Brazil at the 1955 Pan American Games

Brazil at the
1955 Pan American Games
Brazil at the; 1955 Pan American Games
IOC code	BRA
NOC	Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cob.org.br
in Mexico City; March 12 - March 26, 1955
Competitors	135 in 17 sports
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 13 Total 18
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
	1951; 1955; 1959; 1963; 1967; 1971; 1975; 1979; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Brazil competed at the 2nd Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico from March 12 to March 26, 1955.

Medals

Medal	Name(s)	Sport	Event	Date	Ref
Bronze	José Telles da Conceição	Athletics	Men's high jump	13 March 1955	^[1]
Bronze	Ary de Sá	Athletics	Men's long jump	14 March 1955	^[1]
Bronze	Wilson Carneiro	Athletics	Men's 400m hurdles	14 March 1955	^[1]
Gold	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva	Athletics	Men's triple jump	16 March 1955	^[1]
Bronze	José Telles da Conceição	Athletics	Men's 200m	16 March 1955	^[1]^[2]
Bronze	Wanda dos Santos	Athletics	Women's 80m hurdles	17 March 1955	^[1]
Silver	Deyse de Castro	Athletics	Women's high jump	17 March 1955	^[1]
Bronze	Men's basketball team Wlamir Marques Amaury Pasos Almir Nelson de Almeida Mayr Facci Wilson Bombarda Edson Bispo Pedro Vicente Fonseca Leonardo Ribeiro Paraíso Moacyr Penha Ribeiro Carlos Marino Willi Pecher Zenny de Azevedo	Basketball	Men's tournament	24 March 1955	^[1]
Bronze	Women's basketball team Neuci Ramos da Silva Agláe Giorgio Nair Kanawatti Wanda Lima Bezerra Eugenia Rindeika Isaura Marli Alvares Marlene José Bento Zilah Helen Santos Maria Helena Cardoso Zilda Ulbrich Laura Rodrigues Nivea Figueiredo Silva	Basketball	Women's tournament		^[1]
Bronze	Celestino Pinto	Boxing	Men's light welterweight (-63,5 kg)		^[1]
Gold	Luiz Ignácio	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight (-81 kg)		^[1]
Silver	Adão Waldemar	Boxing	Men's heavyweight (+81 kg)		^[1]
Bronze	Ingrid Metzner	Tennis	Women's singles		^[1]
Bronze	Ingrid Metzner Maria Esther Bueno	Tennis	Women's doubles		^[1]
Bronze	Men's volleyball team Atila Gonçalves Martins Fernando Pavan Gilberto Geraldo Barcelos Jorge Almeida Belo Jorge Bittencourt José Gil Mendonça Lucio Cunha Figueiredo Mário Figueira Sobrinho Oscar Cunha Pinheiro Parker Gilbert Carvalho Reginaldo Lyra Silva Urbano Santiago	Volleyball	Men's tournament		^[1]
Bronze	Women's volleyball team Celma de Araújo Helena Valente Duarte Hildergarde Lassen Isaura Marli Alvares Lillian Collier Maria Imaculada Machado Maria José Barros Marlene Schenkel Norma Rosa Vaz Sônia Freire Araújo Vera Trezoitko Zilda Ulbrich	Volleyball	Women's tournament		^[1]
Bronze	Men's water polo team Adhemar Grijó Filho Amaury Fonseca Denir Ribeiro Edson Peri Eduardo Alijó Everaldo Cruz Hilton de Almeida Márvio dos Santos Roberto de Araújo Rodney Bell Rolf Kestener	Water polo	Men's tournament		^[1]
Silver	Bruno Barabani	Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight (-90 kg)		^[1]

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	1	5	7
Boxing	1	1	1	3
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Basketball	0	0	2	2
Tennis	0	0	2	2
Volleyball	0	0	2	2
Waterpolo	0	0	1	1
Total	2	3	13	18

References

(in Portuguese) Official website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Medalhistas Brasileiros - Cidade do México 1955". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
↑ "Pan-American Games, Mexico City 1955" (PDF). atfs.org. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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[Folha_1955-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Medalhistas Brasileiros - Cidade do México 1955". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[2] "Pan-American Games, Mexico City 1955" (PDF). atfs.org. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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