The shooter
Felipe Wu, won the first Brazilian medal in the Rio de Janeiro Games. Wu came very close to taking the top spot on the podium in the
men's 10 m air pistol with 202.1 points, but the
Vietnamese Hoàng Xuân Vinh hit a brilliant final shot and won the gold medal with an
Olympic Record of 202.5 points. The silver medal
Felipe Wu won was the first Brazilian medal in
Shooting since the
Guilherme Paraense at
Antwerp 1920 Olympics. The first Brazilian gold medal was won by the judoka
Rafaela Silva in the
women's 57 kg .
Rafaela Silva beat Wazari the
Mongolian Sumiya Dorjsuren, the incumbent leader of the world ranking, in the final. The other 2 medals in
judo were bronze.
Mayra Aguiar and
Rafael Silva repeated the same results obtained in
London / 2012 achieved third places respectively in
women's 78 kg and
men's +100 kg events. In
gymnastics, three medals were won by Brazil.
Diego Hypólito was the silver medalist and
Arthur Mariano won the bronze in
men's floor. Diego redeemed himself from falls in
Beijing and
London, when he was a favorite to win a medal, and finally won his first Olympic medal with a note 15.533.
Arthur Mariano was the surprise of the competition by earning the bronze with a note 15.433. The gold medal was won by the
British Max Whitlock with a note 15.633. In the
men's rings,
Arthur Zanetti the incumbent gold medalist in
London, again made a great presentation in the rings and with a note of 15.766 to win the silver medal; the
Greek Eleftherios Petrounias won gold with a note of 16.000. The swimmer
Poliana Okimoto became the first Brazilian woman in history to obtain an Olympic medal in
swimming. Originally she finished in fourth place in the
Women's 10 km open water, but later was upgraded to the bronze medal with a time of 1:56:51.4 after the disqualification of the
French swimmer
Aurélie Muller. In
athletics, perhaps the most positively unexpected results happened for the host nation in
men's pole vault. The jumper
Thiago Braz da Silva won the second gold medal for Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in a thrilling duel with
French pole-vaulter
Renaud Lavillenie, the world record holder and gold medalist in
then current olympic champion. In the final, Lavillenie and Braz were the only two athletes to achieve the high of 5.93m and consequently they were the only two left to dispute the gold medal. Lavillenie managed to clear the next height, 5.98m, easily with his first attempt, but da Silva decided to skip 5.98m and went on to 6.03m. With a successful second attempt at 6.03m, da Silva set a new
Olympic Record. Lavillenie, having failed his first two attempts at 6.03m, attempted 6.08 with his final jump but failed, knocking the bar off with his knee.
Thiago Braz da Silva won the gold medal with an Olympic record and surpassing his personal best performance in 10 cm, despite never having won a medal in a senior global competition. In
canoeing, the first Olympic medals ever were won by Brazilians in the history of the sport.
Isaquias Queiroz was the first Brazilian athlete in history to win three medals (two silver medals and one bronze) at a single Olympic Games, and the first sprint canoe athlete from any nationality to do so in the history of the Olympics. The first silver medal came in the
men's C-1 1000 m. After a duel with
German Olympic and world champion
Sebastian Brendel, Isaquias Queiroz managed to keep up the pace and climbed the podium with the second fastest time (3m58s529). The bronze medal came in
men's C-1 200 m with a time of 39s628. Queiroz's third medal came in
men's C-2 1000 metres, together with
Erlon Silva. They stayed in the lead for most of the time of race, but they were surpassed in the final meters by
Germans Sebastian Brendel and
Jan Vandrey and took the silver medal with a time of 3m44s819. The third gold medal obtained by the host country was in
boxing.
Robson Conceição has made history on his home turf by becoming the first Brazilian boxer to take a gold medal. Conceição defeated
France's
Sofiane Oumiha in the
men's lightweight final with a unanimous decision. Conceição's achievement was particularly inspiring given his humble upbringing and after being defeated in his first fights in
Beijing and
London. The sailors
Martine Grael and
Kahena Kunze took the country's fourth gold medal in
women's 49erFX. They were the first Brazilian women sailor to win a gold Olympic medal. The competition was tight. The duos representing Brazil,
Denmark, and
Spain were tied when they reached the final, followed by the
New Zealanders one point below. The podium would be defined by their positions on the final race.
Martine Grael and
Kahena Kunze took the gold,
New Zealanders Alex Maloney and
Molly Meech the silver, and Denmark's
Jena Mai Hansen and
Katja Salskov-Iversen the bronze. Martine Grael continued the tradition of her family in
sailing at the Olympics: her father
Torben Grael is five-time Olympic medalist (twice gold) and her uncle
Lars Grael is a twice bronze medalist. In
beach volleyball, Brazilians took two medals.
Ágatha Bednarczuk and
Bárbara Seixas defeated in the semifinal the reigning Olympic champion
Kerri Walsh Jennings and
April Ross, the first defeat of Kerri Walsh after 26 Olympic matches; in the final of the
women's beach volleyball tournament, the Brazilians lost to
Laura Ludwig and
Kira Walkenhorst of
Germany by 2 to 0 and took the silver medal in the sands of
Copacabana Beach. In the
men's beach volleyball tournament, came the fifth gold medal.
Alison Cerutti and
Bruno Schmidt beat the
Italians Paolo Nicolai and
Daniele Lupo in straight sets, 21–19, 21–17. While this was the first Olympic medal for Bruno Schmidt, Alison took in
London/2012 the silver medal with then-partner
Emanuel Rego. In
taekwondo, a bronze medal was won by
Maicon Siqueira in
men's +80 kg category. He was the first Brazilian man ever to gain an Olympic medal in
taekwondo. In a dramatic bronze medal dispute, he beat the
British Mahama Cho at the last seconds by 5 to 4 and won the bronze medal. Finally, in the last two days of the competitions, two gold medals were won in the two most popular sports in Brazil. In the
men's football tournament, the gold medal was won by
Brazil national under-23 football team, ending a bad sequence of results with three silver medals
four years before in London,
Seoul 1988 and
Los Angeles 1984. In the campaign that began with suspicion after two scoreless draws with
South Africa and
Iraq, the team easily defeat
Denmark,
Colombia and
Honduras until they reached the gold medal match against
Germany. In the final at
Maracanã Stadium, there was a 1–1 draw, in which
Neymar scored in the normal time. In the penalties shoot-out, after eight flawless kicks, until the goalkeeper
Weverton defend the penalty shot by
Nils Petersen.
Neymar converted the decisive penalty, so the Brazil team won the penalty shoot-out by 5 to 4 and won the gold medal for the first time in Olympic history, in one of the most iconic moments of the
2016 Summer Olympics. The seventh gold medal and last medal won by the host nation in the
2016 Summer Olympics was in the
men's indoor volleyball. Coached by
Bernardo Rezende, the
Brazil men's national volleyball team had two defeats in the preliminary round, needing a victory against
France in the last match to avoid elimination. After that, Brazil defeat
Argentina in the quarter-finals and
Russia in the semifinals. Brazil reached their fourth consecutive final – the sixth in history – and re-edited the
2004 gold decision against
Italy. After two consecutive silver medals, Brazil triumphed the gold medal match by 3 to 0. Among the volleyball players
Bruno Rezende, coach
Bernardo Rezende's son won his third consecutive Olympic medal and
Sérgio Santos became the Brazilian team sports athlete with the most medals, as he participated in every men's indoor final since
Athens 2004. ==Medalists==