Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Helsinki
Competitors	97 (92 men and 5 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Mário Jorge da Fonseca
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Brazil competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.^[1] Brazil won three medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Brazil won its first gold medal since its debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva won the men's triple jump. Adhemar broke the Olympic record four times and the world record twice in the event. Gold medal favorite and incumbent world recorder Adhemar broke the record for the first time in his second jump, with 16.12m. In the fifth, the Brazilian reached his best mark, 16.22m, a new world mark, 24 cm ahead of the Soviet Leonid Shcherbakov, who won the silver medal.

José Telles da Conceição won the bronze medal in men's high jump with a jump of 1,98 m; together with the gold medal won by Adhemar, those were the first medals won by Brazilians at Athletics in the Olympic Games.

Tetsuo Okamoto became the first Brazilian swimmer to win an Olympic medal, the bronze at the men's 1500 metre freestyle.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Adhemar da Silva	Athletics	Men's triple jump	July 23
Bronze	José da Conceição	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 20
Bronze	Tetsuo Okamoto	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	August 2

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	2	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	2	3
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	2	3

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wilson Carneiro	400 m hurdles	56.0	2 Q	59.4	6	did not advance
Argemiro Roque	400 m	49.05	3	did not advance
Argemiro Roque	800 m	1:54.1	5	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
José da Conceição	High jump	1.87	10 Q	1.98
José da Conceição	Triple jump	14.46	17	did not advance
Geraldo de Oliveira	Long jump	6.71	23	did not advance
Geraldo de Oliveira	Triple jump	14.64	10 Q	14.95	7
Ary de Sá	Long jump	7.24	6 Q	7.23	4
Adhemar da Silva	Triple jump	15.32	1 Q	16.22 WR
Hélcio da Silva	Pole vault	3.60	25	did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Deyse de Castro	200 m	25.0	3	did not advance
Helena de Menezes	100 m	12.5	4	did not advance
Wanda dos Santos	80 m hurdles	11.3	2 Q	—		11.4	5	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Deyse de Castro	High jump	—		1.50	12
Helena de Menezes	Long jump	5.33	24	did not advance
Wanda dos Santos	Long jump	5.35	21	did not advance

Basketball

Main tournament

Group 3


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	239	196	+43	6
Brazil	3	2	1	184	179	+5	5
Philippines	3	1	2	192	221	−29	4
Canada	3	0	3	201	220	−19	3

Brazil

57–55

Canada

Brazil

71–52

Philippines

Argentina

72–56

Brazil

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

Quarterfinals group B


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	246	166	+80	6
Soviet Union	3	2	1	190	195	−5	5
Brazil	3	1	2	177	155	+22	4
Chile	3	0	3	159	256	−97	3

Brazil

75–44

Chile

Soviet Union

54–49

Brazil

United States

57–53

Brazil

Semifinals

31 July 1952
10:30

Brazil

59–44

France

Helsinki, Finland

Finals

2 August 1952
09:00

Chile

58–49

Brazil

Helsinki, Finland

Team Roster

Head coach: Manoel Pitanga

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pedro Galasso	Featherweight	Toshihito Ishimaru (JPN) L 3–0	Lech Drogosz (POL) L 0–3	did not advance
Celestino Pinto	Light-Welterweight	Salomon Carrizales (VEN) L 1–2	did not advance
Alexandre Dib	Welterweight	Victor Jörgensen (DEN) L TKO-2	did not advance
Paulo de Jesus Cavalheiro	Light-Middleweight	BYE	Sören Danielsson (SWE) W KO-3	Boris Tishin (URS) L 0–3	did not advance		5
Nelson de Paula Andrade	Middleweight	Mátyás Plachy (HUN) W 2–1	Vasile Tiță (ROU) L DSQ-2	did not advance
Lucio Grotone	Light-Heavyweight	BYE	Bjarne Lingås (NOR) W 2–1	Antonio Pacenza (ARG) L 0–3	did not advance		5

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Richard Arie	10 m platform	59.40	28	did not advance
Milton Busin	3 m springboard	67.97	8 Q	87.94	6	155.91	6

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Pericles Cavalcanti	Destino	Individual	175.50	9	DSQ		AC	DNF		AC	DNF	AC

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Renyldo Ferreira	Bibelot	Individual	12.50	32	8.00	13	20.50	—	23
Eloy de Menezes	Biguaj		4.00	2	4.00	4	8.00	8.00	4
Alvaro de Toledo	Eldorado		16.00	33	12.00	21	28.00	—	31
Renyldo Ferreira Eloy de Menezes Alvaro de Toledo	See above	Team	28.50	4	28.00	5	56.50	—	4

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1952.

