# Portugal at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 90 competitors, 68 men and 22 women, took part in 71 events in 14 sports.
These Olympics saw Portugal listing the biggest share of competitors in the athletics, but also debuting in the tennis and badminton events, recently elevated to Olympic sports, as with the women's judo. Portugal also participated in the roller hockey tournament (demonstration sport), as current world champions, but finishing just outside the podium.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| Badminton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Canoeing | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Equestrian | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Fencing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Judo | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sailing | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Shooting | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Swimming | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 68 | 22 | 90 |

## Archery

Women's Individual Competition:
* Ana Sousa
   * Qualifying round — 1288 pts (→ 22nd)
       70m60m50m30mTotal 2973343213361288
   * Elimination round — 98 pts (→ 26th)
      * 1/16 finals — Xiangjun Ma (CHN) (→ lost 101:98, did not advance)

## Athletics
### Men's events

800m:
* António Abrantes
   * Round 1 (heat 7) — 1:50.89 (→ 5th, did not advance)
1,500m:
* Mário Silva
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:38.57 (→ 3rd)
   * Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:38.09 (→ 9th, did not advance)
5,000m:
* Carlos Monteiro
   * Semi-final (heat 4) — 14:00.53 (→ 10th, did not advance)
* Domingos Castro
   * Semi-final (heat 3) — 13:24:57 (→ 5th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser)
   * Final — 13:38.09 (→ 11th)
* Raimundo Santos
   * Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:48.06 (→ 7th, did not advance)
10,000m:
* Domingos Castro
   * Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish
* Fernando Couto
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 29:20.06 (→ 15th, did not advance)
Marathon:
* António Pinto → did not finish
* Dionísio Castro → did not finish
* Joaquim Pinheiro → did not finish
20 km Walk:
* José Urbano — disqualified
50 km Walk:
* José Magalhães — 4:20:21 (→ 28th)
* José Pinto — disqualified
* José Urbano — 4:16:31 (→ 25th)
400m Hurdles:
* Pedro Rodrigues
   * Round 1 (heat 3) — 49.46 (→ 5th, did not advance)
3000m Steeplechase:
* João Junqueira
   * Round 1 (heat 3) — 8:35.68 (→ 8th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser)
   * Semi-final (heat 1) — 8:39.17 (→ 10th, did not advance)
4 × 100 m Relay:
* Luís Barroso, Luís Cunha, Pedro Agostinho and Pedro Curvelo
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 40.30 (→ 5th, did not advance)
4 × 400 m Relay:
* Álvaro Silva, José Mendes, Paulo Curvelo and Pedro Rodrigues
   * Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:10.11 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Pole Vault:
* Nuno Fernandes
   * Qualifying round (heat 2) — 5,00 (→ 15th, did not advance)
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### Women's events

100m:
* Lucrécia Jardim
   * Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.58 (→ 4th)
   * Round 2 (heat 1) — 11.66 (→ 7th, did not advance)
200m:
* Lucrécia Jardim
   * Round 1 (heat 1) — 23.26 (→ 3rd)
   * Round 2 (heat 2) — 23.09 (→ 5th, did not advance)
800m:
* Carla Sacramento
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:00.57 (→ 3rd, advanced as 5th fastest loser)
   * Semi-final (heat 2) — 2:02.85 (→ 6th, did not advance)
1500m:
* Carla Sacramento
   * Round 1 (heat 1) — 4:10.01 (→ 5th)
   * Semi-final (heat 2) — 4:05.54 (→ 9th, did not advance)
3000m:
* Fernanda Ribeiro
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 9:07.69 (9th, did not advance)
10000m:
* Albertina Dias
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:15.05 (→ 6th)
   * Final — 32:0.393 (→ 13th)
* Conceição Ferreira
   * Round 1 (heat 1) — 32:31.95 (→ 9th, advanced as 1st fastest loser)
   * Final — did not finish
* Fernanda Marques
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:38.16 (→ 8th)
   * Final — did not finish
Marathon:
* Aurora Cunha → did not finish
* Manuela Machado → 2:38:22 (→ 7th)
10 km Walk:
* Isilda Gonçalves — 50:23 (→ 34th)
* Susana Feitor — disqualified
400m Hurdles:
* Marta Moreira
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 58.24 (→ 6th, did not advance)
4 × 400 m Relay:
* Eduarda Coelho, Elsa Amaral, Lucrécia Jardim and Marta Moreira
   * Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:29.38 (→ 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser)
   * Final — 3:36.85 (→ 8th)
Discus Throw:
* Teresa Machado
   * Qualifying round — 4,98 (→ 14th, did not advance)

