Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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 at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeBRA
NPCBrazilian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.cpb.org.br
in Beijing
Competitors188 in 17 sports
Flag bearer Antônio Tenório Silva
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
16
Silver
14
Bronze
17
Total
47
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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
 GoldLucas PradoAthleticsMen's 100 m - T11
 GoldTerezinha GuilherminaAthleticsWomen's 200 m - T11
 GoldLucas PradoAthleticsMen's 200 m - T11
 GoldLucas PradoAthleticsMen's 400 m - T11
 GoldDirceu PintoBocciaMixed individual - BC4
 GoldDirceu Pinto
Eliseu Santos		BocciaMixed pairs - BC4
 GoldBrazil 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-sideMen's Football 5-a-side - B1
 GoldAntônio Tenório SilvaJudoMen's 100 kg
 GoldAndré BrasilSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle - S10
 GoldDaniel DiasSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle - S5
 GoldAndré BrasilSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle - S10
 GoldDaniel DiasSwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle - S5
 GoldAndré BrasilSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle - S10
 GoldDaniel DiasSwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke - S5
 GoldAndré BrasilSwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly - S10
 GoldDaniel DiasSwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley - SM5
 SilverTito SenaAthleticsMen's marathon - T46
 SilverAndré Luiz Oliveira
Yohansson Nascimento
Claudemir Santos
Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay - T42-46
 SilverTerezinha GuilherminaAthleticsWomen's 100 m - T11
 SilverShirlene CoelhoAthleticsWomen's javelin throw - F35-38
 SilverDaniel DiasSwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke - SB4
 SilverDaniel DiasSwimmingMen's 50 m butterfly - S5
 SilverKarla CardosoJudo Women's 48 kg
 SilverDeanne SilvaJudo Women's +70 kg
 SilverAndré BrasilSwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley - SM10
 SilverDaniel Dias
Ivanildo Vasconcelos
Luis Silva
Clodoaldo Silva		SwimmingMen's 4x50 m medley relay - 20 pts
 SilverDaniel DiasSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle - S5
 SilverPhelipe RodriguesSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle - S10
 SilverPhelipe RodriguesSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle - S10
 SilverWelder Knaf
Luiz Algacir Silva		Table tennisMen's team - Class 3
 BronzeOdair SantosAthleticsMen's 800 m - T12
 BronzeOdair SantosAthleticsMen's 5000 m - T13
 BronzeOdair SantosAthleticsMen's 10000 m - T12
 BronzeÁdria SantosAthleticsWomen's 100 m - T11
 BronzeJerusa SantosAthleticsWomen's 200 m - T11
 BronzeYohansson NascimentoAthleticsMen's 100 m - T46
 BronzeTerezinha GuilherminaAthleticsWomen's 400 m - T12
 BronzeEliseu SantosBocciaMixed individual - BC4
 BronzeMarcos AlvesEquestrianIndividual championship test - Grade Ib
 BronzeMarcos AlvesEquestrianIndividual freestyle test - Grade Ib
 BronzeMichelle FerreiraJudoWomen's 52 kg
 BronzeDaniele SilvaJudoWomen's 57 kg
 BronzeElton Santana
Josiane Lima		RowingMixed double sculls - TA
 BronzeVerônica AlmeidaSwimmingWomen's 50 m butterfly - S7
 BronzeEdênia GarciaSwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle - S4
 BronzeFabiana SugimoriSwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle - S11
 BronzeClodoaldo Silva
Joon Seo
Daniel Dias
Adriano Lima		SwimmingMen'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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m 23.24 3 Q 22.71 PR 1 Q 22.48 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400m 51.84 2 Q 51.84 2 Q 50.27 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
5000m 15:09.90 1 Q — 14:50.35 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
10000m — 31:57.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tito Sena T46 5000m — 15:32.32 9
Marathon — 2:30:49 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200m 25.16 1 Q — 25.14 1st place, gold medalist(s)
T12 400m 57.70 3 Q — 57.02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
 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		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 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		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib 67.333 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
Brazil 3 - 0 South Korea
Spain 1 - 0 Brazil
Brazil 0 – 0 Argentina
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)
Great Britain 0 - 5 Brazil
Brazil 1 - 1 China
Gold medal match
China 1 - 2 Brazil
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

Tournament
Brazil 1 - 0 Netherlands
China 0 - 8 Brazil
Brazil 0 - 3 Russia
Semi final
Ukraine 6 - 0 Brazil
Bronze medal match
Brazil 0 - 4 Iran
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
Sweden 8 - 6 Brazil
Brazil 5 - 8 Iran
United States 6 - 4 Brazil
Brazil 4 - 14 China
Canada 3 - 6 Brazil
11/12th classification
Brazil 7 - 3 Spain

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
Brazil 3 - 5 China
Canada 5 - 6 Brazil
Brazil 3 - 1 Germany
United States 2 - 2 Brazil
Brazil 4 - 5 Sweden
Japan 3 - 1 Brazil
Brazil 0–0 Denmark

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Karla Cardoso Women's 48kg —  Halinska (UKR)
W 0200–0000		  M Gonzalez (CUB)
W 0002-0001		 —  Guo H (CHN)
L 0000-1010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Daniele Silva Women's 57kg  Merenciano (ESP)
L 0042-0101		 —  Buzmakova (RUS)
W 1000-0000		  Karkar (ALG)
W 0100-0000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Deanne Silva Women's +70kg  de Pinies (ESP)
W 1000-0010		 —  Komatsu (JPN)
W 1011-0000		 —  Yuan Y (CHN)
L 0000-1010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50m freestyle 24.55 1 Q 23.61 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m freestyle 54.27 1 Q 51.38 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400m freestyle 4:23.48 4 Q 4:05.84 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SM10 200m individual medley 2:20.40 6 Q 2:14.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50m butterfly 38.79 3 Q 36.25 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50m freestyle 34.95 5 Q 33.56 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:14.14 1 Q 1:11.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m freestyle — 2:32.32 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SB4 100m breaststroke 1:41.74 2 Q 1:40.39 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
SM5 200m individual medley 2:59.04 PR 1 Q 2:52.60 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m freestyle 55.07 4 Q 54.22 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rildene Firmino SM4 150m individual medley — 4:05.00 6
Edênia Garcia S4 50m freestyle — 53.28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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)
 
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
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
8 September 2008
10:00
 Brazil 41–87  United States
9 September 2008
9:00
 Israel 73–60  Brazil
10 September 2008
20:45
 Brazil 53–69  Great Britain
11 September 2008
18:30
 China 46–65  Brazil
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
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
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

References
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