Portugal at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Portugal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Montreal
Competitors	19 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Carlos Lopes (Athletics)
Officials	11
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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A delegation of nineteen competitors participated in six sports, conquering, for the first time, two silver medals in one Olympiad and one olympic medal in the athletics. The long-distance runner and future marathon olympic champion Carlos Lopes conquered, here in Montreal, the first of its two olympic medals.

Medalists

Silver

• Carlos Lopes — Athletics, 10000m
• Armando Silva Marques — Shooting, Trap

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 400m:

• José de Jesus Carvalho

• Round 1 (heat 6) — 48.47 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 800m:

• Fernando Mamede

• Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:49.58 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m:

• Fernando Mamede

• Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:37.98 (→ 3rd)
• Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:42.59 (→ 8th, did not advance)

• Helder Baiona de Jesus

• Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:44.20 (→ 2nd)
• Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:47.37 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Men's 5000m:

• Aniceto Silva Simões

• Qualifying (heat 3) — 13:21.93 (→ 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser)
• Final — 13:29.38 (→ 8th)

• Carlos Lopes

• Qualifying (heat 2) — did not participate

Men's 10000m

• Carlos Lopes

• Qualifying (heat 1) — 28:04.53 (→ 1st)
• Final — 27:45.17 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles:

• José de Jesus Carvalho

• Round 1 (heat 1) — 50.99 (→ 4th)
• Semi-final — 49.97 (→ 2nd)
• Final → 49.94 (→ 5th)

Men's Marathon:

• Anacleto Pereira Pinto — 2:18:53.4 (→ 22nd)
• Carlos Lopes — did not participate

Judo

Men's Lightweight (–63 kg):

• José Gomes

Group B

• Round 1 — Mustapha Belahmira (MAR) (→ forfeited)
• Round 2 — Osman Yanar (TUR) (→ won by jury decision)
• Round 3 — Hector Rodriguez (CUB) (→ lost by ippon)
• Repêchage — Marian Standowicz (POL) (→ lost by yuko)

Men's Light Middleweight (–70 kg):

• António Roquete Andrade

Group A

• Round 1 — Koji Kuramoto (JAP) (→ lost by jury decision)
• Repêchage — Juan-Carlos Rodriguez (ESP) (→ lost by koka)

Sailing

Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470):

• Joaquim Leça Ramada and Francisco Antunes Mourão — 137 pts (→ 21st)

Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	Net
Place	18	18	14	9	28	22	20
Pts	24	24	20	15	34	28	26	171	137

Shooting

Trap:

• Armando Silva Marques — 189 hits (→ Silver Medal)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
Hits	22	24	24	25	23	24	25	22	189

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle:

• José Gomes Pereira

• Heats (heat 6) — 55.46 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 5) — 2:02.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

• José Gomes Pereira

• Heats (heat 4) — 2:03.03 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle:

• Rui Pinto de Abreu

• Heats (heat 4) — 4:28.43 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 4) — 17:24.31 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay:

• António Botelho Melo, José Gomes Pereira, Paulo Frischknecht and Rui Pinto de Abreu

• Heats (heat 2) — 8:26.68 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.76 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 1) — 2:26.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke:

• Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio

• Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:

• Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio

• Heats (heat 3) — 2:41.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4) — 1:01.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4) — 2:20.54 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 3) — 5:11.48 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay:

• António Botelho Melo, Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio, José Gomes Pereira and Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 2) — 4:20.84 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):

• Leonel Duarte

• Round 1 — Mohamed Karmous (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Rolf Krauss (GER) (→ won by fall; –8pts: did not advance)

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

• Luís Grilo

• Round 1 — Ali Lachkar (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Doug Yeats (CAN) (→ won by fall)
• Round 3 — Joseph Sade (USA) (→ lost by 30:1; –8 pts: did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):

• Joaquim Jesus Vieira

• Round 1 — Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) (→ lost by fall; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Kazimier Lipien (POL) (→ lost by fall; –8 pts: did not advance)

Officials

• Luís Caldas (chief of mission)

References

• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978). Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 1: The organization (Retrieved on November 8, 2006).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978). Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 3: The results (Retrieved on November 8, 2006).
• International Olympic Committee – Olympic medal winners database