Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Brazil at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	BRA
NPC	Brazilian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.cpb.org.br
in Beijing
Competitors	188 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Antônio Tenório Silva
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 16 Silver 14 Bronze 17 Total 47
Summer Paralympics appearances
	1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;

Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China The country debuted in the Games in 1972 and 2008 was its 10th participation.

Brazil also sent the largest number of athletes to the Paralympics in its history, with 188 athletes competing in 17 Paralympic sports. Brazil didn't include any competitors in the archery and wheelchair rugby. In the Opening Ceremony, the Brazilian Flag bearer was the judoka Antônio Tenório Silva, who became four-time Paralympic champion in his category.

In 2008, Brazil had its second strongest showing in the history of the Games, finishing in respectable 9th place. André Brasil and Daniel Dias, both of swimming and Lucas Prado of athletics were Brazil's top medalists. Prado won three gold medals, Brasil won five medals (four golds and one silver) and Dias won nine medals (four golds, four silvers and one bronze).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Lucas Prado	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T11
Gold	Terezinha Guilhermina	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T11
Gold	Lucas Prado	Athletics	Men's 200 m - T11
Gold	Lucas Prado	Athletics	Men's 400 m - T11
Gold	Dirceu Pinto	Boccia	Mixed individual - BC4
Gold	Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos	Boccia	Mixed pairs - BC4
Gold	Brazil national football 5-a-side team Jefferson Gonçalves Damião Ramos João Batista Silva Marcos Felipe Mizael Oliveira Ricardo Alves Sandro Soares Severino Silva Andreonni Farias Rego Fábio Ribeiro Vasconcelos	Football 5-a-side	Men's Football 5-a-side - B1
Gold	Antônio Tenório Silva	Judo	Men's 100 kg
Gold	André Brasil	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S10
Gold	Daniel Dias	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S5
Gold	André Brasil	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S10
Gold	Daniel Dias	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle - S5
Gold	André Brasil	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle - S10
Gold	Daniel Dias	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke - S5
Gold	André Brasil	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly - S10
Gold	Daniel Dias	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley - SM5
Silver	Tito Sena	Athletics	Men's marathon - T46
Silver	André Luiz Oliveira Yohansson Nascimento Claudemir Santos Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay - T42-46
Silver	Terezinha Guilhermina	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T11
Silver	Shirlene Coelho	Athletics	Women's javelin throw - F35-38
Silver	Daniel Dias	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke - SB4
Silver	Daniel Dias	Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly - S5
Silver	Karla Cardoso	Judo	Women's 48 kg
Silver	Deanne Silva	Judo	Women's +70 kg
Silver	André Brasil	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley - SM10
Silver	Daniel Dias Ivanildo Vasconcelos Luis Silva Clodoaldo Silva	Swimming	Men's 4x50 m medley relay - 20 pts
Silver	Daniel Dias	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S5
Silver	Phelipe Rodrigues	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S10
Silver	Phelipe Rodrigues	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S10
Silver	Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva	Table tennis	Men's team - Class 3
Bronze	Odair Santos	Athletics	Men's 800 m - T12
Bronze	Odair Santos	Athletics	Men's 5000 m - T13
Bronze	Odair Santos	Athletics	Men's 10000 m - T12
Bronze	Ádria Santos	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T11
Bronze	Jerusa Santos	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T11
Bronze	Yohansson Nascimento	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T46
Bronze	Terezinha Guilhermina	Athletics	Women's 400 m - T12
Bronze	Eliseu Santos	Boccia	Mixed individual - BC4
Bronze	Marcos Alves	Equestrian	Individual championship test - Grade Ib
Bronze	Marcos Alves	Equestrian	Individual freestyle test - Grade Ib
Bronze	Michelle Ferreira	Judo	Women's 52 kg
Bronze	Daniele Silva	Judo	Women's 57 kg
Bronze	Elton Santana Josiane Lima	Rowing	Mixed double sculls - TA
Bronze	Verônica Almeida	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly - S7
Bronze	Edênia Garcia	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S4
Bronze	Fabiana Sugimori	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S11
Bronze	Clodoaldo Silva Joon Seo Daniel Dias Adriano Lima	Swimming	Men's 4x50 m freestyle relay - 20 pts

