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. 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 Adhemar da Silva Athletics Men's triple jump José da Conceição Athletics Men's high jump Tetsuo Okamoto Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 1012Swimming 0011Total1023
Medals by genderGender TotalMale1023Female0000Mixed0000Total 1 0 2 3
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankWilson Carneiro400 m hurdles56.02 Q59.46did not advanceArgemiro Roque400 m49.053did not advance800 m1:54.15did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionJosé da ConceiçãoHigh jump1.8710 Q 1.98Triple jump14.4617did not advanceGeraldo de OliveiraLong jump6.7123did not advanceTriple jump14.6410 Q14.957Ary de SáLong jump7.246 Q 7.234Adhemar da SilvaTriple jump15.321 Q 16.22 WR Hélcio da SilvaPole vault3.6025did not advance Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDeyse de Castro200 m25.03did not advanceHelena de Menezes100 m12.54did not advanceWanda dos Santos80 m hurdles11.32 Qcolspan=2 11.45did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDeyse de CastroHigh jumpcolspan=2 1.5012Helena de MenezesLong jump5.3324did not advanceWanda dos Santos5.3521 did not advance
Basketball
Main tournament
Group 3
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
Semifinals
Finals
Team roster Algodão Angelo Bonfietti João Francisco Bráz Mayr Facci Mário Jorge Ruy de Freitas Sebastião Giménez Godinho Thales Monteiro Almir Alfredo da Motta Raymundo Carvalho Zé Luiz Head coach: Manoel Pitanga
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPedro GalassoFeatherweightL 3–0L 0–3did not advanceCelestino PintoLight-WelterweightL 1–2did not advanceAlexandre DibWelterweightL TKO-2did not advancePaulo de Jesus CavalheiroLight-MiddleweightW KO-3L 0–3did not advance5Nelson de Paula AndradeMiddleweightW 2–1L DSQ-2did not advanceLucio GrotoneLight-HeavyweightW 2–1L 0–3did not advance5
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankRichard Arie 10 m platform59.4028did not advanceMilton Busin 3 m springboard67.97 8 Q87.94 6 155.916
Equestrian
Eventing AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPericles CavalcantiDestinoIndividual175.50 9DSQACDNFACDNFAC
Show jumping AthleteHorseEventRound 1Round 2FinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankTotalJump-offRankRenyldo FerreiraBibelotIndividual12.50 328.0013 20.5023 Eloy de MenezesBiguaj4.002 4.004 8.008.004 Alvaro de ToledoEldorado16.0033 12.002128.0031 Renyldo FerreiraEloy de MenezesAlvaro de ToledoSee aboveTeam28.504 28.005 56.504
Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1952.
Men's épée César Pekelman Darío Amaral Walter de Paula
Men's team épée Darío Amaral, César Pekelman, Walter de Paula, Helio Vieira
Men's sabre Etienne Molnar
Football
Preliminary round
First round
Quarter-finals
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1952. Men AthleteEventRiding(show jumping)Fencing(épée one touch)Shooting(25 m rapid-fire pistol)Swimming(300 m freestyle)Running(4000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsPointsPointsPointsPointsAloysio BorgesMen's291392122113 21 Eric Marques4318301528135 29Eduardo de Medeiros222352 2680 10 Aloysio BorgesEric MarquesEduardo de MedeirosTeam9442703473313 6
Rowing
Brazil had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFrancisco FurtadoHarry MoséJoão MaioCoxed pair8:19.0 4 R8:05.5 3did not advance
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceFinal rank1234567ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankAlfredo Jorge Ebling BerchtFinn19 269 9 594 21 226 2 1247 13 434 17 318 5 849 3711 9Wolfgang Edgard RichterPeter MangelsFrancisco Antonio Felici Italo OsoldiDragon12 252 4 729 11 290 6 553 10 331 4 729 15 155 2884 7Tacariju de PaulaCid de Oliveira NascimentoStar11 382 4 821 13 309 19144 12 344 15 247 15 247 235012
Shooting
Eight shooters represented Brazil in 1952. Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRank Manoel Braga 300 m rifle, three positions96227Guilherme Cavalcanti25 m rapid fire pistol54728Antônio Guimarães300 m rifle, three positions93231Severino Moreira50 m rifle, three positions112227 50 m rifle, prone3988Jorge de Oliveira 50 m pistol52219Álvaro dos Santos Filho 51333Pedro Simão25 m rapid fire pistol54338 Harvey Dias Villela50 m rifle, three positions111332 50 m rifle, prone38548
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAram Boghossian100 metre freestyle1:02.0 5did not advanceRicardo Esperard400 metre freestyle5:09.5 6did not advanceJoão Gonçalves Filho100 metre backstroke1:09.7 3 Q1:09.76did not advanceAdhemar Grijó Filho200 metre breaststroke2:47.64 did not advanceIlo da Fonseca100 metre backstroke1:09.93did not advanceHaroldo Lara100 metre freestyle1:01.25did not advanceOctavio Mobiglia200 metre breaststroke2:46.15 did not advance Tetsuo Okamoto400 metre freestyle4:46.11 Q4:46.24did not advance1500 metre freestyle19:05.61 Qcolspan=2 18:51.3Fernando Pavan100 metre backstroke1:09.13 Q1:10.26did not advance Sylvio dos Santos1500 metre freestyle19:26.8 4did not advanceHaroldo LaraSylvio dos SantosAram BoghossianJoão Gonçalves Filho4 x 200 metre freestyle9:09.04did not advance Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPiedade Coutinho-Tavares400 metre freestyle5:26.93 Q5:28.57did not advanceEdith de Oliveira100 metre backstroke1:20.04did not advance
Water polo
Qualifying round
Preliminary round
Group D
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventMilitary PressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSilvino Robin82.5 kg107.5 13 100.0 19 137.5 16 345.0 16 Bruno Barabani 90 kg97.5 19 112.58 145.09 355.014 Valdemar de Silveira +90 kg112.512 110.09140.0 11 362.5 12
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database