## Badminton

Men's Individual Competition:
* Ricardo Fernandes
   * 1/32 finals — R. Liljequist (FIN) (→ lost by 15-3, 15-11 – did not advance)
* Fernando Silva
   * 1/32 finals — Peter Axelsson (SWE) (→ lost by 15-7, 15-8 – did not advance)
Men's Team Competition:
* Fernando Silva and Ricardo Fernandes
   * 1/32 finals — Benny Lee and Thomas Reidy (USA) (→ lost by 15-1, 15-10 – did not advance)

## Canoeing
### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| José Garcia | K-1 500 m | 1:42.96 | 3 QR | 1:41.84 | 3 QS | 1:45.88 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Garcia | K-1 1000 m | 3:46.82 | 4 QR | 3:34.92 | 1 QS | 3:37.34 | 3 QF | 3:41.60 | 6 |
| Joaquim Queirós José Ferreira da Silva | K-2 500 m | 1:37.73 | 6 QR | 1:33.57 | 2 QS | 1:32.33 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joaquim Queirós José Ferreira da Silva | K-2 1000 m | 3:22.46 | 3 QR | 3:18.42 | 4 QS | 3:00.90 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| António Brinco António Monteiro Belmiro Penetra Rui Fernandes | K-4 1000 m | 3:02.38 | 5 QS | — | — | 3:00.90 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrianism

Individual Eventing:
* António Braz — –238.60 pts (→ 58th)
    EventDressageEnduranceJumping Pts (Rank) –85.00 (75th)–143.60 (57th)–10.00 (24th) General Pts (Rank) –85.00 (75th)–228.60 (59th)–238.60 (58th)
* António Ramos — –186.70 pts (46th)
    EventDressageEnduranceJumping Pts (Rank) –72.40 (61st)–102.80 (47th)–11.50 (41st) General Pts (Rank) –72.40 (61st)–175.20 (48th)–186.70 (46th)
* Bernardo Rodrigues — eliminated
    EventDressageEnduranceJumping Pts (Rank) –69.80 (54th)eliminated— General Pts (Rank) –69.80 (54th)eliminated—
* Vasco Ramires
    EventDressageEnduranceJumping Pts (Rank) –91.40 (79th)–82.40 (39th)0.00 (1st) General Pts (Rank) –91.40 (79th)–173.80 (47th)–173.80 (41st)
Team Eventing:
* António Braz, António Ramos and Bernardo Rodrigues — –599.10 pts (→ 15th)
    EventDressageEnduranceJumping Pts (Rank) –248.80 (?)–328.80 (?)–21.50 (?) General Pts (Rank) –248.80 (?)–577.60 (?)–599.10 (15th)
Individual Jumping:
* Jorge Matias — 83rd
Team Jumping:
* Jorge Matias — did not start

## Fencing

Four male fencers represented Portugal in 1992.

### Men's épée

* José Bandeira
   * Qualifying round (pool 4) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 6th, 61st overall, did not advance)
* Rui Frazão
   * Qualifying round (pool 10) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 7th, 60th overall, did not advance)

### Men's foil

* José Guimarães
   * Qualifying round (pool 2) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 7th, 52nd overall, did not advance)

### Men's sabre

* Luís Silva
   * Qualifying round (pool 4) — 5 matches, 0 victories (→ 6th, 40th overall, did not advance)

## Gymnastics

Rhythmics:
* Clara Piçarra — did not start (→ 43rd)