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jose Carlos Alecrim	T46	800m	2:06.37	20	Did not advance
Jose Carlos Alecrim	T46	1500m	4:15.54	19	Did not advance
Andre Luiz Andrade	T13	200m	DSQ		Did not advance
Gilson Anjos	T13	400m	53.39	11	Did not advance
Gilson Anjos	T13	1500m	4:29.80	17	Did not advance
Ozivan Bonfim	T46	Marathon	N/A				2:35:31	5
Christiano Farias	T11	1500m	4:21.32	7	Did not advance
Christiano Farias	T11	5000m	N/A				16:38.15	6
Felipe Gomes	T11	100m	11.55	8 q	11.57	7 B	11.72	4
Felipe Gomes	T11	200m	23.90	8 q	DNS		Did not advance
Pedro Guilhermino	T12	400m	56.14	13	Did not advance
Pedro Guilhermino	T12	800m	DNS		Did not advance
Alex Mendonça	T12	10000m	N/A				33:48.45	7
Alex Mendonça	T12	Marathon	N/A				2:44:50	17
Pedro Cesar Moraes	T12	100m	11.84	22	Did not advance
Pedro Cesar Moraes	T12	200m	DNS		Did not advance
Yohansson Nascimento	T46	100m	11.18	5 Q	N/A		11.25
		200m	22.92	6 q	N/A		22.53	5
		400m	59.76	15	Did not advance
Moises Neto	T46	5000m	N/A				DNF
Moises Neto	T46	Marathon	N/A				2:41:32	9
Alan Oliveira	T44	200m	24.31	7 q	N/A		24.21	7
Andre Luiz Oliveira	T44	100m	12.12	10	Did not advance
Nelson Pereira	T13	800m	N/A				2:02.81	7
Nelson Pereira	T13	1500m	4:20.09	15	Did not advance
Edson Pinheiro	T38	100m	N/A				11.30	4
		200m	23.62	5 q	N/A		23.46	6
		400m	N/A				DNF
Lucas Prado	T11	100m	11.19 WR	1 Q	11.20	1 Q	11.03 WR
		200m	23.24	3 Q	22.71 PR	1 Q	22.48 WR
		400m	51.84	2 Q	51.84	2 Q	50.27
Aurelio Santos	T12	10000m	N/A				DNF
Aurelio Santos	T12	Marathon	N/A				DNF
Claudemir Santos	T46	200m	1:09.60	21	Did not advance
Odair Santos	T12	800m	1:56.77	3 Q	N/A		1:53.73
		5000m	15:09.90	1 Q	N/A		14:50.35
		10000m	N/A				31:57.91
Tito Sena	T46	5000m	N/A				15:32.32	9
Tito Sena	T46	Marathon	N/A				2:30:49
Jose Ribeiro Silva	T37	100m	12.58	11	Did not advance
Jose Ribeiro Silva	T37	200m	26.06	13	Did not advance
Ariosvaldo Silva	T53	100m	15.46	6 Q	N/A		15.40	8
		200m	28.56	12	Did not advance
		400m	DNS		Did not advance
Carlos Barto Silva	T11	1500m	4:16.29	4 q	N/A		4:14.80	5
Carlos Barto Silva	T11	5000m	N/A				DNF
Daniel Silva	T11	100m	11.52	7 q	11.55	6 B	11.56	1
		200m	23.20	2 Q	23.17	4 Q	23.38	4
		400m	52.47	3 Q	51.93	4 q	52.05	4
Antonio Souza	T46	200m	DNS		Did not advance
Emicarlo Souza	T46	400m	50.06	6 q	N/A		49.54	4
Emicarlo Souza	T46	800m	2:01.26	15	Did not advance
Julio Cesar Souza	T12	100m	11.46	10 q	11.45	12	Did not advance
		200m	23.54	16	Did not advance
		400m	52.87	12	Did not advance
Andre Luiz Andrade Felipe Gomes Lucas Prado Julio Cesar Souza	T11-13	4x100m relay	DSQ		Did not advance
Yohansson Nascimento Alan Oliveira Andre Luiz Oliveira Claudemir Santos	T42-46	4x100m relay	N/A				45.25

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Leonardo Amâncio	F57-58	Discus throw	50.54 SB	947	7
Leonardo Amâncio	F57-58	Shot put	12.80	856	13
Marco Aurélio Borges	F44	Discus throw	41.53	768	9
Jonathan de Souza Santos	F40	Shot put	10.53	-	5
Felipe Gomes	F11	Triple jump	DNS
André Luiz Oliveira	F42/44	Long jump	6.19	957	7
Paulo Souza	F35-36	Discus throw	34.10	977	6
		Javelin throw	39.72 SB	1073	4
		Shot put	9.92	795	9

