Brazil competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 160 competitors, 127 men and 33 women, took part in 106 events in 21 sports. Brazilians conquered 6 medals in Seoul, but only one gold medal.
Aurelio Miguel Fernandez became the first Brazilian judoka to win a gold medal. He defeated Marc Meiling from West Germany in men's 95 kg category.
The previous Olympic champion runner Joaquim Cruz won the silver medal in men's 800 metres.
Men's Brazil Olympic football team was silver medalist led by Romário and Bebeto. They lost the final by 2 - 1 at extra time against Soviet Union
Robson Caetano was the first Brazilian sprinter to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the men's 200 metres.
The other two bronze medals were obtained in sailing. Together with Nelson Falcão, Torben Grael won the medal at Star class. It was Torben Grael's second olympic medal. Torben's brother Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas obtained the bronze at Tornado class.
Medalists
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
! Date
|-
| || Aurelio Miguel || Judo || Men's 95 kg || 30 September
|-
| || Joaquim Cruz || Athletics || Men's 800 metres || 26 September
|-
| || Men's Brazil Olympic football team<br/>
|| Football || Men's tournament || 1 October
|-
| || Lars Grael<br/>Clinio Freitas || Sailing || Tornado || 27 September
|-
| || Torben Grael<br/>Nelson Falcão || Sailing || Star || 27 September
|-
| || Robson da Silva || Athletics || Men's 200 metres || 28 September
|}
| style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; float:right"
|-
!colspan=5|Medals by sport
|-align=center
|Sport
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |
| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |
| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |
|Total
|-align=center
|Judo
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0
|1
|-align=center
|Athletics
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1
|2
|-align=center
|Football
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0
|1
|-align=center
|Sailing
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2
|2
|-align=center
!Total
! style="background:gold;" |1
! style="background:silver;" |2
! style="background:#c96;" |3
!6
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; float:right"
|-
!colspan=5|Medals by gender
|- align=center
|Gender
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"|
| style="background:#dce5e5;"|
| style="background:#ffdab9;"|
|Total
|- align=center
|Male
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3
|6
|- align=center
|Female
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0
|0
|- align=center
|Mixed
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0
|0
|- align=center
!Total || style="background:gold;"| 1 || style="background:silver;"| 2 || style="background:#c96;"| 3 || 6
|}
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|Archery
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|Athletics
| 14 || 6 || 20
|-
| align=left|Basketball
| 12 || 0 || 12
|-
| align=left|Boxing
| 3 || – || 3
|-
| align=left|Cycling
| 8 || 0 || 8
|-
| align=left|Diving
| 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| align=left|Equestrian
| 3 || 1 || 4
|-
| align=left|Fencing
| 4 || 0 || 4
|-
| align=left|Football
| 16 || – || 16
|-
| align=left|Gymnastics
| 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| align=left|Judo
| 7 || – || 7
|-
| align=left|Rowing
| 10 || 0 || 10
|-
| align=left|Sailing
| 14 || 2 || 16
|-
| align=left|Shooting
| 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| align=left|Swimming
| 11 || 4 || 15
|-
| align=left|Synchronized swimming
| – || 3 || 3
|-
| align=left|Table tennis
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|Tennis
| 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| align=left|Volleyball
| 12 || 12 || 24
|-
| align=left|Weightlifting
| 2 || – || 2
|-
| align=left|wrestling
| 2 || – || 2
|-
! Total || 127 || 33 || 160
|}
Archery
In its third Olympic archery competition, Brazil sent two men.
