Portugal at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Portugal
games=2000 Summer
competitors=62
sports=13
flagbearer=Miguel Maia (Beach Volleyball)
officials=
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=2
total=2
rank=68

Portugal competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

A delegation of 62 competitors participated in 13 sports, conquering two Olympic bronze medals in the judo and athletics. Fernanda Ribeiro, the 10000m champion from Atlanta'96 and in her fourth consecutive Olympics, couldn't keep her title away from the previous holder Derartu Tulu but still managed to reach the podium. The first Portuguese medal in the judo was achieved by Nuno Delgado in the –81 kg category.

A much smaller delegation competed at these antipodean Games explaining the reduction in the athletics and swimming teams. Nevertheless, Portuguese archery and tennis had their third consecutive Olympic presence. But, as with badminton, these competitors were all eliminated in the first round (the tennis male team was beaten again by a bahamese team). Sailing provided good results with some finalists (5–8th) in distinct classes. Beach volleyball was again represented by the same Atlanta'96 fourth-placed male team. It was an almost a remake, as they faced some of the same adversaries, were beaten by an american team in the semi-finals and lost the chance to grab the bronze medal.

Medalists

Bronze

* Fernanda Ribeiro — Athletics, Women's 10000m.
* Nuno Delgado — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (–81 kg).

Results by event

=Archery=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Nuno Pombo:* Ranking round — 572 pts (→ 59th)::

Long Jump:
* Carlos Calado:* Qualifying round (Group B) — 8,04 (→ 4th, advanced as 4th fastest loser)::
* Nuno Fernandes:* Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,25 (→ 15th, did not advance)::

=Badminton=

Men's Singles Competition:
* Marco Vasconcelos:* 1/32 finals — Bertrand Gallet (FRA) (→ lost by 15-7, 15-9 – did not advance)

=Canoe/Kayak=

Women's Slalom K-1:
* Florence Ferreira Fernandes:* Qualifying round — 389.75 (→ 20th, did not advance):

Women's events

Single-Handed Dinghy (Europe):
* Joana Pratas — 141 pts (→ 21st):

High-Performance Double-Handed Dinghy (49er):
* Afonso Domingos (skipper) and Diogo Cayolla — 93 pts (→ 7th):

Men's 50m Pistol:
* João Costa:* Qualifying round — 548 pts (→ 27th, did not advance)::

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle:
* Pedro Silva:* Heats (heat 7) — 23.27 (→ 8th, did not advance – 36th overall)

Men's 200m Freestyle:
* Ricardo Pedroso:* Heats (heat 4) — 1:52.60 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)

Men's 100m Butterfly:
* Simão Morgado:* Heats (heat 4) — 54.75 (→ 1st, did not advance – 30th overall)

Men's 100m Breaststroke:
* José Couto:* Heats (heat 8) — 1:02.79 (→ 7th, did not advance – 18th overall)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:
* José Couto:* Heats (heat 7) — 2:18.08 (→ 7th, did not advance – 26th overall)

Men's 100m Backstroke:
* Nuno Laurentino:* Heats (heat 4) — 56.95 (→ 5th, did not advance – 28th overall)

Men's 200m Backstroke:
* Mário Carvalho:* Heats (heat 2) — 2:03.82 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 30th overall)

Women's 200m Butterfly:
* Raquel Felgueiras:* Heats (heat 2) — 2:15.19 (→ 5th, did not advance – 27th overall)

=Tennis=

Men's Doubles Competition:
* Bernardo Mota and Nuno Marques:* Round 1 — Mark Knowles and Mark Merklein (BAH) (→ lost by 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 – did not advance)

=Volleyball=

Beach

Men's Competition:
* João Brenha and Miguel Maia — 4th:* Elimination round — Björn Maaseide and Jan Kvalheim (NOR) (→ won by 15-3):* 1/8 finals — Eduardo Esteban and Martin Conde (ARG) (→ won by 15-3):* 1/4 finals — Paul Laciga and Martin Laciga (SUI) (→ won by 15-11):* Semi-finals — Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana (USA) (→ lost by 15-12):* Bronze medal match — Axel Hager and Jorg Ahmann (GER) (→ lost by 12-9, 12-6)

Women's Competition:
* Ana Cristina Pereira and Maria José Schuller — 9th:* Elimination round — Rong Chi and Zi Xiong (CHN) (→ won by 15-5):* 1/8 finals — Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires (BRA) (→ lost by 15-6, did not advance)

Officials

* Manuel Marques da Silva (chief of mission)

References

*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . (Retrieved on November 14, 2006).
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Volume 3: The Results] . (Retrieved on November 14, 2006).
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee - Olympic medal winners database]