Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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silver=6
bronze=6
total=12
rank=54

Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.After getting the best results ever in 1996, with fifteen medals, including three golds, the Brazilian athletes were disappointing in Australia, winning twelve medals, but no golds.

Medalists

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's competition

Men's 100m
*Vicente Lima
*# Round 1 – 10.31
*# Round 2 – 10.28 (→ did not advance)
*Cláudio Roberto
*# Round 1 – 10.31
*# Round 2 – 10.47 (→ did not advance)
*Raphael Oliveira
*# Round 1 – 10.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m
*Claudinei da Silva
*# Round 1 – 20.7
*# Round 2 – 20.24
*# Semifinal – 20.3
*# Final – 20.28 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m
*André Domingos
*# Round 1 – 20.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m
*Sanderlei Claro Parrela
*# Round 1 – 45.55
*# Round 2 – 45.55
*# Semifinal – 45.17
*# Final – 45.01 (→ 4th place)

Men's 800m
*Osmar dos Santos
*# Round 1 – 01:47.05
*# Semifinal – 01:47.68 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500m
*Hudson de Souza
*# Round 1 – 03:39.70
*# Semifinal – 03:41.00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles
*Márcio Simão de Souza
*# Round 1 – 13.7
*# Round 2 – 13.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles
*Eronilde de Araújo
*# Round 1 – 50.06
*# Semifinal – 48.76
*# Final – 48.34 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100m
*Claudinei da Silva, Vicente Lima, Edson Ribeiro, André Domingos, Claudio Sousa
*# Round 1 – 38.32
*# Semifinal – 38.27
*# Final – 37.9 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Long Jump
*Nelson Carlos Ferreira
*# Qualifying – 7.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
*Vanderlei de Lima
*# Final – 2:37:08 (→ 75th place)
*Éder Fialho
*# Final – DNF
*Osmiro Silva
*# Final – DNF

Women's Competition

Women's Javelin Throw
*Sueli Pereira
*# Qualifying – 56.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump
*Maurren Higa Maggi
*# Qualifying – 6.35 (→ did not advance)
*Luciana Santos
*# Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump
*Luciana Santos
*# 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

=Boxing=

Men's Flyweight (– 48kg)
*José Albuquerque
**Round 1 – Lost to Valeri Sidorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57kg)
*Valdemir Pereira
**Round 1 – Defeated James Swan of Australia
**Round 2 – Lost to Ramazan Palyani of Turkey (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60kg)
*Agnaldo Nunes
**Round 1 – Lost to Michael Katsidis of Australia (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5kg)
*Kelson Santos
**Round 1 – Defeated Ghulam Shabbir of Pakistan
**Round 2 – Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75kg)
*Cleiton Conceição
**Round 1 – Lost to Jeff Lacy of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81kg)
*Laudelino Barros
**Round 1 – Lost to Danny Green of Australia (→ did not advance)

=Canoe / Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m
*Roger Caumo
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:49.955 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
*Roger Caumo
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:52.082 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500m
*Sebastian Cuattrin, Carlos Augusto Campos
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:35.662
*# Semifinal – 01:34.868 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000m
*Carlos Augusto Campos, Sebastian Cuattrin
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:21.228
*# Semifinal – 03:22.496 (did not advance)

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Men's competition

Men's Canoe Singles
*Cassio Petry
*# Qualifying – 293.72 (did not advance)

=Cycling=

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Renato Seabra
*# Final – DNF

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race
*Murlio 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 3m Springboard
*Cassius Duran:*Preliminary Round — 382.08:*Semi-final — 216.06 — 598.14 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 10m Platform
*Cassius Duran:*Preliminary Round — 331.86 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 3m Springboard
*Juliana Veloso:*Preliminary Round — 220.62 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 10m Platform
*Juliana Veloso:*Preliminary Round — 266.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

=Football (soccer)=

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 :* ( 9.) Edu:* (10.) Alex :* (11.) Geovanni:* (12.) Roger:* (13.) André Luís:* (14.) Lúcio:* (15.) Mozart:* (16.) Athirson:* (17.) Lucas:* (18.) Fábio Costa:* (19.) Flávio Barros:* (20.) Alexandre Alves:* (21.) Leandro Avila:* (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

