Portugal at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Portugal
games=1976 Summer
competitors=19
sports=6
flagbearer=Carlos Lopes (Athletics)
officials=11
gold=0
silver=2
bronze=0
total=2
rank=30

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 its two olympic medals.

Medalists

Silver

* Carlos Lopes — Athletics, 10000m
* Armando Silva Marques — Shooting, Trap

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 400m:
* José de Jesus Carvalho:* Round 1 (heat 6) — 48.47 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 800m:
* Fernando Mamede:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:49.58 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m:
* Fernando Mamede:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:37.98 (→ 3rd):* Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:42.59 (→ 8th, did not advance)

* Hélder Baiona de Jesus:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:44.20 (→ 2nd):* Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:47.37 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Men's 5000m:
* Aniceto Silva Simões:* Qualifying (heat 3) — 13:21.93 (→ 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser):* Final — 13:29.38 (→ 8th)

* Carlos Lopes:* Qualifying (heat 2) — did not participate

Men's 10000m
* Carlos Lopes:* Qualifying (heat 1) — 28:04.53 (→ 1st):* Final — 27:45.17 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles:
* José de Jesus Carvalho:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 50.99 (→ 4th):* Semi-final — 49.97 (→ 2nd):* Final → 49.94 (→ 5th)

Men's Marathon:
* Anacleto Pereira Pinto — 2:18:53.4 (→ 22nd)
* Carlos Lopes — did not participate

=Judo=

Men's Lightweight (–63 kg):
* José Pinto Gomes :Group B:* Round 1 — Mustapha Belahmira (MAR) (→ forfeited):* Round 2 — Osman Yanar (TUR) (→ won by jury decision):* Round 3 — Hector Rodriguez (CUB) (→ lost by "ippon"):* Repêchage — Marian Standowicz (POL) (→ lost by "yuko")

Men's Light Middleweight (–70 kg):
* António Roquete Andrade :Group A:* Round 1 — Koji Kuramoto (JAP) (→ lost by jury decision):* Repêchage — Juan-Carlos Rodriguez (ESP) (→ lost by "koka")

=Sailing=

Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470):
* Joaquim Leça Ramada and Francisco Antunes Mourão — 137 pts (→ 21st):

=Shooting=

Tr

* Armando Silva Marques — 189 hits (→ Silver Medal) :

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle:
* José Gomes Pereira:* Heats (heat 6) — 55.46 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle:
* Paulo Frischknecht:* Heats (heat 5) — 2:02.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)
* José Gomes Pereira:* Heats (heat 4) — 2:03.03 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle:
* Rui Pinto de Abreu:* Heats (heat 4) — 4:28.43 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle:
* António Botelho Melo:* Heats (heat 4) — 17:24.31 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay:
* António Botelho Melo, José Gomes Pereira, Paulo Frischknecht and Rui Pinto de Abreu:* Heats (heat 2) — 8:26.68 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke:
* António Botelho Melo:* Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.76 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke:
* António Botelho Melo:* Heats (heat 1) — 2:26.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke:
* Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio:* Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:
* Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio:* Heats (heat 3) — 2:41.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly:
* Paulo Frischknecht:* Heats (heat 4) — 1:01.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly:
* Paulo Frischknecht:* Heats (heat 4) — 2:20.54 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley:
* António Botelho Melo:* Heats (heat 3) — 5:11.48 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 4×100m Medley Relay:
* António Botelho Melo, Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio, José Gomes Pereira and Paulo Frischknecht:* Heats (heat 2) — 4:20.84 (→ 8th, did not advance)

=Wrestling=

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):
* Leonel Duarte:* Round 1 — Mohamed Karmous (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts):* Round 2 — Rolf Krauss (GER) (→ won by fall; –8pts: did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
* Luís Grilo:* Round 1 — Ali Lachkar (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts):* Round 2 — Doug Yeats (CAN) (→ won by fall):* Round 3 — Joseph Sade (USA) (→ lost by 30:1; –8 pts: did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):
* Joaquim Jesus Vieira:* Round 1 — Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) (→ lost by fall; –4 pts):* Round 2 — Kazimier Lipien (POL) (→ lost by fall; –8 pts: did not advance)

Officials

* Luís Caldas (chief of mission)

References

*Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v1.pdf Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 1: The organization] (Retrieved on November 8, 2006).
*Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v3.pdf Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 3: The results] (Retrieved on November 8, 2006).
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee – Olympic medal winners database]