Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Portugal at the Olympic Games

Flag of Portugal – Flag bearers
IOC code  POR
NOC Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (Portuguese)
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 106 in 18 sports
Flag bearer Fernanda Ribeiro (opening)
Carla Sacramento (closing)
Medals
Rank: 47		 Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
2
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Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

A delegation with a record number of 106 competitors participated in 18 sports. Two medals were conquered this time, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprising victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance endurance events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class male team, reviving a successful sailing tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations.

In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing and in newly promoted beach volleyball, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a bahamese team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football team to the Olympics and, in the end, it repeated Amsterdam's fourth place.

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Bronze

Results by event

Archery

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th)
Round 1st half 2nd half Total
Pts 322 328 650
  • Elimination rounds — 148 pts (→ 58th)
  • 1/32 finals — Pawel Szymczak (POL) (→ lost by 152-148, did not advance)

Athletics

Men's events

100m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 10.65 (→ 6th, did not advance)

800m:

  • Round 1 (heat 5) — 1:47.73 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 3) — 3:42.01 (→ 10th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 4) — 3:38.09 (→ 5th, advanced as 4th fastest loser)
  • Semi-final 1 — 3:40.31 (→ 11th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:44.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

5000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 14:17.26 (→ 8th)
  • Semi-final 1 — 14:24.81 (→ 15th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 3) — 14:08.87 (→ 11th, advanced as 9th fastest loser)
  • Semi-final 2 — did not start

10000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:50.58 (→ 14th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 29:15.41 (→ 15th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — did not finish

Marathon:

20 km Walk:

50 km Walk:

400m Hurdles:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 49.09s (→ 3rd, did not advance)

3000m Steeplechase:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 8:35.58 (→ 8th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 8:48.16 (→ 11th, did not advance)

Long Jump:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 7,81 (→ 12th, did not advance)
1 2 3 Result
7,36 7,81 X 7,81

Pole Vault:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,60 (→ 10th, did not advance)
5,20 5,40 5,60 5,70 Result
XO O XXO XXX 5,60

Triple Jump:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 16,65 (→ 10th, did not advance)
1 2 3 Result
16,43 16,65 X 16,65

Women's events

100m:

  • Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.32 (→ 3rd)
  • Round 2 (heat 2) — 11.37 (→ 4th)
  • Semi-final 2 — 11.32 (→ 8th, did not advance)

200m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 22.95 (→ 3rd)
  • Round 2 (heat 3) — 22.98 (→ 5th, did not advance)

800m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:03.22 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 4:13.57 (→ 3rd)
  • Semi-final 2 — 4:06.70 (→ 5th)
  • Final — 4:03.91 (→ 6th)

5000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 15:57.35 (→ 11th, did not advance)

10000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 33:40.76 (→ 14th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 31:36.32 (→ 3rd)
  • Final — 31:01.63 OR (→ Gold Medal)

Marathon:

10 km Walk:

Discus Throw:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 62,02 (→ 5th)
1 2 3 Result
59,14 62,02 62,02
  • Final — 61,38 (→ 10th)
1 2 3 Result
61,38 60,48 60,02 61,38

Shot Put:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 15,91 (→ 12th, did not advance)
1 2 3 Result
15,91 15,62 15,60 15,91

Canoe/Kayak

Flatwater

Men's C-1 1000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 4:42.72 (→ 8th)
  • Semi-final 2 — 4:31.20 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's C-1 500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:01.58 (→ 7th)
  • Semi-final 1 — 1:57.95 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's K-1 500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:52.76 (→ 8th)
  • Repêchage 2 — 1:56.10 (→ 9th, did not advance)

Men's K-1 1000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:56.06 (→ 4th)
  • Repêchage 2 — 4:05.68 (→ 3rd)
  • Semi-final 1 — 3:48.86 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Men's K-2 500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 1:33.86 (→ 5th)
  • Repêchage 2 — 1:37.50 (→ 3rd)
  • Semi-final 2 — 1:31.56 (→ 6th)

