Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Portugal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Atlanta
Competitors107 (83 men and 24 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearers Fernanda Ribeiro (opening)
Carla Sacramento (closing)
Medals
Ranked 47th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

A delegation with a record number of 107 competitors (83 men and 24 women) participated in 79 events across 18 sports.[1] Two medals were won, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprise 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 Bahamian 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
  • Hugo Rocha and Nuno Barreto — Sailing, Men's 470.

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Nuno Pombo
  • Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th)
Round1st half2nd halfTotal
Pts 322328650
  • Elimination rounds — 148 pts (→ 58th)
  • 1/32 finals — Pawel Szymczak (POL) (→ lost by 152–148, did not advance)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's events

100m:

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

800m:

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

1500m:

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

5000m:

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

10000m:

  • Alfredo Braz
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:50.58 (→ 14th, did not advance)
  • Carlos Patrício
  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 29:15.41 (→ 15th, did not advance)
  • Paulo Guerra
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — did not finish

Marathon:

  • António Pinto — 2:16:41 (→ 14th)
  • Domingos Castro — 2:18:03 (→ 25th)
  • Manuel Matias — 2:20:58 (→ 46th)

20 km Walk:

  • José Urbano — 1:25:32 (→ 31st)

50 km Walk:

  • José Magalhães — 4:27:37 (→ 36th)

400m Hurdles:

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

3000m Steeplechase:

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

Long Jump:

  • Carlos Calado
  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 7,81 (→ 12th, did not advance)
123Result
7,367,81X7,81

Pole Vault:

  • Nuno Fernandes
  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,60 (→ 10th, did not advance)
5,205,405,605,70Result
XOOXXOXXX5,60

Triple Jump:

  • Carlos Calado
  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 16,65 (→ 10th, did not advance)
123Result
16,4316,65X16,65

Women's events

100m:

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

200m:

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

800m:

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

1500m:

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

5000m:

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

10000m:

  • Conceição Ferreira
  • 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:

  • Manuela Machado — 2:31:11 (→ 7th)
  • Albertina Dias — 2:26:39 (→ 27th)
  • Albertina Machado — 2:43:44 → (47th)

10 km Walk:

  • Susana Feitor — 44:24 (→ 13th)

Discus Throw:

  • Teresa Machado
  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 62,02 (→ 5th)
123Result
59,1462,0262,02
  • Final — 61,38 (→ 10th)
123Result
61,3860,4860,0261,38

Shot Put:

  • Teresa Machado
  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 15,91 (→ 12th, did not advance)
123Result
15,9115,6215,6015,91

Beach volleyball
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition:

  • João Brenha and Miguel Maia — 4th
  • 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)

Canoeing

Slalom
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank
Aníbal Fernandes Men's K-1 158.72 18 170.00 28 158.72 30
Florence Ferreira Fernandes Women's K-1 212.19 13 208.20 17 208.20 22

Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Silvestre Pereira C-1 500 m 2:01.58 7 QS — 1:57.95 7 Did not advance
C-1 1000 m 4:42.72 8 QS — 4:31.20 7 Did not advance
José Garcia K-1 500 m 1:52.76 8 QR 1:56.10 9 Did not advance
K-1 1000 m 3:56.06 4 QR 4:05.68 3 QS 3:48.86 8 Did not advance
Joaquim Queirós
Rui Fernandes		 K-2 500 m 1:33.86 5 QR 1:37.50 3 QS 1:31.56 6 Did not advance
K-2 1000 m 3:59.39 9 QR 3:36.49 5 QS 3:22.27 6 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Road Race:

  • Cândido Barbosa — 5:01:29 (→ 112th)
  • José Azevedo — did not finish
  • Nuno Marta — 4:56:49 (→ 78th)
  • Orlando Rodrigues — 4:56:45 (→ 39th)
  • Pedro Lopes — 4:56:45 (→ 48th)

Women's Road Race:

  • Ana Barros — 2:37:06 (→ 23rd)

Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Individual Jumping:

  • António Vozone
  • Qualifying round — 13.75 penalty pts (→ 69th)
TimePenaltiesRank
ObstacleTimeTotal
111.50121.7513.7569th
  • Miguel Leal
  • Qualifying round — 12.00 penalty pts (→ 59th)
TimePenaltiesRank
ObstacleTimeTotal
102.37120.0012.0059th

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Portugal in 1996.

