Portugal at the 1976 Summer Olympics

• Carlos Lopes — Athletics, 10000m
• Armando Silva Marques — Shooting, Trap

Men's 400m:

• José de Jesus Carvalho

• Round 1 (heat 6) — 48.47 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 800m:

• Fernando Mamede

• Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:49.58 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m:

• Fernando Mamede

• Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:37.98 (→ 3rd)
• Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:42.59 (→ 8th, did not advance)

• Hélder Baiona de Jesus

• Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:44.20 (→ 2nd)
• Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:47.37 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Men's 5000m:

• Aniceto Silva Simões

• Qualifying (heat 3) — 13:21.93 (→ 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser)
• Final — 13:29.38 (→ 8th)

• Carlos Lopes

• Qualifying (heat 2) — did not participate

Men's 10000m

• Carlos Lopes

• Qualifying (heat 1) — 28:04.53 (→ 1st)
• Final — 27:45.17 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles:

• José de Jesus Carvalho

• Round 1 (heat 1) — 50.99 (→ 4th)
• Semi-final — 49.97 (→ 2nd)
• Final → 49.94 (→ 5th)

Men's Marathon:

• Anacleto Pereira Pinto — 2:18:53.4 (→ 22nd)
• Carlos Lopes — did not participate

Men's Lightweight (–63 kg):

• José Gomes

Group B

• Round 1 — Mustapha Belahmira (MAR) (→ forfeited)
• Round 2 — Osman Yanar (TUR) (→ won by jury decision)
• Round 3 — Hector Rodriguez (CUB) (→ lost by ippon)
• Repêchage — Marian Standowicz (POL) (→ lost by yuko)

Men's Light Middleweight (–70 kg):

• António Roquete Andrade

Group A

• Round 1 — Koji Kuramoto (JAP) (→ lost by jury decision)
• Repêchage — Juan-Carlos Rodriguez (ESP) (→ lost by koka)

Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470):

• Joaquim Leça Ramada and Francisco Antunes Mourão — 137 pts (→ 21st)

Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	Net
Place	18	18	14	9	28	22	20
Pts	24	24	20	15	34	28	26	171	137

Trap:

• Armando Silva Marques — 189 hits (→ Silver Medal)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
Hits	22	24	24	25	23	24	25	22	189

Men's 100m Freestyle:

• José Gomes Pereira

• Heats (heat 6) — 55.46 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 5) — 2:02.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

• José Gomes Pereira

• Heats (heat 4) — 2:03.03 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle:

• Rui Pinto de Abreu

• Heats (heat 4) — 4:28.43 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 4) — 17:24.31 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay:

• António Botelho Melo, José Gomes Pereira, Paulo Frischknecht and Rui Pinto de Abreu

• Heats (heat 2) — 8:26.68 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.76 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 1) — 2:26.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke:

• Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio

• Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:

• Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio

• Heats (heat 3) — 2:41.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4) — 1:01.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4) — 2:20.54 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley:

• António Botelho Melo

• Heats (heat 3) — 5:11.48 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay:

• António Botelho Melo, Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio, José Gomes Pereira and Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 2) — 4:20.84 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):

• Leonel Duarte

• Round 1 — Mohamed Karmous (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Rolf Krauss (GER) (→ won by fall; –8pts: did not advance)

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

• Luís Grilo

• Round 1 — Ali Lachkar (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Doug Yeats (CAN) (→ won by fall)
• Round 3 — Joseph Sade (USA) (→ lost by 30:1; –8 pts: did not advance)

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

• Joaquim Jesus Vieira

• Round 1 — Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) (→ lost by fall; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Kazimier Lipien (POL) (→ lost by fall; –8 pts: did not advance)