Portugal at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POR
Nocname:	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	19
Sports:	6
Rank:	30
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Officials:	11
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1912

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

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):

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):

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)

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