=Sailing=

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

Men's Mistral
*Ricardo Santos
*# Race 1 – 5
*# Race 2 – 10
*# Race 3 – 21
*# Race 4 – 12
*# Race 5 – 22
*# Race 6 – 4
*# Race 7 – 8
*# Race 8 – 14
*# Race 9 – (37) OCS
*# Race 10 – 21
*# Race 11 – 26
*# Final – 117 (15th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
*Christoph Bergmann
*# Race 1 – 10
*# Race 2 – 8
*# Race 3 – 3
*# Race 4 – (21)
*# Race 5 – 11
*# Race 6 – 13
*# Race 7 – 9
*# Race 8 – 2
*# Race 9 – 18
*# Race 10 – (20)
*# Race 11 – 10
*# Final – 84 (11th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Andre Fonseca and Alexandre Paradeda
*# Race 1 – 14
*# Race 2 – (24)
*# Race 3 – 11
*# Race 4 – 21
*# Race 5 – 15
*# Race 6 – 20
*# Race 7 – (27)
*# Race 8 – 24
*# Race 9 – 22
*# Race 10 – 21
*# Race 11 – 23
*# Final – 171 (26th place)

Men's Laser
*Robert Scheidt
*# Race 1 – 1
*# Race 2 – 2
*# Race 3 – (22)
*# Race 4 – 1
*# Race 5 – 12
*# Race 6 – 1
*# Race 7 – 20
*# Race 8 – 5
*# Race 9 – 1
*# Race 10 – 1
*# Race 11 – (44) DSQ
*# Final – 44 (Silver medal)

Men's Tornado
*Henrique Pellicano and Mauricio Santa Cruz
*# Race 1 – (17) OCS
*# Race 2 – 7
*# Race 3 – 6
*# Race 4 – 9
*# Race 5 – 16
*# Race 6 – 13
*# Race 7 – (17) OCS
*# Race 8 – 5
*# Race 9 – 6
*# Race 10 – 5
*# Race 11 – 11
*# Final – 78 (11th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
*Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael
*# Race 1 – 3
*# Race 2 – (13)
*# Race 3 – 1
*# Race 4 – 2
*# Race 5 – 1
*# Race 6 – 6
*# Race 7 – 7
*# Race 8 – 4
*# Race 9 – 12
*# Race 10 – 3
*# Race 11 – (17) OCS
*# Final – 39 (Bronze medal)

Women's Mistral
*Christina Forte
*# Race 1 – 24
*# Race 2 – 22
*# Race 3 – (27)
*# Race 4 – 26
*# Race 5 – 24
*# Race 6 – (30) OCS
*# Race 7 – 26
*# Race 8 – 25
*# Race 9 – 24
*# Race 10 – 25
*# Race 11 – 27
*# Final – 223 (26th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Maria Krahe and Fernanda Oliveira
*# Race 1 – 16
*# Race 2 – 17
*# Race 3 – 14
*# Race 4 – 14
*# Race 5 – 13
*# Race 6 – (20) DSQ
*# Race 7 – 17
*# Race 8 – 15
*# Race 9 – (20) OCS
*# Race 10 – 19
*# Race 11 – 18
*# Final – 143 (19th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle
*Fernando Scherer
*# Preliminary Heat – 22.88 (did not advance)
*Edvaldo Valério
*# Preliminary Heat – 22.96 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Fernando Scherer
*# Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance)
*Gustavo Borges
*# Preliminary Heat – 49.76
*# Semi-final – 49.93 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Rodrigo Castro
*# Preliminary Heat – 1:53.65 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle
*Luiz Lima
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:53.87 (did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle
*Luiz Lima
*# Preliminary Heat – 15:23.15 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
*Eduardo Fischer
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:03.72 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke
*Alexandre Massura
*# Preliminary Heat – 55.58
*# Semi-final – 56.07 (did not advance)
*Rogerio Romero
*# Preliminary Heat – 56.44 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke
*Rogerio Romero
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:00.48
*# Semi-final – 01:59.69
*# Final – 01:59.27 (7th place)
*Leonardo Costa
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:01.08
*# Semi-final – 02:02.26 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle
*Fernando Scherer, Edvaldo Valério, Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:19.29
*# Final – 03:17.40 (Bronze medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle
*Edvaldo Valério, Leonardo Costa, Luiz Lima, Rodrigo Castro
*# Preliminary Heat – 07:26.42 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Medley
*Alexandre Massura, Eduardo Fischer, Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:42.31 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly
*Fabíola Molina
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:02.77 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke
*Fabíola Molina
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:03.68 (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 Gavio:*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

Men's Beach Competition

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

References

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). "The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)". Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
*International Olympic Committee (2001). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]