Roma Olympic Games

With a team that was only the twelfth average height of the competition (1.86m) Brazil won the bronze medal, lagging behind only the Americans and Soviets.

Placement: Bronze Medal

Team: Amaury Antonio Pasos, Antonio Salvador Sucar, Carlos Domingos Massoni “Mosquito”, Carmo de Sousa “Rosa Branca”, Edson Bispo dos Santos, Fernando Pereira de Freitas “Brobró”, Jatyr Eduardo Schall, Moisés Blás, Waldemar Blatkauskas, Waldyr Geraldo Boccardo, Wlamir Marques and Zenny from Azevedo “Cotton”.

Technician: Togo Renan Soares “Kanela”.