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria José Alves	T12	100m	13.36	11 q	13.21	10	Did not advance
		200m	27.16	11	Did not advance
		400m	1:01.79	6 B	N/A		DNS
Sheila Finder	T46	200m	28.01	14	Did not advance
Terezinha Guilhermina	T11	100m	12.48	2 Q	N/A		12.40
	T11	200m	25.16	1 Q	N/A		25.14
	T12	400m	57.70	3 Q	N/A		57.02
Sirlene Guilhermino	T12	100m	12.95	5 Q	12.88	6 B	12.95	6
		200m	26.57	8 q	26.91	8	Did not advance
		400m	1:02.08	7 B	N/A		DNS
Indayana Martins	T13	100m	13.68	13	Did not advance
		200m	28.41	11	Did not advance
		400m	1:05.56	10	Did not advance
Ádria Santos	T11	100m	13.11	4 Q	N/A		13.07
Ádria Santos	T11	200m	27.37	7 B	N/A		28.15	8
Jennifer Santos	T38	100m	14.69	6 Q	N/A		14.31	4
Jennifer Santos	T38	200m	31.22	9	Did not advance
Jerusa Santos	T11	100m	13.16	7 B	N/A		12.99	5
Jerusa Santos	T11	200m	26.05	3 Q	N/A		26.09
Fernanda Silva	T46	200m	27.47	13	Did not advance
Joana Silva	T13	100m	13.17	11	Did not advance
		200m	26.78	8 q	N/A		26.85	7
		400m	1:01.46	8 q	N/A		1:02.08	7
Ana Tércia Soares	T12	100m	13.20	10 q	13.24	11	Did not advance
Ana Tércia Soares	T12	200m	26.95	10	Did not advance

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Shirlene Coelho	F35-38	Javelin throw	35.95	1513
	F37-38	Discus throw	22.25	757	13
	F37-38	Shot put	10.09	984	8
Sônia Gouveia	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	8.57	753	16
Suely Guimarães	F54-56	Discus throw	21.98 SB	838	8
Suely Guimarães	F54-56	Shot put	6.68 SB	803	13
Rosenei Herrera	F35-36	Discus throw	13.42	623	11
	F35-36	Shot put	6.94	780	7
	F35-38	Javelin throw	14.59 SB	841	13
Indayana Martins	F13	Long jump	4.10	-	12
Roseane Santos	F57-58	Discus throw	30.51	970	7
Roseane Santos	F57-58	Shot put	9.06	932	7

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dirceu Pinto	Mixed individual BC4	F Pereira (POR)	W 7-4	2 Q	Ni (CHN) W 12-0	E Santos (BRA) W 9-2	Leung Y W (HKG) W 3-1
		Valentim (POR)	L 2-4
		Gyurkota (HUN)	W 4-1
Eliseu Santos		Qi C (CHN)	L 3-8	2 Q	Lau (HKG) W 7-3	Pinto (BRA) L 2-9	Dueso (ESP) W 7-1
		Prochazka (CZE)	W 8-0
		Desamparados Baixauli (ESP)	W 12-0
Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos	Pairs BC4	Dueso (ESP) / Desamparados Baixauli (ESP)	L 0-5	2 Q	N/A	Kratina (CZE) / Prochazka (CZE) W 4-1	F Pereira (POR) / Valentim (POR) W 5-2
		Durkovic (SVK) / Streharsky (SVK)	W 6-0
		Beres (HUN) / Gyurkota (HUN)	W 6-2

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Flaviano Carvalho	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:39:15	14
Flaviano Carvalho	Men's road time trial LC3	40:44.90	9
Soelito Gohr	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	1:46:13	6
Soelito Gohr	Men's road time trial LC1	35:50.02	6

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Flaviano Carvalho	Men's individual pursuit LC3	DSQ		Did not advance
Flaviano Carvalho	Men's time trial LC3-4	N/A		1:29.00	19
Soelito Gohr	Men's individual pursuit LC1	4:50.11	4 q	Triboli (ITA) L 4:53.41	4
Soelito Gohr	Men's time trial LC1	N/A		1:13.56	9