## Judo
### Men's events

Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):
* Rui Ludovino
    Preliminary rounds A
   * 1/32 finals — Pina Garcia (DOM) (→ won by yuko)
   * 1/16 finals — Dashgombyn Battulga (MGL) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
Half Lightweight (–65 pts):
* Augusto Almeida
    Preliminary rounds B
   * 1/32 finals — V. Cespedes (PAR) (→ won by ippon)
   * 1/16 finals — R. Sampaio (BRA) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
    Repêchage B
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — Sang-Moon Kim (KOR) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
Lightweight (–71 kg):
* Rui Domingues
    Preliminary rounds A
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — C. Shi (CHN) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)
Half Middleweight (–78 kg):
    Preliminary rounds B
* António Matias
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — Anton Summer (AUT) (→ lost by double waza-ari (=ippon), did not advance)
Middleweight (–86 kg):
* Pedro Cristóvão
    Preliminary rounds B
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — D. Kistler (SUI) (→ lost by koka, did not advance)

### Women's events

Half Lightweight (–52 kg):
* Paula Saldanha — 7th
    Preliminary rounds B
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — R. Dechinmaa (MGL) (→ won by ippon)
   * 1/8 finals — Lyne Poirier (CAN) (→ won by koka)
   * 1/4 finals — Jessica Gal (NED) (→ lost by ippon)
    Repêchage B
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — Bye
   * 1/8 finals — Maktsoutova (EUN) (→ won by yuko)
   * 1/4 finals — A. Giungi (ITA) (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (–56 kg):
* Filipa Cavalleri
    Preliminary rounds B
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — Z. Blagojevic (IOP) (→ won by yar?)
   * 1/8 finals — P. Pinitwong (THA) (→ won by yusei-gachi)
   * 1/4 finals — Flagothier (BEL) (→ lost by yuko)
    Repêchage B
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — Bye
   * 1/8 finals — Kate Donahoo (USA) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)
Half Heavyweight (–72 kg):
* Sandra Godinho
    Preliminary rounds A
   * 1/32 finals — Bye
   * 1/16 finals — Werbrouck (BEL) (→ lost by yuko, did not advance)

## Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Portugal in 1992.
Men's Individual Competition:
* Manuel Barroso — 4719 pts (→ 53rd)
    Event Fencing Swimming Shooting Cross-country Riding Vict.Pen. TimeHeat HitsPen.Heat TimePen. TimePen. 19– 3:23.22 159601 12:26.0– 1:58.7– Pts (Rank) 541 (62nd) 1248 (25th) 595 (65th) 1327 (1st) 1008 (26th) General Pts (Rank) 541 (62nd) 1799 (59th) 2384 (33rd) 3711 (?) 4719 (53rd)

## Roller Hockey

Men's Competition:
* António Heitor, António Neves, Franklin Pais, Luís Ferreira, Paulo Almeida, Paulo Alves, Pedro Alves, Rui Lopes, Vitor Hugo Silva and Vitor Fortunato — 4th
   * Preliminary round (Group A) — 5 matches, 4 victories, 1 defeat – 8 pts (→ 2nd)
   * Semi-finals — 5 matches, 3 victories, 2 defeats – 6 pts (→ 3rd)
   * Final 3rd/4th — Italy (→ lost 3-2)

## Rowing

Men's Double Sculls:
* Daniel Alves and João Santos
   * Round 1 (heat 3) — 6:54.55 (→ 5th)
   * Repêchage 4 — 6:46.14 (→ 4th)
   * Semi-final C — 6:32.01 (→ 4th)
   * Final D — 6:42.00 (→ 1st, 18th overall)

## Sailing

Men's Lechner A-390:
* João Rodrigues — 233 pts (→ 23rd)
    Race12345678910TotalNet Place 25th10th18th20th22nd21st24th23rd28th18th Pts 31162424282730293324266233
Men's 470:
* Eduardo Seruca and Victor Hugo Rocha (helm) — 148 pts (→ 24th)
    Race1234567TotalNet Place 23rd27th20th26th5th21st18th Pts 29332632102724181148
Soling:
* António Tanger Correia (helm), Luís Miguel Santos and Ricardo Batista — 116 pts (→ 21st)
    Race123456TotalNet Place 21st21st16th18th16th15th Pts 272722242221143148
Star:
* Fernando Bello (helm) and Francisco Pinheiro de Melo — 101 pts (→ 12th)
    Race1234567TotalNet Place 1st9thFalse start19th8th21st14th Pts 0153325142720134101

