Portugal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
A dodadinal delegation of sixty four competitors participated in a new record number of fourteen sports. Portugal's only medal was its second Olympic gold ever, won by the Los Angeles 1984 women's marathon bronze medalist Rosa Mota who added the Olympic title to her European and World marathon titles. The future Olympic champion Fernanda Ribeiro debuted in the Olympics but didn't finish her participation.
The athletics hosted most of the Portuguese competitors' events, confirming this nation's great athletic potential at the Olympic level. Swimming events also registered a bigger amount than the usual. In its second Olympic archery competition, Portugal sent two men as well as its first female Olympic archer who established a new high ranking for a Portuguese archer at 37th.
Medalist MedalNameSportEventDate Rosa Mota Athletics Women's marathon 23 September
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Portugal at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 2 1 3Athletics 23 6 29Canoeing 3 0 3Equestrian 1 0 1Fencing 3 0 3Gymnastics 1 2 3Judo 3 – 3Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Sailing 3 0 3Shooting 2 0 2Swimming 11 1 12Weightlifting 1 – 1Wrestling 1 – 1 Total 55 10 65
Results by event
Archery Men's Individual Competition: Carlos Reis Open round — 1176 pts (→ 66th, did not advance) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Distance!!90m!!70m!!50m!!30m!!Total |- !Round 1 |256||284||292||334||1176
Rui Santos Open round — 1160 pts (→ 70th, did not advance) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Distance!!90m!!70m!!50m!!30m!!Total |- !Round 1 |258||281||299||322||1160
Women's Individual Competition: Ana Sousa Open round — 1213 pts (→ 37th, did not advance) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Distance!!90m!!70m!!50m!!30m!!Total |- !Round 1 |283||303||295||332||1213
Athletics
Men's events 100m: Luís Cunha Round 1 (heat 11) — 10.80 (→ 5th, did not advance) Pedro Agostinho Round 1 (heat 6) — did not finish
200m: Luís Barroso Round 1 (heat 9) — 21.31 (→ 2nd) Round 2 (heat 3) — 20.81 (→ 4th, did not advance) Luís Cunha Round 1 (heat 7) — 21.72 (→ 4th, did not advance)
400m: Filipe Lomba Round 1 (heat 2) — 47.57 (→ 5th, did not advance)
800m: Álvaro Silva Round 1 (heat 4) — 1:49.09 (→ 3rd) Round 2 (heat 4) — 1:46.65 (→ 3rd) Semi-final (heat 2) — 1:45.12 (→ 5th, did not advance) António Abrantes Round 1 (heat 3) — 1:49.01 (→ 4th, did not advance)
1,500m: Mário Silva Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:42.24 (→ 5th) Final — 3:38.77 (→ 9th)
5,000m: Domingos Castro Round 1 (heat 1) — 13:47.91 (→ 4th) Semi-final — 13:22.44 (→ 1st) Final — 13:16.09 (→ 4th) Fernando Couto Round 1 (heat 2) — 13:58.72 (→ 8th, did not advance) José Regalo Round 1 (heat 3) — 13:43.59 (→ 9th) Semi-final — 13:24.48 (→ 3rd) Final — did not finish
10,000m: António Pinto Round 1 (heat 1) — 28:15.63 (→ 6th) Final — 28:09.53 (→ 13th) Dionísio Castro Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish Ezequiel Canario Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:43.02 (→ 9th, did not advance)
Marathon Joaquim Silva — 2:18:05 (→ 27th) Paulo Catarino — DNF
20 km Walk: Hélder Oliveira — 1:27:39 (→ 39th) José Pinto — 1:26:33 (→ 31st) José Urbano — 1:24:56 (→ 29th)
50 km Walk: José Pinto — 3:55:57 (→ 21st)
110m Hurdles: João Lima Round 1 (heat 5) — 14.73 (→ 6th, did not advance)
4 × 100 m Relay: Arnaldo Abrantes, Luís Barroso, Pedro Agostinho and Pedro Curvelo Round 1 (heat 4) — 39.61 (→ 3rd) Semi-final (heat 2) — disqualified
4 × 400 m Relay: Álvaro Silva, António Abrantes, Filipe Lomba and Paulo Curvelo Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:07.75 (→ 3rd) Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:07.75 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Long Jump: José Leitão Qualifying Round (group 1) — 6,99 (→ 15th, did not advance) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Attempt!!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3 |- !Result |X||6,99||6,81
