Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	301 (160 men & 142 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Ketleyn Quadros; Bruno Rezende
Flag bearer (closing)	Rebeca Andrade
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 7 Silver 6 Bronze 8 Total 21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] It was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions of the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Tied with 2016 Games in number of gold medals (7) and silver medals (6) but with 2 more bronze medals (8), this was the nation's most successful overall performance at the Olympics, therefore becoming the second nation to surpass its medal total at the Olympics immediately following one that it hosted (the other one was Great Britain in the 2016 Olympics). The country broke the record for medals in one edition (21) and was also in the highest position on medal table on games history (twelfth place). It was also the edition of the Games where Brazil won medals in more different disciplines.^[4]

In this edition, Brazil won its first medals ever in three sports: tennis (with the bronze medal obtained by the double Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani) and the debutants skateboarding (the 3 silver medals won by Kelvin Hoefler, Rayssa Leal and Pedro Barros) and surfing (the gold medal achieved by Ítalo Ferreira). Brazil also won its first gold medal ever in canoeing, won by Isaquias Queiroz.

Summary[edit]

The first Brazilian medal in Tokyo was awarded to skateboarder Kelvin Hoefler in men's street with a score of 36.15 in the first Olympic competition in the sport's history. Japanese skateboarder star Yuto Horigome claimed the first Olympic gold medal with a score of 37.18 and American Jagger Eaton scored a 35.35, winning the bronze medal.^[5]

The second medal in Skateboarding, was conquered by the 13-year-old Rayssa Leal in the Olympics's inaugural women's skateboarding competition: the Women's street, one day after the men's street. The board flips, slides and grinds of Brazil's youngest-ever medalist drew as much acclaim as she won the silver medal with a score of 14.64, below the gold medalist Japanese Momiji Nishiya with 15,26. Leal was the youngest athlete to win an Olympic medal since the 1936 Olympic Games and to date among the 10 youngest Olympic medalists ever.^[6]

The third medal in Skateboarding was achieved in the inaugural Olympic men's park by Pedro Barros. With a score of 86,14, he won the silver medal, below Australian Keegan Palmer , with a score of 95.83.^[7]

In the judo competition, two bronze medals were achieved. In the men's 66 kg competition, Daniel Cargnin lost the semifinal to Japanese gold medalist Hifumi Abe and defeated Israeli Baruch Shmailov in the bronze medal dispute. Twice world champion Mayra Aguiar won one of the bronze medals in the women's 78 kg category, after defeating in bronze medal dispute South Korean Yoon Hyun-ji; she made History conquering three consecutive bronze medals in London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. She is the first Brazilian woman to win three Olympic medals in an individual sport.^[8]

The first gold medal won by Brazil in Tokyo was in Surfing, in the debut of the sport at the Olympic Games.Ítalo Ferreira earned the first-ever gold after running away from Japanese Kanoa Igarashi in an electric final. The 2019 ISA World Surfing Games Champion recovered from snapping his board early-on and posted wave high scores of 7.77 and a 7.37 for a combined 15.14, while Kanoa Igarashi counted a 3.83 and a 2.77, combining for a 6.60.^[9]

In the swimming competitions, three medals were earned, two bronze and one gold medal. Fernando Scheffer won the bronze medal in men's 200 m freestyle, with a time of 1m44s66, behind Britishers silver medalist Duncan Scott (1m44s26) and gold medalist Tom Dean (1m44s22).^[10] Bruno Fratus won the bronze medal in men's 50 m freestyle, with a time of 21s57, behind silver medalist Florent Manaudou and gold medalist Caeleb Dressel. Though Fratus had a decorated career at the World Championships, Pan Pacific, and Pan American Games, he finally won an Olympic medal. Fratus became with 32-years-old also the oldest pool swimmer in history to win their first Olympic medal.^[11]

The marathon-swimmer Ana Marcela Cunha was the gold medalist in women's marathon of 10 km, won with a time of 1:59:30.8, becoming the first Brazilian woman swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympics. Former Olympic gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands finished second, with Kareena Lee of Australia taking the bronze. Cunha has obtained, until 2019, 11 medals in World Swimming Championships, 5 being gold, but this was the first Olympic medal in her career.^[12]

