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 (overview)
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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

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jose Carlos Alecrim	T46	800m	2:06.37	20	did not advance
		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
		1500m	4:29.80	17	did not advance
Ozivan Bonfim	T46	Marathon	—				2:35:31	5
Christiano Farias	T11	1500m	4:21.32	7	did not advance
		5000m	—				16:38.15	6
Felipe Gomes	T11	100m	11.55	8 q	11.57	7 B	11.72	4
		200m	23.90	8 q	DNS		did not advance
Pedro Guilhermino	T12	400m	56.14	13	did not advance
		800m	DNS		did not advance
Alex Mendonça	T12	10000m	—				33:48.45	7
		Marathon	—				2:44:50	17
Pedro Cesar Moraes	T12	100m	11.84	22	did not advance
		200m	DNS		did not advance
Yohansson Nascimento	T46	100m	11.18	5 Q	—		11.25
		200m	22.92	6 q	—		22.53	5
		400m	59.76	15	did not advance
Moises Neto	T46	5000m	—				DNF
		Marathon	—				2:41:32	9
Alan Oliveira	T44	200m	24.31	7 q	—		24.21	7
Andre Luiz Oliveira	T44	100m	12.12	10	did not advance
Nelson Pereira	T13	800m	—				2:02.81	7
		1500m	4:20.09	15	did not advance
Edson Pinheiro	T38	100m	—				11.30	4
		200m	23.62	5 q	—		23.46	6
		400m	—				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	—				DNF
		Marathon	—				DNF
Claudemir Santos	T46	200m	1:09.60	21	did not advance
Odair Santos	T12	800m	1:56.77	3 Q	—		1:53.73
		5000m	15:09.90	1 Q	—		14:50.35
		10000m	—				31:57.91
Tito Sena	T46	5000m	—				15:32.32	9
		Marathon	—				2:30:49
Jose Ribeiro Silva	T37	100m	12.58	11	did not advance
		200m	26.06	13	did not advance
Ariosvaldo Silva	T53	100m	15.46	6 Q	—		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	—		4:14.80	5
		5000m	—				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	—		49.54	4
		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	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		did not advance
Yohansson Nascimento Alan Oliveira Andre Luiz Oliveira Claudemir Santos	T42-46	4 × 100 m relay	—				45.25

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Leonardo Amâncio	F57-58	Discus throw	50.54 SB	947	7
		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
			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	—		DNS
Sheila Finder	T46	200m	28.01	14	did not advance
Terezinha Guilhermina	T11	100m	12.48	2 Q	—		12.40
		200m	25.16	1 Q	—		25.14
	T12	400m	57.70	3 Q	—		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	—		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	—		13.07
		200m	27.37	7 B	—		28.15	8
Jenifer Santos	T38	100m	14.69	6 Q	—		14.31	4
		200m	31.22	9	did not advance
Jerusa Santos	T11	100m	13.16	7 B	—		12.99	5
		200m	26.05	3 Q	—		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	—		26.85	7
		400m	1:01.46	8 q	—		1:02.08	7
Ana Tércia Soares	T12	100m	13.20	10 q	13.24	11	did not advance
		200m	26.95	10	did not advance

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Shirlene Coelho	F35-38	Javelin throw	35.95	1513
	F37-38	Discus throw	22.25	757	13
		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
		Shot put	6.68 SB	803	13
Rosenei Herrera	F35-36	Discus throw	13.42	623	11
		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
		Shot put	9.06	932	7

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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	—	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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

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

Men's track

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

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Individual events

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

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
			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

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		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	—		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	—		Sardarov (AZE) W 1101-0000

Women

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

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		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	—		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

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			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	—		4:15.50	5
Francisco Avelino	S5	50m backstroke	47.29	8 Q	47.28	8
	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:04.01	12	did not advance
Moises Batista	SB3	50m breaststroke	1:03.24	8 Q	1:01.87	8
	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
		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	—		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
	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:36.05	6 Q	1:36.51	7
Joon Seo	S4	50m backstroke	56.70	11	did not advance
		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	—		2:50.89	5
Luis Silva	S6	50m butterfly	36.24	8 Q	37.90	8
		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
	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	—		2:30.17
André Brasil Mauro Brasil Daniel Dias Phelipe Rodrigues	N/A	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		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	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:41.04	8 Q	4:40.01	8

Women

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

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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	—	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	—	3	did not advance
Welder Knaf	Men's singles C3	Feng P (CHN) L 0-3	Dollmann (AUT) L 1-3	—	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	—	2	did not advance
Luiz Algacir Silva	Men's singles C3	Unger (AUT) W 3-0	Rawson (GBR) L 1-3	—	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
		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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iranildo Espindola Hemerson Kovalski	Men's team C1-2	—	Austria (AUT) L 1-3	did not advance
Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva	Men's team C3	—	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	—	France (FRA) L 0-3	did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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)

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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)

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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

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

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8 September 2008 10:00

Brazil

41–87

United States

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 9:00

Israel

73–60

Brazil

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 20:45

Brazil

53–69

Great Britain

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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11 September 2008 18:30

China

46–65

Brazil

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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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)

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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)

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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)

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8 September 2008 13:30

Brazil

30–66

Australia

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 17:45

Great Britain

61–29

Brazil

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing

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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)

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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)

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Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Brazil at the Paralympics
• Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee