Portugal at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 90 competitors, 68 men and 22 women, took part in 71 events in 14 sports.

These Olympics saw Portugal listing the biggest share of competitors in the athletics, but also debuting in the tennis and badminton events, recently elevated to Olympic sports, as with the women's judo. Portugal also participated in the roller hockey tournament (demonstration sport), as current world champions, but finishing just outside the podium.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery
Women's Individual Competition:
 * Ana Sousa
 * Qualifying round — 1288 pts (→ 22nd)
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!70m!!60m!!50m!!30m!!Total
 * 297||334||321||336||1288
 * }
 * Elimination round — 98 pts (→ 26th)
 * 1/16 finals — Xiangjun Ma (CHN) (→ lost 101:98, did not advance)
 * 1/16 finals — Xiangjun Ma (CHN) (→ lost 101:98, did not advance)

Men's events
800m:
 * António Abrantes
 * Round 1 (heat 7) — 1:50.89 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1,500m:
 * Mário Silva
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:38.57 (→ 3rd)
 * Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:38.09 (→ 9th, did not advance)

5,000m:
 * Carlos Monteiro
 * Semi-final (heat 4) — 14:00.53 (→ 10th, did not advance)


 * Domingos Castro
 * Semi-final (heat 3) — 13:24:57 (→ 5th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser)
 * Final — 13:38.09 (→ 11th)


 * Raimundo Santos
 * Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:48.06 (→ 7th, did not advance)

10,000m:
 * Domingos Castro
 * Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish


 * Fernando Couto
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 29:20.06 (→ 15th, did not advance)

Marathon:
 * António Pinto → did not finish
 * Dionísio Castro → did not finish
 * Joaquim Pinheiro → did not finish

20 km Walk:
 * José Urbano — disqualified

50 km Walk:
 * José Magalhães — 4:20:21 (→ 28th)
 * José Pinto — disqualified
 * José Urbano — 4:16:31 (→ 25th)

400m Hurdles:
 * Pedro Rodrigues
 * Round 1 (heat 3) — 49.46 (→ 5th, did not advance)

3000m Steeplechase:
 * João Junqueira
 * Round 1 (heat 3) — 8:35.68 (→ 8th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser)
 * Semi-final (heat 1) — 8:39.17 (→ 10th, did not advance)

4 × 100 m Relay:
 * Luís Barroso, Luís Cunha, Pedro Agostinho and Pedro Curvelo
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 40.30 (→ 5th, did not advance)

4 × 400 m Relay:
 * Álvaro Silva, José Mendes, Paulo Curvelo and Pedro Rodrigues
 * Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:10.11 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Pole Vault:
 * Nuno Fernandes
 * Qualifying round (heat 2) — 5,00 (→ 15th, did not advance)
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 * }
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Women's events
100m:
 * Lucrécia Jardim
 * Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.58 (→ 4th)
 * Round 2 (heat 1) — 11.66 (→ 7th, did not advance)

200m:
 * Lucrécia Jardim
 * Round 1 (heat 1) — 23.26 (→ 3rd)
 * Round 2 (heat 2) — 23.09 (→ 5th, did not advance)

800m:
 * Carla Sacramento
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:00.57 (→ 3rd, advanced as 5th fastest loser)
 * Semi-final (heat 2) — 2:02.85 (→ 6th, did not advance)

1500m:
 * Carla Sacramento
 * Round 1 (heat 1) — 4:10.01 (→ 5th)
 * Semi-final (heat 2) — 4:05.54 (→ 9th, did not advance)

3000m:
 * Fernanda Ribeiro
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 9:07.69 (9th, did not advance)

10000m:
 * Albertina Dias
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:15.05 (→ 6th)
 * Final — 32:0.393 (→ 13th)


 * Conceição Ferreira
 * Round 1 (heat 1) — 32:31.95 (→ 9th, advanced as 1st fastest loser)
 * Final — did not finish


 * Fernanda Marques
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:38.16 (→ 8th)
 * Final — did not finish

Marathon:
 * Aurora Cunha → did not finish
 * Manuela Machado → 2:38:22 (→ 7th)