In Artistic Gymnastic, Rebeca Andrade won two medals. In the qualification round, Andrade had one of the best performances of her career, qualifying in third to the vault final, fourth to floor exercise final, and second to the all-around final. After leading the competition in the first two rotations of the women's all-around final, Andrade won silver medal with a final score of 57.298 after stepping out of bounds on two of her floor passes. American Sunisa Lee won gold with a score of 57.433. This marked the first-ever Olympic medal win for a female Brazilian artistic gymnast and the first Olympic all-around medalist who qualified as an individual.^[13]

In the final of Women's vault, Rebeca Andrade set another record for her country, surpassing her third-place vault final qualification to win the event with an average score of 15.083. This made her the first Olympic champion in Brazilian women's artistic gymnastics history and also the first Brazil woman to win more than one medal in a single edition of the Olympic Games.^[14] Andrade also served as a flag bearer for Brazil at the Games' closing ceremony.

In the women's doubles tennis tournament, Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani earned the bronze medal. They defeated Russians Veronika Kudermetova and defending gold medallist Elena Vesnina in the bronze medal match by 2 sets to 1, saving four straight match points before overcoming in the final set. The medal was one of the most unexpected: the Brazilians got an Olympic spot just one week before the 2020 Games opening, with Luísa Stefani ranked No. 23 in the doubles ranking and Pigossi only at No. 190. Although the Brazilian pair played together for the first time, during the campaign they managed to save eight match-points. In addition to the four in the bronze medal match, they saved another four in the match against Czech duo Karolina Pliskova and Marketa Vondrousova in the round of 16. Pigossi and Stefani became the first Brazilians to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis in history.^[15]

Two bronze medals were conquered in athletics. After an Olympic cycle much lower than expected, without medals in World Championships and even in Pan American Games between 2016 and 2020, Olympic record holder and gold medalist in Rio/2016, Thiago Braz participates in men's pole vault in Tokyo/2020 again without being the favorite; in the final he jumped 5.87 m and secured bronze medal, behind the world record holder Swede Armand Duplantis who got gold medal with 6.02 m and the American Chris Nilsen, with 5.97 m got the silver medal. Braz finished with his second consecutive Olympic medal, a very rare feat in Brazilian athletics.^[16]^[17]

Alison dos Santos got the bronze medal in men's 400 metres hurdles, in what has been described as one of the greatest races in Olympic history; Karsten Warholm of Norway won, setting a new world record of 45.94 seconds. He beat his own previous record, set a month before, by 0.76 seconds; silver medalist Rai Benjamin of the United States beat the previous record by 0.53 seconds. The event was the strongest in 400m hurdles history, with the three Olympic medalists getting the three best times in the history of the event, all beating Kevin Young's old world record (which had lasted almost 30 years and had only fallen a month before the Olympics). Alison became the 3rd best in the history of the race, with a time of 46.72 seconds.^[18]

Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze sailed to gold after winning the women's 49erFX competition. They came in third in the medal race scoring 6 points which bring them a total of 76 points to win the top podium. Germany's Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke clinched silver with a total score of 83 and double world champions Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz from the Netherlands picked up bronze after amassing 88 points. This was the Brazilian duo's second gold medal in the same event after winning in Rio/2016.^[19] Martine Grael continued the tradition of her family in sailing: her father Torben Grael is five-time Olympic medalist (twice gold) and her uncle Lars Grael is a twice bronze medalist.

In the Canoeing, The reigning World Champion Isaquias Queiroz and silver medallist in Rio/2016, finished with a time of four minutes, 04.408 seconds, ahead of China's Liu Hao and Moldova's Serghei Tarnovschi for his maiden Olympic title. He become the first Brazilian to win an Olympic gold medal in Canoeing and it was also the fourth Olympic medal in his career. Isaquias had been through adversity in his younger years. As a toddler he poured boiling water on himself and spent a month in hospital recovering, at the age of 5 he was kidnapped and offered up for adoption before being rescued by his mother, and 5 years later he fell out of a tree while trying to catch a snake and lost a kidney.^[20]^[21]

In the boxing competitions, Brazilians earned three Olympic medals. Abner Teixeira lost the semifinal to Cuban Julio César La Cruz in men's heavyweight and was awarded a bronze medal.^[22] Reigning world champion Beatriz Ferreira was the silver medalist in women's lightweight in Boxing. She lost the final to Kellie Harrington from Ireland in a unanimous decision. This is the best result achieved by a Brazilian woman in Boxing at Olympic Games.^[23]

