Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
The Brazilian athletes won twelve medals: six silver and six bronze The first Summer Olympics without a gold medal since the 1976 Summer Olympics. The 205 competitors, 111 men and 94 women, took part in 96 events in 23 sports.
Summary
At the Judo competitions, two silver medals were obtained. Tiago Camilo lost in the final against Italian Giuseppe Maddaloni in men's 73 kg. Carlos Honorato lost the final of the men's 90 kg to Mark Huizinga from the Netherlands.Brazilians sailors conquered two medals in Sailing. Current Olympic champion Robert Scheidt was silver medalist in the Laser class after a very tough competition against British gold medalistBen Ainslie. The 1996 Olympic champions Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira were bronze medalists in Star class. It was Grael's fourth of five Olympic medals.
Brazil obtained four of those medals in Volleyball. Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede were silver medalists in Women's beach volleyball. They were current world champions and lost the gold medal match to Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst from Australia. Also in the women's competition, Brazilians Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires were the bronze medalists. Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos were silver medalists of the men's beach volleyball competition losing the gold medal match to Americans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana. The indoor medal was the bronze conquered by Brazil women's national volleyball team, repeating the same result of the 1996 Summer Olympics, in a match of 3 sets to 0 against United States.
The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the same result of the 1996 Olympics and with the same team.
The swimmers Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges, Carlos Jayme and Edvaldo Valério conquered the bronze medal in Gustavo Borges obtained the silver medal in men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. It was Gustavo Borges' fourth Olympic medal, a record number among Brazilian swimmers.
Brazil women's national basketball team won the bronze medal in a match decided in extra-time against South Korea.
At the Athletics competition a silver medal was obtained in men's 4 × 100 metres relay, by sprinters Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Claudinei da Silva. Cláudio Roberto Souza was also awarded a silver medal in the event because he took part in the relay in the heats.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Tiago Camilo | Judo | Men's 73 kg | ||
| Carlos Honorato | Judo | Men's 90 kg | ||
| Adriana Behar Shelda Bede | Volleyball | Women's beach volleyball | ||
| Zé Marco de Melo Ricardo Santos | Volleyball | Men's beach volleyball | ||
| Robert Scheidt | Sailing | Laser class | ||
| Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva Cláudio Roberto Souza | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | ||
| Fernando Scherer Gustavo Borges Carlos Jayme Edvaldo Valério | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | ||
| Adriana Samuel Sandra Pires | Volleyball | Women's beach volleyball | ||
| Luiz Felipe de Azevedo André Johannpeter Alvaro Miranda Neto Rodrigo Pessoa | Equestrian | Team jumping | ||
| Sailing | Star class | |||
| Brazil women's national volleyball team | Volleyball | Women's volleyball | ||
| Brazil women's national basketball team | Basketball | Women's basketball |
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 100m- Vicente Lima
- # Round 1 – 10.31
- # Round 2 – 10.28
- Cláudio Roberto Souza
- # Round 1 – 10.31
- # Round 2 – 10.47
- Raphael Oliveira
- # Round 1 – 10.44
- Claudinei da Silva
- # Round 1 – 20.7
- # Round 2 – 20.24
- # Semifinal – 20.3
- # Final – 20.28
- André da Silva
- # Round 1 – 20.95
- Sanderlei Claro Parrela
- # Round 1 – 45.55
- # Round 2 – 45.55
- # Semifinal – 45.17
- # Final – 45.01
- Osmar dos Santos
- # Round 1 – 01:47.05
- # Semifinal – 01:47.68
- Hudson de Souza
- # Round 1 – 03:39.70
- # Semifinal – 03:41.00
- Márcio Simão de Souza
- # Round 1 – 13.7
- # Round 2 – 13.71
- Eronilde de Araújo
- # Round 1 – 50.06
- # Semifinal – 48.76
- # Final – 48.34
