# 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. This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.

## 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

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

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
* J. Correia Barrento — 22nd (42½ points)
Men's Team Jumping:
* Henrique Alves Calado, Hélder de Souza and J. Correia Barrento — eliminated

## Fencing

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

Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.

### 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
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| 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

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

Men's 100m backstroke:
* M. Alua Simas — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)

## Officials

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