Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in London
Competitors259[2] in 24 sports
Flag bearers
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
9
Total
17
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Brazil competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The Brazilian Olympic Committee (Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro, COB) sent a total of 258 athletes to the Games, 136 men and 122 women, to compete in 24 sports. Brazil left London with a total of 17 Olympic medals (3 gold, 5 silver, and 9 bronze), winning their third largest number of medals at a single games.

Brazilian athletes won its first ever medals in two sports: modern pentathlon, with the bronze medal won by Yane Marques in women's event, and in gymnastics, with the gold medal achieved by Arthur Zanetti in men's rings.

  1. ^ Rodrigo Pessoa será o porta-bandeira do Brasil em Londres-2012 (in Portuguese), COB, 6 July 2012, retrieved 11 July 2012
  2. ^ Updated list of Team Brazil for the 2012 London Olympics (in Portuguese), COB, archived from the original on 11 July 2012, retrieved 11 July 2012