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.
Medalists
Gold
Bronze
Results by event
Men's Individual Competition:
- * Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
- * Elimination rounds — 148 pts (→ 58th)
- :* 1/32 finals — Pawel Szymczak
(POL) (→ lost by
152-148, did not advance)
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:
20km Walk:
50km 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)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Pole Vault:
- * Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,60 (→ 10th, did not
advance)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Triple Jump:
- * Qualifying round (Group A) — 16,65 (→ 10th, did not
advance)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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:
10km Walk:
Discus Throw:
- * Qualifying round (Group A) — 62,02 (→ 5th)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
- * Final — 61,38 (→ 10th)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Shot Put:
- * Qualifying round (Group A) — 15,91 (→ 12th, did not
advance)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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:
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Women's K-1:
- {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Men's Road Race:
Women's Road Race:
Individual Jumping:
- * Qualifying round — 13.75 penalty pts (→ 69th)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
- * Qualifying round — 12.00 penalty pts (→ 59th)
- :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Men's Individual Épée:
- * Round A — Vitally Zakharov
(BLR) (→ lost by
15-11, did not advance)
Men's Competition:
- Afonso Martins, Litos, Dani, Kenedy, Emílio
Peixe, Hugo Porfírio,
José Dominguez, Calado, José
Vidigal, Andrade, Nuno Afonso, Nuno
Gomes, Nuno Espírito
Santo, Paulo Alves, Costinha, Beto,
Rui Bento and Rui
Jorge — 4th
- * Group stage (A) — 5 pts (→ 2nd, 1 scored goal less than
Argentina)
- :*
July 20 | Washington D.C.
— Tunisia (→ won by 2-0;
goals by: Afonso Agra)
- :*
July 22 | Washington D.C.
— Argentina (→ draw 1-1;
goals by: Nuno Ribeiro)
- :*
July 24 | Washington D.C.
— United States (→
draw 1-1; goals by: Paulo Alves)
- * Quarter-finals
- :*
July 27 | Miami, Florida
— France (→ won by 2-1;
goals by: Nuno Rocha, José Silva)
- * Semi-finals
- :*
July 30 | Athens, Georgia
— Argentina (→ lost by
2-0)
- * Bronze medal match
- :*
August 2 | Athens, Georgia
— Brazil (→ lost by
5-0)
Women's Individual All-Round Competition:
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Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):
- Pool A
- * Round 1 — Ewan Beaton
(CAN) (→ won by
waza-ari)
- * Round 2 — Nigel Donohue
(GBR)
(→ lost by ippon)
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
- * Round 1 — Bye
- * Round 2 — Bye
- * Round 3 — Israel
Hernández Plana (CUB) (→ lost by
ippon, did not advance)
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 Kovacs
(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)
Men's Individual Competition:
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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)
Men's events
Finn:
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Mistral:
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470:
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Women's events
Europe:
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Mistral:
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Open events
Laser:
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Star:
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Men's Trap:
- * Preliminary round — 120 hits (→ 13th, did not advance)
- :{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
- * Preliminary round — 122 hits (→ 5th, did not advance)
- :{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Women's 10m Air Rifle:
- * Preliminary round — 375hits (→ 48th, did not advance)
- :{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
- * Preliminary round — 377 hits (→ 47th, did not advance)
- :{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:
- * Preliminary round — 568 hits (→ 32nd, did not advance)
- :{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
- * Preliminary round — 571 hits (→ 29th, did not advance)
- :{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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)
Men's Doubles Competition:
- * Round 1 — Mark Knowles and
Roger Smith (BAH) (→ lost by
7-6, 7-6 – did not advance)
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)
Men's Bantamweight (–59 kg):
- Group B — 237,5 kg (→ 14th)
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Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
- * Round 1 — Luis
Sarmiento Hernández (CUB) (→ lost by
5-0)
- * Round 2 — Armando Fernandez
(MEX) (→ lost by
7-3, did not advance)
Officials
References
| Round |
1st half |
2nd half |
Total |
|
| Pts |
| 322 |
328 |
650 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
Result |
|
| 7,36 |
7,81 |
X |
7,81 |
| 5,20 |
5,40 |
5,60 |
5,70 |
Result |
|
| XO |
O |
XXO |
XXX |
5,60 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
Result |
|
| 16,43 |
16,65 |
X |
16,65 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
Result |
|
| 59,14 |
62,02 |
|
62,02 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
Result |
|
| 61,38 |
60,48 |
60,02 |
61,38 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
Result |
|
| 15,91 |
15,62 |
15,60 |
15,91 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Time |
Penalties |
Rank |
|
| Obstacle |
Time |
Total |
|
| 111.50 |
12 |
1.75 |
13.75 |
69th |
| Time |
Penalties |
Rank |
|
| Obstacle |
Time |
Total |
|
| 102.37 |
12 |
0.00 |
12.00 |
59th |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
|
| Hits |
| 25 |
23 |
22 |
25 |
25 |
120 |
| Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
|
| Hits |
| 24 |
23 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
122 |
| Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
|
| Hits |
| 95 |
93 |
91 |
96 |
375 |
| Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
|
| Hits |
| 91 |
94 |
93 |
99 |
377 |
| Position |
Prone |
Knee |
Standing |
Total |
|
| Hits |
| 197 |
180 |
191 |
568 |
| Position |
Prone |
Knee |
Standing |
Total |
|
| Hits |
| 195 |
185 |
191 |
571 |
| Event |
Attempt |
Result |
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
| Snatch |
|
|
102,5 |
|
Clean
& Jerk
|
|
|
135,0 |
|
| Total |
| 237,5 |