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Darío Amaral, César Pekelman, Walter de Paula, Helio Vieira

Men's sabre

Etienne Molnar

Football

Preliminary round

16 July 1952
19:00

Brazil	5–1	Netherlands
Humberto 25' Larry 33' (pen.), 36' Jansen 81' Vavá 86'	Report	Van Roessel 15'

Kupittaa, Turku

Attendance: 9,685

Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)

First round

20 July 1952
19:00

Brazil	2–1	Luxembourg
Larry 42' Humberto 49'	Report	Gales 86'

Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka

Attendance: 6,776

Referee: Marijan Matancic (YUG)

Quarter-finals

24 July 1952
12:00

West Germany	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Schröder 75', 96' Klug 89' Zeitler 120'	Report	Larry 12' Zózimo 74'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki

Attendance: 11,451

Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1952.

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
Athlete	Event	Points	Points	Points	Points	Points	Total points	Final rank
Aloysio Borges	Men's	29	1	39	21	22	113	21
Eric Marques		43	18	30	15	28	135	29
Eduardo de Medeiros		22	23	5	2	26	80	10
Aloysio Borges Eric Marques Eduardo de Medeiros	Team	94	42	70	34	73	313	6

Rowing

Brazil had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Francisco Furtado Harry Mosé João Maio	Coxed pair	8:19.0	4 R	8:05.5	3	did not advance

Sailing

Open

Athlete	Event	Race														Final rank
		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		Final rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Alfredo Jorge Ebling Bercht	Finn	19	269	9	594	21	~~226~~	2	1247	13	434	17	318	5	849	3711	9
Wolfgang Edgard Richter Peter Mangels Francisco Antonio Felici Italo Osoldi	Dragon	12	252	4	729	11	290	6	553	10	331	4	729	15	~~155~~	2884	7
Tacariju de Paula Cid de Oliveira Nascimento	Star	11	382	4	821	13	309	19	~~144~~	12	344	15	247	15	247	2350	12

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Brazil in 1952.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Manoel Braga	300 m rifle, three positions	962	27
Guilherme Cavalcanti	25 m rapid fire pistol	547	28
Antônio Guimarães	300 m rifle, three positions	932	31
Severino Moreira	50 m rifle, three positions	1122	27
Severino Moreira	50 m rifle, prone	398	8
Jorge de Oliveira	50 m pistol	522	19
Álvaro dos Santos Filho	50 m pistol	513	33
Pedro Simão	25 m rapid fire pistol	543	38
Harvey Dias Villela	50 m rifle, three positions	1113	32
Harvey Dias Villela	50 m rifle, prone	385	48

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aram Boghossian	100 metre freestyle	1:02.0	5	did not advance
Ricardo Esperard	400 metre freestyle	5:09.5	6	did not advance
João Gonçalves Filho	100 metre backstroke	1:09.7	3 Q	1:09.7	6	did not advance
Adhemar Grijó Filho	200 metre breaststroke	2:47.6	4	did not advance
Ilo da Fonseca	100 metre backstroke	1:09.9	3	did not advance
Haroldo Lara	100 metre freestyle	1:01.2	5	did not advance
Octavio Mobiglia	200 metre breaststroke	2:46.1	5	did not advance
Tetsuo Okamoto	400 metre freestyle	4:46.1	1 Q	4:46.2	4	did not advance
Tetsuo Okamoto	1500 metre freestyle	19:05.6	1 Q	—		18:51.3
Fernando Pavan	100 metre backstroke	1:09.1	3 Q	1:10.2	6	did not advance
Sylvio dos Santos	1500 metre freestyle	19:26.8	4	did not advance
Haroldo Lara Sylvio dos Santos Aram Boghossian João Gonçalves Filho	4 x 200 metre freestyle	9:09.0	4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Piedade Coutinho-Tavares	400 metre freestyle	5:26.9	3 Q	5:28.5	7	did not advance
Edith de Oliveira	100 metre backstroke	1:20.0	4	did not advance

Water polo

Qualifying round

1952-07-25

Spain

3–2

Brazil

1952-07-26

Brazil

6–2

Portugal

Preliminary round

Group D


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	6	12	−6	6
Spain	3	2	1	4	13	−9	5
South Africa	3	1	2	2	10	−8	4
Brazil	3	0	3	0	7	−7	3

1952-07-27

Belgium

3–1

Brazil

1952-07-28

Spain

6–4

Brazil

1952-07-29

South Africa

9–2

Brazil

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Silvino Robin	82.5 kg	107.5	13	100.0	19	137.5	16	345.0	16
Bruno Barabani	90 kg	97.5	19	112.5	8	145.0	9	355.0	14
Valdemar de Silveira	+90 kg	112.5	12	110.0	9	140.0	11	362.5	12

References

^ "Brazil at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Brazil at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brazil Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

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