;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Round 1
!colspan="2"|Round 2
!colspan="2"|Total score
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Seed
!Score
!Seed
!Score
!Seed
|- align=center
|align=left|Jorge Azevedo
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2|Individual
| 1191
| 62
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|Renato Emilio
| 1225
| 43
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="2"|José Luíz Barbosa
|align=left|800 m
|1:46.32
|2 Q
|1:46.20
|3 Q
|1:44.99
|3 Q
|1:46.39
|6
|-align=center
|align=left|1500 m
|3:44.46
|33
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Jailto Bonfim
|align=left|100 m
|10.75
|5
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="2"|Joaquim Cruz
|align=left|800 m
|1:47.16
|1 Q
|1:46.10
|1 Q
|1:44.75
|2 Q
|1:43.90
|Silver
|-align=center
|align=left|1500 m
|3:40.92
|3 q
|colspan=2
|colspan=2|DNS
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Adauto Domingues
|align=left|3000 m steeplechase
|8:32.77
|5 Q
|colspan=2
|8:35.05
|11
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Agberto Guimarães
|align=left|800 m
|1:48.49
|5
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Sérgio de Menezes
|align=left rowspan="1"|400 m
|colspan=2|DNF
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Marcelo Palma
|align=left|20 km walk
|colspan=6
|1:31:42
|45
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Ivo Rodrigues
|align=left rowspan="2"|Marathon
|colspan=6
|2:26:27
|56
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Diamantino dos Santos
|colspan=6
|2:25:13
|48
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Arnaldo da Silva
|align=left rowspan="1"|100 m
|10.44
|2 Q
|10.25
|2 Q
|10.32
|5
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="2"|Robson da Silva
|align=left|100 m
|10.37
|1 Q
|10.24
|2 Q
|10.24
|4 Q
|10.11
|5
|-align=center
|align=left|200 m
|21.12
|1 Q
|20.41
|1 Q
|20.28
|2 Q
|20.04
|Bronze
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Gerson de Souza
|align=left rowspan="1"|400 m
|45.90
|1 Q
|
|
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}
;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Abcélvio Rodrigues
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Triple jump
|15.13
|35
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Jorge da Silva
|15.95
|22
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}
;Women
;Track & road events
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Angélica de Almeida
|align=left|Marathon
|colspan=6
|2:43:40
|44
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="2"|Maria Magnólia Figueiredo
|align=left|200 m
|23.71
|2 Q
|23.67
|6
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|400 m
|51.74
|1 Q
|51.32
|5
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Soraya Telles
|align=left|800 m
|2:02.48
|3 Q
|colspan=2
|2:01.86
|6
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan="1"|Tânia Miranda<br/>Suzete Montalvão<br/>Soraya Telles<br/>Maria Magnólia Figueiredo
|align=left|4 × 400 m
|3:36.81
|4
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|}
;Combined events – Heptathlon
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Athlete
!Event
!
!
!
! 200 m
!
!
! 800 m
!Final
!Rank
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 align=left|Conceição Geremias
!style="font-size:95%"|Result
|14.23
|1.71
|12.95
|25.50
|5.50
|39.64
|2:24.02
|rowspan=2|5508
|rowspan=2|22
|-align=center
!style="font-size:95%"|Points
|946
|867
|724
|841
|700
|660
|770
|}
Basketball
;Summary
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=6|Group Stage
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final /
|-style=font-size:95%
!Opposition<br>score
!Opposition<br>score
!Opposition<br>score
!Opposition<br>score
!Opposition<br>score
!Rank
!Opposition<br>score
!Opposition<br>score
!Opposition<br>score
!Rank
|-
|align=left|Brazil men's
|align=left|Men's tournament
|<br>W 125–109
|<br>W 130–108
|<br>L 87–102
|<br>W 138–85
|<br>L 110–118
|3 Q
|<br>L 105–110
|<br>W 104–86<br/> (Class. 5–8)
|<br>W 106–90<br/> (Class. 5/6)
| 5
|}
Men's tournament
;Team roster
;Group play
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----
----
----
;Quarterfinals
;Classification round 5–8
;Classification round 5/6
Boxing
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!1 Round
!2 Round
!3 Round
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Joilson Santana
|align=left|Bantamweight
|<br />W 5–0
|<br />L 0–5
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Wanderley Oliveira
|align=left|Welterweight
|<br />L RSC-2
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Peter Silva
|align=left|Light middleweight
|<br />W 5–0
|<br />L KO-1
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}
Cycling
Eight cyclists, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.
Road
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1|Cássio Freitas
|align=left rowspan=3|Men's road race
|4:32:56
|20
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1|Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo
|4:32:56
|63
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1|Marcos Mazzaron
|4:32:56
|66
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1|Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo<br/>César Daneliczen<br/>Cássio Freitas<br/>Marcos Mazzaron
|align=left rowspan=1|Team time trial
|2:07:11.7
|18
|}
Track
;1000m time trial
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Clóvis Anderson
|align=left|1000m time trial
|1:06.282
|10
|}
;Points race
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=3|Semifinal
!colspan=3|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Laps behind
!Rank
!Points
!Laps behind
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Fernando Louro
|align=left|Points race
|10
|1
|12 Q
|0
|3
|24
|}
;Pursuit
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Time
!Opposition<br />Time
!Opposition<br />Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|Antônio Silvestre
|align=left|Individual pursuit
|5:02.07
|20
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|Clóvis Anderson<br/>Paulo Jamur<br/>Fernando Louro<br/>Antônio Silvestre
|align=left|Men's team pursuit
|4:38.21
|19
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}
Diving
;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Preliminary
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
|- align=center
|rowspan=1|Ângela Ribeiro
||3 m springboard
| style="text-align:center;"|396.51
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Did not advance
|}
Equestrianism
Show jumping
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Horse
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="6"|Qualification
!colspan="6"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Penalties
!Rank
!Penalties
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
!Penalties
!Rank
!Penalties
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|André Johannpeter
|align=left|Heartbreaker
|align=left rowspan=4|Individual
|29.00
|46
|39.00
|36
|68.00 Q
|38
|9.50
|25
|colspan=4 |Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Christina Johannpeter
|align=left|Societao
|6.00
|67
|AC
|DNF
|AC
|DNF
|colspan=6 |Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Paulo Stewart
|align=left|Platon
|27.50
|47
|AC
|DNF
|AC
|DNF
|colspan=6 |Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Vitor Teixeira
|align=left|Going
|46.00
|29
|67.50
|7
|113.50 Q
|16
|8.75
|24
|colspan=4 |Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|André Johannpeter<br />Christina Johannpeter<br />Paulo Stewart<br />Vitor Teixeira
|align=left|See above
|align=left|Team
|colspan=6
|40.00
|10 Q
|35.00
|9
|75.00
|8
|}
Fencing
Four fencers, all men, represented Brazil in 1988.
;Men's foil
- Antônio Machado
- Roberto Lazzarini
- Douglas Fonseca
;Men's épée
- Antônio Machado
- Douglas Fonseca
- Roberto Lazzarini
Individual
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Elimination round
!Round I
!Repechage Round I
!Round II
!Repechage Round II
!Round III
!Repechage Round III
!Round IV
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final /
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Régis Avila
|align=left rowspan=1|Individual sabre
|43
|colspan=11|Did not advance
|}
Team
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Elimination round
!1/16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final /
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Régis Avila<br>Douglas Fonseca<br>Roberto Lazzarini<br>Antônio Machado
|align=left|Team épée
|<br>L 3–9<br><br>L 1–9
|colspan=4
|16
|}
Football
Men's team
Preliminary round (Group D)
----
----
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Gold-medal match
Team roster
- Claudio Taffarel
- Zé Carlos
- Jorginho
- Luís Carlos Winck
- André Cruz
- João Santos Batista
- Ademir
- Mazinho
- Edmar
- Andrade
- Careca Souza
- Milton de Souza Filho
- Geovani
- Neto
- Sergio Donizete
- Bebeto
- Aloísio
- Romário
Gymnastics
Judo
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!Repechage 3
!colspan=2|Final /
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|Sérgio Pessoa
|align=left|−60 kg
|
|<br />W 1000–0000
|<br />L 0000–0010
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|Ricardo Cardoso
|align=left|−65 kg
|
|<br />L 0000–0010
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|Luiz Onmura
