Portugal at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Portugal 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
Bronze	António Borges Hélder de Souza José Mouzinho	1924 Paris	Equestrian	Team jumping
Bronze	Frederico Paredes Henrique da Silveira João Sassetti Jorge de Paiva Mário de Noronha Paulo d'Eça Leal	1928 Amsterdam	Fencing	Team épée
Bronze	Domingos de Sousa José Beltrão Luis Mena e Silva	1936 Berlin	Equestrian	Team jumping
Bronze	Fernando Paes Francisco Valadas Luis Mena e Silva	1948 London	Equestrian	Team dressage
Silver	Duarte Bello Fernando Bello	1948 London	Sailing	Swallow class
Bronze	Joaquim Fiúza Francisco de Andrade	1952 Helsinki	Sailing	Star class
Silver	Mário Quina José Quina	1960 Rome	Sailing	Star class
Silver	Carlos Lopes	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
Silver	Armando Silva Marques	1976 Montreal	Shooting	Men's trap
Gold	Carlos Lopes	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	António Leitão	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
Bronze	Rosa Mota	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's marathon
Gold	Rosa Mota	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's marathon
Gold	Fernanda Ribeiro	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
Bronze	Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Men's 470 class
Bronze	Fernanda Ribeiro	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
Bronze	Nuno Delgado	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's 81 kg
Silver	Francis Obikwelu	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Silver	Sérgio Paulinho	2004 Athens	Cycling	Men's road race
Bronze	Rui Silva	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres
Gold	Nelson Évora	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's triple jump
Silver	Vanessa Fernandes	2008 Beijing	Triathlon	Women's competition

Medal tables

Medals per Olympic Games

Main article: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1912 Stockholm	0	0	0	0
1920 Antwerp	0	0	0	0
1924 Paris	0	0	1	1
1928 Amsterdam	0	0	1	1
1932 Los Angeles	0	0	0	0
1936 Berlin	0	0	1	1
1948 London	0	1	1	2
1952 Helsinki	0	0	1	1
1956 Melbourne	0	0	0	0
1960 Rome	0	1	0	1
1964 Tokyo	0	0	0	0
1968 Mexico City	0	0	0	0
1972 Munich	0	0	0	0
1976 Montreal	0	2	0	2
1980 Moscow	0	0	0	0
1984 Los Angeles	1	0	2	3
1988 Seoul	1	0	0	1
1992 Barcelona	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	1	0	1	2
2000 Sydney	0	0	2	2
2004 Athens	0	2	1	3
2008 Beijing	1	1	0	2
Total	4	7	11	22

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	4	2	4	10
Sailing	0	2	2	4
Cycling	0	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Triathlon	0	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	0	3	3
Fencing	0	0	1	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
Total	4	7	11	22

See also

• Sport in Portugal