Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors465 in 29 sports
Flag bearers Yane Marques (opening)[1]
Isaquias Queiroz (closing)
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
7
Silver
6
Bronze
6
Total
19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Brazil was the host nation of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions in the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Setting a milestone in Olympic history, Brazil became the first South American country to host the Summer Olympics, and the second Latin American host following the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.

In this edition, Brazil beat both its previous highest number of gold medals obtained at one Olympics until this games (five gold medals in Athens 2004), and its record of total medals won at a Games (17 medals in Beijing 2008 and London 2012). Brazil won gold for the first time in two sports: boxing (Robson Conceição in men's lightweight) and football (men's team). It was also the first time a Brazilian athlete won three medals at one Games: Isaquias Queiroz in canoeing (two silvers and one bronze). Brazil also won its first ever medals in canoeing sprint, the silver that Queiroz won in C1-1000 m was the first in that sport.

  1. ^ "Yane Marques será a porta-bandeira do Brasil na Cerimônia de Abertura dos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016" [Yane Marques will be Brazil's flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2016.