Brazilians athletes obtained two bronze medals, repeating the same performance of the 1972 Summer Olympics.

The sailors, Reinaldo Conrad and Peter Ficker, won the medal in Flying Dutchman.

The jumper João Carlos de Oliveira won the medal in men's triple jump.

He was the current record holder from altitude at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City.

The winner was two time defending champion Viktor Saneyev from Soviet Union.