# Portugal at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports, with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.

## Medalists
### Silver

* José Quina and Mário Quina — Sailing, Star.

## Athletics

Men's 3000m Steeplechase:
* Joaquim Ferreira — 1st round: 11th (heat 1)
Men's 5000m:
* Manuel Oliveira — 1st round: 6th (heat 2)
Men's Decathlon:
* Júlio Santos — DNF (2282 points)
** 100m — 12,0 (597)
** Long Jump — 6,32 (592)
** Shot Put — 10,85 (488)
** High Jump — 1,65 (605)
** 400m — DNF
** 110m Hurdles — DNS
** Discus Throw — DNS
** Pole Vault — DNS
** Javelin Throw — DNS
** 1500m — DNS
Men's Hammer Throw:
* Eduardo Martins — qualifiers (54,92)
Men's Long Jump:
* Pedro de Almeida — qualifiers (7,10)

## Cycling
### Individual road race

* Francisco Valada — 77th - 142nd
* José Pacheco — 77th - 142nd
* Mário Silva — 77th - 142nd
* Ramiro Martins — 77th - 142nd

### Team time trial

* Francisco Valada, José Pacheco, Mário Silva and Ramiro Martins — 25th (2:33.19,61)

## Equestrian

Men's Individual Dressage:
* António Nogueira — 10th (948 points)
* Luís Mena e Silva — 17th (775 points)
Men's Individual Eventing:
* Álvaro Sabbo — eliminated
* Joaquim Duarte Silva — eliminated
* Jorge Eduardo Mathias — eliminated
* Mário Delgado — 35th (−705,15 points)
Men's Team Eventing:
* Álvaro Sabbo, Joaquim Duarte Silva, Jorge Eduardo Mathias and Mário Delgado — eliminated
Men's Individual Jumping:
* António Pereira de Almeida — eliminated
* Henrique Alves Calado — 11th (32 points)
* Carlos Lopes João — eliminated
Men's Team Jumping:
* António Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Lopes João and Henrique Alves Calado — eliminated

## Fencing

Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Portugal in 1960.

### Men's foil

* Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)
* Pedro Marçal — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)
* Manuel Borrego

### Men's épée

* José Fernandes — eighths-of-final: 6th (poule 4)
* José de Albuquerque — 1st round: 7th (poule 10)
* José Ferreira — eighths-of-final: 5th (poule 1)

### Men's team épée

* José Fernandes, José de Albuquerque, José Ferreira and Manuel Borrego — 1st round: 3rd (poule 1)

### Men's sabre

* António Marquilhas — 1st round: 6th (poule 6)
* Joaquim Rodrigues — 1st round: 4th (poule 10)
* Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)

### Men's team sabre

* António Marquilhas, José Fernandes, Joaquim Rodrigues, José Ferreira, Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)

### Women's foil

* Maria Nápoles — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)

## Gymnastics

Men's Individual Competition:
* Hermenegildo Candeias — 120th (87,65 points)
** Horizontal Bar — 114th (15,20)
** Parallel Bars — 116th (15,30)
** Pommelled Horse — 106th (15,65)
** Rings — 116th (16,20)
** Vault — 129th (8,75)
** Floor — 111th (16,55)
Women's Individual Competition:
* Dália Vairinho Cunha Sammer — 109th (59,165)
** Vault — 91st (16,166)
** Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
** Beam — 110th (14,566)
** Floor — 109th (15,500)
* Esbela Fonseca — 116th (55,431 points)
** Vault — 120th (10,733)
** Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
** Beam — 117th (13,766)
** Floor — 112th (15,066)
* Maria Cunha — 119th (53,163 points)
** Vault — 122nd (9,099)
** Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
** Beam — 113th (14,432)
** Floor — 105th (15,766)

## Rowing

Portugal had 5 male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.

### Men's coxed four

* Ilídio Silva, Jorge Gavinho, José Porto, José Vieira and Rui Valença (cox) — repechage: 3rd (poule 1)

## Sailing

Men's Finn:
* Hélder de Oliveira — 15th (3488 points)
Men's Flying Dutchman:
* Carlos Braga and Gabriel da Silva Lopes — 27th (1279 points)
Men's Star:
* José Quina and Mário Quina — 2nd (6665 points)
Men's Dragon:
* Carlos Francisco Ferreira, Gonçalo Mello, Joaquim Pinto Basto — 9th (4051 points)
Men's 5,5m:
* Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 16th (1667 points)

## Shooting

Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960.

### 25 m pistol

* António Martins — 50th (537 marks)
* Rogério Tavares — 49th (542 marks)

### 50 m pistol

* André Antunes — 54th (489 marks)
* António Jorge — 36th (522 marks)

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* António Tavares — 1st round: 29th (group 2)
* Manoel da Silva — 1st round: 32nd (group 1)

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Albino da Silva — 1st round: 35th (group 2)
* César Batista — 1st round: 30th (group 1) (378 marks)

### Trap

* Guy de Valle Flor — 15th (180)

## Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke:
* Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)
Men's 200m Butterfly:
* Luís Vaz Jorge — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)
Men's 100m Freestyle:
* Herlander Ribeiro — 1st round: 5th (heat 1)
Men's 400m Freestyle:
* Eduardo de Sousa — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)
Men's 1500m Freestyle:
* Eduardo de Sousa — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)
Men's 4×100m Medley:
* Eduardo de Sousa, Herlander Ribeiro, Luís Vaz Jorge and Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 6th (heat 3)
Women's 200m Breaststroke:
* Maria Freitas Veloso — 1st round: 7th (heat 4)

## Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):
* Luís Paquete — 19th (245 points)

## Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
* Orlando Gonçalves — 17th (−6 points)
Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):
* José Gregório — 22nd (−8 points)
Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):
* Luis Caldas — 21st (−8 points)

## Officials

* Correia Leal (chief of mission)
* Bernardo Mendes de Almeida (sailing)
* Castro de Seixa (women's gymnastics)