Hebert Conceição won the gold medal in the men's middleweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in one of the most shocking fights in Tokyo, by knocking out Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak in the third round . Khyzhniak had spent the fight's first 7+1⁄2 minutes smacking Conceição around the ring with his vicious combination of power and accuracy and won the first two rounds unanimously. In the third and final round, the Brazilian caught Khyzhniak with a counter left hook during an exchange, and Khyzhniak went to the canvas hard. The referee declared Hebert Conceição winner by knock out . He joins lightweight Robson Conceição as the only boxing gold medalists in Brazil's Olympic history.^[24]^[25]

The seventh gold medal earned by Brazil in Tokyo was awarded in men's football tournament. The incumbent gold medalists in Rio/2016 finished at the top of their group with 7 points, following a 4–2 win over Germany, a 0–0 draw to Ivory Coast and a 3–1 win over Saudi Arabia. They beat Egypt 1–0 in the quarter-finals, and Mexico in the semi-finals with a 4–1 victory in the penalty shootouts following a 0–0 draw in extra time. In the final against Spain, Matheus Cunha opened the score for Brazil in the first half and a Mikel Oyarzabal goal in the second half forced the match into extra time; Malcom scored the winning goal in the 108th minute, which lead Brazil to their second Olympic gold medal and seventh medal in men's football at Olympic Games. Brazil became the fifth country to win back-to-back Olympic golds, after Great Britain (1908, 1912), Uruguay(1924, 1928), Hungary (1964, 1968) and Argentina (2004, 2008). Among the players, Daniel Alves was Brazil's 38-year-old captain, who had led the team as an over-age player and became the most decorated football player with his personal trophy haul to 43 titles.^[26]^[27]^[28]

In the Volleyball competitions, the last Brazilian medal of 2020 Summer Olympics was a silver one achieved by Brazil women's national volleyball team. The team went undefeated in the pool round and in the bracket leading up to the final after winning 7 matches, but lost easily by 3 sets to 0 (25–21, 25–20, 25–14) to United States women's national volleyball team, who won its first gold medal in women's volleyball.^[29] Nonetheless, the silver medal in women's volleyball, Brazil had the poorest campaign in the sport since the 1992 Summer Olympics, with a fourth place in men's tournament and missing a medal in beach volleyball for the first time since the inaugural tournament in 1996 Summer Olympics.^[30]

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ítalo Ferreira	Surfing	Men's shortboard	27 July
Gold	Rebeca Andrade	Gymnastics	Women's vault	1 August
Gold	Martine Grael Kahena Kunze	Sailing	Women's 49erFX	3 August
Gold	Ana Marcela Cunha	Swimming	Women's marathon 10 km	4 August
Gold	Isaquias Queiroz	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres	7 August
Gold	Hebert Conceição	Boxing	Men's middleweight	7 August
Gold	Brazil national under-23 football team Santos Dani Alves Nino Diego Carlos Guilherme Arana Douglas Luiz Bruno Guimarães Claudinho Antony Matheus Cunha Richarlison Brenno Bruno Fuchs Ricardo Graça Abner Gabriel Menino Matheus Henrique Reinier Jesus Malcom Paulinho Gabriel Martinelli Lucão	Football	Men's tournament	7 August
Silver	Kelvin Hoefler	Skateboarding	Men's street	25 July
Silver	Rayssa Leal	Skateboarding	Women's street	26 July
Silver	Rebeca Andrade	Gymnastics	Women's all-around	29 July
Silver	Pedro Barros	Skateboarding	Men's park	5 August
Silver	Beatriz Ferreira	Boxing	Women's lightweight	8 August
Silver	Brazil women's national volleyball team Carol Gattaz Rosamaria Montibeller Macris Carneiro Roberta Ratzke Gabriela Guimarães Natália Pereira Ana Carolina da Silva Fernanda Garay Ana Cristina de Souza Camila Brait Ana Beatriz Corrêa Tandara Caixeta^[31]	Volleyball	Women's tournament	8 August
Bronze	Daniel Cargnin	Judo	Men's 66 kg	25 July
Bronze	Fernando Scheffer	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	27 July
Bronze	Mayra Aguiar	Judo	Women's 78 kg	29 July
Bronze	Laura Pigossi Luisa Stefani	Tennis	Women's doubles	31 July
Bronze	Bruno Fratus	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle	1 August
Bronze	Alison dos Santos	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	3 August
Bronze	Abner Teixeira	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	3 August
Bronze	Thiago Braz	Athletics	Men's pole vault	3 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing	1	1	1	3
Gymnastics	1	1	0	2
Swimming	1	0	2	3
Canoeing	1	0	0	1
Football	1	0	0	1
Sailing	1	0	0	1
Surfing	1	0	0	1
Skateboarding	0	3	0	3
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Athletics	0	0	2	2
Judo	0	0	2	2
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	7	6	8	21

