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,[1] with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.

Portugal at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Rome
Competitors65 (60 men, 5 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearerMário Quina (Sailing)
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Officials2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Silver

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's 3000m Steeplechase:

Men's 5000m:

Men's Decathlon:

  • Júlio Santos — DNF (2282 points)
    1. 100m — 12,0 (597)
    2. Long Jump — 6,32 (592)
    3. Shot Put — 10,85 (488)
    4. High Jump — 1,65 (605)
    5. 400m — DNF
    6. 110m Hurdles — DNS
    7. Discus Throw — DNS
    8. Pole Vault — DNS
    9. Javelin Throw — DNS
    10. 1500m — DNS

Men's Hammer Throw:

Men's Long Jump:

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Individual road race
Team time trial

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Dressage:

Men's Individual Eventing:

Men's Team Eventing:

Men's Individual Jumping:

  • António Pereira de Almeida — eliminated
  • Henrique Alves Calado — 11th (32 points)
  • Carlos Lopes João — eliminated

Men's Team Jumping:

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Hermenegildo Candeias — 120th (87,65 points)
    1. Horizontal Bar — 114th (15,20)
    2. Parallel Bars — 116th (15,30)
    3. Pommelled Horse — 106th (15,65)
    4. Rings — 116th (16,20)
    5. Vault — 129th (8,75)
    6. Floor — 111th (16,55)

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Dália Vairinho Cunha Sammer — 109th (59,165)
    1. Vault — 91st (16,166)
    2. Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
    3. Beam — 110th (14,566)
    4. Floor — 109th (15,500)
  • Esbela Fonseca — 116th (55,431 points)
    1. Vault — 120th (10,733)
    2. Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
    3. Beam — 117th (13,766)
    4. Floor — 112th (15,066)
  • Maria Cunha — 119th (53,163 points)
    1. Vault — 122nd (9,099)
    2. Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
    3. Beam — 113th (14,432)
    4. Floor — 105th (15,766)

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Portugal had 5 male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men's coxed four

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's Finn:

  • Hélder de Oliveira — 15th (3488 points)

Men's Flying Dutchman:

Men's Star:

Men's Dragon:

Men's 5,5m:

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Backstroke:

  • Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)

Men's 200m Butterfly:

Men's 100m Freestyle:

Men's 400m Freestyle:

Men's 1500m Freestyle:

Men's 4×100m Medley:

Women's 200m Breaststroke:

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):

Officials

References
  1. "Portugal at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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