10 km Walk:
 * Isilda Gonçalves — 50:23 (→ 34th)
 * Susana Feitor — disqualified

400m Hurdles:
 * Marta Moreira
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 58.24 (→ 6th, did not advance)

4 × 400 m Relay:
 * Eduarda Coelho, Elsa Amaral, Lucrécia Jardim and Marta Moreira
 * Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:29.38 (→ 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser)
 * Final — 3:36.85 (→ 8th)

Discus Throw:
 * Teresa Machado
 * Qualifying round — 4,98 (→ 14th, did not advance)

Badminton
Men's Individual Competition:
 * Ricardo Fernandes
 * 1/32 finals — R. Liljequist (FIN) (→ lost by 15-3, 15-11 – did not advance)


 * Fernando Silva
 * 1/32 finals — Peter Axelsson (SWE) (→ lost by 15-7, 15-8 – did not advance)

Men's Team Competition:
 * Fernando Silva and Ricardo Fernandes
 * 1/32 finals — Benny Lee and Thomas Reidy (USA) (→ lost by 15-1, 15-10 – did not advance)

Sprint

 * Men

Equestrianism
Individual Eventing:
 * António Braz — –238.60 pts (→ 58th)
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!Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping !Pts (Rank) !General Pts (Rank)
 * –85.00 (75th)||–143.60 (57th)||–10.00 (24th)
 * –85.00 (75th)||–228.60 (59th)||–238.60 (58th)
 * }


 * António Ramos — –186.70 pts (46th)
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!Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping !Pts (Rank) !General Pts (Rank)
 * –72.40 (61st)||–102.80 (47th)||–11.50 (41st)
 * –72.40 (61st)||–175.20 (48th)||–186.70 (46th)
 * }


 * Bernardo Rodrigues — eliminated
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!Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping !Pts (Rank) !General Pts (Rank)
 * –69.80 (54th)||eliminated||—
 * –69.80 (54th)||eliminated||—
 * }


 * Vasco Ramires
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!Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping !Pts (Rank) !General Pts (Rank)
 * –91.40 (79th)||–82.40 (39th)||0.00 (1st)
 * –91.40 (79th)||–173.80 (47th)||–173.80 (41st)
 * }

Team Eventing:
 * António Braz, António Ramos and Bernardo Rodrigues — –599.10 pts (→ 15th)
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!Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping !Pts (Rank) !General Pts (Rank)
 * –248.80 (?)||–328.80 (?)||–21.50 (?)
 * –248.80 (?)||–577.60 (?)||–599.10 (15th)
 * }

Individual Jumping:
 * Jorge Matias — 83rd

Team Jumping:
 * Jorge Matias — did not start

Fencing
Four male fencers represented Portugal in 1992.


 * Men's épée
 * José Bandeira
 * Qualifying round (pool 4) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 6th, 61st overall, did not advance)


 * Rui Frazão
 * Qualifying round (pool 10) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 7th, 60th overall, did not advance)


 * Men's foil
 * José Guimarães
 * Qualifying round (pool 2) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 7th, 52nd overall, did not advance)


 * Men's sabre
 * Luís Silva
 * Qualifying round (pool 4) — 5 matches, 0 victories (→ 6th, 40th overall, did not advance)

Gymnastics
Rhythmics:
 * Clara Piçarra — did not start (→ 43rd)

Men's events
Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):
 * Rui Ludovino
 * Preliminary rounds A
 * 1/32 finals — Pina Garcia (DOM) (→ won by yuko)
 * 1/16 finals — Dashgombyn Battulga (MGL) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Half Lightweight (–65 pts):
 * Augusto Almeida
 * Preliminary rounds B
 * 1/32 finals — V. Cespedes (PAR) (→ won by ippon)
 * 1/16 finals — R. Sampaio (BRA) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
 * Repêchage B
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — Sang-Moon Kim (KOR) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Lightweight (–71 kg):
 * Rui Domingues
 * Preliminary rounds A
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — C. Shi (CHN) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)

Half Middleweight (–78 kg):
 * Preliminary rounds B


 * António Matias
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — Anton Summer (AUT) (→ lost by double waza-ari (=ippon), did not advance)