- Claudinei da Silva, Vicente Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudio Roberto Sousa
- # Round 1 – 38.32
- # Semifinal – 38.27
- # Final – 37.9
- Nelson Carlos Ferreira
- # Qualifying – 7.32
- Vanderlei de Lima
- # Final – 2:37:08
- Éder Fialho
- # Final – DNF
- Osmiro Silva
- # Final – DNF
Women's Competition
- Sueli dos Santos
- # Qualifying – 56.27
- Maurren Higa Maggi
- # Qualifying – 6.35
- Luciana Santos
- # Qualifying – NM
- Luciana Santos
- # Qualifying – 13.48
Basketball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Defeated Slovakia
- *Lost to Australia
- *Defeated Senegal
- *Lost to France
- *Lost to Canada
- Quarterfinals
- *Defeated Russia
- Semi Finals
- *Lost to Australia
- Bronze Medal Match
- *Defeated South Korea → Bronze Medal
- Team Roster
- *Adriana Aparecida dos Santos
- *Adrianinha
- *Alessandra Santos de Oliveira
- *Cíntia Tuiú
- *Claudinha
- *Helen Cristina Santos Luz
- *Zaine
- *Janeth dos Santos Arcain
- *Kelly da Silva Santos
- *Lílian Cristina Lopes Gonçalves
- *Marta de Souza Sobral
- *Silvinha
Beach volleyball
- Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos — Silver Medal
- José Loiola and Emanuel Rego — 9th place
Boxing
- José Albuquerque
- *Round 1 – Lost to Valeriy Sydorenko of Ukraine
- Valdemir Pereira
- *Round 1 – Defeated James Swan of Australia
- *Round 2 – Lost to Ramazan Palyani of Turkey
- Agnaldo Nunes
- *Round 1 – Lost to Michael Katsidis of Australia
- Kelson Santos
- *Round 1 – Defeated Ghulam Shabbir of Pakistan
- *Round 2 – Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan
- Cleiton Conceição
- *Round 1 – Lost to Jeff Lacy of United States
- Laudelino Barros
- *Round 1 – Lost to Danny Green of Australia
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's Competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500m- Roger Caumo
- # Qualifying Heat – 01:49.955
- Roger Caumo
- # Qualifying Heat – 03:52.082
- Sebastian Cuattrin, Carlos Augusto Campos
- # Qualifying Heat – 01:35.662
- # Semifinal – 01:34.868
- Carlos Augusto Campos, Sebastian Cuattrin
- # Qualifying Heat – 03:21.228
- # Semifinal – 03:22.496
Slalom
Men's competition
Men's Canoe Singles- Cassio Petry
- # Qualifying – 293.72
Cycling
Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike- Renato Seabra
- # Final – DNF
Road Cycling
- Murilo Fischer
- * Final — 5:52:47
- Claudia Saintagne
- * Final — 3:24:19
- Janildes Silva
- * Final — 3:35:12
Diving
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Equestrianism
Fencing
One male fencer represented Brazil in 2000.;Men's foil
- Marco Martins
Football
Men's Team Competition
- Group D
- * Brazil – Slovakia 3–1
- * Brazil – South Africa 1–3
- * Brazil – Japan 1–0
- Quarter Finals
- * Brazil – Cameroon 1–2
- Team Roster
- * Helton
- * Baiano
- * Fábio Bilica
- * Álvaro
- * Marcos Paulo
- * Fábio Aurélio
- * Ronaldinho
- * Fabiano Pereira
- * Edu
- * Alex
- * Geovanni
- * Roger
- * André Luís
- * Lúcio
- * Mozart
- * Athirson
- * Lucas
- * Fábio Costa
- * Flávio
- * Alexandre
- * Leandro
- * Júlio César
Women's Team Competition
- Group E
- * Brazil – Sweden 2–0
- * Brazil – Germany 1–2
- * Brazil – Australia 2–1
- Semi Finals
- * Brazil – United States 0–1
- Team Roster
- * Maycon
- * Andréia Suntaque
- * Daniela Alves
- * Pretinha
- * Elissandra Cavalcante
- * Kátia Cilene Teixeira
- * Juliana Ribeiro Cabral
- * Cidinha
- * Maravilha
- * Miraildes Maciel Mota
- * Mônica Angélica de Paula
- * Raquel de Souza
- * Rosana dos Santos
- * Roseli de Belo
- * Simone Gomes
- * Sissi
- * Suzana Ferreira
- * Tânia Maria Pereira
Gymnastics
Handball
- Alessandra Medeiros da Oliveira
- Aline Silva
- Chana Masson
- Dilane Roese
- Idalina Mesquita
- Lucila Vianna da Silva
- Meg Montão
- Margarida Conte
- Maria José Batista de Sales
- Rosana de Aleluia
- Sandra de Oliveira
- Valéria de Oliveira
- Viviane Jacques
- Viviani Emerick
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Nine men and three women competed in the eight events in the Sailing competition in Sydney.Men's Mistral
- Ricardo Santos
- # Race 1 – 5
- # Race 2 – 10
- # Race 3 – 21
- # Race 4 – 12
- # Race 5 – 22
- # Race 6 – 4
- # Race 7 – 8
- # Race 8 – 14
- # Race 9 – OCS
- # Race 10 – 21
- # Race 11 – 26
- # Final – 117
- Christoph Bergmann
