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

Silver

 * José Quina and Mário Quina &mdash; Sailing, Star.

Athletics
Men's 3000m Steeplechase:
 * Joaquim Ferreira — 1st round: 11th (heat 1)

Men's 5000m:
 * Manuel Oliveira — 1st round: 6th (heat 2)

Men's Decathlon:
 * Júlio Santos — DNF (2282 points)
 * 100m — 12,0 (597)
 * Long Jump — 6,32 (592)
 * Shot Put — 10,85 (488)
 * High Jump — 1,65 (605)
 * 400m — DNF
 * 110m Hurdles — DNS
 * Discus Throw — DNS
 * Pole Vault — DNS
 * Javelin Throw — DNS
 * 1500m — DNS

Men's Hammer Throw:
 * Eduardo Martins — qualifiers (54,92)

Men's Long Jump:
 * Pedro de Almeida — qualifiers (7,10)

Cycling

 * Individual road race
 * Francisco Valada — 77th - 142nd
 * José Pacheco — 77th - 142nd
 * Mário Silva — 77th - 142nd
 * Ramiro Martins — 77th - 142nd


 * Team time trial
 * Francisco Valada, José Pacheco, Mário Silva and Ramiro Martins — 25th (2:33.19,61)

Equestrian
Men's Individual Dressage:
 * António Nogueira — 10th (948 points)
 * Luís Mena e Silva — 17th (775 points)

Men's Individual Eventing:
 * Álvaro Sabbo — eliminated
 * Joaquim Duarte Silva — eliminated
 * Jorge Eduardo Mathias — eliminated
 * Mário Delgado — 35th (−705,15 points)

Men's Team Eventing:
 * Álvaro Sabbo, Joaquim Duarte Silva, Jorge Eduardo Mathias and Mário Delgado — eliminated

Men's Individual Jumping:
 * António Pereira de Almeida — eliminated
 * Henrique Alves Calado — 11th (32 points)
 * Carlos Lopes João — eliminated

Men's Team Jumping:
 * António Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Lopes João and Henrique Alves Calado — eliminated

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


 * Men's foil
 * Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)
 * Pedro Marçal — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)
 * Manuel Borrego


 * Men's épée
 * José Fernandes — eighths-of-final: 6th (poule 4)
 * José de Albuquerque — 1st round: 7th (poule 10)
 * José Ferreira — eighths-of-final: 5th (poule 1)


 * Men's team épée
 * José Fernandes, José de Albuquerque, José Ferreira and Manuel Borrego — 1st round: 3rd (poule 1)


 * Men's sabre
 * António Marquilhas — 1st round: 6th (poule 6)
 * Joaquim Rodrigues — 1st round: 4th (poule 10)
 * Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)


 * Men's team sabre
 * António Marquilhas, José Fernandes, Joaquim Rodrigues, José Ferreira, Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)


 * Women's foil
 * Maria Nápoles — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)

Gymnastics
Men's Individual Competition:
 * Hermenegildo Candeias — 120th (87,65 points)
 * Horizontal Bar — 114th (15,20)
 * Parallel Bars — 116th (15,30)
 * Pommelled Horse — 106th (15,65)
 * Rings — 116th (16,20)
 * Vault — 129th (8,75)
 * Floor — 111th (16,55)

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

Rowing
Portugal had 5 male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.


 * Men's coxed four
 * Ilídio Silva, Jorge Gavinho, José Porto, José Vieira and Rui Valença (cox) — repechage: 3rd (poule 1)

Sailing
Men's Finn:
 * Hélder de Oliveira — 15th (3488 points)

Men's Flying Dutchman:
 * Carlos Braga and Gabriel da Silva Lopes — 27th (1279 points)

Men's Star:
 * José Quina and Mário Quina —  2nd  (6665 points)

Men's Dragon:
 * Carlos Francisco Ferreira, Gonçalo Mello, Joaquim Pinto Basto — 9th (4051 points)

Men's 5,5m:
 * Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 16th (1667 points)

Shooting
Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960.


 * 25 m pistol
 * António Martins — 50th (537 marks)
 * Rogério Tavares — 49th (542 marks)


 * 50 m pistol
 * André Antunes — 54th (489 marks)
 * António Jorge — 36th (522 marks)


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * António Tavares — 1st round: 29th (group 2)
 * Manoel da Silva — 1st round: 32nd (group 1)


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Albino da Silva — 1st round: 35th (group 2)
 * César Batista — 1st round: 30th (group 1) (378 marks)


 * Trap
 * Guy de Valle Flor — 15th (180)

Swimming
Men's 100m Backstroke:
 * Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)

Men's 200m Butterfly:
 * Luís Vaz Jorge — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)

Men's 100m Freestyle:
 * Herlander Ribeiro — 1st round: 5th (heat 1)

Men's 400m Freestyle:
 * Eduardo de Sousa — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)

Men's 1500m Freestyle:
 * Eduardo de Sousa — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)

Men's 4×100m Medley:
 * Eduardo de Sousa, Herlander Ribeiro, Luís Vaz Jorge and Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 6th (heat 3)

Women's 200m Breaststroke:
 * Maria Freitas Veloso — 1st round: 7th (heat 4)

Weightlifting
Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):
 * Luís Paquete — 19th (245 points)

Wrestling
Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
 * Orlando Gonçalves — 17th (−6 points)

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):
 * José Gregório — 22nd (−8 points)

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):
 * Luis Caldas — 21st (−8 points)

Officials

 * Correia Leal (chief of mission)
 * Bernardo Mendes de Almeida (sailing)
 * Castro de Seixa (women's gymnastics)