Portugal at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Portugal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Munich
Competitors	28 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Armando Aldegalega (athletics)
Officials	20
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Portugal competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 8 sports.^[1]

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 — 8:39.73
• Repechage — 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:

• 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)
• José Carvalhosa
• Francisco Ferreira

References[]

External links[]

• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972 (1974). Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1: The organization (Retrieved on 7 November 2006).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972 (1974). Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3: The competitions (Retrieved on 7 November 2006).