Portugal at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 8 sports.

Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles:
 * Alberto Filipe Matos — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)

Men's 400m:
 * Fernando Silva — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)

Men's 400m Hurdles:
 * José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)

Men's 800m:
 * Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 4th (heat 4)

Men's 1500m:
 * Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 6th (heat 7)

Men's 5000m:
 * Carlos Lopes — 1st round: 9th (heat 1)

Men's 10000m:
 * Carlos Lopes — 1st round: 9th (heat 3)

Men's Marathon:
 * Armando Aldegalega — 41st (2:28.24,6)

Men's 4 × 400 m:
 * Alberto Filipe Matos, Fernando Silva, Fernando Pacheco Mamede and José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)

Equestrian
Individual Jumping:
 * Carlos Campos — 13th
 * Francisco Caldeira — eliminated
 * Vasco Ramires Sr. — eliminated

Team Jumping:
 * Carlos Campos, Francisco Caldeira and Vasco Ramires Sr. — 13th (107,5 points)

Judo
Men's Half-Middleweight (–70 kg):
 * António Roquete Andrade — qualifiers (poule A)

Men's Middleweight (–80 kg):
 * Orlando Ferreira — qualifiers (poule B)

Rowing
Men's Single Sculls
 * José Lopes Marques
 * Heat &mdash; 8:39.73
 * Repechage &mdash; 8:54.27 (→ did not advance)

Double Sculls:
 * Carlos Almeida Oliveira and Manuel Silva Barroso — repechage: 4th (heat 2)

Sailing
Dragon:
 * Mário Quina, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Francisco Quina — 21st (120 points)

Finn:
 * José Quina — 11th (190,7 points)

Star:
 * António Mardel Correia and Ulrich Henrique Anjos — 6th (68,4 points)

Shooting
Five male shooters represented Portugal in 1972.


 * 25 m pistol
 * André Antunes — 36th (578 marks)


 * 50 m pistol
 * André Antunes — 55th (510 marks)


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * César Batista — 90th (578 marks)
 * Mário Ribeiro — 92nd (575 marks)


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * César Batista — 61st (1057 marks)
 * Mário Ribeiro — 63rd (1051 marks)


 * Skeet
 * José de Matos — 49th (179 marks)


 * Trap
 * Armando Silva Marques — 19th (187 marks)

Weightlifting
Men's Bantamweight (–56 kg):
 * Raul Diniz — 21st (285 points)

Wrestling
Men's Freestyle Featherweight (–62 kg):
 * Orlando Gonçalves — 2nd round: eliminated

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):
 * Leonel Duarte — 2nd round: eliminated

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
 * Luís Grilo — 4th round: eliminated

Officials

 * Fernando Machado (chief of mission)
 * Dido Fonseca Aguiar
 * Francisco Ferreira Alves
 * Fernando Sommer Andrade
 * Francisco Augusto
 * Luis V. Caldas
 * José Carvalhosa
 * António Castanheira
 * António Madeira Correia
 * Domingos A. Souse Coutinho
 * Carlos F. Dias Silva
 * João Esteves
 * Francisco Ferreira
 * Manuel Forão
 * Francisco Graça Gordo
 * Carlos M. Loureiro
 * Fernando M. C. Costa Matos
 * António M. M. Moreira
 * Mário Alberto Pereira
 * Lélio Almeida Ribeiro
 * Manuel Silva Pereira