Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors301 (160 men & 142 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Ketleyn Quadros
Bruno Rezende[2]
Flag bearer (closing)Rebeca Andrade[1]
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
7
Silver
6
Bronze
8
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Brazil, the previous host of the 2016 Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] It was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions of the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Tied with 2016 Games in number of gold medals (7) and silver medals (6) but with 2 more bronze medals (8), this was the nation's most successful overall performance at the Olympics, therefore becoming the second nation to surpass its medal total at the Olympics immediately following one that it hosted (the other one was Great Britain in the 2016 Olympics). The country broke the record for medals in one edition (21) and was also in the highest position on medal table on games history (twelfth place). It was also the edition of the Games where Brazil won medals in more different disciplines.[4]

In this edition, Brazil won its first medals ever in three sports: tennis (with the bronze medal obtained by the double Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani) and the debutants skateboarding (the 3 silver medals won by Kelvin Hoefler, Rayssa Leal and Pedro Barros) and surfing (the gold medal achieved by Ítalo Ferreira). Brazil also won its first gold medal ever in canoeing, won by Isaquias Queiroz.

  1. ^ "Rebeca Andrade será porta-bandeira do Brasil na Cerimônia de Encerramento dos Jogos Olímpicos Tóquio 2020" [Rebeca Andrade will be Brazil's flag bearer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ketleyn Quadros, do judô, e Bruninho, do vôlei, serão os porta-bandeiras do Brasil nos Jogos Olímpicos Tóquio 2020" [Judoka Ketleyn Quadros and volleyball player Bruninho will be Brazil's flag bearers at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Brasil encerra Olimpíada com seu melhor desempenho de todos os tempos". Agência Brasil. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.