Nelson dos Santos

Nelson Rocha dos Santos (born 8 May 1952) is a Brazilian former sprinter who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/nelson-dos-santos-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/nelson-dos-santos-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=23 May 2012}}

Nelson dos Santos finished fourth (1979) and sixth (1983) in the 100 metres at the Pan American Games. He was also a member of two bronze medal winning Pan American Games 4×100 metres relay teams in 1979 (with Milton de Castro, Ruy da Silva, and Altevir de Araújo Filho) and in 1983 (with João Batista da Silva, Gérson de Souza, and Róbson da Silva).

Personal Best: 100 – 10.22 (1979).

https://olympics.com/pt/atletas/nelson-rocha-rocha-dos-santos

International competitions

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{BRA}}
rowspan=4\|1975 \|rowspan=2\|South American Championships \|rowspan=2\|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|100 m \|10.7
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|40.8
rowspan=2\|Pan American Games \|rowspan=2\|Mexico City, Mexico \|9th (sf) \|100 m \|10.39
4th \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.18
1977 \|South American Championships \|Montevideo, Uruguay \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|41.4
rowspan=5\|1979 \|rowspan=2\|Pan American Games \|rowspan=2\|San Juan, Puerto Rico \|4th \|100 m \|10.33
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.44
rowspan=2\|Universiade \|rowspan=2\|Mexico City, Mexico \|8th (sf) \|100 m \|10.33¹
8th \|4 × 100 m relay \|42.82
World Cup	Montreal, Canada \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.70²
rowspan=2\|1980 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Moscow, Soviet Union \|23rd (qf) \|100 m \|10.45
8th \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.54
rowspan=8\|1983 \|rowspan=2\|Pan American Games \|rowspan=2\|Caracas, Venezuela \|6th \|100 m \|10.35
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.08
rowspan=3\|Ibero-American Championships \|rowspan=3\|Barcelona, Spain \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|100 m \|10.54
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 100 m relay \|41.00
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:07.62
rowspan=3\|South American Championships \|rowspan=3\|Santa Fe, Argentina \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|100 m \|10.3
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|200 m \|21.5
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|40.7
rowspan=2\|1984 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Los Angeles, United States \|29th (qf) \|100 m \|10.53
8th \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.40

colspan="6"|Representing {{BRA}}

rowspan=4|1975

|rowspan=2|South American Championships

|rowspan=2|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|100 m

|10.7

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.8

rowspan=2|Pan American Games

|rowspan=2|Mexico City, Mexico