In the men's 66 kg competition, Daniel Cargnin lost the semifinal to Japanese gold medalist Hifumi Abe and defeated Israeli Baruch Shmailov in the bronze medal dispute.

[16][17] Alison dos Santos got the bronze medal in men's 400 metres hurdles, in what has been described as one of the greatest races in Olympic history; Karsten Warholm of Norway won, setting a new world record of 45.94 seconds.

Germany's Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke clinched silver with a total score of 83 and double world champions Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz from the Netherlands picked up bronze after amassing 88 points.

In the Canoeing, The reigning World Champion Isaquias Queiroz and silver medallist in Rio/2016, finished with a time of four minutes, 04.408 seconds, ahead of China's Liu Hao and Moldova's Serghei Tarnovschi for his maiden Olympic title.

As a toddler he poured boiling water on himself and spent a month in hospital recovering, at the age of 5 he was kidnapped and offered up for adoption before being rescued by his mother, and 5 years later he fell out of a tree while trying to catch a snake and lost a kidney.

Abner Teixeira lost the semifinal to Cuban Julio César La Cruz in men's heavyweight and was awarded a bronze medal.

[23] Hebert Conceição won the gold medal in the men's middleweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in one of the most shocking fights in Tokyo, by knocking out Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak in the third round .

In the final against Spain, Matheus Cunha opened the score for Brazil in the first half and a Mikel Oyarzabal goal in the second half forced the match into extra time; Malcom scored the winning goal in the 108th minute, which lead Brazil to their second Olympic gold medal and seventh medal in men's football at Olympic Games.

Note that reserves in athletics, equestrian, football, handball, rugby sevens, and table tennis are not counted:[32] One Brazilian archer secured a quota place in the men's individual recurve by winning the silver medal and receiving a spare berth unused in the mixed team at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

[33] Another Brazilian archer scored a gold-medal triumph to book one of three available spots in the women's individual recurve at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey, Mexico.

Rio 2016 Olympian Ygor Coelho de Oliveira and debutant Fabiana Silva were selected to compete in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.

[41] Brazilian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.

[43][44] With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Brazil accepted the invitation from the International Canoe Federation to send a canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m to the Games.

[50][51] Brazilian equestrians qualified a full squad each in team eventing and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-three finish at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Rio 2016 Olympians Guilherme Toldo (men's foil) and 2019 world champion Nathalie Moellhausen (women's épée) claimed spots in their respective individual events as the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from the Americas in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Key: Brazil men's football team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the runners-up in the final stage of the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia.

Brazil women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the 2018 Copa América Femenina in Chile.

Additionally, Rebeca Andrade and Diogo Soares earned one of the two continental berths available per gender in the all-around competition at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil fielded a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete at the Olympics, by winning the gold medal in the team all-around competition at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

[74] Head coach: Marcus Oliveira Brazil women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.

[76] Head coach: Jorge Dueñas Brazil qualified a squad of 13 judoka (seven men and six women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 18 finish in the IJF World Ranking List of 28 June 2021.

Maria Iêda Guimarães secured a selection in women's event by finishing in the top two for Latin America and fourth overall at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.

[79] Brazil qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro.

[84][85] Skiff siblings and Rio 2016 Olympians Marco and Martine Grael, along with their respective partners Gabriel Borges (49er) and Kahena Kunze (49erFX), were added to the roster on 16 February 2020.

[89][90] Brazil entered twelve skateboarders (six per gender) to compete in each of the following events at the Games based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings List of 30 June 2021.

João Menezes secured an outright berth in the men's singles by advancing to the final match at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, with Thiago Monteiro (world no.

[103][104] On the women's side, Luisa Stefani and Laura Pigossi granted an invitation from ITF to compete in the doubles, as several tennis players opted to withdraw from the tournament.

Manoel Messias, Luisa Baptista, and Vittória Lopes were selected among the top 26 triathletes vying for qualification in their respective events based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021.

Nathasha Rosa finished seventh of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the women's 49 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with two-time Olympian Jaqueline Ferreira topping the field of weightlifters vying for qualification from the Americas in the women's 87 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

[114] Initially set to compete in the men's +109 kg category at his third Games, Fernando Reis was tested positive for a human growth hormone, which reportedly excluded him from the team.