Equestrian

Individual events

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Marco Alves	Luthenay De Vernay	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	67.714
Marco Alves	Luthenay De Vernay	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	67.333
Elisa Melaranci	Lester	Mixed individual championship test grade II	59.091	15
Elisa Melaranci	Lester	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	66.277	7
Davi Mesquita	Neho De La Jonchere	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	56.952	14
Davi Mesquita	Neho De La Jonchere	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	54.444	15
Sérgio Oliva	Neho De La J.	Mixed individual championship test grade Ia	60.900	8
Sérgio Oliva	Neho De La J.	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia	63.556	8

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
Marcos Alves	See above	Team	62.823	67.714	130.537*	364.405	11
Elisa Melaranci			61.524	59.091	120.615*
Davi Mesquita			44.941	56.952	101.893
Sérgio Oliva			52.353	60.900	113.253*

* - denotes highest scores counted towards total score.

Football 5-a-side

The Brazilian football 5-a-side team won the gold medal after defeating China in the gold medal match.

Players

Ricardo Alves
Andreonni Farias Rego
Marcos Felipe
Jefferson Gonçalves
Mizael Oliveira
Damião Ramos
Fábio Ribeiro Vasconcelos
João Batista Silva
Severino Silva
Sandro Soares

Tournament

7 September 2008

13:30

Brazil	3 - 0	South Korea

Olympic Green Hockey Field

9 September 2008

11:00

Spain	1 - 0	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

11 September 2008

9:00

Brazil	0 – 0	Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

13 September 2008

11:00

Great Britain	0 - 5	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

15 September 2008

13:00

Brazil	1 - 1	China

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Gold medal match

17 September 2008

13:30

China	1 - 2	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

Football 7-a-side

The Brazilian football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Iran in the bronze medal match.

Players

Fabiano Bruzzi
Adriano Costa
Irineu Ferreira
Marcos Ferreira
José Guimarães
Leandro Marinho
Gilberto Moraes
Wanderson Oliveira
Antônio Rocha
Luciano Rocha
Jean Rodrigues
Marcos Silva

Tournament

8 September 2008

11:15

Brazil	1 - 0	Netherlands

Olympic Green Hockey Field

10 September 2008

15:45

China	0 - 8	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

12 September 2008

9:00

Brazil	0 - 3	Russia

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Semi final

14 September 2008

14:00

Ukraine	6 - 0	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Bronze medal match

16 September 2008

14:00

Brazil	0 - 4	Iran

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 11,266

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Barbisan (Argentina)

Goalball

Men's tournament

The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 11th out of 12 teams.

Players

Alexsander Celente
Thiago Henrique Firmino da Costa
Legy Freire
Paulo Homem
Romário Marques
Luiz Silva Filho

Results

7 September 2008

Sweden	8 - 6	Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

8 September 2008

Brazil	5 - 8	Iran

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

9 September 2008

United States	6 - 4	Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

10 September 2008

Brazil	4 - 14	China

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

11 September 2008

Canada	3 - 6	Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

11/12th classification

12 September 2008

Brazil	7 - 3	Spain

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Women's tournament

The women's team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players

Adriana Bonifácio Lino
Ana Carolina Duarte Ruas Custódio
Cláudia Paula Gonçalves de Amorim Oliveira
Simone Rocha
Neuzimar Santos
Luana Silva

Results

7 September 2008

Brazil	3 - 5	China

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

8 September 2008

Canada	5 - 6	Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

9 September 2008

Brazil	3 - 1	Germany

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

10 September 2008

United States	2 - 2	Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

11 September 2008

Brazil	4 - 5	Sweden

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

12 September 2008

Japan	3 - 1	Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

13 September 2008

Brazil	0–0	Denmark

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Eduardo Amaral	Men's 66kg	Alishov (AZE) L 0000-0001	Did not advance
Helder Araujo	Men's 60kg	Li X (CHN) L 0001-0101	N/A		Quilter (GBR) L 0000-1010	Did not advance
Antônio Tenório Silva	Men's 100kg	Nadri (IRI) W 1001-0000	Porter (USA) W 1001–0000	Lyivytskyi (UKR) W 1011-0000	N/A		Sardarov (AZE) W 1101-0000

