Portugal at the Olympics

Portugal at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1952 • 1956–1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

The participation of Portugal at the Olympics began on Scandinavian soil, for both the Summer and Winter editions of the Olympic Games. With the creation of the Olympic Committee of Portugal (the Portuguese national Olympic Committee) in 1909, and recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the same year, Portugal was the thirteenth nation to join the Olympic Movement.

Three years later, it made its first appearance at the 1912 Summer Olympics, held in Stockholm, Sweden. Since then, Portugal has participated in every edition of the Games of the Olympiad, summing up a total of 22 presences, which make it the eighteenth most assiduous nation. As of 2008, Portugal has collected a total of 22 Olympic medals (four gold, seven silver, and eleven bronze medals).

The Olympic Winter Games had its first edition in 1924, but it was only 28 years later that they witnessed Portugal's first participation, at the 1952 Winter Olympics, in Oslo, Norway. Following a gap of 36 years, the nation was again represented at the 1988 Winter Olympics of Calgary, Canada, by a bobsleigh team. Since then, Portugal only missed two editions (1992 and 2002). At the last Winter Games, in Turin, Italy, a cross-country skier, Danny Silva, was the sole representative. As of 2006, Portugal is yet to win an Olympic medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Borges, AntónioAntónio Borges Hélder de Souza José Mouzinho	1924 Paris	Equestrian	Team jumping
3 Bronze	Paredes, FredericoFrederico Paredes Henrique da Silveira João Sassetti Jorge de Paiva Mário de Noronha Paulo d'Eça Leal	1928 Amsterdam	Fencing	Team épée
3 Bronze	Sousa, Domingos deDomingos de Sousa José Beltrão Luis Mena e Silva	1936 Berlin	Equestrian	Team jumping
3 Bronze	Paes, FernandoFernando Paes Francisco Valadas Luis Mena e Silva	1948 London	Equestrian	Team dressage
2 Silver	Bello, DuarteDuarte Bello Fernando Bello	1948 London	Sailing	Swallow class
3 Bronze	Fiúza, JoaquimJoaquim Fiúza Francisco de Andrade	1952 Helsinki	Sailing	Star class
2 Silver	Quina, MárioMário Quina José Quina	1960 Rome	Sailing	Star class
2 Silver	Lopes, CarlosCarlos Lopes	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
2 Silver	Marques, Armando SilvaArmando Silva Marques	1976 Montreal	Shooting	Men's trap
1 Gold	Lopes, CarlosCarlos Lopes	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's marathon
3 Bronze	Leitão, AntónioAntónio Leitão	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's marathon
1 Gold	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's marathon
1 Gold	Ribeiro, FernandaFernanda Ribeiro	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Rocha, HugoHugo Rocha Nuno Barreto	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Men's 470 class
3 Bronze	Ribeiro, FernandaFernanda Ribeiro	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Delgado, NunoNuno Delgado	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's 81 kg
2 Silver	Obikwelu, FrancisFrancis Obikwelu	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
2 Silver	Paulinho, SérgioSérgio Paulinho	2004 Athens	Cycling	Men's road race
3 Bronze	Silva, RuiRui Silva	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres
1 Gold	Évora, NelsonNelson Évora	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's triple jump
2 Silver	Fernandes, VanessaVanessa Fernandes	2008 Beijing	Triathlon	Women's competition

Medal tables

Medals per Olympic Games

Main article: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by sport

See also

• Sport in Portugal

National sports teams of Portugal A1 GP • Baseball • Basketball • Beach Soccer • Cricket • Football (Soccer) (F, M) • Futsal • Handball • Ice Hockey • Korfball • Roller Hockey (Quad) • Rugby League • Rugby Union (F, M) • Rugby Union Sevens • Tennis (F, M) Olympic Games