The 15th Pan-American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 13 July 2007 and 29 July 2007. The Brazilian delegation consisted of 659 athletes (373 men and 286 women) and 267 directors, making a total of 926 people in 41 sports. Competing in their own country, the Brazilian athletes managed to far surpass their own record number of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals obtained in a single edition of the Pan-American Games.
Goals The Rio de Janeiro Mayor and Brazilian Olympic Group wanted to show that Brazil is capable to receive the 2014 World Cup, for which is the only candidate so far, and that the city is eligible to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Another mission of Brazil was to achieve the 2nd position among the top History Pan-American Winners.
The COB also used the competition to prepare itself for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Medalists The following competitors from Brazil won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Swimming Men's 400-metre individual medley Swimming Men's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay Gymnastics Men's floor Gymnastics Women's vault Gymnastics Men's vault Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Swimming Men's 100-metre freestyle Swimming Men's 100-metre butterfly Swimming Men's 200-metre backstroke Swimming Men's 200-metre individual medley Swimming Men's 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay Judo Men's 90 kg Judo Women´s 78 kg Brazil women's national handball team Handball Women's tournament Swimming Men's 200-metre butterfly Swimming Men's 200-metre breaststroke Judo Women´s 57 kg Brazil men's national handball team Handball Men's tournament Beach volleyball Women's tournament Swimming Men's 50-metre freestyle Judo Men's 66 kg Beach volleyball Men's tournament Roller sports Men's free skating Water skiing Men's wakeboard Modern pentathlon Women's Athletics Women's pole vault Table tennis Men's team Karate Men's +80 kg Karate Women's +60 kg Athletics Women's long jump Athletics Men's 1500 metres Brazil women's national football team Football Women's tournament Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres Equestrian Team jumping Boxing Men's 69 kg Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around Athletics Women's 1500 metres Brazil national futsal team Futsal Men's tournament Sailing Snipe class Sailing J/24 class Sailing Men's sailboard Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group 5 ropes Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group 3 hoops + 4 clubs Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Athletics Men's triple jump Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Brazil men's national volleyball team Volleyball Men's tournament Athletics Men's marathon Brazil men's national basketball team Basketball Men's tournament Tennis Men's singles Swimming Women's marathon 10 kilometres Cycling Men's cross-country Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Cycling Women's BMX Shooting Men's 10-metre air pistol Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Swimming Men's 100-metre butterfly Rowing Men's eight Swimming Women's 100-metre backstroke Judo Men's +100 kg Brazil women's national volleyball team Volleyball Women's tournament Judo Women´s 70 kg Swimming Men's 200-metre breaststroke Judo Women´s 63 kg Judo Women´s 48 kg Judo Men's 73 kg Judo Women´s 52 kg Swimming Women's 100-metre freestyle Athletics Women's marathon Swimming Men's 50-metre freestyle Swimming Men's 4 × 100-metre medley relay Bowling Men's doubles Brazil women's national basketball team Basketball Women's tournament Karate Men's 65 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Athletics Women's long jump Diving Men's 3-metre springboard Karate Women's 53 kg Brazil men's national water polo team Water polo Men's tournament Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres Boxing Men's 60 kg Athletics Women's triple jump Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Sailing