Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	38 (29 men and 9 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	António Roquete (Judo)
Officials	22
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
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A delegation of thirty eight competitors participated in eleven sports,^[1] bringing home a total of three medals – a feat only repeated 20 years later, in Athens – 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

Main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Carlos Lopes	Athletics	Men's marathon	12 August
Bronze	Rosa Mota	Athletics	Women's marathon	5 August
Bronze	António Leitão	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	11 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition:

• Rui Santos — 2324 pts (→ 51st)

Distance	90m	70m	50m	30m	Total
Round 1	248	287	304	334	1173
Round 2	240	290	291	330	1151
Total	488	577	595	664	2324

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Events

100m:

• Luís Barroso

• Round 1 (heat 8) — 10.76 (→ 4th, did not advance)

200m:

• Luís Barroso

• Round 1 (heat 7) — 22.03 (→ 6th, did not advance)

5,000m:

• Ezequiel Canário

• Round 1 (heat 1) — 13:43.28 (→ 1st)
• Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:32.64 (→ 9th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser)
• Final — 13:26.50 (→ 9th)

• João Campos

• Round 1 (heat 3) — 13:46.27 (→ 5th)
• Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:34.46 (→ 10th, did not advance)

• António Leitão

• Round 1 (heat 4) — 13:51.33 (→ 1st)
• Semi-final (heat 1) — 13:39.76 (→ 2nd)
• Final — 13:09.20 (→ Bronze Medal)

10,000m:

• Fernando Mamede

• Round 1 (heat 1) — 28:21.87 (→ 1st)
• Final — did not finish

Marathon:

• Carlos Lopes — 2:09:21 OR (→ Gold Medal)
• Cidálio Caetano — did not finish
• Delfim Moreira — did not finish

20 km Walk:

• José Pinto — 1:30:57 (→ 25th)

50 km Walk:

• José Pinto — 4:04:42 (→ 8th)

Women's Events

800m:

• Maria Machado

• Round 1 (heat 4) — 2:05.74 (→ 5th, did not advance)

3000m:

• Aurora Cunha

• Round 1 (heat 1) — 8:46.38 (→ 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser)
• Final — 8:46.37 (→ 6th)

• Maria Machado

• Round 1 (heat 2) — 9:01.77 (→ 4th, did not advance)

• Rosa Mota

• Round 1 (heat 3) — did not finish

Marathon:

• Conceição Ferreira — 2:50:58 (→ 39th)
• Rita Borralho — 2:50:58 (→ 38th)
• Rosa Mota — 2:26:57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's 3m Springboard:

• Joana Figueiredo

Preliminary — 374,07 pts (→ 22nd, did not advance)

Dive	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Coef.	1.5	1.9	2.0	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.8	2.8	2.1	2.5
Pts	32,40	35,34	40,80	35,15	43,92	46,80	24,36	27,72	41,58	48,00	374,07

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

One fencer represented Portugal in 1984

Men's sabre

• João Marquilhas — 31st

• Round 1 (Pool C) — 5 matches, 0 victories (→ 6th, did not advance)

1. Jorg Stratmann (FRG) (→ lost 5:4)
2. John Zarno (GBR) (→ lost 5:3)
3. Michael Lofton (USA) (→ lost 5:4)
4. Ruiji Wang (CHN) (→ lost 5:2)
5. Jean François Lamour (FRA) (→ lost 5:3)

Gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Individual All-Round Competition:

• Margarida Carmo — 54,575 pts (→ 18th)

Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Results	Prelim.
9,15	9,15	9,15	9,00	36,45	18,125
Total (results + prelim.)				54,575

• Maria João Falcão — 35,90 pts (→ 22nd)

Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Results
9,05	9,00	9,20	8,65	35,90
Total				35,90

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):

• João Neves

Pool B

• Round 1 — Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) (→ lost by ippon)
• Repêchage — Luís Shinoara (BRA) (→ lost by default, did not advance)

Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):