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Men	4	2	6	12
Women	3	4	2	9
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	7	6	8	21

Medals by day
Day				Total
24 July	0	0	0	0
25 July	0	1	1	2
26 July	0	1	0	1
27 July	1	0	1	2
28 July	0	0	0	0
29 July	0	1	1	2
30 July	0	0	0	0
31 July	0	0	1	1
1 August	1	0	1	2
2 August	0	0	0	0
3 August	1	0	3	4
4 August	1	0	0	1
5 August	0	1	0	1
6 August	0	0	0	0
7 August	3	0	0	3
8 August	0	2	0	2
Total	7	6	8	21

Multiple medallist[edit]

The following competitor won multiple medals at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Rebeca Andrade	Gold Silver	Gymnastics	Women's vault Women's all-around

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in athletics, equestrian, football, handball, rugby sevens, and table tennis are not counted:^[32]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	33	20	53
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	4	3	7
Canoeing	4	1	5
Cycling	3	2	5
Diving	2	2	4
Equestrian	7	0	7
Fencing	1	1	2
Football	18	18	36
Gymnastics	5	7	12
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	7	6	13
Modern pentathlon	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Rugby sevens	0	12	12
Sailing	7	6	13
Shooting	1	0	1
Skateboarding	6	6	12
Surfing	2	2	4
Swimming	16	11	27
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Tennis	4	2	6
Triathlon	1	2	3
Volleyball	16	16	32
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Wrestling	1	2	3
Total	160	142	302

Archery[edit]

One Brazilian archer secured a quota place in the men's individual recurve by winning the silver medal and receiving a spare berth unused in the mixed team at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[33] Another Brazilian archer scored a gold-medal triumph to book one of three available spots in the women's individual recurve at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey, Mexico.^[34]^[35]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marcus D'Almeida	Men's individual	651	40	Huston (GBR) W 7–1	van den Berg (NED) W 7–1	Nespoli (ITA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Ane Marcelle dos Santos	Women's individual	636	33	Vázquez (MEX) W 6–4	An S (KOR) L 7–1	Did not advance
Marcus D'Almeida Ane Marcelle dos Santos	Mixed team	1287	20	—		Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Brazilian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[36]^[37] The team was selected by the Brazilian Athletics Confederation on 1 July 2021.^[38]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paulo André de Oliveira	100 m	Bye		10.17	3 Q	10.31	8	Did not advance
Rodrigo do Nascimento		Bye		10.24	6	Did not advance
Felipe Bardi dos Santos		Bye		10.26	5	Did not advance
Aldemir da Silva Junior	200 m	20.84	6	—		Did not advance
Jorge Vides		20.94	4			Did not advance
Lucas Vilar		21.31	6			Did not advance
Lucas Carvalho	400 m	46.12	7	—		Did not advance
Thiago André	800 m	1:47.75	8	—		Did not advance
Thiago André	1500 m	3:47.71	13	—		Did not advance
Gabriel Constantino	110 m hurdles	13.55	5 Q	—		13.89	8	Did not advance
Eduardo de Deus		13.78	8			did not advance
Rafael Henrique Pereira		13.46	3 Q			13.62	6	Did not advance
Alison dos Santos	400 m hurdles	48.42	2 Q	—		47.31 SA	1 Q	46.72 SA
Márcio Teles	400 m hurdles	49.70	6	—		Did not advance
Altobeli da Silva	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.17	9	—				Did not advance
Felipe Bardi dos Santos Rodrigo do Nascimento Paulo André de Oliveira Derick Silva Jorge Vides	4 × 100 m relay	38.34	4	—				Did not advance
Daniel Chaves da Silva	Marathon	—						DNF
Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento								DNF
Paulo Roberto Paula								2:26:08	69
Caio Bonfim	20 km walk	—						1:23:21	13
Matheus Corrêa								1:31:47	46
Lucas Mazzo								DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vitória Cristina Rosa	100 m	Bye		DNS	Did not advance
Rosângela Santos	100 m	Bye		11.33	5	Did not advance
Ana Carolina Azevedo	200 m	23.20	5	—		Did not advance
Vitória Cristina Rosa	200 m	23.59	7	—		—		did not advance
Tiffani Marinho	400 m	52.11	5	—		Did not advance
Ketiley Batista	100 m hurdles	13.40	7	—		Did not advance
Chayenne da Silva	400 m hurdles	57.55	8	—		Did not advance
Tatiane Raquel da Silva	3000 m steeplechase	9:36.43 NR	7	—				Did not advance
Simone Ferraz	3000 m steeplechase	10:00.92	14	—				Did not advance
Ana Carolina Azevedo Bruna Farias Ana Cláudia Lemos Lorraine Martins* Vitória Cristina Rosa Rosângela Santos	4 × 100 m relay	43.15	5	—				Did not advance
Érica de Sena	20 km walk	—						1:31:39	11