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Michelle Ferreira	Women's 52kg	Tsuchiya (JPN) W 1010-0000	N/A	Cui (CHN) L 0001-0010	N/A		S Hernandez (ESP) W 1000-0000
Karla Cardoso	Women's 48kg	N/A	Halinska (UKR) W 0200–0000	M Gonzalez (CUB) W 0002-0001	N/A		Guo H (CHN) L 0000-1010
Daniele Silva	Women's 57kg	Merenciano (ESP) L 0042-0101	N/A			Buzmakova (RUS) W 1000-0000	Karkar (ALG) W 0100-0000
Deanne Silva	Women's +70kg	de Pinies (ESP) W 1000-0010	N/A	Komatsu (JPN) W 1011-0000	N/A		Yuan Y (CHN) L 0000-1010
Lucia Teixeira	Women's 63kg	Arce (ESP) L 0001-1001	N/A		Quessandier (FRA) L 0100-1001	Did not advance

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
João Euzébio	82.5kg	170.0	9
Alexsander Whitaker	67.5kg	172.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Josilene Ferreira	67.5kg	100.0	5
Maria Oliveira	44kg	82.5	5

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antony Bonfim	Men's single sculls	5:55.07	10 R	6:21.27	9 FB	5:52.23	3
Claudia Santos	Women's single sculls	6:14.76	10 R	6:57.12	4 FA	6:54.76	6
Josiane Lima Elton Santana	Mixed double sculls	4:18.45	2 FA	N/A		4:28.36
Silva Nilton Alonco Andre Dutra Norma Moura Luciano Pires Regiane Silva	Mixed coxed four	3:40.41	5 R	3:49.76	4 FB	3:50.37	1

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Carlos Garletti	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1116	17	Did not advance
Carlos Garletti	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	573	34	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Genezi Andrade	S3	50m backstroke	59.04	6 Q	59.25	7
		100m freestyle	2:07.59	7 Q	2:06.02	6
		200m freestyle	N/A		4:15.50	5
Francisco Avelino	S5	50m backstroke	47.29	8 Q	47.28	8
Francisco Avelino	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:04.01	12	Did not advance
Moises Batista	SB3	50m breaststroke	1:03.24	8 Q	1:01.87	8
Moises Batista	SM4	150m individual medley	3:08.13	9	Did not advance
André Brasil	S10	100m backstroke	1:04.44	5 Q	1:03.63	4
		100m butterfly	59.13 PR	1 Q	56.47 WR
		50m freestyle	24.55	1 Q	23.61 WR
		100m freestyle	54.27	1 Q	51.38 WR
		400m freestyle	4:23.48	4 Q	4:05.84 PR
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:20.40	6 Q	2:14.20
Mauro Brasil	S9	50m freestyle	27.18	12	Did not advance
Marcelo Collet	S10	100m freestyle	57.96	15	Did not advance
Marcelo Collet	S10	400m freestyle	4:23.93	5 Q	4:23.35	6
Daniel Dias	S5	50m backstroke	36.46 WR	2 Q	35.28
		50m butterfly	38.79	3 Q	36.25
		50m freestyle	34.95	5 Q	33.56
		100m freestyle	1:14.14	1 Q	1:11.05
		200m freestyle	N/A		2:32.32 WR
	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:41.74	2 Q	1:40.39
	SM5	200m individual medley	2:59.04 PR	1 Q	2:52.60 WR
Carlos Farrenberg	S13	50m freestyle	25.01	4 Q	24.62	4
		100m freestyle	54.97	3 Q	54.70	5
		400m freestyle	4:29.45	3 Q	4:27.16	5
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:34.19	14	Did not advance
Gabriel Feiten	S2	50m backstroke	1:12.27	4 Q	1:15.77	8
		50m freestyle	1:17.85	8 Q	1:15.14	7
		100m freestyle	2:35.83	6 Q	2:33.72	5
		200m freestyle	5:19.41	4 Q	5:38.42	8
Adriano Lima	S6	50m freestyle	32.98	8 Q	32.85	8
		100m freestyle	1:10.90	4 Q	1:10.91	5
		400m freestyle	5:27.10	4 Q	5:22.90	4
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:47.10	9	Did not advance
Adriano Pereira	S2	50m backstroke	1:13.50	6 Q	1:13.69	5
		50m freestyle	1:14.74	7 Q	1:15.41	8
		100m freestyle	2:36.14	7 Q	2:32.45	4
		200m freestyle	5:21.11	5 Q	5:21.35	5
Rodrigo Ribeiro	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:28.02	12	Did not advance
Phelipe Rodrigues	S10	50m freestyle	24.77	2 Q	24.64
		100m freestyle	55.07	4 Q	54.22
		400m freestyle	4:29.36	10	Did not advance
Danielson Santos	S6	50m freestyle	37.13	15	Did not advance
Danielson Santos	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:36.05	6 Q	1:36.51	7
Joon Seo	S4	50m backstroke	56.70	11	Did not advance
Joon Seo	S4	200m freestyle	3:59.65	10	Did not advance
Clodoaldo Silva	S5	50m backstroke	48.16	11	Did not advance
		50m butterfly	44.75	7 Q	45.74	8
		50m freestyle	34.86	3 Q	35.22	7
		100m freestyle	1:18.81	5 Q	1:21.14	6
		200m freestyle	N/A		2:50.89	5
Luis Silva	S6	50m butterfly	36.24	8 Q	37.90	8
Luis Silva	S6	50m freestyle	35.67	14	Did not advance
Gledson Soares	S8	100m backstroke	1:19.13	14	Did not advance
	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:41.27	9	Did not advance
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:08.72	12	Did not advance
Ivanildo Vasconcelos	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:49.38	6 Q	1:47.86	6
Ivanildo Vasconcelos	SM5	200m individual medley	3:42.56	6 Q	3:30.58	6
Daniel Dias Adriano Lima Joon Seo Clodoaldo Silva	N/A	4x50m freestyle relay	N/A		2:30.17
André Brasil Mauro Brasil Daniel Dias Phelipe Rodrigues	N/A	4x100m freestyle relay	N/A		3:55.78	4
Francisco Avelino Adriano Lima Clodoaldo Silva Ivanildo Vasconcelos	N/A	4x50m medley relay	2:54.05	2 Q	2:39.31
André Brasil Marcelo Collet Daniel Dias Phelipe Rodrigues	N/A	4x100m medley relay	4:41.04	8 Q	4:40.01	8

