Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes - 159 men, 66 women - competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals - only matched in 2008 - and 3 golds - surpassed in 2004 with five. The games were also the first in which Brazilian women won medals with the all-Brazilian beach volleyball final between Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (who won gold) and Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel. Men's 1,500 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Men's 400m
Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics Denmark competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Danish athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. The goal set out by Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union ("Dansk Idræts-Forbund", DIF) was seven medals. The distribution of gold, silver and bronze medals in this goal were not specified. Team Danmark and DIF believed Denmark had the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing, but hoped to see table