# Portugal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Portugal competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

## Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Luís Gonçalves | Athletics | Men's 400 m – T12 | 9 September |
| Bronze | Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques Abílio Valente | Boccia | Mixed team BC1–2 | 12 September |
| Bronze | José Macedo | Boccia | Mixed individual BC3 | 16 September |
| Bronze | Manuel Mendes | Athletics | Men's marathon – T46 | 18 September |

## Athletics
### 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

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nuno Alves Guide: Ricardo Abreu | 1500m – T11 | 4:36.32 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nuno Alves Guide: Ricardo Abreu | 5000m – T11 | — | — | — | — | 17:03.64 | 8 |
| Luís Gonçalves | 200m – T12 | 22.83 | 2 q | 22.98 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Luís Gonçalves | 400m – T12 | 49.60 | 2 q | 49.92 | 1 Q | 49.54 | |
| Gabriel Macchi | Marathon – T12 | — | — | — | — | 2:43:49 | 6 |
| Manuel Mendes | Marathon – T46 | — | — | — | — | 2:49:57 | |
| Hélder Mestre | 100m – T51 | — | — | — | — | 24.35 | 8 |
| Hélder Mestre | 400m – T51 | — | — | — | — | 1:30.82 | 7 |
| Cristiano Pereira | 1500m – T20 | — | — | — | — | 3:59.92 | 7 |
| Jorge Pina | Marathon – T12 | — | — | — | — | 2:55:47 | 7 |
| Mário Trindade | 100m – T52 | 17.94 | 3 Q | — | — | 18.19 | 6 |
| Mário Trindade | 400m – T52 | 1:02.51 | 3 Q | — | — | 1:05.35 | 8 |

### Field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Lenine Cunha | Long jump – F20 | 6.84 | 6 |
| Miguel Monteiro | Shot put – F40 | 8.89 | 5 |

### Track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Carolina Duarte | 100m – T13 | 12.53 | 3 Q | — | — | 12.48 NR | 6 |
| Carolina Duarte | 400m – T13 | — | — | — | — | 58.52 | 7 |
| Maria Fernandes | 100m – T38 | 14.65 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maria Fernandes | 400m – T38 | — | — | — | — | 1:08.62 | 6 |
| Maria Fiúza Guide: Rui Chaves | 1500m – T11 | 5:24.14 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carina Paim | 400m – T20 | 1:02.16 | 6 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Maria Fernandes | Long jump – F38 | 4.04 | 11 |
| Inês Fernandes | Shot put – F20 | 11.69 | 6 |
| Ana Filipe | Long jump – F20 | 4.31 | 9 |
| Erica Gomes | Long jump – F20 | 4.67 | 7 |

## Boccia
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Pool Rounds | Pool Rounds | Pool Rounds | Pool Rounds | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (Gold / Bronze) | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank |
| António Marques | Mixed individual BC1 | Zhang (CHN) W 3–2 | Nagy (SVK) L 2–4 | Smith (GBR) W 9–3 | 1 | Chagas (BRA) W 4–3 | Perez (NED) L 1–8 | Yoo (KOR) L 1–8 | 4 |
| Fernando Ferreira | Mixed individual BC2 | — | Yan (CHN) L 1–8 | Yeung (HKG) W 5–2 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cristina Gonçalves | Mixed individual BC2 | — | Rowe (GBR) W 7–2 | Saengampa (THA) L 4–7 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Abilio Valente | Mixed individual BC2 | — | Araújo (BRA) W 4–1 | Zhong (CHN) W 2–2 (TB) | 1 | Saengampa (THA) L 1–12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Armando Costa | Mixed individual BC3 | — | Oliveira (BRA) L 1–6 | Vasicek (CZE) L 1–4 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| José Macedo | Mixed individual BC3 | — | Garneau (CAN) W 7–2 | Choi (KOR) W 3–1 | 1 | Bjurström (SWE) W 7–0 | Jeong (KOR) L 1–6 | Kim (KOR) W 5–5 (TB) | |
| Mário Peixoto | Mixed individual BC3 | — | Wilson (GBR) L 2–4 | Takahashi (JPN) L 2–4 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pedro Clara | Mixed individual BC4 | McGuire (GBR) L 3–4 | Pinto (BRA) W 6–5 | Lau Wai Yan (HKG) W 5–3 | 2 | Seo (KOR) L 2–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Domingos Vieira | Mixed individual BC4 | Seo (KOR) L 3–5 | Leung (HKG) L 3–5 | Morfi-Metzou (GRE) W 6–1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Pairs and team

| Athlete | Event | Pool Rounds | Pool Rounds | Pool Rounds | Pool Rounds | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (Gold / Bronze) | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank |
| Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques Abílio Valente | Mixed team BC1–2 | — | Argentina (ARG) L 1–7 | Slovakia (SVK) W 12–1 | 2 | Brazil (BRA) W 6–5 | Japan (JPN) L 5–8 | Argentina (ARG) W 6–2 | |
| Armando Costa José Macedo Mário Peixoto | Mixed pairs BC3 | Great Britain (GBR) W 4–3 | Singapore (SIN) L 1–5 | Greece (GRE) L 2–5 | 3 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pedro Clara Clara Oliveira Domingos Vieira | Mixed pairs BC4 | Hong Kong (HKG) L 2–6 | Great Britain (GBR) L 4–11 | Slovakia (SVK) L 4–8 | 4 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Portugal qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Luís Costa | Men's road race – H5 | 1:37:56 | 8 |
| Luís Costa | Men's time trial – H5 | 31:06.06 | 8 |
| Telmo Pinão | Men's road race – C1–3 | 1:58:55 | 22 |
| Telmo Pinão | Men's time trial – C2 | 30:38.04 | 12 |

## Equestrian

Ana Veiga was given a Bipartite Commission Invitation slot to compete in Rio.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Ana Veiga | Convicto | Individual championship test Ia | 65.696 | 21 |
| Ana Veiga | Convicto | Mixed team test Ia | 68.261 | 17 |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage First round | Repechage Final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Miguel Vieira | Men's −66 kg | Oliveira Boto (BRA) L 000–100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Shooting

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Adelino Rocha earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Adelino Rocha | Men's 10 m air pistol – SH1 | 549 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adelino Rocha | Mixed 25 m pistol – SH1 | 520 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adelino Rocha | Mixed 50 m pistol – SH1 | 501 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| David Carreira | 50 m freestyle – S8 | 29.32 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Carreira | 100 m butterfly – S8 | 1:07.43 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Carreira | 200 m individual medley – SM8 | 2:45.23 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Grachat | 50 m freestyle – S9 | 27.03 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Grachat | 100 m freestyle – S9 | 57.90 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Grachat | 400 m freestyle – S9 | 4:22.86 | 4 Q | 4:27.73 | 8 |
| Nelson Lopes | 50 m backstroke – S4 | 53.51 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nelson Lopes | 200 m freestyle – S4 | 3:51.29 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Joana Calado | 100 m backstroke – SB8 | 1:26.52 | 5 Q | 1:25.96 | 5 |
| Simone Fragoso | 50 m freestyle – S5 | 46.49 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Simone Fragoso | 50 m butterfly – S5 | 56.23 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Simone Fragoso | 50 m backstroke – S5 | Withdraw | Withdraw | Withdraw | Withdraw |
| Simone Fragoso | 200 m individual medley – SM5 | 4:26.08 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
Record legend: WR = World record; PR = Paralympic record; AR = Area record; NR = National record