Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Brazil competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 81 competitors, 78 men and 3 women, took part in 44 events in 13 sports. Brazil obtained two bronze medals in 1972. Japanese Brazilian judoka Chiaki Ishii won Brazil's first Olympic medal in judo. Triple jumper Nelson Prudêncio won his second medal in men's triple jump [1]

Brazil at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Munich
Competitors81 (78 men and 3 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Luiz Cláudio Menon
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Further information: 1972 Summer Olympics medal table

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Luiz Gonzaga da Silva 100 m 10.63 5 Did not advance
200 m 21.81 5 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Nelson Prudêncio Triple jump 16.42 7 Q 17.05

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Group A

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets.

Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts 1st Tie
 United States70542312+23014
 Cuba61560445+11513
 Brazil43561490+71111W–0L
 Czechoslovakia43493489+4110W–1L
 Spain34486500−14101W–0L
 Australia34523524−1100W–1L
 Japan16442643−2018
 Egypt07440644−2047
August 27
14:30
Japan  55–110  Brazil
August 28
9:00
Brazil  110–84  Egypt
August 29
9:00
Brazil  72–69  Spain
August 30
21:30
Brazil  54–61  United States
September 1
21:30
Czechoslovakia  82–83  Brazil
September 2
9:00
Australia  75–69  Brazil
September 3
21:30
Cuba  64–63  Brazil

Classification brackets
September 7
21:30
Puerto Rico  87–83  Brazil
September 7
21:30
Brazil  87–69  Czechoslovakia

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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
Deusdete Vasconcelos Bantamweight BYE  Kim Jong-Ik (PRK)
L 1-4		 Did not advance
Waldemar de Oliveira Light heavyweight BYE  Nghivav Mehtab Singh (IND)
W 5-0		  Isaac Ikhouria (NGR)
L 0-5		 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists represented Brazil in 1972.

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Luiz Carlos Flores Road race DNF
Miguel Silva Júnior DNF

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Sylvio de Rezende Othelo Individual 1431 25 Did not advance

Show jumping
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Total Jump-off Rank
Antônio Simões Individual Bon Soir 16.00 31 Did not advance
Nelson Pessoa Filho Nagir 21.00 39 Did not advance

Football
Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

First round

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 321092+75
 Denmark 320174+34
 Iran 310219−82
 Brazil 301246−21
Denmark 3 – 2 Brazil
Simonsen  28'  83'
Røntved  50'		 Report Dirceu  68'
Zé Carlos  69'
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Pavel Kazakov
Hungary 2 – 2 Brazil
A. Dunai  4'
Juhász  84'		 Report Pedrinho  67'
Dirceu  73'
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 50.000
Referee: William Mullan
Iran 1 – 0 Brazil
Halvai  63' Report
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Lhofei Shiozawa −80 kg N/A  Tommy Tegelgård (SWE)
W 1000-0000		  Jean-Paul Coche (FRA)
L 0000-0100		 Did not advance 13
Chiaki Ishii −93 kg  Mohamed Dione (SEN)
W 1000-0000		  Juang Jen-Wuh (ROC)
W 1000-0000		  Pavle Bajčetić (YUG)
W 1000-0000		  Paul Barth (FRG)
L 0000-0100		 Did not advance  Helmut Howiller (GDR)
W 1000-0000		  David Starbrook (GBR)
W 1000-0000
Open N/A BYE  Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)
L 0000-1000		 Did not advance  Barry Johnson (AUS)
W 1000-0000		  Wim Ruska (NED)
L 0000-1000		 Did not advance 7

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza		 Coxless pair 7:42.02 4 R 7:42.63 3 Did not advance