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Verônica Almeida	S7	50m butterfly	40.19	5 Q	38.49
Rildene Firmino	SM4	150m individual medley	N/A		4:05.00	6
Edênia Garcia	S4	50m freestyle	N/A		53.28
Edênia Garcia	S4	100m freestyle	1:59.11	4 Q	1:58.02	4
Valeria Lira	S8	100m butterfly	1:32.58	11	Did not advance
Valeria Lira	S8	400m freestyle	5:46.96	8 Q	5:48.87	8
Fabiana Sugimori	S11	50m freestyle	32.90	3 Q	32.45
Fabiana Sugimori	S11	100m freestyle	1:15.24	8 Q	1:13.40	6

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandre Ank	Men's singles C4-5	Bolldén (SWE) L 0-3	Lin W H (TPE) L 0-3	N/A	3	Did not advance
Iranildo Espindola	Men's singles C2	Boury (FRA) W 3–1	Ruep (AUT) L 1-3	Vella (ITA) W 3-2	2	Did not advance
Ivanildo Pessoa Freitas	Men's singles C4-5	Guo X (CHN) L 0-3	Stefanu (CZE) L 1-3	N/A	3	Did not advance
Welder Knaf	Men's singles C3	Feng P (CHN) L 0-3	Dollmann (AUT) L 1-3	N/A	3	Did not advance
Hemerson Kovalski	Men's singles C2	L Hansen (DEN) L 0-3	Revucky (SVK) L 0-3	Vilsmaier (GER) L 0-3	4	Did not advance
Carlo Franco Michell	Men's singles C6	Wetherill (GBR) L 0-3	Schmidt (GER) L 0-3	Kowalski (POL) L 1-3	4	Did not advance
Claudiomiro Segatto	Men's singles C4-5	Choi K S (KOR) L 0-3	Krizanec (CRO) W 3-0	N/A	2	Did not advance
Luiz Algacir Silva	Men's singles C3	Unger (AUT) W 3-0	Rawson (GBR) L 1-3	N/A	1 Q	Robinson (GBR) W 3-0	Merrien (FRA) W 3-0	Feng P (CHN) L 0-3	Piñas (ESP) L 0-3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carollina Maldonado	Women's singles C9	Lei L (CHN) L 0-3	Kavas (TUR) L 0-3	Belavic (SLO) W 3-1	3	Did not advance
Maria Luíza Passos	Women's singles C5	Ren G (CHN) L 0–3	Lundback (SWE) L 0–3	Tsai (TPE) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
Jane Karla Rodrigues	Women's singles C8	Zhang X (CHN) L 0-3	Mairie (FRA) L 0-3	Bengtsson (SWE) L 0-3	4	Did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iranildo Espindola Hemerson Kovalski	Men's team C1-2	N/A	Austria (AUT) L 1-3	Did not advance
Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva	Men's team C3	N/A	Austria (AUT) W 3-0	China (CHN) W 3-2	France (FRA) L 1-3
Alexandre Ank Ivanildo Pessoa Freitas Claudiomiro Segatto	Men's team C4-5	Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 1-3	Did not advance
Carollina Maldonado Jane Karla Rodrigues	Women's team C6-10	N/A	France (FRA) L 0-3	Did not advance

