Portugal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
A delegation of thirty eight competitors participated in eleven sports, bringing home a total of three medals â a feat only repeated 20 years later, in Athens â including Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal, through Carlos Lopes in the marathon. Rosa Mota, future marathon olympic champion, was the bronze medalist of this event, who appeared for the first time in the Olympics.
Portugal made its debut in the Olympic archery as well as in the diving, with Joana Figueiredo as the first Portuguese Olympic diver. Female competitors were also present at the first rhythmic gymnastics events in an Olympiad.
Medalists
Archery
Men's Competition:
Athletics
Men's Events
100m:
* Round 1 (heat 8) â 10.76 (â 4th, did not advance)
200m:
* Round 1 (heat 7) â 22.03 (â 6th, did not advance)
5,000m:
* Round 1 (heat 1) â 13:43.28 (â 1st)
* Semi-final (heat 2) â 13:32.64 (â 9th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser)
* Final â 13:26.50 (â 9th)
* Round 1 (heat 3) â 13:46.27 (â 5th)
* Semi-final (heat 2) â 13:34.46 (â 10th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 4) â 13:51.33 (â 1st)
* Semi-final (heat 1) â 13:39.76 (â 2nd)
* Final â 13:09.20 (â Bronze Medal)
10,000m:
* Round 1 (heat 1) â 28:21.87 (â 1st)
* Final â did not finish
Marathon:
20 km Walk:
50 km Walk:
Women's Events
800m:
* Round 1 (heat 4) â 2:05.74 (â 5th, did not advance)
3000m:
* Round 1 (heat 1) â 8:46.38 (â 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser)
* Final â 8:46.37 (â 6th)
* Round 1 (heat 2) â 9:01.77 (â 4th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 3) â did not finish
Marathon:
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard:
Preliminary â 374,07 pts (â 22nd, did not advance)
Fencing
One fencer represented Portugal in 1984
Men's sabre
* Round 1 (Pool C) â 5 matches, 0 victories (â 6th, did not advance)
:# Jorg Stratmann <small>(FRG)</small> (â lost 5:4)
:# John Zarno <small>(GBR)</small> (â lost 5:3)
:# Michael Lofton <small>(USA)</small> (â lost 5:4)
:# Ruiji Wang <small>(CHN)</small> (â lost 5:2)
:# Jean François Lamour <small>(FRA)</small> (â lost 5:3)
Gymnastics
Individual All-Round Competition:
Judo
Men's Extra Lightweight (âÂÂ60 kg):
Pool B
* Round 1 â Shinji Hosokawa <small>(JPN)</small> (â lost by ippon)
* Repêchage â LuÃÂs Shinoara <small>(BRA)</small> (â lost by default, did not advance)
Men's Half Lightweight (âÂÂ65 kg):
Pool A
* Round 1 â Bye
* Round 2 â Stephen Gawthorpe <small>(GBR)</small> (â lost by ippon, did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (âÂÂ71 kg):
Pool B
* Round 1 â Federico Vixcarra <small>(MEX)</small> (â lost by waza-ari, did not advance)
Men's Half Middleweight (âÂÂ76 kg):
Pool A
* Round 1 â Javier Condor <small>(CRC)</small> (â won by ippon)
* Round 2 â Abdoulaye Diallo <small>(GUI)</small> (â won by ippon)
* Round 3 â Suheyl Yesilnur <small>(TUR)</small> (â lost by koka, did not advance)
Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Sailing
Star:
Windglider:
Shooting
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol:
Men's 50m Pistol:
Men's Trap:
Women's 25m Pistol:
Swimming
Men's 100m Breaststroke:
* Heats (heat 4) â 1:07.80 (â 5th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
* Heats (heat 2) â 2:19.76 (â 2nd)
* Final A â 2:20.69 (â 7th)
Men's 100m Butterfly:
* Heats (heat 4) â 58.17 (â 6th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Butterfly:
* Heats (heat 5) â 2:04.72 (â 5th, did not advance)
Weightlifting
Men's Flyweight (âÂÂ52 kg):
Group B â 0,0 kg (â no classification)
Men's Middleweight (âÂÂ75 kg):
Group B â withdraw
Men's Middle Heavyweight (âÂÂ90 kg):
Group B â 340,0 kg (â 13th)
Officials
References
Notes