Portugal competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 90 competitors, 68 men and 22 women, took part in 71 events in 14 sports.
These Olympics saw Portugal listing the biggest share of competitors in the athletics, but also debuting in the tennis and badminton events, recently elevated to Olympic sports, as with the women's judo. Portugal also participated in the roller hockey tournament (demonstration sport), as current world champions, but finishing just outside the podium.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Portugal at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 22 14 36Badminton 2 0 2Canoeing 7 0 7 Equestrian 5 0 5Fencing 4 0 4Judo 5 3 8Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 2 0 2Sailing 8 0 8Shooting 3 1 4Swimming 6 3 9Tennis 2 0 2Wrestling 1 – 1 Total 68 22 90
Archery
Women's Individual Competition: Ana Sousa Qualifying round — 1288 pts (→ 22nd) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !70m!!60m!!50m!!30m!!Total |- |297||334||321||336||1288 |} Elimination round — 98 pts (→ 26th) 1/16 finals — Xiangjun Ma (CHN) (→ lost 101:98, did not advance)
Athletics
Men's events 800m: António Abrantes Round 1 (heat 7) — 1:50.89 (→ 5th, did not advance)
1,500m: Mário Silva Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:38.57 (→ 3rd) Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:38.09 (→ 9th, did not advance)
5,000m: Carlos Monteiro Semi-final (heat 4) — 14:00.53 (→ 10th, did not advance) Domingos Castro Semi-final (heat 3) — 13:24:57 (→ 5th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser) Final — 13:38.09 (→ 11th) Raimundo Santos Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:48.06 (→ 7th, did not advance)
10,000m: Domingos Castro Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish Fernando Couto Round 1 (heat 2) — 29:20.06 (→ 15th, did not advance)
Marathon: António Pinto → did not finish Dionísio Castro → did not finish Joaquim Pinheiro → did not finish
20 km Walk: José Urbano — disqualified
50 km Walk: José Magalhães — 4:20:21 (→ 28th) José Pinto — disqualified José Urbano — 4:16:31 (→ 25th)
400m Hurdles: Pedro Rodrigues Round 1 (heat 3) — 49.46 (→ 5th, did not advance)
3000m Steeplechase: João Junqueira Round 1 (heat 3) — 8:35.68 (→ 8th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser) Semi-final (heat 1) — 8:39.17 (→ 10th, did not advance)
4 × 100 m Relay: Luís Barroso, Luís Cunha, Pedro Agostinho and Pedro Curvelo Round 1 (heat 2) — 40.30 (→ 5th, did not advance)
4 × 400 m Relay: Álvaro Silva, José Mendes, Paulo Curvelo and Pedro Rodrigues Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:10.11 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Pole Vault: Nuno Fernandes Qualifying round (heat 2) — 5,00 (→ 15th, did not advance) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !4,80!!5,00!!5,20!!5,30!!5,40!!5,50!!5,55!!5,60!!Result |- |XXO||XO||XXX||||||||||||5,00
Women's events 100m: Lucrécia Jardim Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.58 (→ 4th) Round 2 (heat 1) — 11.66 (→ 7th, did not advance)
200m: Lucrécia Jardim Round 1 (heat 1) — 23.26 (→ 3rd) Round 2 (heat 2) — 23.09 (→ 5th, did not advance)
800m: Carla Sacramento Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:00.57 (→ 3rd, advanced as 5th fastest loser) Semi-final (heat 2) — 2:02.85 (→ 6th, did not advance)
1500m: Carla Sacramento Round 1 (heat 1) — 4:10.01 (→ 5th) Semi-final (heat 2) — 4:05.54 (→ 9th, did not advance)
3000m: Fernanda Ribeiro Round 1 (heat 2) — 9:07.69 (9th, did not advance)
10000m: Albertina Dias Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:15.05 (→ 6th) Final — 32:0.393 (→ 13th) Conceição Ferreira Round 1 (heat 1) — 32:31.95 (→ 9th, advanced as 1st fastest loser) Final — did not finish Fernanda Marques Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:38.16 (→ 8th) Final — did not finish
Marathon: Aurora Cunha → did not finish Manuela Machado → 2:38:22 (→ 7th)
10 km Walk: Isilda Gonçalves — 50:23 (→ 34th) Susana Feitor — disqualified
400m Hurdles: Marta Moreira Round 1 (heat 2) — 58.24 (→ 6th, did not advance)
4 × 400 m Relay: Eduarda Coelho, Elsa Amaral, Lucrécia Jardim and Marta Moreira Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:29.38 (→ 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser) Final — 3:36.85 (→ 8th)
Discus Throw: Teresa Machado Qualifying round — 4,98 (→ 14th, did not advance)
Badminton
Men's Individual Competition: Ricardo Fernandes 1/32 finals — R. Liljequist (FIN) (→ lost by 15-3, 15-11 – did not advance) Fernando Silva 1/32 finals — Peter Axelsson (SWE) (→ lost by 15-7, 15-8 – did not advance)
Men's Team Competition: Fernando Silva and Ricardo Fernandes 1/32 finals — Benny Lee and Thomas Reidy (USA) (→ lost by 15-1, 15-10 – did not advance)
