Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 44 competitors, 43 men and one woman took part in 28 events in 11 sports. The only Brazilian medal was the gold won by Adhemar Ferreira da Silva in men's triple jump. This was his second gold medal in the event. He was the first Brazilian to be a two-time Olympic champion.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva	Athletics	Men's triple jump	Template:Dts

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

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	0	1
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	1

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jorge de Barros	100 m	11.15	4	did not advance
	200 m	22.30	2 Q	23.88	5	did not advance
José da Conceição		21.61	1 Q	21.46	3 Q	21.53	3 Q	21.56	6
Ulisses dos Santos	400 m hurdles	53.8	4	did not advance
João Pires Sobrinho	100 m	11.14	3	did not advance
	200 m	21.67	3	did not advance
Ary de Sá Jorge Machado João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição	4 × 100 m relay	41.6	3 Q	—		43.8	6	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
José da Conceição	High jump	1.86	21	did not advance
Ary de Sá	Long jump	7.00	20	did not advance
Adhemar da Silva	Triple jump	15.15	11 Q	16.35 OR

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group D

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
Brazil	4	2	2	0	167	125
Chile	3	2	1	1	137	134
Australia	2	2	0	2	122	167

Chile	59–78	Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–39, 25–39

Brazil	89–66	Australia
Scoring by half: 50–35, 39–31

Quarterfinal

Group B

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
United States	6	3	3	0	283	150
Soviet Union	5	3	2	1	208	209
Bulgaria	4	3	1	2	182	224
Brazil	3	3	0	3	192	282

Brazil	68–87	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–37, 40–50

United States Template:Flagicon	113–51	Brazil
Scoring by half: 50–22, 63–29

Bulgaria Template:Flagicon	82–73	Brazil
Scoring by half: 38–36, 44–37

Classification 5–8

Chile Template:Flagicon

64–89

Brazil

Bulgaria Template:Flagicon

64–52

Brazil

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eder Jofre	Bantamweight	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	did not advance		5
Celestino Pinto	Light-Welterweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	did not advance

Cycling

Track

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anísio Argenton	Time trial	1:12.7	9

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage 1	Repechage 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)	Rank
Anísio Argenton	Sprint	Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete L	Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete W 13.0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L inches behind	did not advance			9

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Fernando Ribeiro	3 m springboard	62.07	23	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Mary Proença	10 m platform	36.71	16	did not advance

Equestrian

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Renyldo Ferreira	Bibelot	Individual	29.25	34	56.25	44	85.50	—	42
Eloy de Menezes	Biguaj		56.25	47	28.75	31	85.00	—	41
Nelson Pessoa	Relincho		32.00	35T	26.00	28	58.00	—	33
Renyldo Ferreira Eloy de Menezes Nelson Pessoa	See above	Team	117.50	11	111.00	10	58.00	—	10

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1956.

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
Sálvio Lemos	Men's	455	556	760	785	730	3,286	27
Wenceslau Malta		0	741	760	755	877	3,133	31
Nilo da Silva		17.5	DNS	DNF				AC
Sálvio Lemos Wenceslau Malta Nilo da Silva	Team	472.5	AC	DNF				AC

Rowing

Brazil had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ruy Kopper André Richer Nelson Guarda José de Carvalho Filho Sylvio de Souza	Coxed four	7:13.9	3 R	7:25.7	2	did not advance

Sailing

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
Joaquim Roderbourg	Finn	16	198	11	361	DNF	0	14	256	9	448	DNF	0	14	256	1519	17
Alfredo Jorge Ebling Bercht Rolf Ebling Bercht	12m² Sharpie	DNF	0	11	174	7	370	DNF 0	0	11	174	7	370	9	261	1349	10

Shooting

Four shooters represented Brazil in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Severino Moreira	50 m rifle, three positions	1102	37
	50 m rifle, prone	597	8
Pedro Simão	25 m rapid fire pistol	561	16
Milton Sobocinski	50 m rifle, three positions	1115	33
	50 m rifle, prone	594	20
Adhaury Rocha	25 m rapid fire pistol	556	18

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
João Gonçalves Filho	100 metre backstroke	1:07.9	5	did not advance
Haroldo Lara	100 metre freestyle	59.9	4	did not advance
Octavio Mobiglia	200 metre breaststroke	DSQ		did not advance
Sylvio dos Santos	400 metre freestyle	4:48.8	5	did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Américo Ferreira	67.5 kg	102.5	15	97.5	17	135.0	10	335.0	14
Bruno Barabani	90 kg	110.0	15	112.5	10	145.0	11	367.5	12

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database