Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney under the IOC country code BRA. It was the eighteenth appearance of the South American nation. 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.

Medals

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Silver

• Athletics
• * 4 x 100 m Relay Men: Vicente Lenílson, Edson Luciano, André Domingos, Claudinei Quirino – The Brazilian team won the bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Men’s Beach Volleyball
• * Ze Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos
• **A big surprise, since Emanuel/Loiola were the Brazilian "favorites".
• Women’s Beach Volleyball
• * Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede
• **Behar and Shelda topped the ranking at the time of the Olympics-but were defeated in the finals by Cook/Potthatst
• Judo
• * Lightweight: Tiago Camilo
• **Camilo was a total surprise.Later, he changed his class to half-middle weight-and didn´t qualify in 2004,being defeated by Flávio Canto, which won a Bronze medal in Athens.
• * Middleweight: Carlos Honorato
• **Honorato was not the original fighter, but after the main one got hurt, he fought-and won the silver.However, in 2004 he went to Athens as a favorite, and didn´t even reach the semifinals.
• Sailing
• * Laser: Robert Scheidt
• ** Ben Aislie crushed Scheidt many times in the final regatta-as a result for responding, Scheidt, who was leader,ended up in second.

Bronze

• Women’s Basketball
• * Janeth Arcain, Alessandra Oliveira, Adriana Aparecida Santos, Cintia Santos, Ilisaine Karen David, Lilian Cristina Goncalves, Silvia Luz, Helen Cristina Luz, Claudia Neves, Adriana Pinto, Kelly Santos, Marta Sobral
• **For the first time,only the women went(the men didn´t qualify), and even without great athletes like Hortência or Paula, the team ended with the Bronze.In 2004, the team ended in 4th.
• Beach Volleyball
• * Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires
• **Both were in the 1996 final, but in opposite duos.
• Equestrian
• * Team Show Jumping: André Johannpeter, Álvaro Affonso de Miranda, Luís Felipe Azevedo, Rodrigo Pessoa
• **More was expected from the then-leader of the federation, Rodrigo Pessoa, but his horse, Baloubet de Rouet, stopped 3 times and he was dismissed. At least, the team repeated the 1996 result, and ended in third.
• Sailing
• * Star: Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira
• **The duo could get the second gold,were leaders, but in the final regatta, they "caught the wrong wind" and ended in 3rd.
• Swimming
• * Men’s 4x 100 Freestyle Relay: Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges, Carlos Jayme, Edvaldo Valério
• Women’s Volleyball
• * Lelia Barros, Virna Dias, Erika Coimbra, Janina Conceicao, Kely Fraga, Ricarda Lima, Katia Lopes, Walewska Oliveira, Elisangela Oliveira, Karin Rodrigues, Raquel Silva, Helia Rogerio Souza
• **The men were dismissed in the quarterfinals by Argentina, but the women got to the semifinals-ending with a defeat for Cuba.The bronze match was won over the USA team.

Results by event

Men's competition

• Vicente Lima
• # Round 1 – 10.31
• # Round 2 – 10.28 (did not advance)
• Claudio Sousa
• # Round 1 – 10.31
• # Round 2 – 10.47 (did not advance)
• Raphael Oliveira
• # Round 1 – 10.44 (did not advance)

• Claudinei da Silva
• # Round 1 – 20.7
• # Round 2 – 20.24
• # Semifinal – 20.3
• # Final – 20.28 (6th place)

• Andre Silva
• # Round 1 – 20.95 (did not advance)

• Sanderlei Claro Parrela
• # Round 1 – 45.55
• # Round 2 – 45.55
• # Semifinal – 45.17
• # Final – 45.01 (4th place)

• Osmar dos Santos
• # Round 1 – 01:47.05
• # Semifinal – 01:47.68 (did not advance)

• Hudson de Souza
• # Round 1 – 03:39.70
• # Semifinal – 03:41.00 (did not advance)

• Marcio Simao de Souza
• # Round 1 – 13.7
• # Round 2 – 13.71 (did not advance)

• Eronildes Araujo
• # Round 1 – 50.06
• # Semifinal – 48.76
• # Final – 48.34 (5th place)

