Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively.[1] This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.

Portugal at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in London
Competitors48 in 8 sports
Officials3
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Silver
  • Duarte de Almeida Bello and Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello — Sailing, Swallow (Golondrina).

Bronze
  • Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — Equestrian, Team Dressage.

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m:

  • J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 11)

Men's 200m:

  • J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 3)

Men's Long Jump:

  • A. Pereira Dias Cachulo — qualifiers

Men's Triple Jump:

  • Luís Alcide de Nunes Garcia — qualifiers
  • João Rodrigues Vieira — qualifiers

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Dressage:

  • Fernando Paes — 9th (411 points)
  • Francisco Valadas, Jr. — 10th (405 points)
  • Luís Mena e Silva — 12th (366 points)

Men's Team Dressage:

  • Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — 3rd (1182 points)

Men's Individual Eventing:

  • António Serôdio — eliminated
  • Fernando Paes — 25th (167½ points)
  • Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 8th (55 points)

Men's Individual Jumping:

  • Henrique Alves Calado — 18th (26 points)
  • Hélder de Souza — eliminated
  • J. Correia Barrento — 22nd (42½ points)

Men's Team Jumping:

  • Henrique Alves Calado, Hélder de Souza and J. Correia Barrento — eliminated

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.

Men's épée
  • Álvaro Pinto — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)
  • Emílio Lino — 1st round: 5th (poule 8)
  • Manuel Chagas — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)
Men's team épée
  • Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Emílio Lino, José Castro, Manuel Chagas and João Costa — 1st round: 3rd (poule 6)

Rowing

Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Men's coxed four — 2nd round
2nd (heat 4)
  • António Torres
  • Delfim José da Silva
  • José Joaquim Cancela
  • José do Seixo
  • Leonel Rêgo (cox)
Men's eight — semi-final
2nd (heat 3)
  • Felisberto Fortes
  • Albino Simões Neto
  • Carlos Roque
  • João de Sousa
  • João Alberto Lemos
  • Carlos da Benta
  • José Machado
  • Ricardo da Benta
  • Luís Machado (cox)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Joao Miguez Tito Firefly 15 10 10 7 8 14 11 2603 13
Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza
Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho		 Star 11 6 1 5 12 5 3 4292 6
Duarte de Almeida Bello
Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello		 Swallow 1 4 4 5 1 5 1 5579
Joao Félix da Silva Capucho
António Guedes de Herédia
Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço
Henrique Reis Goncho Sallaty		 Dragon 11 9 6 8 7 6 5 2123 9

Shooting

Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.

25 metre pistol
  • Carlos Queiroz — 54th (489 points)
  • José Maria Ferreira — 22nd (524 points)
  • Moysés Cardoso — 55th (465 points)
50 metre pistol
  • Moysés Cardoso — 42nd (485 points)
  • Carlos Queiroz — 46th (482 points)
50 metre rifle
  • Abílio Brandão — 57th (576 points)
  • Carlos Queiroz — 63rd (572 points)
  • José da Silva — 66th (570 points)

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m backstroke:

  • M. Alua Simas — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)

Art competitions
Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Officials
  • César de Melo (chief of mission)
  • Frederico Paredes (fencing)
  • J. de A. Machado (fencing)
  • F. Duarte (rowing)

References
  1. "Portugal at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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