Triple Jump: José Leitão Qualifying Round (group 1) — 15,60 (→ 16th, did not advance) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Attempt!!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3 |- !Result |15,51||15,60||15,47
Women's events 3000m: Fernanda Ribeiro Round 1 (heat 1) — 9:05.92 (→ 13th, did not advance)
10000m: Albertina Dias Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:13.85 (→ 5th) Final — 32:07.13 (→ 10th) Albertina Machado Round 1 (heat 1) — 31:52.04 (→ 7th) Final — 32:02.13 (→ 9th)
Marathon: Aurora Cunha — did not start Conceição Ferreira — 2:34:23 (→ 20th) Rosa Mota — 2:25:40 (→ Gold Medal)
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJosé GarciaK-1 500 m1:57.836 QRDSQDid not advanceK-1 1000 m3:44.534 QR3:51.14 1 QS3:44.004Did not advanceAntónio Brinco Eduardo GomesK-2 500 m3:31.954 QR3:47.995Did not advance
Equestrian Men's Individual Jumping: Manuel Malta da Costa — 33rd {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !rowspan=2|Qualifying!!rowspan=2|Time!!colspan=3|Penalties!!rowspan=2|Pts!!rowspan=2|Rank |- !Obstacle!!Time!!Total |- !Round 1 |107.44||0||0.00||0.00||69.50||1st |- !Round 2 |98.05||20||1.00||21.00||25.00||? |- !colspan=2|Total |20||1.00||21.00||94.50||26th
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !rowspan=2|Final!!rowspan=2|Time!!colspan=3|Penalties!!rowspan=2|Rank |- !Obstacle!!Time!!Total |- !Round 1 |106.24||24||0.00||24.00||33rd
Fencing Men's épée José Bandeira — 67th Round 1 (pool 15) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance) Cezary Siess (POL) (→ lost by 5:3) Rafael Di Tella (ARG) (→ lost by 5:5) Arwin Kardolus (NED) (→ lost by 5:3) Arnd Schmitt (FRG) (→ lost by 5:1) Alfredo Bogarin Arzamendia (PAR) (→ won by 5:3)
Óscar Pinto — 74th Round 1 (pool 2) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance) Andre Kuhn (SUI) (→ lost by 5:3) Roberto Lazzarini (BRA) (→ lost by 5:2) Stéphane Ganeff (NED) (→ lost by 5:1) Sandro Cuomo (ITA) (→ lost by 5:0)
Roberto Durão — 60th Round 1 (pool 3) — 4 matches, 1 victory (→ 4th) Jean Michel Henry (FRA) (→ lost by 5:1) Robert Marx (USA) (→ won by 5:5) Il-Hee Lee (KOR) (→ lost by 5:3) Fernando Pena (ESP) (→ lost by 5:2) Round 2 (pool 12) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance) Stephen Trevor (USA) (→ lost by 5:2) Mauricio Rivas (COL) (→ lost by 5:2) Johannes Nagele (AUT) (→ lost by 5:2) Stefan Joos (BEL) (→ lost by 5:1)
Men's foil José Bandeira — 55th Round 1 (pool 12) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance) Andrea Borella (ITA) (→ lost by 5:2) Shaopei Lao (CHN) (→ lost by 5:2) Chung Man Lee (HKG) (→ won by 5:2) Thierry Soumagne (BEL) (→ lost by 5:1) Stephen Angers (CAN) (→ lost by 5:1)
Gymnastics
Artistics Men's Individual All-Round Competition: Hélder Pinheiro — 109.600 pts (→ 85th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |colspan=9|Subdivision 1 (Group 4) |- !Round!!Floor!!Pomm. Horse!!Rings!!Vault!!Parallel Bars!!Horizontal Bar!!colspan=2|Total
!Ia |9.300||9.450||8.700||8.800||9.200||9.200||54.650||rowspan=2|109.600 |- !Ib |9.200||9.600||9.250||9.150||9.400||8.350||54.950
Women's Individual All-Round Competition: Sónia Moura — 83rd {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |colspan=7|Subdivision 1 (Group 3) |- !Round!!Vault!!Uneven Bars!!Balance Beam!!Floor!!colspan=2|Total
!Ia |9.300||9.375||8.775||9.175||36.625||rowspan=2|73.025 |- !Ib |9.575||9.275||8.400||9.150||36.400
Rhythmics Women's Individual All-Round Competition: Patricia Jorge — 37.050 pts (→ 30th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |colspan=5|Preliminary Round |- !Rope!!Hoop!!Clubs!!Ribbon!!Total
|9.350||9.100||9.200||9.400||37.050
Judo Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg): Renato Santos Pool B 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Carlos Sotillo (ESP) (→ won by kiken-gachi) 1/8 finals — Zhang Guojun (CHN) (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)
Hugo Assunção Pool A 1/32 finals — James Sibenge (ZIM) (→ won by ippon) 1/16 finals — Eugene McManus (IRL) (→ won by yusei-gachi) 1/8 finals — Anders Dahlin (SWE) (→ lost by koka, did not advance)
