Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Brazil returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

.

Background

As the Great Depression

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

 had stuck the country, the delegation of 82 athletes travelled in a ship, the Itaquicê, selling coffee along the way to fund the trip. Since the San Pedro authorities charged one dollar for each person who disembarked in the Port of Los Angeles

Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles, also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT L.A, is a port complex that occupies of land and water along of waterfront. The port is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately south of downtown...

, the organizers only let out of the ship the athletes they felt had a chance to win medals plus swimmer Maria Lenk

Maria Lenk

Maria Emma Hulga Lenk was a Brazilian swimmer and to date is considered one of the greatest Brazilian female athletes....

 - the first South American woman to compete in the Olympics - to spend less. Afterwards, the Itaquicê went to San Francisco to sell more coffee, and there the water polo, rowing and athletics competitors got financed and authorized to leave, but 15 athletes still remained on the ship and did not compete.

Athletics

13 men competed. The most notable case was Adalberto Cardoso, who hitched a ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles and only arrived at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...

 ten minutes prior to the 10,000 m race he would run. Cardoso competed barefoot and finished last, but was cheered by the audience and earned a special medal.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adalberto Cardoso	10,000m Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres The men's 10,000 metres long distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on July 31 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.-Final:Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish-References:...	N/A						Unknown	13th
Antônio Giusfredi	110 m hurdles Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles hurdling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2 and August 3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.-Heats:Four heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the semifinals round.Heat one...	N/A		15.3	5	Did not advance
Armando Bréa	1500 m	N/A				DNF	AC	Did not advance
Carlos dos Reis Filho	400 m hurdles Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles The men's 400 metres hurdles hurdling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on July 31 and August 1 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.-Heats:Four heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the semifinals round.Heat one...	N/A		55.8	4	Did not advance
Carlos Joel Nelli	Pole vault Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault The men's pole vault event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 3.-Final standings:Key: NH = No height, OR = Olympic record, =OR = Equalled Olympic record-References:*, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-04....	N/A						NH	AC
Carlos Woebcken	Decathlon Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6.Points are listed by the scoring table from 1912 which were used to determine the winner. Adjusted points are points using the 1985 scoring table...	N/A						DNF	AC
Carmine Giorgi	Hammer throw Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw The men's hammer throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 1.-Final standings:Key: NM = No mark-References:*, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-04....	N/A						36.45	13th
Clóvis Raposo	Long jump Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump The men's long jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 2.-Final standings:Key: NM = No mark-References:*, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-03....	N/A						6.43	6th
Domingos Puglisi	400 m	50.8	3	50.1	5	Did not advance
	800 m	N/A				1:59.4	6	Did not advance
Heitor Medina	Javelin throw Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw The men's javelin throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 4.-Final standings:Key: OR = Olympic record-References:*, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-04....	N/A						58	11th
João Clemente da Silva	Marathon Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon The men's marathon long distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 7 started and finished at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.-Final:Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish-References:...	N/A						3h02:06	19th
José de Almeida	100 m	11.0	2	10.8	4	Did not advance
Lúcio Castro	Pole vault Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault The men's pole vault event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 3.-Final standings:Key: NH = No height, OR = Olympic record, =OR = Equalled Olympic record-References:*, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-04....	N/A						3.90	6th
Mario Marques	100 m	11.5	5	Did not advance
Matheus Marcondes	Marathon Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon The men's marathon long distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 7 started and finished at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.-Final:Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish-References:...	N/A						DNF	AC
Nestor Gomes	800 m	N/A				2:00.5	5	Did not advance
	1500 m	N/A				DNF	AC	Did not advance
Ricardo Guimarães	100 m	11.4	4	Did not advance
Sylvio Padilha	110 m hurdles Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles hurdling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2 and August 3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.-Heats:Four heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the semifinals round.Heat one...	N/A		15.4	4	Did not advance
	400 m hurdles Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles The men's 400 metres hurdles hurdling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on July 31 and August 1 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.-Heats:Four heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the semifinals round.Heat one...	N/A		55.1	4	Did not advance

Athletics

Brazil made its debut at water polo - but got disqualified after assaulting the officers in its game with Germany.

• Brazil vs. Germany: 3:7
• Brazil vs. United States: 1:6