Portugal competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Portuguese athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's debut in 1912.
The Olympic Committee of Portugal fielded a team of 92 athletes, 62 men and 30 women, across 16 sports at the Games. It was the nation's second-largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, falling short of the record for the most athletes (107) achieved in Atlanta 1996 by nearly 20 percent. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Portugal had representatives at these Games, returning to the Olympic scene after being absent from the previous two editions. Portugal also marked its Olympic debut in golf (new to the 2016 Games), as well as its return to taekwondo after 8 years, and slalom canoeing and tennis after 16 years.
The Portuguese roster featured 31 returning Olympians, including three past medalists: triple jumper and Beijing 2008 champion Nelson Évora and sprint canoeing duo Fernando Pimenta and Emanuel Silva, who brought home the nation's only medal, a silver, at London 2012. Windsurfer and multiple-time European champion João Rodrigues, who was selected as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, set a historic milestone as the first Portuguese athlete to participate in his seventh and final Olympics. Pistol shooter João Costa, the oldest of the team (aged 52), and Laser sailor Gustavo Lima joined the list of the nation's athletes who attended their fifth Games. Other notable competitors on the Portuguese roster included world-ranked judoka and four-time Olympian Telma Monteiro, road cycling pro Rui Costa, European Games taekwondo champion Rui Bragança, and sprinter Lorène Bazolo, who ran for her native Congo in London four years earlier.
Portugal left Rio de Janeiro with only a bronze medal won by Monteiro in the women's 57 kg, saving its pride from the humiliation of returning empty-handed for the first time since Barcelona 1992. Several Portuguese athletes advanced further to the finals of their respective sporting events, but came closest to the nation's medal haul, including Évora (sixth, men's triple jump), Pimenta (fifth, men's K-1 1000 m), Silva and his new partner João Ribeiro (fourth, men's K-2 1000 m), and João José Pereira, who finished fifth in the men's triathlon.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Judo Women's 57 kg
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 8 16 24Badminton 1 1 2Canoeing 6 2 8Cycling 6 0 6Equestrian 0 1 1Football 18 0 18Golf 2 0 2Gymnastics 1 2 3Judo 4 2 6Sailing 4 1 5Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 2 3 5Table tennis 3 2 5Taekwondo 1 0 1Tennis 2 0 2Triathlon 3 0 3 Total 62 30 92
Athletics
Portuguese athletes achieved qualifying standards in several events (maximum of three athletes per event). On 31 May 2016, the Portuguese Athletics Federation (FPA) named the first batch of track and road athletes, all competing in both marathon and race walking, to the Olympic roster, with João Vieira remarkably going to his fourth Games. The final roster of 25 athletes (9 men and 16 women) was officially announced on 12 July 2016. Eight days later, the Portuguese federation announced that Yazaldes Nascimento would be unable to participate in the men's 100 metres due to injury, which had already left him out of the delegation for the 2016 European Athletics Championships.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventFinalResultRankJoão Vieira20 km walk1:23:033150 km walkSérgio Vieira20 km walk1:27:3953Miguel Carvalho50 km walk4:08:1636Pedro Isidro4:03:4232Ricardo RibasMarathon2:38:29134Rui Pedro Silva2:30:52123
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankLorène Bazolo100 mcolspan=2 11.434Did not advance200 m23.014colspan=2 Did not advanceCátia Azevedo400 m52.384colspan=2 Did not advanceMarta Pen1500 m4:18.5312colspan=2 Did not advanceCarla Salomé Rocha10000 mcolspan=6 32:06.0526Vera Barbosa400 m hurdles57.286colspan=2 Did not advanceJéssica AugustoMarathoncolspan=6 Ana Dulce Félixcolspan=6 2:30:3916Sara Moreiracolspan=6 Did not finishAna Cabecinha20 km walkcolspan=6 1:29:236Daniela Cardosocolspan=6 1:36:1337Inês Henriquescolspan=6 1:31:2812
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistanceRankDistanceRankNelson ÉvoraTriple jump16.994 Q17.036Tsanko ArnaudovShot put18.8829Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistanceRankDistanceRankSusana CostaTriple jump14.1211 q14.129Patrícia Mamona14.189 q14.65 NR6Marta OnofrePole vault4.30=24Did not advanceMaria Leonor Tavares4.15=29Did not advanceIrina RodriguesDiscus throwWithdrew due to injury
Badminton
Portugal has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympians Pedro Martins and Telma Santos picked up one of the spare athlete berths each from host nation Brazil and from the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked eligible players in their respective singles events based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPedro MartinsMen's singlesL (17–21, 18–21)L (21–14, 22–24, 6–21)3Did not advanceTelma SantosWomen's singlesL (12–21, 7–21)L (21–18, 10–21, 12–21)L (16–21, 18–21)4Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Portugal has qualified one boat in the men's slalom C-1 for the Games, as the International Canoe Federation accepted the nation's request to claim a spare berth freed by Great Britain. The slot was awarded to José Carvalho, who finished among the top 20 canoeists at the 2015 World Championships.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankJosé CarvalhoMen's C-1111.011799.18899.1811 Q101.049 Q105.749
Sprint Portuguese canoeists initially qualified four boats for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded in the women's K-1 200 m by virtue of a top-two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.
Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHélder SilvaC-1 200 m40.5783 Q41.1625 FB40.38813Fernando PimentaK-1 1000 m3:33.1401 Q3:33.4202 FA3:35.3495Emanuel SilvaJoão RibeiroK-2 1000 m3:26.2844 Q3:18.0991 FA3:12.8894David FernandesFernando PimentaJoão RibeiroEmanuel SilvaK-4 1000 m3:01.4984 Q2:58.2332 FA3:07.4826
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFrancisca LaiaK-1 200 m41.3682 Q41.5735 FB42.69516Teresa PortelaK-1 500 m1:56.4393 Q1:58.3604 FB1:58.05811 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Portuguese riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour. On 4 July 2016, the Portuguese Cycling Federation announced the selection of former Olympians André Cardoso, Rui Costa and Nelson Oliveira, and of 2016 national road race champion José Mendes, who would take part in his first Olympics.
AthleteEventTimeRankAndré CardosoMen's road race6:22:2336Rui Costa6:12:3410José Mendes6:30:0553Nelson OliveiraMen's road raceDid not finishMen's time trial1:14:15.277
Mountain biking Portuguese mountain bikers qualified for two men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's eleventh place in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. On 9 June 2016, the Portuguese Cycling Federation announced it had selected Tiago Ferreira and London 2012 Olympian David Rosa as the nation's representatives in this event.
AthleteEventTimeRankTiago FerreiraMen's cross-country (5 laps)39David Rosa (2 laps)44
Equestrian
Portugal has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from South Western Europe in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankLuciana DinizFit For Fun 13Individual8=53 Q08=30 Q513=33 Q4=16 Q04=94=9
Football
Men's tournament
Portugal qualified a team of 18 players for the Olympic men's football tournament by reaching the semifinals at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Golf
Portugal has entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament. Ricardo Gouveia (world no. 125) and José-Filipe Lima (world no. 392) qualified directly among the top 60 players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankRicardo GouveiaMen's73687680297 +1359José-Filipe Lima70707771288 +4=48
Gymnastics
Artistic Portugal has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Gustavo Simões and Ana Filipa Martins claimed their Olympic spots respectively in the men's and women's apparatus and individual all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. On 22 July, however, the Portuguese federation announced that Simões would fail its debut Olympic participation in Rio de Janeiro due to a foot injury in a preparation event.
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAna Filipa MartinsAll-around13.36613.66613.83313.43354.29837 Did not advance
Trampoline Portugal has entered two trampoline gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Diogo Abreu and two-time Olympian Ana Rente claimed their Olympic spots respectively in the men's and women's events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankDiogo AbreuMen's 55.85516Did not advanceAna RenteWomen's97.88511Did not advance
Judo
Portugal has qualified a total of six judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Five of them (three men and two women), with Telma Monteiro remarkably going to her fourth Olympics, were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Nuno Saraiva at men's lightweight (73 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Portuguese judoka outside of direct qualifying position.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSergiu OleinicMen's −66 kgW 001–000L 000–100 Did not advanceNuno SaraivaMen's −73 kgL 000–011 Did not advanceCélio DiasMen's −90 kgL 001–100 Did not advanceJorge FonsecaMen's −100 kgW 100–000L 001–010Did not advanceJoana RamosWomen's −52 kgW 102–000L 000–100 Did not advanceTelma MonteiroWomen's −57 kgW 002–000L 000–000 W 100–000W 001–000
Sailing
Portuguese sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas. On 17 December 2015, three Portuguese sailors had been named to the 2016 Olympic team, including seven-time Olympian João Rodrigues in men's windsurfing. Meanwhile, single-handed sailors Gustavo Lima (Laser), who confirmed his fifth Olympic appearance, and 2012 Olympian Sara Carmo (Laser Radial) had claimed their Olympic spots at the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta to round out the selection of the sailing squad.