- # Race 1 – 10
- # Race 2 – 8
- # Race 3 – 3
- # Race 4 –
- # Race 5 – 11
- # Race 6 – 13
- # Race 7 – 9
- # Race 8 – 2
- # Race 9 – 18
- # Race 10 –
- # Race 11 – 10
- # Final – 84
- Andre Fonseca and Alexandre Paradeda
- # Race 1 – 14
- # Race 2 –
- # Race 3 – 11
- # Race 4 – 21
- # Race 5 – 15
- # Race 6 – 20
- # Race 7 –
- # Race 8 – 24
- # Race 9 – 22
- # Race 10 – 21
- # Race 11 – 23
- # Final – 171
- Robert Scheidt
- # Race 1 – 1
- # Race 2 – 2
- # Race 3 –
- # Race 4 – 1
- # Race 5 – 12
- # Race 6 – 1
- # Race 7 – 20
- # Race 8 – 5
- # Race 9 – 1
- # Race 10 – 1
- # Race 11 – DSQ
- # Final – 44
- Henrique Pellicano and Mauricio Oliveira
- # Race 1 – OCS
- # Race 2 – 7
- # Race 3 – 6
- # Race 4 – 9
- # Race 5 – 16
- # Race 6 – 13
- # Race 7 – OCS
- # Race 8 – 5
- # Race 9 – 6
- # Race 10 – 5
- # Race 11 – 11
- # Final – 78
- Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael
- # Race 1 – 3
- # Race 2 –
- # Race 3 – 1
- # Race 4 – 2
- # Race 5 – 1
- # Race 6 – 6
- # Race 7 – 7
- # Race 8 – 4
- # Race 9 – 12
- # Race 10 – 3
- # Race 11 – OCS
- # Final – 39
- Christina Forte
- # Race 1 – 24
- # Race 2 – 22
- # Race 3 –
- # Race 4 – 26
- # Race 5 – 24
- # Race 6 – OCS
- # Race 7 – 26
- # Race 8 – 25
- # Race 9 – 24
- # Race 10 – 25
- # Race 11 – 27
- # Final – 223
- Maria Krahe and Fernanda Oliveira
- # Race 1 – 16
- # Race 2 – 17
- # Race 3 – 14
- # Race 4 – 14
- # Race 5 – 13
- # Race 6 – DSQ
- # Race 7 – 17
- # Race 8 – 15
- # Race 9 – OCS
- # Race 10 – 19
- # Race 11 – 18
- # Final – 143
Swimming
- Fernando Scherer
- # Preliminary Heat – 22.88
- Edvaldo Valério
- # Preliminary Heat – 22.96
- Fernando Scherer
- # Preliminary Heat – DNS
- Gustavo Borges
- # Preliminary Heat – 49.76
- # Semi-final – 49.93
- Rodrigo Castro
- # Preliminary Heat – 1:53.65
- Luiz Lima
- # Preliminary Heat – 03:53.87
- Luiz Lima
- # Preliminary Heat – 15:23.15
- Eduardo Fischer
- # Preliminary Heat – 01:03.72
- Alexandre Massura
- # Preliminary Heat – 55.58
- # Semi-final – 56.07
- Rogério Romero
- # Preliminary Heat – 56.44
- Rogério Romero
- # Preliminary Heat – 02:00.48
- # Semi-final – 01:59.69
- # Final – 01:59.27
- Leonardo Costa
- # Preliminary Heat – 02:01.08
- # Semi-final – 02:02.26
- Fernando Scherer, Edvaldo Valério, Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges
- # Preliminary Heat – 03:19.29
- # Final – 03:17.40
- Edvaldo Valério, Leonardo Costa, Luiz Lima, Rodrigo Castro
- # Preliminary Heat – 07:26.42
- Alexandre Massura, Eduardo Fischer, Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges
- # Preliminary Heat – 03:42.31
- Fabíola Molina
- # Preliminary Heat – 01:02.77
- Fabíola Molina
- # Preliminary Heat – 01:03.68
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Brazil was represented by three men and three women. Two of the Brazilian women did not finish, giving Brazil the distinction of being one of only two nations to have multiple competitors not finish the race.Men's Individual Competition:
- Leandro Macedo – 1:49:50.69
- Juraci Moreira – 1:50:44.79
- Armando Barcellos – 1:53:42.63
- Sandra Soldan – 2:03:19.86
- Mariana Ohata – DNF
- Carla Moreno – DNF
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Defeated Australia
- *Defeated Egypt
- *Defeated Netherlands
- *Defeated Spain
- *Defeated Cuba
- Quarterfinals
- *Lost to Argentina
- Classification Matches
- *5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba
- *5th/6th place: Lost to Netherlands → Sixth place
- Team Roster
- *André Heller
- *Dante Amaral
- *Douglas Chiarotti
- *Gilberto Godoy Filho
- *Giovane Gávio
- *Gustavo Endres
- *Gilmar Teixeira
- *Marcelo Elgarten
- *Maurício Lima
- *Max Pereira
- *Nalbert Bitencourt
- *Alexandre Samuel
- Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Defeated Kenya
- *Defeated Australia
- *Defeated PR China
- *Defeated Croatia
- *Defeated United States
- Quarterfinals
- *Defeated Germany
- Semifinals
- *Lost to Cuba
- Bronze Medal Match
- *Defeated United States → Bronze Medal
- Team Roster
- *Elisângela Oliveira
- *Erika Coimbra
- *Hélia Souza
- *Janina Conceição
- *Karin Rodrigues
- *Kátia Lopes
- *Kely Fraga
- *Leila Barros
- *Raquel Silva
- *Ricarda Lima
- *Virna Dias
- *Walewska Oliveira
- Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende
Weightlifting