Volleyball

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals, they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players

Wellington Anunciação
Samuel Arantes
Giovani Freitas
Guilherme Gomes
Renato Leite
Rodrigo Mello
Wescley Oliveira
Diogo Rebolcas
Deivisson Santos
Cláudio Silva
Daniel Silva
Gilberto Silva

Tournament

7 September 2008 19:30	Brazil (BRA)	0–'3'	Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Anton Probst (Germany)
	(8–25, 14–25, 17–25)

8 September 2008 15:30	Iran (IRI)	'3'–0	Brazil (BRA)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Viktor Feldshteyn (Ukraine)
	(25–9, 25–11, 25–8)

9 September 2008 19:30	Brazil (BRA)	'3'-0	Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: An Qi (China)
	(25–20, 25–17, 25–10)

5th-8th Classification Semifinals

{{{date}}}	Iraq (IRQ)	1–'3'	Brazil (BRA)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(13–25, 25–20, 16–25, 18–25)

5th/6th Classification

{{{date}}}	Brazil (BRA)	1–'3'	China (CHN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(18–25, 25–23, 18–25, 19–25)

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 9th out of 12 teams.

Players

Sérgio Alexandre
Everaldo Lima
Leandro Mirando
Irio Nunes
Nilton Pessoa
Heriberto Rocha
Douglas Silva
Erick Silva
José Marcos Silva
José Ricardo Silva
Gelson Silva Jr
Francisco Silva Sandoval

Results

7 September 2008
13:30

Australia

73–72

Brazil

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

8 September 2008
10:00

Brazil

41–87

United States

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

9 September 2008
9:00

Israel

73–60

Brazil

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

10 September 2008
20:45

Brazil

53–69

Great Britain

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

11 September 2008
18:30

China

46–65

Brazil

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Classification round semifinals

12 September 2008
9:00

Brazil	75–56	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25 - 11, 16 - 12, 16 - 16, 18 - 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (Canada)

Ninth place classification

16 September 2008
11:15

South Africa	46–68	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 19, 11 - 18, 9 - 19, 9 - 12

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (United States)

Women's tournament

The women's team didn't win any medals; they were 10th out of 10 teams.

Players

Vileide Almeida
Mônica Andrade Santos
Débora Costa
Andreia Cristina Farias
Helena Ferrão
Elizabeth Gomes
Naildes Mafra
Jucilene Moraes
Ozineide Pantoja
Cleonete Reis
Rosália Silva Ramos
Lia Soares Martins

Results

7 September 2008
15:30

Germany	62–32	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 6, 17 - 6, 16 - 8, 12 - 12

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 2443
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (Netherlands)

8 September 2008
13:30

Brazil

30–66

Australia

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

9 September 2008
17:45

Great Britain

61–29

Brazil

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing

11 September 2008
9:00

Brazil	38–68	United States
Scoring by quarter: 6 - 20, 13 - 18, 9 - 13, 10 - 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7684
Referees: Ziv Radomsky (Israel)

9-10th classification

14 September 2008
13:30

Mexico	54–44	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16 - 12, 8 - 11, 18 - 12, 12 - 9

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (Czech Republic)

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mauricio Pomme	Open	Men's singles	Hinson (USA) L 1-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Carlos Santos		Men's singles	Mossier (AUT) W 7-6, 7-5	Saida (JPN) L 0-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Mauricio Pomme Carlos Santos		Men's doubles	N/A	Fujimoto (JPN) / Ikenoya (JPN) L 2-6, 7-5, 1-6	Did not advance

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Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China
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Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Tonga Vanuatu

Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Medalists

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Boccia

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Equestrian

Individual events

Team

Football 5-a-side

Players

Tournament

Football 7-a-side

Players

Tournament

Goalball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Men

Women

Powerlifting

Men

Women

Rowing

Shooting

Men

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Men

Women

Teams

Volleyball

Players

Tournament

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Wheelchair tennis

Men

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