmers Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges, Carlos Jayme and Edvaldo Valério conquered the bronze medal in Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. It was Gustavo Borges' fourth Olympic medal, a record number among Brazilian swimmers.

Brazil women's national basketball team won the bronze medal in a match decided in extra-time against South Korea.

At the Athletics competition a silver medal was obtained in men's 4 × 100 metres relay, by sprinters Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Claudinei da Silva. Cláudio Roberto Souza was also awarded a silver medal in the event because he took part in the relay in the heats.^[1]

Medalists

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100m

• Vicente Lima
  1. Round 1 – 10.31
  2. Round 2 – 10.28 (→ did not advance)
• Cláudio Roberto Souza
  1. Round 1 – 10.31
  2. Round 2 – 10.47 (→ did not advance)
• Raphael Oliveira
  1. Round 1 – 10.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m

• Claudinei da Silva
  1. Round 1 – 20.7
  2. Round 2 – 20.24
  3. Semifinal – 20.3
  4. Final – 20.28 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m

• André da Silva
  1. Round 1 – 20.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m

• Sanderlei Claro Parrela
  1. Round 1 – 45.55
  2. Round 2 – 45.55
  3. Semifinal – 45.17
  4. Final – 45.01 (→ 4th place)

Men's 800m

• Osmar dos Santos
  1. Round 1 – 01:47.05
  2. Semifinal – 01:47.68 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500m

• Hudson de Souza
  1. Round 1 – 03:39.70
  2. Semifinal – 03:41.00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Márcio Simão de Souza
  1. Round 1 – 13.7
  2. Round 2 – 13.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Eronilde de Araújo
  1. Round 1 – 50.06
  2. Semifinal – 48.76
  3. Final – 48.34 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m

• Claudinei da Silva, Vicente Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudio Roberto Sousa
  1. Round 1 – 38.32
  2. Semifinal – 38.27
  3. Final – 37.9 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Long Jump

• Nelson Carlos Ferreira
  1. Qualifying – 7.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Vanderlei de Lima
  1. Final – 2:37:08 (→ 75th place)
• Éder Fialho
  1. Final – DNF
• Osmiro Silva
  1. Final – DNF

Women's Competition

Women's Javelin Throw

• Sueli dos Santos
  1. Qualifying – 56.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Maurren Higa Maggi
  1. Qualifying – 6.35 (→ did not advance)
• Luciana Santos
  1. Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Luciana Santos
  1. Qualifying – 13.48 (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
  • Defeated Slovakia (76–60)
  • Lost to Australia (70–81)
  • Defeated Senegal (82–48)
  • Lost to France (70–73)
  • Lost to Canada (60–61)
• Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Russia (68–67)
• Semi Finals
  • Lost to Australia (52–64)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated South Korea (84–73) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster
  • Adriana Aparecida dos Santos
  • Adrianinha
  • Alessandra Santos de Oliveira
  • Cíntia Tuiú
  • Claudinha
  • Helen Cristina Santos Luz
  • Zaine
  • Janeth dos Santos Arcain
  • Kelly da Silva Santos
  • Lílian Cristina Lopes Gonçalves
  • Marta de Souza Sobral
  • Silvinha

Beach volleyball

• Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos — Silver Medal
• José Loiola and Emanuel Rego — 9th place (tied)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• José Albuquerque
  • Round 1 – Lost to Valeriy Sydorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Valdemir Pereira
  • Round 1 – Defeated James Swan of Australia
  • Round 2 – Lost to Ramazan Palyani of Turkey (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Agnaldo Nunes
  • Round 1 – Lost to Michael Katsidis of Australia (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Kelson Santos
  • Round 1 – Defeated Ghulam Shabbir of Pakistan
  • Round 2 – Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Cleiton Conceição
  • Round 1 – Lost to Jeff Lacy of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Laudelino Barros
  • Round 1 – Lost to Danny Green of Australia (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m

• Roger Caumo
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:49.955 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

• Roger Caumo
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:52.082 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500m

• Sebastian Cuattrin, Carlos Augusto Campos
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:35.662
  2. Semifinal – 01:34.868 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000m

• Carlos Augusto Campos, Sebastian Cuattrin
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:21.228
  2. Semifinal – 03:22.496 (did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Canoe Singles

• Cassio Petry
  1. Qualifying – 293.72 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Renato Seabra
  1. Final – DNF

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

• Murilo Fischer
  • Final — 5:52:47 (→ 89th place)

Women's Road Race

• Claudia Saintagne
  • Final — 3:24:19 (→ 44th place)
• Janildes Silva
  • Final — 3:35:12 (→ 49th place)

Diving

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Equestrianism

Fencing

One male fencer represented Brazil in 2000.

