Portugal at the Paralympics

Portugal made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (two years before the Carnation Revolution), where it was represented solely by a men's team in wheelchair basketball. They were eliminated at the preliminary stage of the competition, with one victory (over Switzerland) and three defeats. Portugal was then absent from the Paralympic Games until the 1984 Summer Games, where its athletes won the country's first fourteen medals, including three gold in track and field and one in boccia. Portugal has competed at every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but -almost uniquely among Western European countriesOnly two other Western European countries have participated in the Summer Games but never in the Winter ones: Ireland and Luxembourg. Additionally, the microstates of Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican have never taken part in the Paralympic Games.- before 2026 it had never taken part in the Winter Games.Portugal at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Portuguese athletes have won a total of 101 Paralympic medals, of which 27 gold, 31 silver and 43 bronze. The country's best performance came in 2000, when it won 15 medals (of which 6 gold) and ranked 26th.Portugal at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Medal tallies Summer Paralympics

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1972 Heidelberg 11 0 0 0 0 – 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville 17 4 3 7 14 26 1988 Seoul 13 3 5 6 14 29 1992 Barcelona 30 3 6 2 11 32 1996 Atlanta 35 6 4 4 14 26 2000 Sydney 52 6 5 4 15 26 2004 Athens 29 2 5 5 12 41 2008 Beijing 35 1 4 2 7 42 2012 London 30 0 1 2 3 63 2016 Rio de Janeiro 37 0 0 4 4 73 2020 Tokyo 37 0 0 2 2 77 2024 Paris 27 2 1 4 7 43 Total 27 34 45 106

Winter Paralympics GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank2026 Milano Cortina10000-Total0000

Medals by Summer sport Row in gold background is a sport in which they are leading in i.e. won most world championship titles.