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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
Claudio Biekarck Finn 14 20.0 13 19.0 23 29.0 16 22.0 10 16.0 DNF 41.0 3 5.7 105.7 9
Reinaldo Conrad
Burkhard Cordes		 Flying Dutchman 12 18.0 3 5.7 19 25.0 9 15.0 9 15.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 62.4 4
Mario Buckup
Peter Ficker		 Tempest 19 25.0 3 5.7 7 13.0 7 13.0 16 22.0 5 10.0 5 10.0 73.7 7
Jörg Bruder
Jan Willem Aten		 Star 6 11.7 16.0 8 10 14.0 5 10.0 1 0.0 2 3.0 8 14.0 52.7 4
Erik Schmidt
Axel Schmidt
Patrick Mascarenhas		 Soling 5 10.0 9 15.0 4 8.0 14 20.0 6 11.7 17 23.0 N/A 64.7 6

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four male shooters represented Brazil in 1972.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Durval Guimarães 50 m pistol 534 46
Túlio Miraglia Trap 171 46
Marcos José Olsen 191 8
Bertino de Souza 50 m pistol 539 36

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
José Aranha 100 metre freestyle 54.06 3 Q 53.47 5 Did not advance
Rômulo Arantes 100 metre backstroke 1:03.18 4 Did not advance
200 metre backstroke 2:18.15 6 Did not advance
Antônio Azevedo 200 metre medley 2:19.41 4 Did not advance
400 metre medley 4:57.27 6 Did not advance
José Fiolo 100 metre breaststroke 1:06.23 2 Q 1:05.99 2 Q 1:06.24 6
200 metre breaststroke 2:30.21 3 Did not advance
Alfredo Machado 200 metre freestyle 2:00.14 5 Did not advance
400 metre freestyle 4:18.05 5 Did not advance
1500 metre freestyle 17:20.34 6 Did not advance
Ruy de Oliveira 100 metre freestyle 54.26 1 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 2:00.48 4 Did not advance
Sérgio Waismann 100 metre butterfly 58.37 3 Q 58.07 6 Did not advance
Paulo Zanetti 100 metre freestyle 54.97 4 Did not advance
Ruy de Oliveira
Paulo Zanetti
Paulo Becskehazy
José Aranha		 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:35.84 4 Q N/A 3:33.14 4
Alfredo Machado
Ruy de Oliveira
Paulo Zanetti
José Aranha		 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 8:17.91 6 Did not advance
Rômulo Arantes Filho
José Sylvio Fiolo
Sérgio Waismann
José Aranha		 4 × 100 metre medley relay 3:58.56 3 Q N/A 3:57.89 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lucy Burle 100 metre freestyle 1:03.12 6 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 2:18.57 6 Did not advance
Maria Isabel Guerra 100 metre butterfly 2:32.60 7 Did not advance
200 metre medley 2:32.95 6 Did not advance
400 metre medley 5:24.43 4 Did not advance
Cristina Teixeira 100 metre breaststroke 1:20.58 7 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:57.03 DSQ Did not advance

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Pool B
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Japan 10 5 0 15 0 MAX 225 95 2.368
2  East Germany 9 4 1 12 4 3.000 200 162 1.235
3  Romania 7 2 3 8 9 0.889 201 213 0.944
4  Brazil 7 2 3 9 13 0.692 273 280 0.975
5  Cuba 7 2 3 6 13 0.462 212 254 0.835
6  West Germany 5 0 5 4 15 0.267 163 270 0.604
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
28 Aug Brazil  3–2  West Germany 15–7 15–8 17–19 6–15 15–9 68–58
30 Aug East Germany  3–1  Brazil 15–5 7–15 16–14 15–10   53–44
01 Sep Brazil  3–2  Romania 18–16 11–15 15–7 11–15 15–12 70–65
03 Sep Japan  3–0  Brazil 15–7 15–13 15–11     45–31
06 Sep Cuba  3–2  Brazil 16–14 6–15 15–7 7–15 15–9 59–60

5th–8th semifinals
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
08 Sep Czechoslovakia  3–0  Brazil 15–8 15–6 15–1     45–15

7th place match
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
09 Sep Brazil  0–3  South Korea 16–18 7–15 5–15     28–48

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Luiz de Almeida 82.5 kg 140.0 15 120.0 17 165.0 15 425.0 15
Thamer Chaim +110 kg 175.0 12 135.0 11 180.0 10 490.0 11

References
  1. "Brazil at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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