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pedro Burmann João Henrique Cabral* Anderson Henriques Tábata de Carvalho Geisa Coutinho* Tiffani Marinho	4 × 400 m relay	3:15.89	7	Did not advance

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Samory Fraga	Long jump	7.88	16	Did not advance
Alexsandro Melo	Long jump	6.95	29	Did not advance
Alexsandro Melo	Triple jump	15.65	26	Did not advance
Mateus de Sá	Triple jump	16.49	20	Did not advance
Almir Cunha dos Santos	Triple jump	16.27	23	Did not advance
Fernando Ferreira	High jump	2.21	21	Did not advance
Thiago Moura	High jump	2.21	21	Did not advance
Thiago Braz	Pole vault	5.75	8 Q	5.87
Augusto Dutra de Oliveira	Pole vault	5.65	16	Did not advance
Darlan Romani	Shot put	21.31	4 Q	21.88	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eliane Martins	Long jump	6.43	18	Did not advance
Núbia Soares	Triple jump	14.07	17	Did not advance
Geisa Arcanjo	Shot put	16.46	29	Did not advance
Izabela da Silva	Discus throw	61.52	12 Q	60.39	11
Andressa de Morais		58.90	20	Did not advance
Fernanda Martins		57.90	24	Did not advance
Laila Ferrer e Silva	Javelin throw	59.47	18	Did not advance
Jucilene de Lima	Javelin throw	60.14	15	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Felipe dos Santos	Result	10.58	7.38	14.13	2.02	49.31	14.58	39.91	4.60	54.56	4:52.40	7880	18
Felipe dos Santos	Points	956	905	736	822	847	901	663	790	656	604	7880	18

Badminton[edit]

Brazil entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Ygor Coelho de Oliveira and debutant Fabiana Silva were selected to compete in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[39]^[40]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ygor Coelho	Men's singles	Paul (MRI) W (21–5, 21–16)	Tsuneyama (JPN) L (14–21, 8–21)	2	Did not advance
Fabiana Silva	Women's singles	Ulitina (UKR) L (14–21, 20–22)	Zhang (USA) L (9–21, 10–21)	3	Did not advance

Boxing[edit]