• Claudinei da Silva, Vicente Lima, Edson Ribeiro, Andre Silva, Claudio Sousa
• # Round 1 – 38.32
• # Semifinal – 38.27
• # Final – 37.9 (Silver medal)

• Nelson Carlos Ferreira
• # Qualifying – 7.32 (did not advance)

• Vanderlei de Lima
• # Final – 2:37:08 (75th place)
• Eder Fialho
• # Final – DNF
• Osmiro Silva
• # Final – DNF

Women's competition

• Sueli Santos
• # Qualifying – 56.27 (did not advance)

• Maurren Higa Maggi
• # Qualifying – 6.35 (did not advance)
• Luciana Santos
• # Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

• Luciana Santos
• # Qualifying – 13.48 (did not advance)

Women's Basketball

• Preliminaries (2-3)
• #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 Korea (84-73) – Bronze medal

Men's 48kg

• Jose Anastacio Albuquerque
• *Round 1 – Lost to Valeri Sidorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's 57kg

• Vlademir Dos Santos Pereira
• *Round 1 – Defeated James Swan of Australia
• *Round 2 – Lost to Ramazan Palyani of Turkey (did not advance)

Men's 60kg

• Agnaldo Magalhaes
• *Round 1 – Lost to Michael Katsidis of Australia (did not advance)

Men's 63.5kg

• Kelson Carlos Santos Pinto
• *Round 1 – Defeated Ghulam Shabbir of Pakistan
• *Round 2 – Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (did not advance)

Men's 75kg

• Cleiton Conceicao
• *Round 1 – Lost to Jeff Lacy of United States (did not advance)

Men's 81kg

• Laudelino Barros
• *Round 1 – Lost to Daniel Green of Australia (did not advance)

Flatwater

Men's competition

• Roger Caumo
• # Qualifying Heat – 01:49.955 (did not advance)

• Roger Caumo
• # Qualifying Heat – 03:52.082 (did not advance)

• Sebastian Cuattrin, Carlos Campos
• # Qualifying Heat – 01:35.662
• # Semifinal – 01:34.868 (did not advance)

• Carlos Campos, Sebastian Cuattrin
• # Qualifying Heat – 03:21.228
• # Semifinal – 03:22.496 (did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

• Cassio Petry
• # Qualifying – 293.72 (did not advance)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Renato Seabra
• # Final – DNF

Road Cycling

• Murlio Fischer
• # Final – 5:52:47 (89th place)

• Claudia Saintagne
• # Final – 3:24:19 (44th place)
• Janildes Silva
• # Final – 3:35:12 (49th place)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Cassius Duran
• # Preliminary – 382.08
• # Semi-final – 216.06 – 598.14 (14th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Cassius Duran
• # Preliminary – 331.86 (28th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Juliana Veloso
• # Preliminary – 220.62 (35th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Juliana Veloso
• # Preliminary – 266.04 (19th place, did not advance)

Men's team competition

• Group D

* Brazil – Slovakia 3-1

* Brazil – South Africa 1-3

* Brazil – Japan 1-0

Women's team competition

• Group E

* Brazil – Sweden 2-0

* Brazil – Germany 1-2

* Brazil – Australia 2-1

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)

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Fernando Scherer
• # Preliminary Heat – 22.88 (did not advance)
• Edvaldo Silva Filho
• # 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 Neto
• # 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, Edvalde Silva Filho, Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges
• # Preliminary Heat – 03:19.29
• # Final – 03:17.40 (Bronze medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle

• Eduardo Silva Filho, Leonardo Costa, Luiz Lima, Rodrigo Castro
• # Preliminary Heat – 07:26.42 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Medley

• Alexandre Massura Neto, Eduardo Fischer, Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges
• # Preliminary Heat – 03:42.31 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Fabiola Molina
• # Preliminary Heat – 01:02.77 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Fabiola Molina
• # Preliminary Heat – 01:03.68 (did not advance)

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.

Women's competition:

• Sandra Soldan – 2:03:19.86 (11th place)
• Mariana Ohata – DNF
• Carla Moreno – DNF

Men's 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)

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National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia

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Individual Olympic Athletes

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). [The Results]. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games]. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games]. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [The Results]. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• [International Olympic Committee Web Site]

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