Portugal at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POR
Nocname:	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1928
Website:
Location:	Amsterdam
Competitors:	31
Sports:	8
Rank:	32
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Officials:	9
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1912

Portugal competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A delegation of thirty one competitors participated in eight sports,^[1] with the fencing team grabbing the second Olympic medal for Portugal. Most of the competitors were part of the debutant Portuguese Olympic football team.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m:

• J. Artur Prata Rebelo de Lima — 1st round: 4th (12th heat)

Men's 200m:

• J. Artur Prata Rebelo de Lima — 1st round: 4th (13th heat)

Men's 3000m Steeplechase:

• Henrique Santos — qualifying round: 7th (2nd heat)

Men's 110m Hurdles:

• J. Palhares Costa — 1st round: 4th (9th heat)

Equestrian

Men's Individual Jumping:

• L. Ivens Ferraz — 15th (4 faults)
• Hélder de Souza — 16th (4 faults)
• José Mouzinho — 19th (4 faults)

Men's Team Jumping:

• José Mouzinho, Hélder de Souza, L. Ivens Ferraz and J. Frois de Almeida — 6th (12 faults)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Individual Foil:

• Sebastião Herédia — 1st round: 5th (poule 4)

Men's Individual Sword:

• Frederico Paredes — semifinalist (poule 5)
• Henrique da Silveira — 2nd round: non qualified (poule 3)
• Paulo d'Eça Leal — 2nd round: non qualified (poule 2)

Men's Team Sword:

• Frederico Paredes, Henrique da Silveira, João Sassetti, Jorge de Paiva, Mário de Noronha and Paulo d'Eça Leal —

3rd

Football

See main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Tournament:

• Carlo Alves, Armando Martins, Augusto Silva, Óscar de Carvalho, César de Matos, Tamanqueiro, Anibal José, João Santos, José Manuel Martins, Liberto dos Santos, Valdemar Mota, Pepe, Ramos, António Roquete, Cipriano Santos, Tavares, Jorge Gomes Vieira and Vítor Silva — quarterfinalists (5th - 8th)

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Tournament:

• Sebastião de Freitas Branco de Herédia — 31st (133 points)
  1. Shooting — 36th (132 points)
  2. Swimming — 18th (6.01 min)
  3. Fencing — 20th
  4. Cross-country — 27th (16.40,2 min)
  5. Horse-riding — 32nd

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's 6m:

• Frederico Guilherme Burnay, Ernesto Vieira de Mendonça, António Guedes de Herédia and Carlos Bleck — 12th

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Feather Weight (–60 kg):

• A. Pereira — 11th

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Greco-Roman Feather Weight (58–60 kg):

• B. Esteves Araújo — 3rd round

Officials

• Manuel da Costa Latino (chief of mission, athletics, equestrian, fencing, sailing)
• P. Duro (athletics)
• J. Formosinho Simões (equestrian, modern pentathlon, sailing)
• L. Ivens Ferraz (fencing)
• J. Frois de Almeida (fencing)
• R. Ayres de Magalhães (fencing)
• Hélder Martinez (fencing)
• Cardoso (fencing)
• C. de Mello (weightlifting)
• J. Pontes (weightlifting)

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Portugal at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060026/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POR/summer/1928/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-04-30 . sports-reference.com.