Brazil entered seven boxers (four male and three female) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Wanderson de Oliveira (men's flyweight), Hebert Conceição (men's middleweight), Keno Machado (men's light heavyweight), Abner Teixeira (men's heavyweight), Graziele de Sousa (women's flyweight), Jucielen Romeu (women's featherweight), and reigning Pan American Games gold medalist Beatriz Ferreira (women's lightweight) finished among the top five of their respective weight divisions to secure their places in the Brazilian squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.^[41]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wanderson de Oliveira	Lightweight	Salamana (EOR) W 5–0	Asanau (BLR) W 3–2	Cruz (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance		5
Hebert Conceição	Middleweight	Bye	Tuohetaerbieke (CHN) W 3–2	Amankul (KAZ) W 3–2	Bakshi (ROC) W 4–1	Khyzhniak (UKR) W KO
Keno Machado	Light heavyweight	Bye	Chen Dx (CHN) W 5–0	Whittaker (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Abner Teixeira	Heavyweight	Bye	Clarke (GBR) W 4–1	Ishaish (JOR) W 4–1	La Cruz (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Graziele Jesus	Flyweight	Bye	Namiki (JPN) L 0–5	Did not advance			9
Jucielen Romeu	Featherweight	Bye	Artingstall (GBR) L 0–5	Did not advance			9
Beatriz Ferreira	Lightweight	Bye	Wu S-y (TPE) W 5–0	Kodirova (UZB) W 5–0	Potkonen (FIN) W 5–0	Harrington (IRL) L 0–5

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

Brazilian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.^[42]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pepe Gonçalves	Men's K-1	98.13	4	92.91	2	92.91	10 Q	104.33	19	Did not advance
Ana Sátila	Women's C-1	120.56	4	109.90	2	109.90	4 Q	114.27	3 Q	164.71	10
Ana Sátila	Women's K-1	108.22	5	106.82	7	106.82	7 Q	114.62	13	Did not advance

Sprint[edit]

Brazilian canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.^[43]^[44] With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Brazil accepted the invitation from the International Canoe Federation to send a canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m to the Games.^[45]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vagner Souta	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:57.178	5 QF	3:52.402	3	Did not advance
Jacky Godmann	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:24.732	4 QF	4:18.208	6	Did not advance
Isaquias Queiroz	Men's C-1 1000 m	3:59.894	1 SF	Bye		4:05.579	1 FA	4:04.408
Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:48.378	3 QF	3:48.611	1 SF	3:27.167	4 FA	3:27.603	4

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling[edit]

Mountain biking[edit]

Brazilian mountain bikers qualified for two men's and one women's quota place each into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's fifth-place finish for men and eighteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021. The mountain biking team was named on May 31, 2021, with Jaqueline Mourão leading the riders to her third Summer Olympics.^[46]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Henrique Avancini	Men's cross-country	1:28:09	13
Luiz Cocuzzi	Men's cross-country	1:32:21	27
Jaqueline Mourão	Women's cross-country	–2 LAP	35

BMX[edit]

Brazil received one men's and one women's quota spot each for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's ninth-place finish for men and seventh for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of June 1, 2021.^[47]^[48] Two-time Olympian Renato Rezende and her Rio 2016 teammate Priscilla Carnaval were officially named on June 10, 2021.^[49]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Renato Rezende	Men's race	10	3 Q	20	7	Did not advance
Priscilla Carnaval	Women's race	18	6	Did not advance

Diving[edit]

Brazil sent four divers (two per gender) into the Olympic competition by reaching the semifinals of the men's and women's 10 m platform and women's 3 m springboard at the 2020 FINA Diving World Cup.^[50]^[51]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kawan Pereira	Men's 10 m platform	371.65	17	410.30	12 Q	393.85	10
Isaac Souza	Men's 10 m platform	339.30	20	Did not advance
Luana Lira	Women's 3 m springboard	244.35	21	Did not advance
Ingrid Oliveira	Women's 10 m platform	261.20	24	Did not advance

Equestrian[edit]

Brazilian equestrians qualified a full squad each in team eventing and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-three finish at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[52]^[53]^[54]

Unable to fulfill the NOC Certificate of Capability at the end of the 2019 season, Brazil received a spot for an equestrian competing in the individual dressage by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group E (Central and South America).^[55]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
João Victor Oliva	Escorial	Individual	70.419	26	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rafael Losano	Fuiloda	Individual	36.00	43	Retired			Did not advance
Carlos Paro	Goliath		36.10	44	22.80	58.90	33	4.00	62.90	32	Did not advance			62.90	32
Marcelo Tosi	Glenfly		31.50	21	8.80	40.30	24	Withdrew			Did not advance
Rafael Losano Carlos Paro Marcelo Tosi Márcio Appel (s)	Fuiloda Goliath Glenfly Iberon Jmen	Team	103.60	11	231.60	335.20	13	108.40+20.00	463.60	12	—			463.60	12

(s) – substituted before jumping – 20 replacement penalties

Jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Yuri Mansur	Alfons	Individual	0.00	=1 Q	8.00	87.27	20
Marlon Zanotelli	Edgar	Individual	4.00	=31	Did not advance
Yuri Mansur Rodrigo Pessoa Pedro Veniss Marlon Zanotelli	Alfons Carlito's Way Quabri de l'Isle Edgar	Team	25.00	8 Q	29.00	244.01	6

Pedro Veniss and Quabri de l'Isle have been named the traveling alternates.