|align=left|−71 kg
|
|<br />W 0010–0000
|<br />L 0000–0001
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|Ezequiel Paraguassu
|align=left|−78 kg
|<br />L 0000–1000
|colspan=9|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|Wálter Carmona
|align=left|−86 kg
|
|<br />W 1000–0000
|<br />L 0000–0010
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|Aurélio Miguel
|align=left|−95 kg
|
|<br />W 0010–0000
|<br />W 0010–0000
|<br />W 0100–0000
|<br />W 0100–0000
|colspan=3
|<br />W 0100–0000
|16x16px
|- align=center
|align=left|Frederico Flexa
|align=left|+95 kg
|
|<br />W 1000–0000
|<br />W 1000–0000
|<br />L 0000–0010
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|}
Rowing
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|Denis Marinho
|align=left|Single sculls
|7:48.33
|5 R
|7:22.84
|3
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"
|7:22.84
|18
|- align=center
|align=left|Ronaldo de Carvalho<br>Ricardo de Carvalho
|align=left|Coxless pair
|6:45.20
|5 R
|7:01.00
|3 FB
|6:54.89
|6
|7:28.30
|10
|- align=center
|align=left|Ângelo Roso Neto<br>Flávio de Melo<br>Nilton Alonso
|align=left|Coxed pairs
|7:27.68
|5 R
|NT
|4
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"
|NT
|13
|- align=center
|align=left|Marcos Arantes<br>Fernando Fantoni<br>Oswaldo Kuster Neto<br>Waldemar Trombetta
|align=left|Coxless four
|6:29.61
|6 R
|NT
|5
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"
|NT
|14
|}
Sailing
;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="3"|Athlete
!rowspan="3"|Event
!colspan="14"|Race
!rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!colspan="2"|1
!colspan="2"|2
!colspan="2"|3
!colspan="2"|4
!colspan="2"|5
!colspan="2"|6
!colspan="2"|7
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|George Rebello
|align=left|Division II
|13
|19.0
|<s>23</s>
|<s>29.0</s>
|23
|29.0
|9
|15.0
|13
|19.0
|13
|19.0
|17
|23.0
|124.0
|16
|-align=center
|align=left|Jorge Zarif Neto
|align=left|Finn
|19
|25.0
|17
|23.0
|18
|24.0
|16
|22.0
|<s>YMP</s>
|<s>21.0</s>
|11
|17.0
|13
|19.0
|126.0
|19
|-align=center
|align=left|Carlos Wanderley<br/>Bernardo Arndt
|align=left|470
|7
|13.0
|9
|15.0
|<s>DSQ</s>
|<s>36.0</s>
|19
|25.0
|6
|11.7
|13
|19.0
|1
|0.0
|83.7
|10
|}
;Women
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="3"|Athlete
!rowspan="3"|Event
!colspan="14"|Race
!rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!colspan="2"|1
!colspan="2"|2
!colspan="2"|3
!colspan="2"|4
!colspan="2"|5
!colspan="2"|6
!colspan="2"|7
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Cinthia Knoth<br/>M Pellicano
|align=left|470
|12
|18.0
|<s>RET</s>
|<s>28.0</s>
|16
|22.0
|14
|20.0
|RET
|28.0
|12
|18.0
|12
|18.0
|124.0
|16
|}
;Open
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="3"|Athlete
!rowspan="3"|Event
!colspan="14"|Race
!rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!colspan="2"|1
!colspan="2"|2
!colspan="2"|3
!colspan="2"|4
!colspan="2"|5
!colspan="2"|6
!colspan="2"|7
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Alan Adler<br/>Marcos Tenke
|align=left|Flying Dutchman
|4
|8.0
|3
|5.7
|6
|11.7
|13
|19.0
|<s>DSQ</s>
|<s>29.0</s>
|9
|15.0
|11
|17.0
|76.4
|7
|-align=center
|align=left|Lars Grael<br/>Clinio Freitas
|align=left|Tornado
|<s>8</s>
|<s>14.0</s>
|1
|0.0
|6
|11.7
|3
|5.7
|3
|5.7
|8
|14.0
|2
|3.0
|40.1
|Bronze
|-align=center
|align=left|Torben Grael<br/>Nelson Falcao
|align=left|Star
|1
|0.0
|7
|13.0
|2
|3.0
|11
|17.0
|2
|3.0
|<s>RET</s>
|<s>28.0</s>
|8
|14.0
|50.0
|Silver
|-align=center
|align=left|Jose Paulo Dias<br/>Jose Augusto Dias<br/>Christoph Bergman
|align=left|Soling
|3
|5.7
|6
|11.7
|<s>DSQ</s>
|<s>27.0</s>
|5
|10.0
|11
|17.0
|9
|15.0
|4
|8.0
|67.4
|5
|}
Shooting
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=1|Delival Nobre
||25 m rapid fire pistol
| style="text-align:center;"|586
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|}
;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=2|Maria Amaral
|rowspan=1|25 m pistol
| style="text-align:center;"|579
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|-
|rowspan=1|10 m air pistol
| style="text-align:center;"|369
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
|rowspan=2|Tania Fassoni
|rowspan=1|25 m pistol
| style="text-align:center;"|569
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
|rowspan=1|10 m air pistol
| style="text-align:center;"|372
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|-
|}
;Open
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=1|Rodrigo Bastos
|rowspan=2|Trap