• Rui Rosa

Pool A

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Stephen Gawthorpe (GBR) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (–71 kg):

• Hugo d'Assunção

Pool B

• Round 1 — Federico Vixcarra (MEX) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)

Men's Half Middleweight (–76 kg):

• António Roquete Andrade

Pool A

• Round 1 — Javier Condor (CRC) (→ won by ippon)
• Round 2 — Abdoulaye Diallo (GUI) (→ won by ippon)
• Round 3 — Suheyl Yesilnur (TUR) (→ lost by koka, did not advance)

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

• Luís Monteiro — 4332 pts (→ 43rd)

Event	Riding	Fencing	Swimming	Shooting	Cross-country	Total
Pts	1070	472	1016	868	906	4332

• Manuel Barroso — 4085 pts (→ 49th)

Event	Riding	Fencing	Swimming	Shooting	Cross-country	Total
Pts	818	670	1200	348	1057	4085

• Roberto Durão — 4321 pts (→ 44th)

Event	Riding	Fencing	Swimming	Shooting	Cross-country	Total
Pts	918	736	904	956	807	4321

Men's Team Competition:

• Luís Monteiro, Manuel Barroso and Roberto Durão — 12738 pts (→ 16th)

Event	Riding	Fencing	Swimming	Shooting	Cross-country	Total
Pts	2806	1878	3120	2164	2770	12738

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Star:

• António Correia and Henrique Anjos — 128 pts (→ 17th)

Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	Net
Place	13th	19th	15th	18th	14th	17th	16th
Pts	19	25	21	24	20	23	22	153	128

Windglider:

• José Monteiro — 152 pts (→ 22nd)

Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	Net
Place	18th	23rd	25th	26th	17th	23rd	13th
Pts	24	29	31	32	23	29	19	184	152

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol:

• Francisco Neto — 586 hits (→ 20th)

Time (secs)	Stage 1				Stage 2				Total
	1	2	1+2	Sum (1+2)	1	2	1+2	Sum (1+2)
8	49	49	98	294	49	49	98	292	586
6	50	50	100		49	49	98
4	47	49	96		47	49	96

• José Pena — 571 hits (→ 42nd)

Time (secs)	Stage 1				Stage 2				Total
	1	2	1+2	Sum (1+2)	1	2	1+2	Sum (1+2)
8	50	49	99	287	50	49	99	284	571
6	49	49	98		47	48	95
4	46	44	90		46	44	90

Men's 50m Pistol:

• José Pena — 533 hits (→ 39th)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
Hits	90	87	87	87	95	87	533

Men's Trap:

• José Faria — 179 hits (→ 28th)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
Hits	24	21	24	22	24	20	23	21	179

Women's 25m Pistol:

• Maria Chitas — 572 hits (→ 15th)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
Hits	92	97	94	96	97	96	572

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Breaststroke:

• Alexandre Yokochi

• Heats (heat 4) — 1:07.80 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:

• Alexandre Yokochi

• Heats (heat 2) — 2:19.76 (→ 2nd)
• Final A — 2:20.69 (→ 7th)

Men's 100m Butterfly:

• João Santos

• Heats (heat 4) — 58.17 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly:

• João Santos

• Heats (heat 5) — 2:04.72 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (–52 kg):

• Raul Diniz

Group B — 0,0 kg (→ no classification)

Event	Attempt			Result
	1	2	3
Snatch	82,5	87,5	87,5	82,5
Clean & Jerk	115,0	115,0	115,0	0,0
Total				0,0

Men's Middleweight (–75 kg):

• Jorge Soares

Group B — withdraw

Men's Middle Heavyweight (–90 kg):

• Francisco Coelho

Group B — 340,0 kg (→ 13th)

Event	Attempt			Result
	1	2	3
Snatch	150,0	150,0	160,0	160,0
Clean & Jerk	190,0	190,0	195,0	190,0
Total				340,0

Officials

• José Vicente de Moura (chief of mission)