Fencing[edit]

Brazil entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympians Guilherme Toldo (men's foil) and 2019 world champion Nathalie Moellhausen (women's épée) claimed spots in their respective individual events as the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from the Americas in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Guilherme Toldo	Men's foil	Bye	Saito (JPN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Nathalie Moellhausen	Women's épée	Bye	Fiamingo (ITA) L 9–10	Did not advance

Football[edit]

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brazil men's	Men's tournament	Germany W 4–2	Ivory Coast D 0–0	Saudi Arabia W 3–1	1	Egypt W 1–0	Mexico W 4–1^P 0–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain W 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Brazil women's	Women's tournament	China W 5–0	Netherlands D 3–3	Zambia W 1–0	2	Canada L 3–4^P 0–0 (a.e.t.)	did not advance

Men's tournament[edit]

Brazil men's football team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the runners-up in the final stage of the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia.^[56]

Team roster

Brazil's 50-man preliminary squad was announced on 15 June 2021.^[57] The 18-man squad was announced on 17 June.^[58] However, after several clubs refused to release their players, a new squad was announced on 2 July 2021, along with four additional players to complete the final roster of 22.^[59] On 8 July, Ricardo Graça replaced Gabriel Magalhães who withdrew injured.^[60] On 14 July, Malcom replaced Douglas Augusto who withdrew injured.^[61]

Head coach: André Jardine

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aderbar Santos*	(1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 31)	1	0	Athletico Paranaense
2	3MF	Gabriel Menino	(2000-09-29)29 September 2000 (aged 20)	3	0	Palmeiras
3	2DF	Diego Carlos*	(1993-03-15)15 March 1993 (aged 28)	1	1	Sevilla
4	2DF	Ricardo Graça	(1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 24)	3	0	Vasco da Gama
5	3MF	Douglas Luiz	(1998-05-09)9 May 1998 (aged 23)	8	2	Aston Villa
6	2DF	Guilherme Arana	(1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 24)	5	1	Atlético Mineiro
7	4FW	Paulinho	(2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 21)	19	6	Bayer Leverkusen
8	3MF	Bruno Guimarães	(1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 23)	12	0	Lyon
9	4FW	Matheus Cunha	(1999-05-27)27 May 1999 (aged 22)	19	18	Hertha BSC
10	4FW	Richarlison	(1997-05-10)10 May 1997 (aged 24)	1	3	Everton
11	4FW	Antony	(2000-02-24)24 February 2000 (aged 21)	17	6	Ajax
12	1GK	Brenno	(1999-04-01)1 April 1999 (aged 22)	1	0	Grêmio
13	2DF	Dani Alves* (captain)	(1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 38)	1	0	São Paulo
14	2DF	Bruno Fuchs	(1999-04-01)1 April 1999 (aged 22)	8	0	CSKA Moscow
15	2DF	Nino	(1997-04-10)10 April 1997 (aged 24)	8	0	Fluminense
16	2DF	Abner	(2000-05-27)27 May 2000 (aged 21)	2	0	Athletico Paranaense
17	4FW	Malcom	(1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 24)	4	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
18	3MF	Matheus Henrique	(1997-12-19)19 December 1997 (aged 23)	17	1	Grêmio
19	3MF	Reinier	(2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 19)	11	3	Borussia Dortmund
20	3MF	Claudinho	(1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 24)	3	0	Red Bull Bragantino
21	4FW	Gabriel Martinelli	(2001-06-18)18 June 2001 (aged 20)	5	1	Arsenal
22	1GK	Lucão	(2001-02-26)26 February 2001 (aged 20)	1	0	Vasco da Gama

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2021