Brazil first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920, after missing the previous five Summer editions.

Volleyball (indoors and beach volley), sailing and judo are Brazil's top medal-producing sports in the Summer editions.

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was the host city to the 2016 Summer Olympics.

[2] This also marks the first time that a lusophone country hosted any edition of the Olympic Games.

One athlete from Brazil has been awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal: Vanderlei de Lima, a long-distance runner who was attacked by a spectator during the men's marathon at the 2004 edition in Athens, Greece, when he was leading the race.