Men's K-2 1000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:59.39 (→ 9th)
  • Repêchage 2 — 3:36.49 (→ 5th)
  • Semi-final 2 — 3:22.27 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Slalom

Men's K-1:

Run 1 Run 2 Result
Time (s) Pen. Total Time (s) Pen. Total
158.72 0.00 158.72 160.00 10.00 170.00 158.72

Women's K-1:

Run 1 Run 2 Result
Time (s) Pen. Total Time (s) Pen. Total
192.19 20.00 212.19 203.20 5.00 208.20 208.20

Cycling

Men's Road Race:

Women's Road Race:

Equestrian

Individual Jumping:

  • Qualifying round — 13.75 penalty pts (→ 69th)
Time Penalties Rank
Obstacle Time Total
111.50 12 1.75 13.75 69th
  • Qualifying round — 12.00 penalty pts (→ 59th)
Time Penalties Rank
Obstacle Time Total
102.37 12 0.00 12.00 59th

Fencing

Men's Individual Épée:

  • Round A — Vitally Zakharov (BLR) (→ lost by 15-11, did not advance)

Football

Men's Competition:

  • Group stage (A) — 5 pts (→ 2nd, 1 scored goal less than Argentina)
  • Quarter-finals
  • Semi-finals
  • Bronze medal match

Gymnastics

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

Round Balance Beam Vault Uneven Bars Floor Total
Ia 8.812 9.425 9.112 9.187 36.536
Ib 8.437 9.337 9.437 8.862 36.073
Total (Rank) 17.249 (81st) 18.762 (55th) 18.549 (66th) 18.049 (86th) 72.609

Judo

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):

Pool A

Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):

Pool A
  • Round 1 — Jose Perez (PUR) (→ won by ippon)
  • Round 2 — Francesco Giorgi (ITA) (→ won by koka)
  • Round 3 — Taro Tan (CAN) (→ won by yuko)
  • 1/4 finals — Udo Quellmalz (GER) (→ lost by ippon)
Repêchage A

Men's Lightweight (–71 kg):

Pool A
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Loris Mularoni (SMR) (→ won by ippon)
  • Round 3 — Vladimeri Dgebuadze (GEO) (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)

Men's Half Heavyweight (–95 kg):

Pool A
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Detlef Knorrek (GER) (→ won by ippon)
  • Round 3 — A. Sanchez Armentero (CUB) (→ won by ippon)
  • 1/4 finals — Pawel Nastula (POL) (→ lost by ippon)
Repêchage A
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Bye
  • Round 3 — Antal Kovács (HUN) (→ lost by shido, did not advance)

Women's Lightweight (–56 kg):

Pool B
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Ai-Chun Huang (TPE) (→ lost by yusei-gachi)

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Event Fencing Swimming Shooting Cross-country Riding Total
Vict. Def. Pen. Time Pen. Hits Pen. Time Pen. Time Pen.
11 20 0 3:23.35 0 171 0 12:45.69 0 75.07 30
Pts (Rank) 670 (28th) 1248 (19th) 988 (24th) 1270 (7th) 1070 (5th) 5246 (19th)

Rowing

Men's Lightweight Coxless Four:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 7:37.13 (→ 6th)
  • Repêchage 3 — 6:15.82 (→ 5th)
  • Final C — 6:27.07 (→ 3rd, 15th overall)

Sailing

Men's events

Finn:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Net
Place 16th 23rd 23rd 22nd 26th 7th 22nd 14th 16th 9th
Pts 16 23 23 22 26 7 22 14 16 9 178 129

Mistral:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
Place 14th 8th 9th 5th 2nd 4th 6th 12th 8th
Pts 14 8 9 5 2 4 6 12 8 68 42

470:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Net
Place 5th 10th 17th 7th 4th 8th 9th 5th 2nd 12th 15th
Pts 5 10 17 7 4 8 9 5 2 12 15 94 62

Women's events

Europe:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Net
Place 25th 24th 23rd 27th 25th 23rd 16th 24th 24th 25th 26th
Pts 25 24 23 27 25 23 16 24 24 25 26 262 209

Mistral:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
Place False start 16th 19th 21st 15th 23rd 23rd 19th 20th
Pts 28 16 19 21 15 23 23 19 20 184 133

Open events

Laser:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Net
Place 8th 3rd 10th False start 3rd 9th 11th 11th 12th 16th 7th
Pts 8 3 10 57 3 9 11 11 12 16 7 147 74

Star:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Net
Place 19th 15th 16th 15th 18th 14th 20th 18th 21st 14th
Pts 19 15 16 15 18 14 20 18 21 14 170 129

Shooting

Men's Trap:

  • Preliminary round — 120 hits (→ 13th, did not advance)
Round 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Hits 25 23 22 25 25 120
  • Preliminary round — 122 hits (→ 5th, did not advance)
Round 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Hits 24 23 25 25 25 122

Women's 10m Air Rifle:

  • Preliminary round — 375hits (→ 48th, did not advance)
Round 1 2 3 4 Total
Hits 95 93 91 96 375
  • Preliminary round — 377 hits (→ 47th, did not advance)
Round 1 2 3 4 Total
Hits 91 94 93 99 377

Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:

  • Preliminary round — 568 hits (→ 32nd, did not advance)
Position Prone Knee Standing Total
Hits 197 180 191 568
  • Preliminary round — 571 hits (→ 29th, did not advance)
Position Prone Knee Standing Total
Hits 195 185 191 571

Swimming

Men's events

50m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 5) — 23.73 (→ 5th, did not advance – 41st overall)

1500m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 16:34.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 4) — 57.59 (→ 7th, did not advance – 31st overall)

200m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.95 (→ 7th, did not advance – 29th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:17.28 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 18th overall)

200m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:01.58 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)

4×100m Medley Relay:

  • Heats (heat 4) — disqualified

Women's events

200m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.16 (→ 4th, did not advance – 29th overall)

400m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 4:27.19 (→ 8th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 5) — 1:04.84 (→ 8th, did not advance – 22nd overall)

200m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:20.49 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.73 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 34th overall)

100m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 1:02.98 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:17.61 (→ 7th, did not advance)

200m Individual Medley:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:22.03 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 33rd overall)

4×100m Medley Relay:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 4:21.61 (→ 7th, did not advance – 21st overall)

Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition:

Volleyball

Beach

Men's Competition:

  • Round 1 — Michel Everaert and Sander Mulder (NED) (→ won by 15-8)
  • Round 2 — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith (USA) (→ lost by 15-7)
  • 17th place round — Javier Yuste Muniz and Miguel Angel Martin Prieto (ESP) (→ won by 15-8)
  • 13th place round — Eduardo Esteban Martinez and Martin Alejo Conde (ARG) (→ won by 15-5)
  • 9th place round — Emanuel Rego and José Marco de Melo Ferreira (BRA) (→ won by 15-12)
  • 7th place round — Björn Maaseide and Jan Kvalheim (NOR) (→ won by 15-3)
  • 5th place round — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith (USA) (→ won by 15-13)
  • Semi-finals — Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh (USA) (→ lost by 15-13)
  • Bronze medal match — John Child and Mark Heese (CAN) (→ lost by 12-5, 12-8)

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight (–59 kg):

Group B — 237,5 kg (→ 14th)
Event Attempt Result
1 2 3
Snatch 102,5
Clean
& Jerk		 135,0
Total 237,5

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):

  • Round 1 — Luis Sarmiento Hernández (CUB) (→ lost by 5-0)
  • Round 2 — Armando Fernández (MEX) (→ lost by 7-3, did not advance)

Officials

References