• Source: Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics

      • 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




      Athletics



      Men
      Track & road events

      Field events

      Women
      Track & road events

      Field events


      Basketball




      = Main tournament

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      Group 3




      = Quarterfinals

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      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

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      = Finals

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      = Team Roster

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      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


      Diving



      Men


      Equestrian




      = Eventing

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      = Show jumping

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      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


      Rowing



      Brazil had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.

      Men


      Sailing



      Open


      Shooting



      Eight shooters represented Brazil in 1952.

      Men


      Swimming



      Men

      Women


      Water polo




      = Qualifying round

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      = Preliminary round

      =


      Group D




      Weightlifting



      Men


      References




      External links


      Official Olympic Reports
      International Olympic Committee results database

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