Portugal at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the nation's third appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1912.

A delegation of thirty competitors (biggest at the time) participated in eight sports, with the equestrian team winning the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100m:

• Gentil dos Santos — 1st round (2nd heat)
• Karel Pott — 1st round (8th heat)

Men's 200m:

• Gentil dos Santos — 1st round (10th heat)

Men's Discus Throw:

• António Martins da Silva — 1st round: 12th (32,40m)

Equestrian

Men's Individual Jumping:

• Aníbal de Almeida — 5th (12 faults)
• Hélder de Souza — 12th (19 faults)
• José Mouzinho — 17th (22 faults)
• Luís Cardoso de Menezes — non qualified

Men's Team Jumping:

• António Borges, Hélder de Souza, José Mouzinho (and Luís Cardoso de Menezes) (53 faults) — Bronze

Fencing

Men's Individual Foil:

• Gil de Andrade — 1/4 finals: 6th (poule 1)
• Manuel Queiróz — 1/4 finals: 6th (poule 2)

Men's Individual Épée:

• António de Menezes — 1st round: (poule 7)
• Ruimondo Mayer — 1/4 finals: 7th (poule 2)
• Mário de Noronha — 1/2 finals: 7th (poule 1)
• Frederico Paredes — 1/4 finals: 8th (poule 1)

Men's Team Épée:

• António Leite, António Mascarenhas de Menezes, Frederico Paredes, Henrique da Silveira, Jorge de Paiva, Mário de Noronha, Paulo d'Eça Leal, and Ruimondo Mayer — 4th

Sailing

Men's Olympic Monotype:

• Frederico Guilherme Burnay — 8th

Shooting

Men's Individual 600m Free Rifle:

• António Ferreira — 57th
• Dario Canas — 62nd
• Francisco António Real — 69th
• Manuel Guerra — 71st

Men's Individual 50m Rifle Prone (60 shots):

• António Martins — 23rd
• António Ferreira — 56th
• Francisco Mendonça — 50th
• Francisco António Real — 62nd

Men's Individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots):

• António Martins — 16th
• António Ferreira — 44th
• A. Duarte Montez — 32nd
• Francisco Mendonça — 17th

Men's Team 400, 600, 800m Free Rifle:

• António Martins, António Ferreira, António Ferreira, Dario Canas, Francisco António Real, Félix Bermudes and Manuel Guerra — 17th (427 points)

Swimming

Men

Tennis

Men's Singles:

• Rodrigo Castro Pereira — 1st round

Weightlifting

Men's Feather Weight (–60 kg):

• A. Pereira — non qualified

Officials

• José Pontes, Nobre Guedes, Salazar Carreira (chiefs of mission)
• João Sassetti (fencing)
• Gil d'Andrade (fencing)
• C. de Mello (weightlifting)

References

Sources

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database