Men's Laser class Sailing Women's sailboard Athletics Men's 800 metres Equestrian Individual jumping Swimming Men's marathon 10 kilometres Fencing Men's foil Triathlon Men´s Cycling Women's road time trial Equestrian Team dressage Rowing Men's single sculls Rowing Men's single sculls Badminton Men's Doubles Gymnastics Women's vault Taekwondo Men's +80 kg Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Gymnastics Women's balance beam Gymnastics Women's floor Fencing Women´s epée Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Swimming Women's 50-metre freestyle Swimming Women's 100-metre butterfly Swimming Men's 400-metre freestyle Swimming Women's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay Squash Men's team Fencing Men's sabre Shooting Men's 25-metre rapid fire pistol Swimming Men's 200-metre backstroke Judo Women´s +78 kg Swimming Women's 200-metre freestyle Judo Men's 100 kg Swimming Women's 200-metre butterfly Cycling Men's road race Athletics Women's marathon Swimming Men's 100-metre backstroke Judo Men's 60 kg Equestrian Team eventing Tennis Women's doubles Roller sports Women's free skating Athletics Men's 5000 metres Athletics Women's 10,000 metres Athletics Women's discus throw Boxing Men's 54 kg Athletics Men's decathlon Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Diving Women's 10-metre platform Boxing Men's 57 kg Boxing Men's 64 kg Boxing Men's 75 kg Boxing Men's 91 kg Boxing Men's +91 kg Athletics Women's heptathlon Karate Men's 80 kg Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg Synchronized swimming Women's duet Karate Men's 60 kg Karate Men's 70 kg Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres Gymnastics Women's trampoline Synchronized swimming Women's team Sailing Lightning class Sailing Women's Laser Radial class Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual hoop Table tennis Men's singles Table tennis Men's singles Athletics Men's 800 metres Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Athletics Men's javelin throw
Medals by sportSport TotalSwimming 107926Athletics 95923Gymnastics 72716Judo 46313Sailing 3227Karate 2237Handball 2002Beach volleyball 2002Canoeing 1236Taekwondo 1214Boxing 1168Equestrian 1124Volleyball 1102Basketball 1102Table tennis 1023Roller sports 1012Tennis 1012Modern pentathlon 1001Water skiing 1001Football 1001Futsal 1001Cycling 0224Rowing 0123Wrestling 0123Shooting 0112Diving 0112Bowling 0101Water polo 0101Fencing 0033Synchronized swimming 0022Badminton 0011Triathlon 0011Squash 0011Total524065157
Medals by dayDay Total14 July 0 5 2 715 July 1 1 3 516 July 0 0 0 017 July 6 2 10 1818 July 2 1 6 919 July 1 4 3 820 July 5 1 2 821 July 5 2 2 922 July 4 7 6 1723 July 3 0 3 624 July 1 2 2 525 July 4 3 8 1526 July 1 3 2 627 July 5 5 3 1328 July 11 3 13 2729 July 3 1 0 4Total 52 40 65 157
Medals by genderGender TotalMale37233898Female15172658Mixed0011Total 52 40 65 157
Results by event
Aquatics
Diving Female Evelyn Winkler Juliana Veloso Milena Canto Sae Tammy Galera Takagi
Male Cassius Duran César Castro Hugo Parisi Ubirajara Barbosa
Open water swimming 4 athletes (2 female and 2 male)
Female Poliana Okimoto Ana Marcela Cunha
Male Allan do Carmo Marcelo Romanello
Swimming 52 athletes (25 female and 26 male)
Female Daiene Dias Fabíola Molina Fernanda Alvarenga Flávia Delaroli Gabriella Silva Joanna Maranhão Larissa Cieslak Lilian Cerroni Manuella Lyrio Mariana Katsuno Michelle Lenhardt Monique Ferreira Nayara Ribeiro Paula Baracho Poliana Okimoto Tatiana Barbosa Tatiane Sakemi Veruska Clednev
Male Armando Negreiros César Cielo Diogo Yabe Eduardo Deboni Felipe May Araújo Felipe Lima Fernando Silva Gabriel Mangabeira Henrique Barbosa Kaio de Almeida Leonardo Guedes Lucas Salatta Luiz Arapiraca Nicolas Oliveira Nicholas Santos Rodrigo Castro Thiago Pereira
Synchronised swimming 9 female athletes Beatriz Feres Branca Feres Caroline Hildebrant Giovana Stephan Glaucia Souza Lara Teixeira Michelle Frota Nayara Figueira Pamela Nogueira
Water polo 26 athletes (13 female, 13 male)
