Brazil was the 39th nation to enter the Beijing National Stadium during the Olympic opening ceremony . Sailor Robert Scheidt ( 1996 , 2000 and 2004 medalist ) was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony . . In the ceremony , it was present Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil . Lula and Carlos Arthur Nuzman , president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee , lobbied for Rio de Janeiro 's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic opening ceremony
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics