Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Brazilian athletes won twelve medals: six silver and six bronze, in the first Summer Olympics edition without a gold medal since the 1976 Summer Olympics. The 205 competitors, 111 men and 94 women, took part in 96 events in 23 sports.

Summary

At the Judo competitions, two silver medals were obtained. Tiago Camilo lost in the final against Italian Giuseppe Maddaloni in men's 73 kg. Carlos Honorato lost the final of the men's 90 kg to Mark Huizinga from the Netherlands. Brazilians sailors conquered two medals in Sailing. Current Olympic champion Robert Scheidt was silver medalist in the Laser class after a very tough competition against British gold medalist Ben Ainslie. The 1996 Olympic champions Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira were bronze medalists in Star class. It was Grael's fourth of five Olympic medals. Brazil obtained four of those medals in Volleyball (three of them in beach volleyball and one indoor). Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede were silver medalists in Women's beach volleyball. They were current world champions and lost the gold medal match to Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst from Australia. Also in the women's competition, Brazilians Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires were the bronze medalists. Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos were silver medalists of the men's beach volleyball competition losing the gold medal match to Americans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana. The indoor medal was the bronze conquered by Brazil women's national volleyball team, repeating the same result of the 1996 Summer Olympics, in a match of 3 sets to 0 against United States. The bronze medal obtained by equestrians Luiz Felipe de Azevedo, André Johannpeter, Alvaro Miranda Neto and Rodrigo Pessoa in team jumping was the same result of the 1996 Olympics and with the same team. The swimmers Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges, Carlos Jayme and Edvaldo Valério conquered the bronze medal in men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. It was Gustavo Borges' fourth Olympic medal, a record number among Brazilian swimmers. Brazil women's national basketball team won the bronze medal in a match decided in extra-time against South Korea. At the Athletics competition a silver medal was obtained in men's 4 × 100 metres relay, by sprinters Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva and Claudinei da Silva. Cláudio Roberto Souza was also awarded a silver medal in the event because he took part in the relay in the heats.

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Women's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Mountain biking

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

One male fencer represented Brazil in 2000.

Football

Men's tournament

Head coach: Vanderlei Luxemburgo

Women's tournament

Head coach: José Duarte Brazil named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Handball

Summary Key:

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Nine men and three women competed in the eight events in the Sailing competition in Sydney. Men's Mistral Men's single-handed dinghy (Finn) Men's double-handed dinghy (470) Men's Laser Men's Tornado Men's two-handed keelboat (Star) Women's Mistral Women's double-handed dinghy (470)

Swimming

Men's 50m freestyle Men's 100m freestyle Men's 200m freestyle Men's 400m freestyle Men's 1500m freestyle Men's 100m breaststroke Men's 100m backstroke Men's 200m backstroke Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle Men's 4 × 100 m medley Women's 100m butterfly Women's 100m backstroke

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Brazil was represented by three men and three women. Two of the Brazilian women did not finish, giving Brazil the distinction of being one of only two nations (along with Great Britain) to have multiple competitors not finish the race. Men's individual competition: Women's individual competition:

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Women's team competition

Weightlifting