## Shooting

Men's Trap:
* António Palminha
   * Preliminary round — 145 hits (→ 14th)
       Round123456Total Hits 242525252422145
   * Semi-final — 193 hits (→ 11th, did not advance)
       Round12345678Total Hits 2425252523252422193
* João Rebelo
   * Preliminary round — 145 hits (→ 10th)
       Round123456Total Hits 212525242525145
   * Semi-final — 191 hits (→ 16th, did not advance)
       Round12345678Total Hits 2125252224242525191
* Manuel Silva
   * Preliminary round — 146 hits (→ 7th)
       Round123456Total Hits 242425232525146
   * Semi-final — 193 hits (→ 11th, did not advance)
       Round12345678Total Hits 2424252522232525193
Women's 10m Air Rifle:
* Carla Ribeiro
   * Preliminary round — 387 hits (→ 26th, did not advance)
       Round1234Total Hits 94999797387

## Swimming
### Men's events

100m Backstroke:
* Miguel Arrobas
   * Heats (heat 2) — 59.37 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 42nd overall)
200m Backstroke:
* Miguel Arrobas
   * Heats (heat 2) — 2:06.02 (→ 6th, did not advance – 34th overall)
100m Breaststroke:
* Alexandre Yokochi
   * Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.61 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 39th overall)
200m Breaststroke:
* Alexandre Yokochi
.* Heats (heat 4) — 2:18.97 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)
100m Butterfly:
* Miguel Cabrita
   * Heats (heat 4) — 57.07 (→ 6th, did not advance – 46th overall)
200m Butterfly:
* Diogo Madeira
   * Heats (heat 3) — 2:02.22 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 29th overall)
* Miguel Cabrita
   * Heats (heat 4) — 2:04.28 (→ 6th, did not advance – 34th place)
50m Freestyle:
* Paulo Trindade
   * Heats (heat 7) — 23.81 (→ 8th, did not advance – 36th overall)
400m Freestyle:
* Artur Costa
   * Heats (heat 2) — 3:58.80 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 26th overall)
1500m Freestyle:
* Artur Costa
   * Heats (heat 2) — 15:41.26 (→ 6th, did not advance — 17th overall)
200m Individual Medley
* Diogo Madeira
   * Heats (heat 3) — 2:07.38 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 33rd place)

### Women's events

100m Backstroke:
* Ana Barros
   * Heats (heat 3) — 1:06.11 (→ 7th, did not advance – 36th overall)
200m Backstroke:
* Ana Barros
   * Heats (heat 3) — 2:17.59 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 24th overall)
100m Butterfly:
* Ana Alegria
   * Heats (heat 3) — 1:04.18 (→ 4th, did not advance – 36th overall)
* Joana Arantes
   * Heats (heat 2) — 1:04.59 (→ 4th, did not advance – 39th place)
200m Butterfly:
* Joana Arantes
   * Heat (heat 4) — 2:16.56 (→ 6th, did not advance – 19th overall)
100m Freestyle:
* Ana Alegria
   * Heats (heat 2) — 1:00.35 (→ 6th, did not advance – 41st overall)

## Tennis

Men's Singles Competition:
* Bernardo Mota
   * 1/32 finals — Goran Ivanišević (CRO) (→ lost by 2-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6 – did not advance)
Men's Doubles Competition:
* Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota
   * 1/16 finals — Guy Forget and Henri Leconte (FRA) (→ lost by 1-6, 3-6, 1-6 – did not advance)

## Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight (–74 kg):
* Paulo Martins
    Elimination round B — 2 defeats, 1.0 technical pts (→ 8th, did not advance)
   * Round 1 — Dobri Ivanov (BUL) (→ lost by 6-1; +1.0 technical pts)
   * Round 2 — Qingkun Wei (CHN) (→ lost by 16-0; +0 technical pts)

## Officials

* José Geraldes de Oliveira (chief of mission)
* António Livramento (roller hockey coach)
* Luís Alfredo Dias Rei (roller hockey)