Brazil competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 72 competitors, 71 men and 1 woman, took part in 35 events in 14 sports. Brazilians obtained two bronze medals in Rome. The swimmer Manuel dos Santos was a bronze medalist in men's 100 metre freestyle. The men's basketball team also won the bronze medal. Flagbearer and defending two-time Olympic champion Adhemar Ferreira da Silva could not repeat his performance and placed fourteenth in the triple jump.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Manuel dos Santos Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Brazil national men's basketball team Basketball Men's tournament
Medals by sportSport TotalBasketball 0011Swimming 0011Total0022
Medals by genderGender TotalMale0022Female0000Mixed0000Total 0 0 2 2
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJosé da Conceição200 m21.32 Q21.5 7 did not advanceAnubes da Silva100 m10.8 4did not advance400 m48.04did not advance400 m hurdles52.253did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAdhemar da SilvaTriple jump15.6113 Q15.0714 Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankWanda dos Santos80 m hurdles11.844did not advance
Basketball
Preliminary round Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 213 198 +15 6 3 2 1 220 170 +50 5 3 1 2 189 210 −21 4 3 0 3 199 243 −44 3
Semifinals Advance to the championship round Relegated to 5th-8th place classification playoffs
Pool A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 240 221 +19 6 3 2 1 226 216 −10 5 3 1 2 236 237 −1 4 3 0 3 211 239 −28 3
Championship Round TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 283 201 +82 6 3 2 1 199 213 −14 5 3 1 2 203 229 −26 4 3 0 3 226 268 −42 3
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round 3 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJosé MartinsFlyweightL 0–5did not advanceWaldomiro Pinto BantamweightL 0–5did not advanceJorge SalomãoLight welterweightL 2–3did not advanceHélio CrescencioLight middleweightL 1–4did not advanceJosé Leite Light heavyweightL KO-1did not advance
Cycling
One male cyclist represented Brazil in 1960.
Track 1000m time trial AthleteEventTimeRankAnésio Argenton1000m time trial1:09.966 Men's Sprint AthleteEventHeatsRepechage 1Repechage 2Round 2Repechage 31/8 FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)Rank Anésio ArgentonSprintLW12.3LWLdid not advance5
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankFernando Ribeiro 3 m springboard49.27 22did not advance
Equestrian
Show jumping AthleteHorseEventRound 1Round 2FinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankTotalJump-offRankRenyldo FerreiraMarengoIndividual50.00 44 did not advance did not finish Mario Leite NetoBiguaj29.75 32 did not advance did not finish Oscar da SilvaEldorado34.0036 did not advance did not finish Renyldo FerreiraMario Leite NetoOscar da SilvaSee aboveTeamACDNF did not advance did not finish
Football
First round Group B
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Brazil in 1960. Men AthleteEventRiding(show jumping)Fencing(épée one touch)Shooting(25 m rapid-fire pistol)Swimming(300 m freestyle)Running(4000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsPointsPointsPointsPoints Justo BotelhoMen's718 724 840 940 1,0484,270 27Wenceslau Malta1,066 586 860 750 9194,181 32 José Wilson433 448 800 920 9193,520 50 Justo BotelhoWenceslau MaltaJosé WilsonTeam2,2171,7242,5002,6102,88611,937 13
Rowing
Brazil had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHarri KleinPaulino LeiteEduardo EndtnerFrancisco TodescoWaldemar ScovinoCoxed four6:57.48 5 R7:09.78 4did not advance
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceFinal rank1234567ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankReinaldo ConradFinn15 4693 1168 10 645 1 1645 10 645 18 390 11 604 5176 5 Richter Wolfgang EdgardRoberto Ferreira Da RosaFlying Dutchman21 27017 362 20 291 23 231 21 270 DNS 0 DNS 0 1424 26Jorge PontualCid NascimentoStar10 516 13 482 9 562 6 738 8 613 11 475 9 562 3466 9
Shooting
Three shooters represented Brazil in 1960. Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankLuiz Martins50 m rifle, three positions52528 did not advance50 m rifle, prone3879 Q57733Ambrosio Rocha50 m pistolalign="center" colspan=2 50350 25 m rapid fire pistolalign="center" colspan=2 55642 Álvaro dos Santos Filho50 m pistolalign="center" colspan=2 51843
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFernando de Abreu100 metre freestyle1:00.15did not advance Athos de Oliveira100 metre backstroke1:07.97did not advance Aldo Perseke200 metre butterfly2:50.86 did not advanceManuel dos Santos Filho100 metre freestyle56.31 Q56.31 Q55.4Farid Zablith Filho200 metre breaststroke2:48.65did not advance Athos de OliveiraFarid Zablith FilhoAldo PersekeFernando de Abreu4 × 100 metre medley relay4:30.16did not advance
Water polo
First round Group B
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventMilitary PressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Bruno Barabani 90 kg120.0 15 117.5 14 152.5 14 390.0 15
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database