| style="text-align:center;"|137
| style="text-align:center;"|40
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
Swimming
;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Final B
!colspan="2"|Final A
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|David Castro
| style="text-align:left;"|400 metre freestyle
|4:02.48
|33
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|1500 metre freestyle
|15:57.89
|32
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Jorge Fernandes
| style="text-align:left;"|50 metre freestyle
|24.40
|37
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre freestyle
|52.23
|33
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Júlio Lópes
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre freestyle
|1:53.16
|30
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|200 m individual medley
| 2:09.62
| 26
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|Cristiano Michelena
| style="text-align:left;"|200 metre freestyle
|1:52.34
|23
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|400 metre freestyle
|3:57.79
|23
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|1500 metre freestyle
|15:50.50
|26
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|José Moreira
| style="text-align:left;"|50 metre freestyle
|24.26
|33
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Emanuel Nascimento
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre freestyle
|52.41
|37
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Eduardo de Poli
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre butterfly
|56.37
|26
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|200 metre butterfly
|2:06.15
|34
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Renato Ramalho
| style="text-align:left;"|200 m individual medley
|2:10.32
|29
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|400 m individual medley
|4:31.95
|24
|colspan=4| Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"|Wladimir Ribeiro
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre butterfly
| 57.25
| 32
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|200 metre butterfly
|2:09.40
|36
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre backstroke
|59.76
|38
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|200 metre backstroke
|2:11.48
|33
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Rogério Romero
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre backstroke
|57.91
| 20
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|200 metre backstroke
|2:02.26
|8 Q
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|2:02.28
| 8
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Cícero Tortelli
|align=left|100 metre breaststroke
|1:05.50
|37
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|200 metre breaststroke
|2:28.82
|44
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Jorge Fernandes<br/>Cristiano Michelena<br/>Emanuel Nascimento<br/>Júlio Lópes
|align=left|4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
|3:28.17
|12
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Jorge Fernandes<br/>Cristiano Michelena<br/>Emanuel Nascimento<br/>Júlio Lópes
|align=left|4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
|7:32.11
| 10
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Rogério Romero<br/>Cícero Tortelli<br/>Eduardo de Poli<br/>Emanuel Nascimento
|align=left|4 × 100 metre medley relay
|3:53.21
|18
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Final B
!colspan="2"|Final A
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|Patrícia Amorim
| style="text-align:left;"|200 metre freestyle
|2:04.74
|25
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|400 metre freestyle
|4:19.64
|24
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|800 metre freestyle
|8:51.95
|21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Adriana Pereira
| style="text-align:left;"|50 metre freestyle
|26.56
|17
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre freestyle
|58.53
|34
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Mônica Rezende
| style="text-align:left;"|50 metre freestyle
|27.44
|31
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Isabelle Vieira
| style="text-align:left;"|100 metre freestyle
|59.15
|37
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Adriana Pereira<br/>Mônica Rezende<br/>Patrícia Amorim<br/>Isabelle Vieira
|align=left|4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
|3:56.29
|11
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented Brazil in 1988.
