Brazil at the 1979 Pan American Games
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br
in San Juan 1–15 July 1979
Competitors	278 in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Arthur Ribeiro
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 9 Silver 13 Bronze 17 Total 39
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Brazil competed at the 8th Pan American Games that were held in San Juan,Puerto Rico from July 1 to July 15, 1979.

Medals

Medal Name(s) Sport Event Date Ref  Bronze Arci Zélia Kempner Cláudia Vasques Daisy Schmidt Archery Women's team [1]  Silver Antônio Ferreira Athletics Men's 400m hurdles [1]  Bronze Agberto Guimarães Athletics Men's 800m 9 July 1979 [1]  Bronze Agberto Guimarães Athletics Men's 1500m [1]  Bronze Altevir de Araújo Milton de Castro Nelson dos Santos Rui da Silva Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay [1]  Gold João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics Men's long jump 7 July 1979 [1]  Gold João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics Men's triple jump 9 July 1979 [1]  Bronze Men's basketball team Adilson Nascimento Fausto Gianecchini Evaristo Soares José Carlos Saiani José Geraldo Hélio Rubens Marcel de Souza Marcelo Vido Marcos Leite Milton Setrini Oscar Schmidt Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Basketball Men's tournament [1]  Bronze Francisco de Jesus Boxing Men's light middleweight (-71 kg) [1]  Silver Carlos Antunes da Fonseca Boxing Men's middleweight (-75 kg) [1]  Gold Men's football team Solitinho Cléo Cristóvão Mica Edson Boaro Gilcimar Jackson Jérson João Luiz Silva Luís Cláudio Luís Henrique Oswaldo Rogério Silvinho Valdoir Vítor Wagner Basílio Football Men's tournament 14 July 1979 [1][2]  Bronze Gilmarcio Antunes Sanches Hélio Araújo João Francisco Levy João Luiz Ribeiro Luiz Tadeu Braga Reinaldo Calinsque Gymnastics Men's all-around team [1]  Gold Luis Shinohara Judo Men's extra lightweight (-60 kg) [1]  Silver Luís Onmura Judo Men's half lightweight (-65 kg) [1]  Bronze Roberto Machusso Judo Men's lightweight (-71 kg) [1]  Gold Carlos Alberto Cunha Judo Men's half middleweight (-78 kg) [1]  Gold Carlos Pacheco Judo Men's half heavyweight (-95 kg) [1]  Bronze Oswaldo Simões Filho Judo Men's heavyweight (+95 kg) [1]  Gold Oswaldo Simões Filho Judo Men's open class [1]  Silver Men's roller hockey team Antônio Requena José Ricardo Frei Haroldo Requena Mário Alcoforado Maurício Duque Moacir Neuenschwander Paulo Peres Silvio Angerami Roller sports Roller hockey [1]  Silver Gilberto Gerhardt José Cláudio Lazzarotto Paulo Dworakowski Waldemar Trombetta Rowing Men's quadruple sculls [1]  Gold Laildo Machado Manuel Tereso Novo Wandir Kuntze Rowing Men's coxed pair-oared shells [1]  Bronze Edson Menezes Henrique Johann Oscar Sommer Raúl Bagattini Rowing Men's coxless four-oared shells [1]  Bronze Boris Osterbren Ernestro Neugebauer Sailing Snipe class [1]  Gold Joaquim Feneberg Mario Buckup Ralph Christian Sailing Lightning class [1]  Silver Eduardo Souza Ramos Manfredo Kaufmann Jr. Thomas Heimann Sailing Soling class [1]  Silver Bertino Alves de Souza Paulo Lamego Sylvio Carvalho Wilson Scheidemantel Shooting Men's 50m pistol team [1]  Bronze Dilson Reis Durval Guimarães Milton Sobocinski Waldemar Capucci Shooting Men's 50m rifle prone team [1]  Silver Flávio Bonet Francisco Alavaugarte Marcos José Olsen Paulo Monteiro Assis Shooting Men's trap team [1]  Silver Rômulo Arantes Swimming Men's 100m backstroke 2 July 1979 [1]  Bronze Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 200m backstroke 5 July 1979 [1]  Bronze Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 200m freestyle 2 July 1979 [1]  Silver Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 400m freestyle 5 July 1979 [1]  Silver Djan Madruga Swimming Men's 1500m freestyle 7 July 1979 [1]  Bronze Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga Marcus Mattioli Rômulo Arantes Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3 July 1979 [1]  Silver Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 6 July 1979 [1]  Silver Men's volleyball team Aloisio Alves Antônio Carlos Moreno Antônio Carlos Ribeiro Bernard Rajzman Deraldo Wanderley Helder Zech João Alves Grangeiro Neto José Montanaro Jr. Mario Xandó Netto Mauro Henrique Fialho Renan Dal Zotto William Silva Volleyball Men's tournament [1]  Bronze Women's volleyball team Célia Garritano Denise Porto Eliana Aleixo Fernanda Emerick Heloísa Roese Ivonete das Neves Jackie Silva Lenice Oliveira Dora Castanheira Isabel Salgado Mônica da Silva Rita Teixeira Volleyball Women's tournament [1]  Bronze Nelson Dias de Carvalho Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight (-90 kg) [1]

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 4 1 2 7 Shooting 1 2 1 4 Athletics 1 1 3 5 Rowing 1 1 1 3 Sailing 1 1 1 3 Football 1 0 0 1 Swimming 0 4 3 7 Boxing 0 1 1 2 Volleyball 0 1 1 2 Roller sports 0 1 0 1 Archery 0 0 1 1 Basketball 0 0 1 1 Gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Weightlifting 0 0 1 1 Total 9 13 17 39