Men's Half Middleweight (–78 kg): Pedro Cristóvão Pool A 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Neil Adams (GBR) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
Women's Half Middleweight (–61 kg): Teresa Gaspar Pool B 1/4 finals — Lynn Roethke (USA) (→ lost by yuko) Repêchage — Boguslawa Olechnowicz (POL) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
Modern pentathlon One male pentathlete represented Portugal in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition: Manuel Barroso — 4844 pts (→ 34th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Event !Riding !Fencing !Swimming !Shooting !Cross-country !Total |- !Pts |910 |677 |1236 |802 |1219 |4844
Men's Team Competition: Manuel Barroso — 4844 pts (→ 22nd)
Sailing Star: Henrique Anjos and Patricio de Barros — 115 pts (→ 15th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net |- !Place |16th||13th||8th||16th||14th||16th||12th |- !Pts |22||19||14||22||20||22||18||137||115
Division II: Luís Calico — 132 pts (→ 19th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net |- !Place |23rd||26th||14th||15th||9th||23rd||12th |- !Pts |29||32||20||21||15||29||18||164||132
Shooting Men's 10m Air Pistol: José Pena — did not start
Men's Trap: Hélder Cavaco — 139 hits (→ 37th) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total |- !Hits |25||21||24||23||24||22||–||–||139
João Rebelo — 190 hits (→ 18th) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total |- !Hits |24||24||25||24||22||24||24||23||190
Swimming
Men's Events 100m Breaststroke: Alexandre Yokochi Heats (heat 2) — 1:05.66 (→ 1st, did not advance – 40th overall)
200m Breaststroke: Alexandre Yokochi Heats (heat 6) — 2:17.87 (→ 5th) Final B — 2:18.01 (→ 1st – 9th overall)
100m Butterfly: Mabílio Albuquerque Heats (heat 2) — 57.30 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 33rd overall) Paulo Camacho Heats (heat 3) — 57.62 (→ 4th, did not advance, 37th place)
200m Butterfly: Diogo Madeira Heats (heat 2) — 2:03.79 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall) João Santos Heats (heat 2) — 2:04.74 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 29th overall)
50m Freestyle: Paulo Trindade Heats (heat 6) — 24.02 (→ 5th, did not advance – 31st overall) Sérgio Esteves Heats (heat 5) — 24.24 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 30th overall)
1500m Freestyle: Artur Costa Heats (heat 2) — 15:56.13 (→ 7th, did not advance – 30th overall)
200m Individual Medley: Diogo Madeira Heats (heat 4) — 2:10.21 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 28th overall)
400m Individual Medley: Rui Borges Heats (heat 2) — 4:30.79 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 22nd overall) Diogo Madeira Heats (heat 2) — 4:35.00 (→ 5th, did not advance – 26th overall)
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay: Mabílio Albuquerque, Henrique Villaret, Sérgio Esteves and Vasco Sousa Heats (heat 1) — 3:33.31 (→ 5th, did not advance – 14th overall)
Women's Events 100m Butterfly: Sandra Neves Heats (heat 3) — 1:04.60 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 27th overall)
200m Butterfly: Sandra Neves Heats (heat 2) — 2:18.29 (→ 5th, did not advance – 18th overall)
Weightlifting Men's Lightweight (–67,5 kg): Paulo Duarte Group C — 275,0 kg (→ 14th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !rowspan=2|Event!!colspan=3|Attempt!!rowspan=2|Result |- !1!!2!!3 |- !Snatch |120,0||125,0||127,5||125,0 |- !Clean& Jerk |150,0||155,0||155,0||150,0 |- !colspan=4|Total |275,0
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg): José Marques Group B: Round 1 — Pete Stjernberg (SWE) (→ lost by injury) Round 2 — Jae-Suk Lee (KOR) (→ lost by injury; did not advance)
Officials Celorico Moreira (chief of mission)
References
Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee (1989). Official Report of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988 - Volume 1: Organization and planning (Retrieved on November 10, 2006).