Brazil competed at the 8th Pan American Games that were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from July 1 to July 15, 1979.
Medals
Medal Name(s) Sport Event Date Ref Arci Zélia Kempner Cláudia Vasques Daisy Schmidt Archery Women's team Antônio Ferreira Athletics Men's 400m hurdles Agberto Guimarães Athletics Men's 800m Agberto Guimarães Athletics Men's 1500m Altevir de Araújo Milton de Castro Nelson dos Santos Rui da Silva Athletics Men's relay João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics Men's long jump João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics Men's triple jump Basketball Men's tournament Francisco de Jesus Boxing Men's light middleweight (-71 kg) Carlos Antunes da Fonseca Boxing Men's middleweight (-75 kg) Football Men's tournament Gilmarcio Antunes Sanches Hélio Araújo João Francisco Levy João Luiz Ribeiro Luiz Tadeu Braga Reinaldo Calinsque Gymnastics Men's all-around team Luis Shinohara Judo Men's extra lightweight (-60 kg) Luís Onmura Judo Men's half lightweight (-65 kg) Roberto Machusso Judo Men's lightweight (-71 kg) Carlos Alberto Cunha Judo Men's half middleweight (-78 kg) Carlos Pacheco Judo Men's half heavyweight (-95 kg) Oswaldo Simões Filho Judo Men's heavyweight (+95 kg) Oswaldo Simões Filho Judo Men's open class Roller sports Roller hockey Gilberto Gerhardt José Cláudio Lazzarotto Paulo Dworakowski Waldemar Trombetta Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Laildo Machado Manuel Tereso Novo Wandir Kuntze Rowing Men's coxed pair-oared shells Edson Menezes Henrique Johann Oscar Sommer Raúl Bagattini Rowing Men's coxless four-oared shells Boris Osterbren Ernestro Neugebauer Sailing Snipe class Joaquim Feneberg Mario Buckup Ralph Christian Sailing Lightning class Eduardo Souza Ramos Manfredo Kaufmann Jr. Thomas Heimann Sailing Soling class Bertino Alves de Souza Paulo Lamego Sylvio Carvalho Wilson Scheidemantel Shooting Men's 50m pistol team Dilson Reis Durval Guimarães Milton Sobocinski Waldemar Capucci Shooting Men's 50m rifle prone team Flávio Bonet Francisco Alavaugarte Marcos José Olsen Paulo Monteiro Assis Shooting Men's trap team Rômulo Arantes Swimming Men's 100m backstroke Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 200m backstroke Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 200m freestyle Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 400m freestyle Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 1500m freestyle Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga Marcus Mattioli Rômulo Arantes Swimming Men's freestyle relay Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Swimming Men's freestyle relay Volleyball Men's tournament Volleyball Women's tournament Nelson Dias de Carvalho Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight (-90 kg)
Medals by sportSport TotalJudo 4127Shooting 1214Athletics 1135Rowing 1113Sailing 1113Football 1001Swimming 0437Boxing 0112Volleyball 0112Roller sports 0101Archery 0011Basketball 0011Gymnastics 0011Weightlifting 0011Total9131739
See also Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics
References Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee