Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively.^[1] This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.

Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in London
Competitors	48 in 8 sports
Officials	3
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Silver

• Duarte de Almeida Bello and Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello — Sailing, Swallow (Golondrina).

Bronze

• Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — Equestrian, Team Dressage.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m:

• J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 11)

Men's 200m:

• J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 3)

Men's Long Jump:

• A. Pereira Dias Cachulo — qualifiers

Men's Triple Jump:

• Luís Alcide de Nunes Garcia — qualifiers
• João Rodrigues Vieira — qualifiers

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Dressage:

• Fernando Paes — 9th (411 points)
• Francisco Valadas, Jr. — 10th (405 points)
• Luís Mena e Silva — 12th (366 points)

Men's Team Dressage:

• Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — 3rd (1182 points)

Men's Individual Eventing:

• António Serôdio — eliminated
• Fernando Paes — 25th (167½ points)
• Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 8th (55 points)

Men's Individual Jumping:

• Henrique Alves Calado — 18th (26 points)
• Hélder de Souza — eliminated
• João Correia Barrento — 22nd (42½ points)

Men's Team Jumping:

• Henrique Alves Calado, Hélder de Souza and João Correia Barrento — eliminated

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.

Men's épée

• Álvaro Pinto — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)
• Emílio Lino — 1st round: 5th (poule 8)
• Manuel Chagas — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)

Men's team épée

• Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Emílio Lino, José Castro, Manuel Chagas and João Costa — 1st round: 3rd (poule 6)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's coxed four — 2nd round

2nd (heat 4)

• António Torres
• Delfim José da Silva
• José Joaquim Cancela
• José do Seixo
• Leonel Rêgo (cox)

Men's eight — semi-final

2nd (heat 3)

• Felisberto Fortes
• Albino Simões Neto
• Carlos Roque
• João de Sousa
• João Alberto Lemos
• Carlos da Benta
• José Machado
• Ricardo da Benta
• Luís Machado (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Joao Miguez Tito	Firefly	15	10	10	7	8	14	11	2603	13
Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho	Star	11	6	1	5	12	5	3	4292	6
Duarte de Almeida Bello Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello	Swallow	1	4	4	5	1	5	1	5579
Joao Félix da Silva Capucho António Guedes de Herédia Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço Henrique Reis Goncho Sallaty	Dragon	11	9	6	8	7	6	5	2123	9

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.

25 metre pistol

• Carlos Queiroz — 54th (489 points)
• José Maria Ferreira — 22nd (524 points)
• Moysés Cardoso — 55th (465 points)

50 metre pistol

• Moysés Cardoso — 42nd (485 points)
• Carlos Queiroz — 46th (482 points)

50 metre rifle

• Abílio Brandão — 57th (576 points)
• Carlos Queiroz — 63rd (572 points)
• José da Silva — 66th (570 points)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men

Rank given is within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mário Simas	100 m backstroke	1:12.8	5	Did not advance

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Officials

• César de Melo (chief of mission)
• Frederico Paredes (fencing)
• J. de A. Machado (fencing)
• F. Duarte (rowing)