Men's foil

• Marco Martins

Football

Men's Team Competition

• Group D
  • Brazil – Slovakia 3–1
  • Brazil – South Africa 1–3
  • Brazil – Japan 1–0
• Quarter Finals
  • Brazil – Cameroon 1–2 [asdet]
• Team Roster
  • ( 1.) Helton
  • ( 2.) Baiano
  • ( 3.) Fábio Bilica
  • ( 4.) Álvaro
  • ( 5.) Marcos Paulo
  • ( 6.) Fábio Aurélio
  • ( 7.) Ronaldinho
  • ( 8.) Fabiano Pereira
  • ( 9.) Edu
  • (10.) Alex
  • (11.) Geovanni
  • (12.) Roger
  • (13.) André Luís
  • (14.) Lúcio
  • (15.) Mozart
  • (16.) Athirson
  • (17.) Lucas
  • (18.) Fábio Costa
  • (19.) Flávio
  • (20.) Alexandre
  • (21.) Leandro
  • (22.) Júlio César

Women's Team Competition

• Group E
  • Brazil – Sweden 2–0
  • Brazil – Germany 1–2
  • Brazil – Australia 2–1
• Semi Finals
  • Brazil – United States 0–1
• Team Roster
  • Maycon
  • Andréia Suntaque
  • Daniela Alves
  • Pretinha
  • Elissandra Cavalcante
  • Kátia Cilene Teixeira
  • Juliana Ribeiro Cabral
  • Cidinha
  • Maravilha
  • Miraildes Maciel Mota
  • Mônica Angélica de Paula
  • Raquel de Souza
  • Rosana dos Santos
  • Roseli de Belo
  • Simone Gomes
  • Sissi
  • Suzana Ferreira
  • Tânia Maria Pereira

Gymnastics

Handball

• Alessandra Medeiros da Oliveira
• Aline Silva
• Chana Masson
• Dilane Roese
• Idalina Mesquita
• Lucila Vianna da Silva
• Meg Montão
• Margarida Conte
• Maria José Batista de Sales
• Rosana de Aleluia
• Sandra de Oliveira
• Valéria de Oliveira
• Viviane Jacques
• Viviani Emerick

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Nine men and three women competed in the eight events in the Sailing competition in Sydney.

Men's Mistral

• Ricardo Santos
  1. Race 1 – 5
  2. Race 2 – 10
  3. Race 3 – 21
  4. Race 4 – 12
  5. Race 5 – 22
  6. Race 6 – 4
  7. Race 7 – 8
  8. Race 8 – 14
  9. Race 9 – (37) OCS
  10. Race 10 – 21
  11. Race 11 – 26
  12. Final – 117 (15th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Christoph Bergmann
  1. Race 1 – 10
  2. Race 2 – 8
  3. Race 3 – 3
  4. Race 4 – (21)
  5. Race 5 – 11
  6. Race 6 – 13
  7. Race 7 – 9
  8. Race 8 – 2
  9. Race 9 – 18
  10. Race 10 – (20)
  11. Race 11 – 10
  12. Final – 84 (11th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Andre Fonseca and Alexandre Paradeda
  1. Race 1 – 14
  2. Race 2 – (24)
  3. Race 3 – 11
  4. Race 4 – 21
  5. Race 5 – 15
  6. Race 6 – 20
  7. Race 7 – (27)
  8. Race 8 – 24
  9. Race 9 – 22
  10. Race 10 – 21
  11. Race 11 – 23
  12. Final – 171 (26th place)

Men's Laser

• Robert Scheidt
  1. Race 1 – 1
  2. Race 2 – 2
  3. Race 3 – (22)
  4. Race 4 – 1
  5. Race 5 – 12
  6. Race 6 – 1
  7. Race 7 – 20
  8. Race 8 – 5
  9. Race 9 – 1
  10. Race 10 – 1
  11. Race 11 – (44) DSQ
  12. Final – 44 (Silver medal)

Men's Tornado

• Henrique Pellicano and Mauricio Oliveira
  1. Race 1 – (17) OCS
  2. Race 2 – 7
  3. Race 3 – 6
  4. Race 4 – 9
  5. Race 5 – 16
  6. Race 6 – 13
  7. Race 7 – (17) OCS
  8. Race 8 – 5
  9. Race 9 – 6
  10. Race 10 – 5
  11. Race 11 – 11
  12. Final – 78 (11th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

• Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael
  1. Race 1 – 3
  2. Race 2 – (13)
  3. Race 3 – 1
  4. Race 4 – 2
  5. Race 5 – 1
  6. Race 6 – 6
  7. Race 7 – 7
  8. Race 8 – 4
  9. Race 9 – 12
  10. Race 10 – 3
  11. Race 11 – (17) OCS
  12. Final – 39 (Bronze medal)