Medalists MedalNameGamesSportEvent Reinaldo José Pereira 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's 100m C8 António Carlos Martins 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's 200m C8 António Carlos Martins 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's 1500m cross country C8 António Baltazar Maria Helena Martins António José Mateus 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Boccia Mixed team António Carlos Martins 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's 100m C8 Men's relay team 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's relay C7-8 António José Silva 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Cycling Men's bicycle 5000m CP div 4 Reinaldo José Pereira 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's 200m C8 António Carlos Martins 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's 800m C8 António Carlos Martins 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's long jump C8 Maria Helena Martins 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Women's 60m C2 Maria Albertina Cabral 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Women's 1000m cross country C7 Cândido Leite 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Cycling Men's bicycle 1500m CP div 4 Paulo Jorge Santos 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Table tennis Men's singles C4 Olga Pinto 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's distance throw C1 Olga Pinto 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's precision throw C1 João Alves António Marques Maria Melo 1988 Seoul Boccia Mixed team C1-C2 José Rebelo 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's 100m C8 José Rebelo 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's 200m C8 Manuel Baltazar 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's kick ball C2 Maria Albertina Cabral 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's 200m C7 Maria Albertina Cabral 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's 400m C7 José Rebelo 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's 400m C8 António Marques 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's precision throw C1 João Alves 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's precision throw C1 Emilia Costa 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's precision throw C1 João Alves 1988 Seoul Boccia Mixed individual C1 Fernando Ferreira 1988 Seoul Boccia Mixed individual C2 Carlos Conceição Lopes 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's 200m B1 Carlos Conceição Lopes 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's 400m B1 Paulo de Almeida Coelho 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's 1500m B1 Paulo de Almeida Coelho 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's 5000m B1 Fernando Costa 1992 Barcelona Boccia Mixed individual C2 Jerônimo Pereira José Couto Helder Teixeira Carlos Amaral Ferreira Rui Santos Correia Arlindo Silva Mário Santos Candido Machado José Dias João Cardoso Fernando Bento 1992 Barcelona Football 7-a-side Men's team Paulo de Almeida Coelho 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's 800m B1 Santos Correia José Dias Mário Santos António Jose Silva 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's relay C5-8 Susana Carvalheira 1992 Barcelona Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S3-4 Domingos Ramião Gomes 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 400m T10 Domingos Ramião Gomes 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 800m T10 Paulo de Almeida Coelho 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 1500m T10 Paulo de Almeida Coelho 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 5000m T10 José Macedo 1996 Atlanta Boccia Men's individual C1 wad Armando Costa José Macedo 1996 Atlanta Boccia Mixed pairs C1 wad Paulo de Almeida Coelho 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 800m T10 João Alves Fernando Ferreira António Marques Pedro Silva 1996 Atlanta Boccia Mixed team C1-2 Susana Barroso 1996 Atlanta Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S3 Susana Barroso 1996 Atlanta Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S3 Carlos Conceição Lopes 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 400m T10 Carlos Amaral Ferreira 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 10000m T10 J. Onofre da Costa 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's marathon T12 Susana Barroso 1996 Atlanta Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S3 Gabriel Potra 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 200m T12 Carlos Conceição Lopes 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 400m T11 Paulo de Almeida Coelho 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 1500m T11 Carlos Amaral Ferreira 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's marathon T11 José Alves Carlos Conceição Lopes José Gameiro Gabriel Potra 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's relay T13 José Macedo 2000 Sydney Boccia Mixed individual BC3 Firmino Baptista 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 200m T11 José Monteiro 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 800m T46 Carlos Amaral Ferreira 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 10000m T11 Armando Costa 2000 Sydney Boccia Mixed individual BC3 Susana Barroso 2000 Sydney Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S3 Gabriel Potra 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 100m T12 José Alves 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 400m T13 Maria Fernandes 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 400m T38 Luis Belchior Fernando Ferreira António Marques Pedro Silva 2000 Sydney Boccia Mixed team BC1-BC2 João Paulo Fernandes 2004 Athens Boccia Mixed individual BC1 João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques 2004 Athens Boccia Mixed team BC1/BC2 Carlos Amaral Ferreira 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 10000m T11 Carlos Amaral Ferreira 2004 Athens Athletics Men's marathon T11 Pedro Silva 2004 Athens Boccia Mixed individual BC2 Bruno Valentim 2004 Athens Boccia Mixed individual BC4 Fernando de Oliveira Pereira Bruno Valentim 2004 Athens Boccia Mixed pairs BC4 José Alves 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 400m T13 Fernando Ferreira 2004 Athens Boccia Mixed individual BC2 João Martins 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S1 João Martins 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S1 Susana Barroso 2004 Athens Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S3 João Paulo Fernandes 2008 Beijing Boccia Mixed individual BC1 Luís Gonçalves 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 400m T12 António Marques 2008 Beijing Boccia Mixed individual BC1 João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques 2008 Beijing Boccia Mixed team BC1/2 Armando Costa Mario Peixoto Eunice Raimundo 2008 Beijing Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 Fernando Pereira Bruno Valentim 2008 Beijing Boccia Mixed pairs BC4 João Martins 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S1 Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva 2012 London Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 Lenine Cunha 2012 London Athletics Men's long jump F20 José Macedo 2012 London Boccia Mixed individual BC3 Luís Gonçalves 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 400m T12 Manuel Mendes 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's marathon T46 José Macedo 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boccia Mixed individual BC3 Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques Abílio Valente 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boccia Mixed team BC1-2 Miguel Monteiro 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's shot put F40 Norberto Mourão 2020 Tokyo Paracanoeing Men's VL2 Miguel Monteiro 2024 Paris Athletics Men's shot put F40 Cristina Gonçalves 2024 Paris Boccia Women's individual BC2 Sandro Baessa 2024 Paris Athletics Men's 1500m T20 Diogo Cancela 2024 Paris Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM8 Luis Costa 2024 Paris Cycling Men's road time trial H5 Djibrilo Iafa 2024 Paris Judo Men's 73 kg J1 Carolina Duarte 2024 Paris Athletics Women's 400 metres T13

See also Portugal at the Olympics

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