Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POR
Nocname:	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	81
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Nuno Delgado (opening) Emanuel Silva (closing)
Rank:	60
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1912

Portugal competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Portuguese athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912. The Olympic Committee of Portugal sent the nation's second-largest team to the Games. A total of 81 athletes, 64 men and 17 women, were selected by the committee to participate in 15 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Portugal had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in badminton, canoeing, equestrian, artistic and trampoline gymnastics, triathlon, and wrestling, which made its official Olympic comeback after an eight-year absence.

Twenty-four Portuguese athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including two returning Olympic medalists: long-distance runner and former champion Fernanda Ribeiro and lightweight judoka Nuno Delgado, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1] Mistral windsurfer and multiple-time European champion João Rodrigues and middle-distance runner Carla Sacramento shared their experiences at these Games as the only athletes who made their fourth Olympic appearance. Equestrian rider Carlos Grave, aged 46, was the oldest athlete of the team, while breaststroke swimmer Diana Gomes was the youngest at age 15. Among the Portuguese athletes on the team, two of them had acquired dual citizenship to compete for Portugal: former hurdler Naide Gomes from São Tomé and Príncipe in the women's heptathlon, and sprinter Francis Obikwelu on his third Olympic bid after he previously joined the Nigerian squad in Atlanta and Sydney.^[2]

Portugal left Athens with only three Olympic medals, two silver and one bronze, improving the nation's stark medal tally from Sydney four years earlier. The highlight of the Games for the Portuguese team came on the first day with a historic milestone for Sérgio Paulinho, as the nation's first-ever cyclist to claim a silver medal in the men's road race.^[3] The remaining medals were awarded to the athletes in the track and field. On August 22, 2004, Obikwelu challenged the Americans in the men's 100 metres, but he managed to settle only for the silver.^[4] Meanwhile, Rui Silva added another medal for Portugal with a blistering bronze in the men's 1500 metres, which was dominated by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj.^[5]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Portuguese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[6] [7]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alberto Chaíça	Marathon	2:14:17	8
Jorge Costa	50 km walk	4:12:24	34
Manuel Damião	1500 m	3:39.94	8 q	3:37.16	8	Did not advance
Pedro Martins	50 km walk
Edivaldo Monteiro	400 m hurdles	49.53	4 q	49.26	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Francis Obikwelu	100 m	10.09	1 Q	9.93 NR	1 Q	9.97	2 Q	9.86 NR
200 m	20.40	2 Q	20.33	1 Q	20.36	2 Q	20.14	5
João Pires	800 m	1:46.71	6	Did not advance
Luís Sá	110 m hurdles	14.01	8	Did not advance
Manuel Silva	3000 m steeplechase	8:38.31	11	Did not advance
Rui Silva	1500 m	3:37.98	2 Q	3:40.99	2 Q	3:34.68
João Vieira	20 km walk	1:22:19	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gaspar Araújo	Long jump	7.49	33	Did not advance
Vítor Costa	Hammer throw	72.47	27	Did not advance
Nelson Évora	Triple jump	15.72	40	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ana Dias	Marathon	3:08:11	62
Susana Feitor	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:32:47	20
Maribel Gonçalves	1:33:59	26
Inês Henriques	1:33:53	25
Inês Monteiro	5000 m	16:03.75	18	Did not advance
Fernanda Ribeiro	10000 m
Carla Sacramento	1500 m	4:07.73	8 q	4:10.85	10	Did not advance
Helena Sampaio	Marathon	2:49:18	47
Nédia Semedo	800 m	2:02.61	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Teresa Machado	Discus throw	58.47	23	Did not advance
Vânia Silva	Hammer throw	63.81	34	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Naide Gomes	Result	13.58	1.85	14.71	25.46	6.10	40.75	2:20.05	6151	13
Points	1039	1041	841	845	880	682	823

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Emanuel Silva	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.067	4 q	1:43.051	7	Did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m	3:29.854	3 q	3:29.942	3 Q	3:33.862	7

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gonçalo Amorim	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	Did not finish
Cândido Barbosa	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Sérgio Paulinho	Men's road race	5:41:45
Men's time trial	1:01:25.63	25
Nuno Ribeiro	Men's road race	5:41:56	27

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Trampoline

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four Portuguese judoka (three men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
João Pina	−66 kg	W 1100–0010	W 0011–0001	L 0001–1001	Did not advance		W 0030–0001	L 0010–0020	Did not advance
João Neto	−73 kg	W 0011–0010	W 1020–0001	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		W 1110–0020	L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Nuno Delgado	−81 kg	L 0002–0010	Did not advance

Women

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Portuguese sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
João Rodrigues	Mistral	10	2	22	9	3	5	4	OCS	7	8	8	78	6
Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes	470	22	5	20	21	10	8	9	1	20	1	8	103	7

Women

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Gustavo Lima	Laser	1	15	7	28	14	19	6	4	2	1	19	88	5
Nuno Barreto Diogo Cayolla	Tornado	DNC	16	14	16	12	13	12	15	11	6	7	122	16

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Portuguese shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	João Costa	10 m air pistol	578	=17	Did not advance
50 m pistol	556	=12	Did not advance
Custódio Ezequiel	Trap	115	=21	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Portuguese swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fernando Costa	1500 m freestyle	15:32.55	21	Did not advance
José Couto	100 m breaststroke	1:03.72	33	Did not advance
Luís Monteiro	200 m freestyle	1:51.78	29	Did not advance
Simão Morgado	100 m butterfly	53.53	24	Did not advance
Pedro Silva	50 m freestyle	23.23	=36	Did not advance
Tiago Venâncio	100 m freestyle	50.18	26	Did not advance
João Araújo Luís Monteiro Adriano Niz Miguel Pires	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:27.99 NR	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raquel Felgueiras	200 m butterfly	2:13.08	20	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Diana Gomes	100 m breaststroke	1:11.40	=24	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:34.23	23	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Portugal sent a single triathlete to Athens.

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

See also

• Portugal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Olympic Committee of Portugal

Notes and References

1. News: Ribatejano Nuno Delgado será porta-estandarte português em Atenas. Ribatejano Nuno Delgado will be Portugal's flag bearer in Athens. O Mirante. 12 August 2004. 4 May 2014.
2. News: Plummer. David. Obikwelu puts dampener on Greene's birthday celebrations. The Guardian. 24 July 2004. 4 May 2014.
3. News: Bettini battles to gold. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 4 May 2014.
4. News: Gatlin claims blue riband victory. CNN. 22 August 2004. 4 May 2014.
5. News: Rui Silva conquista bronze nos 1500 metros. Rui Silva wins the bronze in the 1500 metres. Público. 23 August 2004. 4 May 2014.
6. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
7. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.