Middleweight (–86 kg):
 * Pedro Cristóvão
 * Preliminary rounds B
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — D. Kistler (SUI) (→ lost by koka, did not advance)

Women's events
Half Lightweight (–52 kg):
 * Paula Saldanha — 7th
 * Preliminary rounds B
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — R. Dechinmaa (MGL) (→ won by ippon)
 * 1/8 finals — Lyne Poirier (CAN) (→ won by koka)
 * 1/4 finals — Jessica Gal (NED) (→ lost by ippon)
 * Repêchage B
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — Bye
 * 1/8 finals — Maktsoutova (EUN) (→ won by yuko)
 * 1/4 finals — A. Giungi (ITA) (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (–56 kg):
 * Filipa Cavalleri
 * Preliminary rounds B
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — Z. Blagojevic (IOP) (→ won by yar?)
 * 1/8 finals — P. Pinitwong (THA) (→ won by yusei-gachi)
 * 1/4 finals — Flagothier (BEL) (→ lost by yuko)
 * Repêchage B
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — Bye
 * 1/8 finals — Kate Donahoo (USA) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)

Half Heavyweight (–72 kg):
 * Sandra Godinho
 * Preliminary rounds A
 * 1/32 finals — Bye
 * 1/16 finals — Werbrouck (BEL) (→ lost by yuko, did not advance)

Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Portugal in 1992.

Men's Individual Competition:
 * Manuel Barroso — 4719 pts (→ 53rd)
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 * 19||–
 * 3:23.2||2
 * 159||60||1
 * 12:26.0||–
 * 1:58.7||–
 * 1:58.7||–
 * colspan=2|541 (62nd)
 * colspan=2|1248 (25th)
 * colspan=3|595 (65th)
 * colspan=2|1327 (1st)
 * colspan=2|1008 (26th)
 * colspan=2|541 (62nd)
 * colspan=2|1799 (59th)
 * colspan=3|2384 (33rd)
 * colspan=2|3711 (?)
 * colspan=2|4719 (53rd)
 * }

Roller Hockey
Men's Competition:
 * António Heitor, António Neves, Franklin Pais, Luís Ferreira, Paulo Almeida, Paulo Alves, Pedro Alves, Rui Lopes, Vitor Hugo Silva and Vitor Fortunato — 4th
 * Preliminary round (Group A) — 5 matches, 4 victories, 1 defeat – 8 pts (→ 2nd)
 * Semi-finals — 5 matches, 3 victories, 2 defeats – 6 pts (→ 3rd)
 * Final 3rd/4th — Italy (→ lost 3-2)

Rowing
Men's Double Sculls:
 * Daniel Alves and João Santos
 * Round 1 (heat 3) — 6:54.55 (→ 5th)
 * Repêchage 4 — 6:46.14 (→ 4th)
 * Semi-final C — 6:32.01 (→ 4th)
 * Final D — 6:42.00 (→ 1st, 18th overall)

Sailing
Men's Lechner A-390:
 * João Rodrigues — 233 pts (→ 23rd)
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 * 25th||10th||18th||20th||22nd||21st||24th||23rd|| 28th ||18th
 * 31||16||24||24||28||27||30||29|| 33 ||24||266||233
 * }

Men's 470:
 * Eduardo Seruca and Victor Hugo Rocha (helm) — 148 pts (→ 24th)
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!Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net !Place !Pts
 * 23rd|| 27th ||20th||26th||5th||21st||18th
 * 29|| 33 ||26||32||10||27||24||181||148
 * }

Soling:
 * António Tanger Correia (helm), Luís Miguel Santos and Ricardo Batista — 116 pts (→ 21st)
 * {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net !Place !Pts
 * 21st|| 21st ||16th||18th||16th||15th
 * 27|| 27 ||22||24||22||21||143||148
 * }

Star:
 * Fernando Bello (helm) and Francisco Pinheiro de Melo — 101 pts (→ 12th)
 * {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net !Place !Pts
 * 1st||9th|| False start ||19th||8th||21st||14th
 * 0||15|| 33 ||25||14||27||20||134||101
 * }

