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 his two olympic medals.
Medalists
Silver
Results by event
Men's 400m:
* Round 1 (heat 6) â 48.47 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 800m:
* Round 1 (heat 2) â 1:49.58 (â 5th, did not advance)
Men's 1500m:
* Round 1 (heat 2) â 3:37.98 (â 3rd)
* Semi-final (heat 1) â 3:42.59 (â 8th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 1) â 3:44.20 (â 2nd)
* Semi-final (heat 2) â 3:47.37 (â 8th, did not advance)
Men's 5000m:
* Qualifying (heat 3) â 13:21.93 (â 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser)
* Final â 13:29.38 (â 8th)
* Qualifying (heat 2) â did not participate
Men's 10000m
* Qualifying (heat 1) â 28:04.53 (â 1st)
* Final â 27:45.17 (â Silver Medal)
Men's 400m Hurdles:
* Round 1 (heat 1) â 50.99 (â 4th)
* Semi-final â 49.97 (â 2nd)
* Final â 49.94 (â 5th)
Men's Marathon:
Men's Lightweight (âÂÂ63 kg):
Group B
* Round 1 â Mustapha Belahmira <small>(MAR)</small> (â forfeited)
* Round 2 â Osman Yanar <small>(TUR)</small> (â won by jury decision)
* Round 3 â Hector Rodriguez <small>(CUB)</small> (â lost by ippon)
* Repêchage â Marian Standowicz <small>(POL)</small> (â lost by yuko)
Men's Light Middleweight (âÂÂ70 kg):
Group A
* Round 1 â Koji Kuramoto <small>(JAP)</small> (â lost by jury decision)
* Repêchage â Juan-Carlos Rodriguez <small>(ESP)</small> (â lost by koka)
Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470):
Trap:
Men's 100m Freestyle:
* Heats (heat 6) â 55.46 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle:
* Heats (heat 5) â 2:02.65 (â 7th, did not advance)
* Heats (heat 4) â 2:03.03 (â 6th, did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle:
* Heats (heat 4) â 4:28.43 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 1500m Freestyle:
* Heats (heat 4) â 17:24.31 (â 6th, did not advance)
Men's 4 ÃÂ 200 m Freestyle Relay:
* Heats (heat 2) â 8:26.68 (â 5th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Backstroke:
* Heats (heat 3) â 1:05.76 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Backstroke:
* Heats (heat 1) â 2:26.65 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Breaststroke:
* Heats (heat 2) â 1:13.55 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
* Heats (heat 3) â 2:41.97 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Butterfly:
* Heats (heat 4) â 1:01.97 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Butterfly:
* Heats (heat 4) â 2:20.54 (â 5th, did not advance)
Men's 400m Individual Medley:
* Heats (heat 3) â 5:11.48 (â 7th, did not advance)
Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Medley Relay:
* Heats (heat 2) â 4:20.84 (â 8th, did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (âÂÂ52 kg):
* Round 1 â Mohamed Karmous <small>(MAR)</small> (â opponent disqualified; âÂÂ4 pts)
* Round 2 â Rolf Krauss <small>(GER)</small> (â won by fall; âÂÂ8pts: did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (âÂÂ57 kg):
* Round 1 â Ali Lachkar <small>(MAR)</small> (â opponent disqualified; âÂÂ4 pts)
* Round 2 â Doug Yeats <small>(CAN)</small> (â won by fall)
* Round 3 â Joseph Sade <small>(USA)</small> (â lost by 30:1; âÂÂ8 pts: did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (âÂÂ62 kg):
* Round 1 â Stoyan Lazarov <small>(BUL)</small> (â lost by fall; âÂÂ4 pts)
* Round 2 â Kazimier Lipien <small>(POL)</small> (â lost by fall; âÂÂ8 pts: did not advance)
Officials
- LuÃÂs Caldas (chief of mission)
References