History

Brazil made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1920 and has competed ever since, with the exception of 1928. Brazil hosted the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The nation sends one of the largest athlete delegations to the games, having over 200 athletes at each Olympic game since 1996. With such a large team Brazil typically competes in most sports, including multiple entries among team sports.

Brazil has earned its first medal at its debut in 1920 and has earned at least one medal at each Summer Olympics since 1948. In total they have won 128 medals in 14 sports with the most successful sports being beach and indoor volleyball (23), judo (22), sailing (18), athletics (16) and swimming (14). Besides volleyball Brazil has won multiple medals in other team sports including football (8) and basketball (5). The most successful athletes were sailors Robert Scheidt (medals in 1996-2012) and Torben Grael (medals in 1984-2004) with both winning five medals. Scheidt won two golds and a silver on the Laser class and then switched to the Star class and won a silver and a bronze while Grael won silver in the Soling class and then switched to the Star class and won two golds and two bronze. In 2016 Brazil, as hosts won 19 medals, a record for the nation.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Marcus D’Almeida

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m	Paulo Camilo de Oliveira
Men’s 200m	Aldemir Junior
Men’s 110m Hurdles	Gabriel Constantino
	Eduardo Santos Rodrigues
Men’s 400m Hurdles	Alison Santos
Men’s 20km Walk	Caio Bonfim
Men’s Marathon	Daniel da Silva
Men’s Pole Vault	Thiago Braz
Men’s Triple Jump	Alexsandro Melo
	Almir dos Santos
Men’s Shot Put	Darlan Romani

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 200m	Vitoria Rosa
Women’s 20km Walk	Erica de Sena
Women’s Discus Throw	Andressa de Morais

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Dressage	Joao Paulo dos Santos Horse: Carthago Comando SN Joao Victor Marcari Oliva Horse: Bido das Lezirias Leandro da Silva Horse: Dicaprio Pedro Tavares Horse: Aoleo
Individual Eventing	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Eventing	Ruy Fonseca Horse: Ballypatrick Rafael Mamprin Losano Horse: Fuiloda G Carlos Parro Horse: Quaikin Qurious Marcelo Tosi Horse: Starbucks
Team Dressage	Joao Paulo dos Santos Horse: Carthago Comando SN Joao Victor Marcari Oliva Horse: Bido das Lezirias Leandro da Silva Horse: Dicaprio Pedro Tavares Horse: Aoleo
Individual Jumping	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Jumping	Marlon Zanotelli Horse: Sirene de La Motte Eduardo Menezes Horse: H5 Chaganus Rodrigo Lambre Horse: Chacciama Pedro Veniss Horse: Quabri de L’Isle

Football

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Aline Aline Milene Andressa Alves Andressinha Bia Zaneratto Barbara Cristiane Daiane Debinha Erika Formiga Leticia Izidoro Marta Millene Karine Monica Poliana Rafaelle Raquel Rilany Tamires Thaisa Thais

Handball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Barbara Arenhart Renata Arruda Adriana de Castro Mariana Costa Deonise Fachinello Ana Paula Rodrigues Bruna de Paula Patricia Matieli Eduarda Amorim Jaqueline Anastacio Samara Vieira Larissa Araujo Elaine Gomes Tamires de Araujo

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual	Maria Ieda Guimares

Rugby Sevens

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Aline Bednarski Aline Firtado Bianca Dos Santos SIlva Eshyllen Coimbra Isadora Cerullo Isadora Lopes Leila Silva Mariana Nicolau Milena Silva Rafaela Zanellato Raquel Kochhann Thalia Da Silva Costa

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Laser	Joao Pedro Herrlein
Men’s Finn	Jorge Zarif
Women’s 470	Fernanda Oliveria Ana Barbachan
Men’s 49er	Marco Grael Gabriel Borges
Women’s 49erFX	Martine Soffiatti Kahena Kunze
Mixed Nacra 17 Foiling	Samuel Albrecht Gabriela Nicolino de Sa

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Freestyle	Bruno Fratus
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m Freestyle	Fernnado Scheffer
	Breno Correia
Men’s 800m Freestyle	Guilherme Costa
Men’s 1500m Freestyle	Guilherme Costa
Men’s 100m Backstroke	Guilherme Guido
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Caio Pumputis
Men’s 100m Butterfly	Vinicius Lanza
Men’s 200m Butterfly	Leonardo De Deus
Men’s 200m Individual Medley	Caio Pumputis
	Leonardo Santos
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Brandonn Almeida
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Marcelo Chierighini Pedro Spajari Bruno Fratus Breno Correia Andre Calvelo
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Luiz Altamir Melo Fernando Scheffer Joao de Lucca Breno Correia
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Guilherme Guido Joao Gomes Junior Vinicius Lanza Marcelo Chierighini Breno Correia

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Freestyle	Etiene Medeiros
Women’s 1500m Freestyle	Viviane Jungblut
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Etiene Medeiros
Women’s 10km Open Water	Ana Marcela Cunha

Table Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Hugo Calderano

Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Joao Menezes

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Indoor Volleyball	Bruno Rezende Isac Santos Mauricio Borges Silva Fernando Kreling Wallace de Souza Yoandy Leal Douglas de Souza Mauricio de Souza Lucas Saatkamp Thales Hoss Ricardo Lucarelli Alan Souza Maique Nascimento Flavio Gualberto
Women’s Indoor Volleyball	Mara Ferreira Leao Macris Carneiro Ana Paula Borgo Roberta Ratzke Gabriela Guimaraes Natalia Pereira Amanda Francisco Ana Carolina Da Silva Tandara Caixeta Suelen Pinto Leia Silva Ana Beatriz Correa Lorenne Geraldo Teixeira Mayany de Souza