Women's Mistral

• Christina Forte
  1. Race 1 – 24
  2. Race 2 – 22
  3. Race 3 – (27)
  4. Race 4 – 26
  5. Race 5 – 24
  6. Race 6 – (30) OCS
  7. Race 7 – 26
  8. Race 8 – 25
  9. Race 9 – 24
  10. Race 10 – 25
  11. Race 11 – 27
  12. Final – 223 (26th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Maria Krahe and Fernanda Oliveira
  1. Race 1 – 16
  2. Race 2 – 17
  3. Race 3 – 14
  4. Race 4 – 14
  5. Race 5 – 13
  6. Race 6 – (20) DSQ
  7. Race 7 – 17
  8. Race 8 – 15
  9. Race 9 – (20) OCS
  10. Race 10 – 19
  11. Race 11 – 18
  12. Final – 143 (19th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Fernando Scherer
  1. Preliminary Heat – 22.88 (did not advance)
• Edvaldo Valério
  1. Preliminary Heat – 22.96 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Fernando Scherer
  1. Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance)
• Gustavo Borges
  1. Preliminary Heat – 49.76
  2. Semi-final – 49.93 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Rodrigo Castro
  1. Preliminary Heat – 1:53.65 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Luiz Lima
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:53.87 (did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Luiz Lima
  1. Preliminary Heat – 15:23.15 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Eduardo Fischer
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:03.72 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Alexandre Massura
  1. Preliminary Heat – 55.58
  2. Semi-final – 56.07 (did not advance)
• Rogério Romero
  1. Preliminary Heat – 56.44 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Rogério Romero
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:00.48
  2. Semi-final – 01:59.69
  3. Final – 01:59.27 (7th place)
• Leonardo Costa
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:01.08
  2. Semi-final – 02:02.26 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

• Fernando Scherer, Edvaldo Valério, Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:19.29
  2. Final – 03:17.40 (Bronze medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Edvaldo Valério, Leonardo Costa, Luiz Lima, Rodrigo Castro
  1. Preliminary Heat – 07:26.42 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley

• Alexandre Massura, Eduardo Fischer, Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:42.31 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Fabíola Molina
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:02.77 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Fabíola Molina
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:03.68 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Women

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

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
Gustavo Kuerten	Men's singles	Pognon (BEN) W 6–1, 6–1	Schüttler (GER) W 6–4, 6–4	Ljubičić (CRO) W 7–6(7–2), 6–3	Kafelnikov (RUS) L 4–6, 7–5	Did not advance
Gustavo Kuerten Jaime Oncins	Men's doubles	N/A	Lareau / Nestor (CAN) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Joana Cortez Vanessa Menga	Women's doubles	N/A	N Li / T Li (CHN) W 6–4, 6–2	Mandula / Marosi-Aracama (HUN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Brazil was represented by three men and three women. Two of the Brazilian women did not finish, giving Brazil the distinction of being one of only two nations (along with Great Britain) to have multiple competitors not finish the race.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Leandro Macedo – 1:49:50.69 (→ 14th place)
• Juraci Moreira – 1:50:44.79 (→ 22nd place)
• Armando Barcellos – 1:53:42.63 (→ 39th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

• Sandra Soldan – 2:03:19.86 (→ 11th place)
• Mariana Ohata – DNF (→ no ranking)
• Carla Moreno – DNF (→ no ranking)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Australia (3–0)
  • Defeated Egypt (3–0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
  • Defeated Spain (3–1)
  • Defeated Cuba (3–0)
• Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Argentina (1–3)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (3–2)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Netherlands (0–3) → Sixth place
• Team Roster
  • André Heller
  • Dante Amaral
  • Douglas Chiarotti
  • Gilberto Godoy Filho
  • Giovane Gávio
  • Gustavo Endres
  • Gilmar Teixeira
  • Marcelo Elgarten
  • Maurício Lima
  • Max Pereira
  • Nalbert Bitencourt
  • Alexandre Samuel
• Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Kenya (3–0)
  • Defeated Australia (3–0)
  • Defeated PR China (3–0)
  • Defeated Croatia (3–0)
  • Defeated United States (3–1)
• Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Germany (3–0)
• Semifinals
  • Lost to Cuba (2–3)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated United States (3–0) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster
  • Elisângela Oliveira
  • Erika Coimbra
  • Hélia Souza
  • Janina Conceição
  • Karin Rodrigues
  • Kátia Lopes
  • Kely Fraga
  • Leila Barros
  • Raquel Silva
  • Ricarda Lima
  • Virna Dias
  • Walewska Oliveira
• Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende

Weightlifting

See also

• Brazil at the 1999 Pan American Games

Notes

References