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Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

A delegation with a record number of 107 competitors (83 men and 24 women) participated in 79 events across 18 sports. Two medals were won, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprise victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance endurance events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class male team, reviving a successful sailing tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations.

In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing, and in newly promoted beach volleyball, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a Bahamian team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football team to the Olympics and, in the end, it repeated Amsterdam's fourth place.

Medalists

Gold

Bronze

Archery

Men's Individual Competition:

* Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th)
:
* Elimination rounds — 148 pts (→ 58th)
:* 1/32 finals — Pawel Szymczak <small>(POL)</small> (→ lost by 152–148, did not advance)

Athletics

Men's events

100m:

* Round 1 (heat 1) — 10.65 (→ 6th, did not advance)

800m:

* Round 1 (heat 5) — 1:47.73 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

* Round 1 (heat 3) — 3:42.01 (→ 10th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 4) — 3:38.09 (→ 5th, advanced as 4th fastest loser)
* Semi-final 1 — 3:40.31 (→ 11th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:44.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

5000m:

* Round 1 (heat 1) — 14:17.26 (→ 8th)
* Semi-final 1 — 14:24.81 (→ 15th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 3) — 14:08.87 (→ 11th, advanced as 9th fastest loser)
* Semi-final 2 — did not start

10000m:

* Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:50.58 (→ 14th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 1) — 29:15.41 (→ 15th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 2) — did not finish

Marathon:

20&nbsp;km Walk:

50&nbsp;km Walk:

400m Hurdles:

* Round 1 (heat 2) — 49.09s (→ 3rd, did not advance)

3000m Steeplechase:

* Round 1 (heat 1) — 8:35.58 (→ 8th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 2) — 8:48.16 (→ 11th, did not advance)

Long Jump:

* Qualifying round (Group A) — 7,81 (→ 12th, did not advance)
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Pole Vault:

* Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,60 (→ 10th, did not advance)
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Triple Jump:

* Qualifying round (Group A) — 16,65 (→ 10th, did not advance)
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Women's events

100m:

* Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.32 (→ 3rd)
* Round 2 (heat 2) — 11.37 (→ 4th)
* Semi-final 2 — 11.32 (→ 8th, did not advance)

200m:

* Round 1 (heat 2) — 22.95 (→ 3rd)
* Round 2 (heat 3) — 22.98 (→ 5th, did not advance)

800m:

* Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:03.22 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

* Round 1 (heat 2) — 4:13.57 (→ 3rd)
* Semi-final 2 — 4:06.70 (→ 5th)
* Final — 4:03.91 (→ 6th)

5000m:

* Round 1 (heat 2) — 15:57.35 (→ 11th, did not advance)

10000m:

* Round 1 (heat 1) — 33:40.76 (→ 14th, did not advance)
* Round 1 (heat 2) — 31:36.32 (→ 3rd)
* Final — 31:01.63 <small>OR</small> (→ Gold Medal)

Marathon:

10&nbsp;km Walk:

Discus Throw:

* Qualifying round (Group A) — 62,02 (→ 5th)
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* Final — 61,38 (→ 10th)
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Shot Put:

* Qualifying round (Group A) — 15,91 (→ 12th, did not advance)
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Beach volleyball

Men's Competition:

* Round 1 — Michel Everaert and Sander Mulder <small>(NED)</small> (→ won by 15-8)
* Round 2 — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith <small>(USA)</small> (→ lost by 15-7)
* 17th place round — Javier Yuste Muniz and Miguel Angel Martin Prieto <small>(ESP)</small> (→ won by 15-8)
* 13th place round — Eduardo Esteban Martinez and Martin Alejo Conde <small>(ARG)</small> (→ won by 15-5)
* 9th place round — Emanuel Rego and José Marco de Melo Ferreira <small>(BRA)</small> (→ won by 15-12)
* 7th place round — Björn Maaseide and Jan Kvalheim <small>(NOR)</small> (→ won by 15-3)
* 5th place round — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith <small>(USA)</small> (→ won by 15-13)
* Semi-finals — Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh <small>(USA)</small> (→ lost by 15-13)
* Bronze medal match — John Child and Mark Heese <small>(CAN)</small> (→ lost by 12-5, 12-8)

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Men

Cycling

Men's Road Race:

Women's Road Race:

  • Ana Barros — 2:37:06 (→ 23rd)

Equestrianism

Individual Jumping:

* Qualifying round — 13.75 penalty pts (→ 69th)
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* Qualifying round — 12.00 penalty pts (→ 59th)
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Fencing

One male fencer represented Portugal in 1996.

Men's épée
* Round A — Vitally Zakharov <small>(BLR)</small> (→ lost by 15-11, did not advance)

Football

Men's Competition:

* Group stage (A) — 5 pts (→ 2nd, 1 scored goal less than Argentina)
:* July 20 | Washington D.C. — Tunisia (→ won by 2-0; goals by: Afonso Martins)
:* July 22 | Washington D.C. — Argentina (→ draw 1-1; goals by: Nuno Gomes)
:* July 24 | Washington D.C. — United States (→ draw 1-1; goals by: Paulo Alves)
* Quarter-finals
:* July 27 | Miami, Florida — France (→ won by 2-1; goals by: Capucho, Calado)
* Semi-finals
:* July 30 | Athens, Georgia — Argentina (→ lost by 2-0)
* Bronze medal match
:* August 2 | Athens, Georgia — Brazil (→ lost by 5-0)

Gymnastics

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

Judo

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60&nbsp;kg):

Pool A
* Round 1 — Ewan Beaton <small>(CAN)</small> (→ won by waza-ari)
* Round 2 — Nigel Donohue <small>(GBR)</small> (→ lost by ippon)

Men's Half Lightweight (–65&nbsp;kg):

Pool A
* Round 1 — Jose Perez <small>(PUR)</small> (→ won by ippon)
* Round 2 — Francesco Giorgi <small>(ITA)</small> (→ won by koka)
* Round 3 — Taro Tan <small>(CAN)</small> (→ won by yuko)
* 1/4 finals — Udo Quellmalz <small>(GER)</small> (→ lost by ippon)
Repêchage A
* Round 1 — Bye
* Round 2 — Bye
* Round 3 — Israel Hernández Plana <small>(CUB)</small> (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (–71&nbsp;kg):

Pool A
* Round 1 — Bye
* Round 2 — Loris Mularoni <small>(SMR)</small> (→ won by ippon)
* Round 3 — Vladimeri Dgebuadze <small>(GEO)</small> (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)

Men's Half Heavyweight (–95&nbsp;kg):

Pool A
* Round 1 — Bye
* Round 2 — Detlef Knorrek <small>(GER)</small> (→ won by ippon)
* Round 3 — A. Sanchez Armentero <small>(CUB)</small> (→ won by ippon)
* 1/4 finals — Pawel Nastula <small>(POL)</small> (→ lost by ippon)
Repêchage A
* Round 1 — Bye
* Round 2 — Bye
* Round 3 — Antal Kovács <small>(HUN)</small> (→ lost by shido, did not advance)

Women's Lightweight (–56&nbsp;kg):

Pool B
* Round 1 — Bye
* Round 2 — Ai-Chun Huang <small>(TPE)</small> (→ lost by yusei-gachi)

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing

Men's Lightweight Coxless Four:

* Round 1 (heat 2) — 7:37.13 (→ 6th)
* Repêchage 3 — 6:15.82 (→ 5th)
* Final C — 6:27.07 (→ 3rd, 15th overall)

Sailing

Men's events

Finn:

Mistral:

470:

Women's events

Europe:

Mistral:

Open events

Laser:

Star:

Shooting

Men's Trap:

* Preliminary round — 120 hits (→ 13th, did not advance)
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* Preliminary round — 122 hits (→ 7th, did not advance)
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Women's 10m Air Rifle:

* Preliminary round — 375hits (→ 48th, did not advance)
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* Preliminary round — 377 hits (→ 47th, did not advance)
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Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:

* Preliminary round — 568 hits (→ 32nd, did not advance)
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* Preliminary round — 571 hits (→ 29th, did not advance)
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Swimming

Men's events

50m Freestyle:

* Heats (heat 5) — 23.73 (→ 5th, did not advance – 41st overall)

1500m Freestyle:

  • Pedro Ferreira
* Heats (heat 2) — 16:34.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

* Heats (heat 4) — 57.59 (→ 7th, did not advance – 31st overall)

200m Backstroke:

* Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.95 (→ 7th, did not advance – 29th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

* Heats (heat 2) — 2:17.28 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 18th overall)

200m Butterfly:

* Heats (heat 3) — 2:01.58 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)

Medley Relay:

* Heats (heat 4) — disqualified

Women's events

200m Freestyle:

* Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.16 (→ 4th, did not advance – 29th overall)

400m Freestyle:

* Heats (heat 2) — 4:27.19 (→ 8th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

* Heats (heat 5) — 1:04.84 (→ 8th, did not advance – 22nd overall)

200m Backstroke:

* Heats (heat 2) — 2:20.49 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

* Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.73 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 34th overall)

100m Butterfly:

* Heats (heat 2) — 1:02.98 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Butterfly:

* Heats (heat 3) — 2:17.61 (→ 7th, did not advance)

200m Individual Medley:

* Heats (heat 2) — 2:22.03 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 33rd overall)

Medley Relay:

* Heats (heat 3) — 4:21.61 (→ 7th, did not advance – 21st overall)

Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition:

* Round 1 — Mark Knowles and Roger Smith <small>(BAH)</small> (→ lost by 7-6, 7-6 – did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight (–59&nbsp;kg):

Group B — 237,5 kg (→ 14th)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57&nbsp;kg):

* Round 1 — Luis Sarmiento Hernández <small>(CUB)</small> (→ lost by 5-0)
* Round 2 — Armando Fernández <small>(MEX)</small> (→ lost by 7-3, did not advance)

Officials

Notes

References