Female Ana Vasconcelos Andréa Henriques Amanda Oliveira Camila Pedrosa Ciça Canetti Fernanda Lissoni Flávia Fernandes Luíza Carvalho Maria Barbara Amaro Marina Canetti Manuela Canetti Melina Teno Tess Oliveira
Male André Cordeiro André Raposo Bruno Nolasco Daniel Mameri Erik Seegerer Felipe Franco Gabriel Reis Leandro Ruiz Machado Lucas Vita Luís Santos Roberto Seabra Rodrigo dos Santos Vicente Henriques
Archery 6 athletes (3 female and 3 male)
Women Sarah Nikitin Fátima Rocha Petra Ruocco
Men Marcos Bortoloto Leonardo Carvalho Fabio Emilio
Athletics 83 athletes (39 female and 44 male)
Female Márcia Narloch (Running) Sirlene Pinho (Running)
Male Franck de Almeida (Running) Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (Running) Mário José dos Santos Júnior (Athletic 50 km) Cláudio Richardson dos Santos (Athletic 50 km)
Badminton 8 athletes (4 female and 4 male)
Female Fabiana Silva (singles) Mariana Arimori (singles) Paula Beatriz Pereira (doubles) Thayse Cruz (doubles)
Male Guilherme Pardo (singles and doubles) Guilherme Kumasaka (doubles) Lucas Araújo (singles and doubles) Paulo Scala (simples and doubles)
Baseball 20 male athletes
Pitchers Marcelo Kaneo Arai (Dourados / Dourados – MS) Rodrigo Watanabe Miyamoto (Yamaha – JAP) Fernando Oda (Coopercotia / São Paulo – SP) Gustavo Yukio Ogassawara (Nittadai University – JAP) Kléber Ojima (Mogi das Cruzes / Mogi das Cruzes – SP) Gilmar Henrique Pereira (Philadelphia Phillies – USA) Marcio Sakane (Dragons / Itapecerica da Serra – SP) Claudio Kenji Yamada (Atibaia / Atibaia – SP)
Catchers Rafael Motooka de Oliveira (Guarulhos / Guarulhos – SP) Ricardo Hideki Shimanoe (São Paulo / São Paulo – SP)
Infielders Marcelo Okuyama (São Paulo / São Paulo – SP) Ronaldo Hidemi Ono (Nippon Blue Jays / Arujá – SP) Reinaldo Tsuguio Sato (Yamaha – JAP) Renan Issamu Sato (Mitsubishi – JAP) Evaldo Yamaoka (Dragons / Itapecerica da Serra – SP)
Outfielders Tiago Campos de Magalhães (Yamaha – JAP) Celso Takashi Nakano (São Paulo / São Paulo – SP) Paulo Roberto Orlando (Chicago White Sox – USA) Anderson Gomes dos Santos (Chicago White Sox – USA) Julio Shinji Takahashi (Nippon Blue Jays / Arujá – SP)
Basketball
Men's team competition Team Roster Marcelo Machado Welington dos Santos Murilo da Rosa Marcus Reis Marcelo Huertas Valter Silva Alex García Guilherme Teichmann Caio Torres João Paulo Batista Marcus Vinicius Paulo Prestes Head coach: Aluisio Ferrerira
Women's team competition Team Roster Janeth Arcain Graziane Coelho Tatiana Conceição Jucimara Dantas ("Mamá") Patricia Ferreira ("Chuca") Micaela Jacinto Palmira Marçal Isis Nascimento Adriana Moisés Pinto Karen Rocha Kelly Santos Soeli Zakrzeski ("Êga")
Bowling 4 athletes (2 female and 2 male)
Female Jacqueline Costa Roseli Santos
Male Fabio Rezende Rodrigo Hermes
Boxing 11 male athletes
To 48 kg: Paulo Carvalho To 51 kg: Robenilson Vieira To 54 kg: James Dean Pereira to 57 kg: Davi Souza To 60 kg: Éverton Lopes To 64 kg: Myke Carvalho To 69 kg: Pedro Lima To 75 kg: Glaucelio Abreu To 81 kg: Washington Silva To 91 kg: Rafael Lima Over 91 kg: Rogério Nogueira
Canoeing 14 athletes (5 female and 9 male) Female Bruna Gama (K1 e K4) Naiane Pereira (K2 e K4) Ariela Pinto (K2 e K4) Daniela Alvarez (K4) Mayara Cardoso (reserve)
Male Sebástian Cuattrin (K4 1000m e K2 1000m) Guto Campos (K4 1000m e K2 500m) Roberto Mahler (K4 1000m e K2 500m) Edson Isaías da Silva (K4 1000m e K1 500m) Jonathan Maia (K2 1000m) Givago Ribeiro (K2 1000m) Nivalter Santos de Jesus (C1 1000m e C1 500m) Vladimir Moreno (C2 1000m e C2 500m) Vilson Conceição (C2 1000m e C2 500m)
Cycling 23 athletes (6 female and 17 male)
Male Marcos Novello (road and track) Marcos Vinícius Correia de Alcântra (track) Davi Romeo (track) Fernando Firmino (track) Magno Nazaret (track) Roberson Figueiredo (track) Hernandes Cuadri (track) Rodrigo Brito (track)
BMX Female Ana Flavia Sgobin Luciana Hirama
Male Hudson Peixoto Mauro Aquino
Mountain bike Female Jaqueline Mourão
Male Edivando Cruz Ricardo Pscheidt
Road Female Clemilda Fernandes Uênia Fernandes Janildes Fernandes
Male Luciano Pagliarini