Men's épée
  • Nuno Frazão
  • Round A — Vitally Zakharov (BLR) (→ lost by 15-11, did not advance)

Football
Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition:

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

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

  • Diana Teixeira — 72.609 pts (→ 66th)
RoundBalance BeamVaultUneven BarsFloorTotal
Ia 8.8129.4259.1129.18736.536
Ib 8.4379.3379.4378.86236.073
Total (Rank) 17.249 (81st)18.762 (55th)18.549 (66th)18.049 (86th)72.609

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):

  • Pedro Caravana
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):

  • Michel Almeida
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):

  • Guilherme Bentes
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):

  • Pedro Soares
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):

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

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Manuel Barroso — 5246 pts (→ 19th)
Event Fencing Swimming Shooting Cross-country Riding Total
Vict.Def.Pen. TimePen. HitsPen. TimePen. TimePen.
11200 3:23.350 1710 12:45.690 75.0730
Pts (Rank) 670 (28th) 1248 (19th) 988 (24th) 1270 (7th) 1070 (5th) 5246 (19th)

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight Coxless Four:

  • Henrique Baixinho, João Fernandes, Manuel Fernandes (stern) and Samuel Aguiar (bow)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 7:37.13 (→ 6th)
  • Repêchage 3 — 6:15.82 (→ 5th)
  • Final C — 6:27.07 (→ 3rd, 15th overall)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's events

Finn:

  • Vasco Batista — 129 pts (→ 22nd)
Race12345678910TotalNet
Place 16th23rd23rd22nd26th7th22nd14th16th9th
Pts 162323222672214169178129

Mistral:

  • João Rodrigues — 42 pts (→ 7th)
Race123456789TotalNet
Place 14th8th9th5th2nd4th6th12th8th
Pts 148952461286842

470:

  • Hugo Rocha (skipper) and Nuno Barreto — 62 pts (→ Bronze Medal)
Race1234567891011TotalNet
Place 5th10th17th7th4th8th9th5th2nd12th15th
Pts 5101774895212159462

Women's events

Europe:

  • Joana Pratas — 209 pts (→ 25th)
Race1234567891011TotalNet
Place 25th24th23rd27th25th23rd16th24th24th25th26th
Pts 2524232725231624242526262209

Mistral:

  • Catarina Fagundes — 133 pts (→ 21st)
Race123456789TotalNet
Place False start16th19th21st15th23rd23rd19th20th
Pts 281619211523231920184133

Open events

Laser:

  • Vasco Serpa — 74 pts (→ 7th)
Race1234567891011TotalNet
Place 8th3rd10thFalse start3rd9th11th11th12th16th7th
Pts 8310573911111216714774

Star:

  • Diogo Cayolla and Raul Costa — 129 pts(→ 21st)
Race12345678910TotalNet
Place 19th15th16th15th18th14th20th18th21st14th
Pts 19151615181420182114170129

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Trap:

  • João Rebelo
  • Preliminary round — 120 hits (→ 13th, did not advance)
Round12345Total
Hits 2523222525120
  • Manuel Vieira
  • Preliminary round — 122 hits (→ 5th, did not advance)
Round12345Total
Hits 2423252525122

Women's 10m Air Rifle:

  • Carla Ribeiro
  • Preliminary round — 375hits (→ 48th, did not advance)
Round1234Total
Hits 95939196375
  • Sara Antunes
  • Preliminary round — 377 hits (→ 47th, did not advance)
Round1234Total
Hits 91949399377

Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:

  • Carla Ribeiro
  • Preliminary round — 568 hits (→ 32nd, did not advance)
PositionProneKneeStandingTotal
Hits 197180191568
  • Sara Antunes
  • Preliminary round — 571 hits (→ 29th, did not advance)
PositionProneKneeStandingTotal
Hits 195185191571

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's events

50m Freestyle:

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

1500m Freestyle:

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

100m Backstroke:

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

200m Backstroke:

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

200m Breaststroke:

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

200m Butterfly:

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

4×100m Medley Relay:

  • José Couto, Miguel Cabrita, Miguel Machado and Nuno Laurentino
  • Heats (heat 4) — disqualified

Women's events

200m Freestyle:

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

400m Freestyle:

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

100m Backstroke:

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

200m Backstroke:

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

200m Breaststroke:

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

100m Butterfly:

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

200m Butterfly:

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

200m Individual Medley:

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

4×100m Medley Relay:

  • Ana Alegria, Ana Francisco, Joana Soutinho and Maria Santos
  • Heats (heat 3) — 4:21.61 (→ 7th, did not advance – 21st overall)

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Doubles Competition:

  • Bernardo Mota and Emanuel Couto

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (–59 kg):

  • Nuno Alves
Group B — 237,5 kg (→ 14th)
EventAttemptResult
123
Snatch 102,5
Clean
& Jerk		 135,0
Total 237,5

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

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

Officials
  • Vítor Fonseca da Mota (chief of mission)
  • Avelino Corbal Simões Azevedo (beach volleyball)
  • Nelo Vingada (football coach)
  • Agostinho Oliveira (football coach)

Notes
  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References
  1. "Portugal at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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