Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Portugal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Atlanta
Competitors107 (83 men and 24 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Fernanda Ribeiro (opening)
Carla Sacramento (closing)
Medals
Ranked 47th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

A delegation with a record number of 107 competitors (83 men and 24 women) participated in 79 events in 18 sports.[1] Two medals were won this time, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprising victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance endurance events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class male team, reviving a successful sailing tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations.

In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing and in newly promoted beach volleyball, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a Bahamian team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football team to the Olympics and, in the end, it repeated Amsterdam's fourth place.

Medalists

Gold

Bronze

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th)
Round1st half2nd halfTotal
Pts 322328650
  • Elimination rounds — 148 pts (→ 58th)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's events

100m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 10.65 (→ 6th, did not advance)

800m:

  • Round 1 (heat 5) — 1:47.73 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 3) — 3:42.01 (→ 10th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 4) — 3:38.09 (→ 5th, advanced as 4th fastest loser)
  • Semi-final 1 — 3:40.31 (→ 11th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:44.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

5000m:

  • José Ramos
  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 14:17.26 (→ 8th)
  • Semi-final 1 — 14:24.81 (→ 15th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 3) — 14:08.87 (→ 11th, advanced as 9th fastest loser)
  • Semi-final 2 — did not start

10000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:50.58 (→ 14th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 29:15.41 (→ 15th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — did not finish

Marathon:

20 km Walk:

50 km Walk:

400m Hurdles:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 49.09s (→ 3rd, did not advance)

3000m Steeplechase:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 8:35.58 (→ 8th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 8:48.16 (→ 11th, did not advance)

Long Jump:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 7,81 (→ 12th, did not advance)
123Result
7,367,81X7,81

Pole Vault:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,60 (→ 10th, did not advance)
5,205,405,605,70Result
XOOXXOXXX5,60

Triple Jump:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 16,65 (→ 10th, did not advance)
123Result
16,4316,65X16,65

Women's events

100m:

  • Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.32 (→ 3rd)
  • Round 2 (heat 2) — 11.37 (→ 4th)
  • Semi-final 2 — 11.32 (→ 8th, did not advance)

200m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 22.95 (→ 3rd)
  • Round 2 (heat 3) — 22.98 (→ 5th, did not advance)

800m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:03.22 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 4:13.57 (→ 3rd)
  • Semi-final 2 — 4:06.70 (→ 5th)
  • Final — 4:03.91 (→ 6th)

5000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 15:57.35 (→ 11th, did not advance)

10000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 33:40.76 (→ 14th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 31:36.32 (→ 3rd)
  • Final — 31:01.63 OR (→ Gold Medal)

Marathon:

10 km Walk:

Discus Throw:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 62,02 (→ 5th)
123Result
59,1462,0262,02
  • Final — 61,38 (→ 10th)
123Result
61,3860,4860,0261,38

Shot Put:

  • Qualifying round (Group A) — 15,91 (→ 12th, did not advance)
123Result
15,9115,6215,6015,91

Beach volleyball
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition:

  • Round 1 — Michel Everaert and Sander Mulder (NED) (→ won by 15-8)
  • Round 2 — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith (USA) (→ lost by 15-7)
  • 17th place round — Javier Yuste Muniz and Miguel Angel Martin Prieto (ESP) (→ won by 15-8)
  • 13th place round — Eduardo Esteban Martinez and Martin Alejo Conde (ARG) (→ won by 15-5)
  • 9th place round — Emanuel Rego and José Marco de Melo Ferreira (BRA) (→ won by 15-12)
  • 7th place round — Björn Maaseide and Jan Kvalheim (NOR) (→ won by 15-3)
  • 5th place round — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith (USA) (→ won by 15-13)
  • Semi-finals — Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh (USA) (→ lost by 15-13)
  • Bronze medal match — John Child and Mark Heese (CAN) (→ lost by 12-5, 12-8)

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank
Aníbal Fernandes Men's K-1 158.72 18 170.00 28 158.72 30
Florence Ferreira Fernandes Women's K-1 212.19 13 208.20 17 208.20 22

Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repasage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Silvestre Pereira C-1 500 m 2:01.58 7 QS N/A 1:57.95 7 Did not advance
C-1 1000 m 4:42.72 8 QS N/A 4:31.20 7 Did not advance
José Garcia K-1 500 m 1:52.76 8 QR 1:56.10 9 Did not advance
K-1 1000 m 3:56.06 4 QR 4:05.68 3 QS 3:48.86 8 Did not advance
Joaquim Queirós
Rui Fernandes		 K-2 500 m 1:33.86 5 QR 1:37.50 3 QS 1:31.56 6 Did not advance
K-2 1000 m 3:59.39 9 QR 3:36.49 5 QS 3:22.27 6 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Road Race:

Women's Road Race:

Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Individual Jumping:

  • Qualifying round — 13.75 penalty pts (→ 69th)
TimePenaltiesRank
ObstacleTimeTotal
111.50121.7513.7569th
  • Qualifying round — 12.00 penalty pts (→ 59th)
TimePenaltiesRank
ObstacleTimeTotal
102.37120.0012.0059th

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Portugal in 1996.

