# Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation celebrated its centennial anniversary participating in the Olympics, having participated at every Summer edition since 1912. The Olympic Committee of Portugal sent a total of 77 athletes to the Games, 45 men and 32 women, to compete in 13 sports. Despite having the same number of athletes as in Beijing, Portugal did not qualify any athletes in archery, fencing and taekwondo.
Thirty-eight of the Portuguese athletes had competed in Beijing, including sailor Gustavo Lima, who had finished fourth in men's Laser class, and race walker Ana Cabecinha, who had set a national record for her sporting event. Windsurfer and multiple-time European champion João Rodrigues became the first Portuguese athlete to compete in six Olympic Games. Meanwhile, former middle-distance runner Luís Feiteira made his Olympic comeback in London to compete in the men's marathon after a sixteen-year absence. Pistol shooter João Costa, at age 47, was the oldest athlete on the team, while breaststroke swimmer Ana Rodrigues was the youngest at age 18. Judoka Telma Monteiro, who claimed two titles each in World Cup, and in the European championships, became Portugal's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.
Portugal left London with only a silver medal, won by sprint kayak pair Emanuel Silva and Fernando Pimenta. This was considered the nation's worst Olympic Games since 1992, following poor performances by the athletes, and the absence of former Olympic medalists from the team due to injuries. Notable absences included the defending champion Nelson Évora in the men's triple jump, triathlete Vanessa Fernandes, former medalists Francis Obikwelu and Rui Silva, and long jumper Naide Gomes.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | Canoeing | Men's K-2 1000 m | 8 August |

## Athletics

The following athletes have achieved qualifying standards in athletics events (up to a maximum of three athletes per event with the 'A' Standard, and one athlete per event with the 'B' Standard):

### Key

* Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Arnaldo Abrantes | 200 m | 20.88 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| João Almeida | 110 m hurdles | 13.69 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Feiteira | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:19:40 | 48 |
| Pedro Isidro | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | 3:58:59 | 40 |
| Jorge Paula | 400 m hurdles | 51.40 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Paulo | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:40.74 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rui Pedro Silva | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| João Vieira | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:20:41 | 11 |
| João Vieira | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Marcos Chuva | Long jump | 7.55 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marco Fortes | Shot put | 20.07 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edi Maia | Pole vault | 5.20 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jéssica Augusto | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:25:11 | 7 |
| Vera Barbosa | 400 m hurdles | 55.22 NR | 3 Q | 56.27 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marisa Barros | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:26:13 | 13 |
| Ana Cabecinha | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:28:03 | 9 |
| Clarisse Cruz | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:30.06 | 5 q | — | — | 9:32.44 | 11 |
| Ana Dulce Félix | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Ana Dulce Félix | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:28:12 | 21 |
| Inês Henriques | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:29:54 | 15 |
| Sara Moreira | 5000 m | DNS | DNS | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Moreira | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | 31:16.44 | 14 |
| Vera Santos | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:35:51 | 49 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Patrícia Mamona | Triple jump | 14.11 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irina Rodrigues | Discus throw | 57.23 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vânia Silva | Hammer throw | 62.81 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Leonor Tavares | Pole vault | 4.10 | =31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Pedro Martins | Men's singles | Gade (DEN) L 21–14, 21–8 | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Telma Santos | Women's singles | Jayasinghe (SRI) W 21–9, 21–11 | Inthanon (THA) L 21–12, 21–6 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | K-2 200 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | K-2 1000 m | 3:13.710 | 2 Q | 3:14.017 | 3 FA | 3:09.699 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Teresa Portela | K-1 200 m | 42.673 | 3 Q | 41.562 | 3 FA | 46.549 | 8 |
| Teresa Portela | K-1 500 m | 1:51.887 | 2 Q | 1:53.064 | 3 FB | 1:53.597 | 11 |
| Beatriz Gomes Joana Vasconcelos | K-2 500 m | 1:44.660 | 2 Q | 1:43.305 | 3 FA | 1:44.924 | 6 |
| Beatriz Gomes Teresa Portela Helena Rodrigues Joana Vasconcelos | K-4 500 m | 1:32.785 | 2 FA | Bye | Bye | 1:33.453 | 6 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Manuel Cardoso | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 49 |
| Rui Costa | Men's road race | 5:46:05 | 13 |
| Nelson Oliveira | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 69 |
| Nelson Oliveira | Men's time trial | 54:41.57 | 18 |

### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| David Rosa | Men's cross-country | 1:33:50 | 23 |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Gonçalo Carvalho | Rubi | Individual | 71.520 | 22 Q | 74.222 | 13 Q | 74.643 | 80.571 | 77.607 | 16 |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank |
| Luciana Diniz | Lennox | Individual | 8 | =60 Q | 0 | 8 | =31 Q | 4 | 12 | =26 Q | 1 | =7 Q | 9 | 10 | =17 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Manuel Campos | All-around | 14.166 | 12.500 | 14.433 | 14.200 | 14.400 | 13.200 | 82.899 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima | All-around | 12.033 | 13.566 | 11.766 | 12.266 | 49.631 | 53 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Trampoline

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Diogo Ganchinho | Men's | 61.440 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Rente | Women's | 100.275 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| João Pina | Men's −73 kg | Bye | Soroka (UKR) L 0011–0102 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joana Ramos | Women's −52 kg | — | Bye | Gneto (FRA) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Telma Monteiro | Women's −57 kg | — | Malloy (USA) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yahima Ramirez | Women's −78 kg | — | Gibbons (GBR) L 0100–0000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pedro Fraga Nuno Mendes | Lightweight double sculls | 6:37.91 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:37.99 | 3 FA | 6:44.80 | 5 |
Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| João Rodrigues | RS:X | 20 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 3 | EL | 132 | 14 |
| Gustavo Lima | Laser | 21 | 24 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 13 | EL | 173 | 22 |
| Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes | 470 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 93 | 8 |
| Afonso Domingos Frederico Melo | Star | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | EL | 108 | 15 |

### Fleet racing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Carolina Mendelblatt | RS:X | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Sara Carmo | Laser Radial | 32 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 38 | 28 | 24 | EL | 222 | 28 |

### Match racing

| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Rank | Knockouts | Knockouts | Knockouts | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | FRA | FIN | USA | GBR | NZL | RUS | SWE | NED | ESP | DEN | AUS | Rank | Q-final | S-final | Final | Rank |
| Rita Gonçalves Mariana Lobato Diana Neves | Elliott 6m | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Francisco Andrade Bernardo Freitas | 49er | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 134 | 8 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| João Costa | 10 m air pistol | 583 | 8 Q | 682.3 | 7 |
| João Costa | 50 m pistol | 559 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Joana Castelão | 10 m air pistol | 381 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joana Castelão | 25 m pistol | 571 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Portuguese swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the swimming events (up to a maximum of two swimmers per event with the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially one with the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Carlos Almeida | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.40 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diogo Carvalho | 200 m individual medley | 2:00.40 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diogo Carvalho | 400 m individual medley | 4:23.06 | 26 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arseniy Lavrentyev | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:51:37.2 | 19 |
| Simão Morgado | 100 m butterfly | 53.26 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pedro Oliveira | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.83 NR | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pedro Oliveira | 200 m butterfly | 1:58.45 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tiago Venâncio | 200 m freestyle | 1:52.36 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sara Oliveira | 100 m butterfly | 1:00.44 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Oliveira | 200 m butterfly | 2:11.54 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Rodrigues | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.62 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marcos Freitas | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Lin J (DOM) W 4–0 | Oh S-E (KOR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| João Monteiro | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Henzell (AUS) L 2–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tiago Apolónia Marcos Freitas João Monteiro | Men's team | — | — | — | — | Great Britain (GBR) W 3–0 | South Korea (KOR) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lei Huang Mendes | Women's singles | Bye | Komwong (THA) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

Portugal qualified two triathletes for the men's event.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Bruno Pais | Men's | 18:57 | 0:42 | 58:44 | 0:29 | 32:30 | 1:51:22 | 41 |
| João Silva | Men's | 17:22 | 0:36 | 58:54 | 0:26 | 30:33 | 1:47:51 | 9 |