;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=4|Preliminary
!colspan=4|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Technical
!Free
!Total
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
|- align=center
|rowspan=1|Paula Carvalho
||Solo
| style="text-align:center;"|82.517
| style="text-align:center;"|83.80
| style="text-align:center;"|166.317
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|rowspan=1|Érika MacDavid<br/>Eva Riera
||Duet
| style="text-align:center;"|83.425
| style="text-align:center;"|87.60
| style="text-align:center;"|171.025
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
Table tennis
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Group Stage
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-
|Claudio Kano
|rowspan=2|Men's singles
|colspan=1 align=center|6
|colspan=7 align=center|Did not advance
|-
|Carlos Kawai
|colspan=1 align=center|7
|colspan=7 align=center|Did not advance
|-
|Claudio Kano<br />Carlos Kawai
|rowspan=2|Men's doubles
|colspan=1 align=center|5
|colspan=7 align=center|Did not advance
|-
|}
Tennis
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final /
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Luiz Mattar
|align=left rowspan=1|Men's singles
|<br>L 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 4–6
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Luiz Mattar<br />Ricardo Acioly
|Men's doubles
|
|<br>W 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
|<br>L 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Gisele Miró
|align=left rowspan=1|Women's singles
|<br>L 7–5, 7–5
|<br>L 5–7, 1–6
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary round
;Pool A
Semifinals
Bronze-medal match
Team roster
- Maurício Lima
- Wagner Rocha
- Paulo Roese
- José Montanaro Junior
- Paulo da Silva
- Renan dal Zotto
- William Silva
- Amauri Ribeiro
- Antônio Carlos Gouveia
- Domingos Lampariello Neto
- Leonidio de Pra Filho
- André Ferreira
Head coach: Paulo Freitas
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary round
;Group B
5th–8th-place semifinals
5th-place match
Team roster
- Kerly Santos
- Ana Moser
- Vera Mossa
- Eliani Costa
- Ana Richa
- Dora Castanheira
- Ana Claudia Ramos
- Marcia Cunha
- Ana Lucia Barros
- Sandra Suruagy
- Fernanda Venturini
- Simone Storm
Head coach: Jorge de Barros
Weightlifting
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Snatch
!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|Edwaldo Santos
|align=left| 67.5 kg
|120.0
|17
|140.0
|17
|260.0
|17
|- align=center
|align=left|Emilson Dantas
|align=left| 90 kg
|135.0
|19
|165.0
|21
|300.0
|21
|}
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=8|Elimination Pool
!colspan=2|Final round
|-style="font-size: 95%"
!Round 1<br />Result
!Round 2<br />Result
!Round 3<br />Result
!Round 4<br />Result
!Round 5<br />Result
!Round 6<br />Result
!Round 7<br />Result
!Rank
!Final round<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Floriano Spiess
|align=left|−100 kg
|<br>L 0–4
|<br>W 11–7
|<br>L 0–4
|colspan=4
|6
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}
;Men's Greco-Roman
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=8|Elimination Pool
!colspan=2|Final round
|-style="font-size: 95%"
!Round 1<br />Result
!Round 2<br />Result
!Round 3<br />Result
!Round 4<br />Result
!Round 5<br />Result
!Round 6<br />Result
!Round 7<br />Result
!Rank
!Final round<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Roberto Neves Filho
|align=left|−90 kg
|colspan=1
|<br>L 0–14
|<br>L 0–17
|colspan=4
|9
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}