Men's épée
  • Round A — Vitally Zakharov (BLR) (→ lost by 15-11, did not advance)

Football
Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition:

  • Group stage (A) — 5 pts (→ 2nd, 1 scored goal less than Argentina)
  • Quarter-finals
  • Semi-finals
  • Bronze medal match

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

RoundBalance BeamVaultUneven BarsFloorTotal
Ia 8.8129.4259.1129.18736.536
Ib 8.4379.3379.4378.86236.073
Total (Rank) 17.249 (81st)18.762 (55th)18.549 (66th)18.049 (86th)72.609

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):

Pool A

Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):

Pool A
Repêchage A

Men's Lightweight (–71 kg):

Pool A

Men's Half Heavyweight (–95 kg):

Pool A
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Detlef Knorrek (GER) (→ won by ippon)
  • Round 3 — A. Sanchez Armentero (CUB) (→ won by ippon)
  • 1/4 finals — Pawel Nastula (POL) (→ lost by ippon)
Repêchage A
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Bye
  • Round 3 — Antal Kovács (HUN) (→ lost by shido, did not advance)

Women's Lightweight (–56 kg):

Pool B

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

Event Fencing Swimming Shooting Cross-country Riding Total
Vict.Def.Pen. TimePen. HitsPen. TimePen. TimePen.
11200 3:23.350 1710 12:45.690 75.0730
Pts (Rank) 670 (28th) 1248 (19th) 988 (24th) 1270 (7th) 1070 (5th) 5246 (19th)

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight Coxless Four:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 7:37.13 (→ 6th)
  • Repêchage 3 — 6:15.82 (→ 5th)
  • Final C — 6:27.07 (→ 3rd, 15th overall)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's events

Finn:

Race12345678910TotalNet
Place 16th23rd23rd22nd26th7th22nd14th16th9th
Pts 162323222672214169178129

Mistral:

Race123456789TotalNet
Place 14th8th9th5th2nd4th6th12th8th
Pts 148952461286842

470:

Race1234567891011TotalNet
Place 5th10th17th7th4th8th9th5th2nd12th15th
Pts 5101774895212159462

Women's events

Europe:

Race1234567891011TotalNet
Place 25th24th23rd27th25th23rd16th24th24th25th26th
Pts 2524232725231624242526262209

Mistral:

Race123456789TotalNet
Place False start16th19th21st15th23rd23rd19th20th
Pts 281619211523231920184133

Open events

Laser:

Race1234567891011TotalNet
Place 8th3rd10thFalse start3rd9th11th11th12th16th7th
Pts 8310573911111216714774

Star:

Race12345678910TotalNet
Place 19th15th16th15th18th14th20th18th21st14th
Pts 19151615181420182114170129

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Trap:

  • Preliminary round — 120 hits (→ 13th, did not advance)
Round12345Total
Hits 2523222525120
  • Preliminary round — 122 hits (→ 5th, did not advance)
Round12345Total
Hits 2423252525122

Women's 10m Air Rifle:

  • Preliminary round — 375hits (→ 48th, did not advance)
Round1234Total
Hits 95939196375
  • Preliminary round — 377 hits (→ 47th, did not advance)
Round1234Total
Hits 91949399377

Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:

  • Preliminary round — 568 hits (→ 32nd, did not advance)
PositionProneKneeStandingTotal
Hits 197180191568
  • Preliminary round — 571 hits (→ 29th, did not advance)
PositionProneKneeStandingTotal
Hits 195185191571

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's events

50m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 5) — 23.73 (→ 5th, did not advance – 41st overall)

1500m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 16:34.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 4) — 57.59 (→ 7th, did not advance – 31st overall)

200m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.95 (→ 7th, did not advance – 29th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:17.28 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 18th overall)

200m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:01.58 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)

4×100m Medley Relay:

  • Heats (heat 4) — disqualified

Women's events

200m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.16 (→ 4th, did not advance – 29th overall)

400m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 4:27.19 (→ 8th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 5) — 1:04.84 (→ 8th, did not advance – 22nd overall)

200m Backstroke:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:20.49 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.73 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 34th overall)

100m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 1:02.98 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 2:17.61 (→ 7th, did not advance)

200m Individual Medley:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:22.03 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 33rd overall)

4×100m Medley Relay:

  • Heats (heat 3) — 4:21.61 (→ 7th, did not advance – 21st overall)

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Doubles Competition:

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (–59 kg):

Group B — 237,5 kg (→ 14th)
EventAttemptResult
123
Snatch 102,5
Clean
& Jerk		 135,0
Total 237,5

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

  • Round 1 — Luis Sarmiento Hernández (CUB) (→ lost by 5-0)
  • Round 2 — Armando Fernández (MEX) (→ lost by 7-3, did not advance)

Officials
  • Vítor Fonseca da Mota (chief of mission)
  • Avelino Corbal Simões Azevedo (beach volleyball)
  • Nelo Vingada (football coach)
  • Agostinho Oliveira (football coach)

Notes
  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References
  1. "Portugal at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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