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 – 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: 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
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).