Shooting
Men's Trap:
 * António Palminha
 * Preliminary round — 145 hits (→ 14th)
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!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!Total !Hits
 * 24||25||25||25||24||22||145
 * }
 * Semi-final — 193 hits (→ 11th, did not advance)
 * {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total !Hits
 * 24||25||25||25||23||25||24||22||193
 * }


 * João Rebelo
 * Preliminary round — 145 hits (→ 10th)
 * {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!Total !Hits
 * 21||25||25||24||25||25||145
 * }
 * Semi-final — 191 hits (→ 16th, did not advance)
 * {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total !Hits
 * 21||25||25||22||24||24||25||25||191
 * }


 * Manuel Silva
 * Preliminary round — 146 hits (→ 7th)
 * {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!Total !Hits
 * 24||24||25||23||25||25||146
 * }
 * Semi-final — 193 hits (→ 11th, did not advance)
 * {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total !Hits
 * 24||24||25||25||22||23||25||25||193
 * }

Women's 10m Air Rifle:
 * Carla Ribeiro
 * Preliminary round — 387 hits (→ 26th, did not advance)
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!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!Total !Hits
 * 94||99||97||97||387
 * }

Men's events
100m Backstroke:
 * Miguel Arrobas
 * Heats (heat 2) — 59.37 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 42nd overall)

200m Backstroke:
 * Miguel Arrobas
 * Heats (heat 2) — 2:06.02 (→ 6th, did not advance – 34th overall)

100m Breaststroke:
 * Alexandre Yokochi
 * Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.61 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 39th overall)

200m Breaststroke: .* Heats (heat 4) — 2:18.97 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)
 * Alexandre Yokochi

100m Butterfly:
 * Miguel Cabrita
 * Heats (heat 4) — 57.07 (→ 6th, did not advance – 46th overall)

200m Butterfly:
 * Diogo Madeira
 * Heats (heat 3) — 2:02.22 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 29th overall)


 * Miguel Cabrita
 * Heats (heat 4) — 2:04.28 (→ 6th, did not advance – 34th place)

50m Freestyle:
 * Paulo Trindade
 * Heats (heat 7) — 23.81 (→ 8th, did not advance – 36th overall)

400m Freestyle:
 * Artur Costa
 * Heats (heat 2) — 3:58.80 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 26th overall)

1500m Freestyle:
 * Artur Costa
 * Heats (heat 2) — 15:41.26 (→ 6th, did not advance — 17th overall)

200m Individual Medley
 * Diogo Madeira
 * Heats (heat 3) — 2:07.38 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 33rd place)

Women's events
100m Backstroke:
 * Ana Barros
 * Heats (heat 3) — 1:06.11 (→ 7th, did not advance – 36th overall)

200m Backstroke:
 * Ana Barros
 * Heats (heat 3) — 2:17.59 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 24th overall)

100m Butterfly:
 * Ana Alegria
 * Heats (heat 3) — 1:04.18 (→ 4th, did not advance – 36th overall)


 * Joana Arantes
 * Heats (heat 2) — 1:04.59 (→ 4th, did not advance – 39th place)

200m Butterfly:
 * Joana Arantes
 * Heat (heat 4) — 2:16.56 (→ 6th, did not advance – 19th overall)

100m Freestyle:
 * Ana Alegria
 * Heats (heat 2) — 1:00.35 (→ 6th, did not advance – 41st overall)

Tennis
Men's Singles Competition:
 * Bernardo Mota
 * 1/32 finals — Goran Ivanišević (CRO) (→ lost by 2-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6 – did not advance)

Men's Doubles Competition:
 * Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota
 * 1/16 finals — Guy Forget and Henri Leconte (FRA) (→ lost by 1-6, 3-6, 1-6 – did not advance)

Wrestling
Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight (–74 kg):
 * Paulo Martins
 * Elimination round B — 2 defeats, 1.0 technical pts (→ 8th, did not advance)
 * Round 1 — Dobri Ivanov (BUL) (→ lost by 6-1; +1.0 technical pts)
 * Round 2 — Qingkun Wei (CHN) (→ lost by 16-0; +0 technical pts)

Officials

 * José Geraldes de Oliveira (chief of mission)
 * António Livramento (roller hockey coach)
 * Luís Alfredo Dias Rei (roller hockey)