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJosé GarciaK-1 500 m1:42.963 QR1:41.843 QS1:45.889Did not advanceK-1 1000 m3:46.824 QR3:34.921 QS3:37.343 QF 3:41.606Joaquim Queirós José Ferreira da SilvaK-2 500 m1:37.73 6 QR1:33.572 QS1:32.337Did not advanceK-2 1000 m 3:22.463 QR 3:18.424 QS3:00.907Did not advanceAntónio Brinco António Monteiro Belmiro Penetra Rui FernandesK-4 1000 m3:02.385 QScolspan=2 3:00.90 7Did not advance
Equestrianism
Individual Eventing: António Braz — –238.60 pts (→ 58th) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping |- !Pts (Rank) |–85.00 (75th)||–143.60 (57th)||–10.00 (24th) |- !GeneralPts (Rank) |–85.00 (75th)||–228.60 (59th)||–238.60 (58th)
António Ramos — –186.70 pts (46th) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping |- !Pts (Rank) |–72.40 (61st)||–102.80 (47th)||–11.50 (41st) |- !GeneralPts (Rank) |–72.40 (61st)||–175.20 (48th)||–186.70 (46th)
Bernardo Rodrigues — eliminated {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping |- !Pts (Rank) |–69.80 (54th)||eliminated||— |- !GeneralPts (Rank) |–69.80 (54th)||eliminated||—
Vasco Ramires {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping |- !Pts (Rank) |–91.40 (79th)||–82.40 (39th)||0.00 (1st) |- !GeneralPts (Rank) |–91.40 (79th)||–173.80 (47th)||–173.80 (41st)
Team Eventing: António Braz, António Ramos and Bernardo Rodrigues — –599.10 pts (→ 15th) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping |- !Pts (Rank) |–248.80 (?)||–328.80 (?)||–21.50 (?) |- !GeneralPts (Rank) |–248.80 (?)||–577.60 (?)||–599.10 (15th)
Individual Jumping: Jorge Matias — 83rd
Team Jumping: Jorge Matias — did not start
Fencing
Four male fencers represented Portugal in 1992.
Men's épée José Bandeira Qualifying round (pool 4) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 6th, 61st overall, did not advance) Rui Frazão Qualifying round (pool 10) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 7th, 60th overall, did not advance)
Men's foil José Guimarães Qualifying round (pool 2) — 6 matches, 1 victory (→ 7th, 52nd overall, did not advance)
Men's sabre Luís Silva Qualifying round (pool 4) — 5 matches, 0 victories (→ 6th, 40th overall, did not advance)
Gymnastics Rhythmics: Clara Piçarra — did not start (→ 43rd)
Judo
Men's events Extra Lightweight (–60 kg): Rui Ludovino Preliminary rounds A 1/32 finals — Pina Garcia (DOM) (→ won by yuko) 1/16 finals — Dashgombyn Battulga (MGL) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
Half Lightweight (–65 pts): Augusto Almeida Preliminary rounds B 1/32 finals — V. Cespedes (PAR) (→ won by ippon) 1/16 finals — R. Sampaio (BRA) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance) Repêchage B 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Sang-Moon Kim (KOR) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
Lightweight (–71 kg): Rui Domingues Preliminary rounds A 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — C. Shi (CHN) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)
Half Middleweight (–78 kg): Preliminary rounds B António Matias 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Anton Summer (AUT) (→ lost by double waza-ari (=ippon), did not advance)
Middleweight (–86 kg): Pedro Cristóvão Preliminary rounds B 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — D. Kistler (SUI) (→ lost by koka, did not advance)
Women's events Half Lightweight (–52 kg): Paula Saldanha — 7th Preliminary rounds B 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — R. Dechinmaa (MGL) (→ won by ippon) 1/8 finals — Lyne Poirier (CAN) (→ won by koka) 1/4 finals — Jessica Gal (NED) (→ lost by ippon) Repêchage B 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Bye 1/8 finals — Maktsoutova (EUN) (→ won by yuko) 1/4 finals — A. Giungi (ITA) (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (–56 kg): Filipa Cavalleri Preliminary rounds B 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Z. Blagojevic (IOP) (→ won by yar?) 1/8 finals — P. Pinitwong (THA) (→ won by yusei-gachi) 1/4 finals — Flagothier (BEL) (→ lost by yuko) Repêchage B 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Bye 1/8 finals — Kate Donahoo (USA) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)
Half Heavyweight (–72 kg): Sandra Godinho Preliminary rounds A 1/32 finals — Bye 1/16 finals — Werbrouck (BEL) (→ lost by yuko, did not advance)
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Portugal in 1992.
Men's Individual Competition: Manuel Barroso — 4719 pts (→ 53rd) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !rowspan=3|Event !colspan=2|Fencing !colspan=2|Swimming !colspan=3|Shooting !colspan=2|Cross-country !colspan=2|Riding |- !Vict.!!Pen. !Time!!Heat !Hits!!Pen.!!Heat !Time!!Pen. !Time!!Pen. |- |19||– |3:23.2||2 |159||60||1 |12:26.0||– |1:58.7||– |- !Pts (Rank) |colspan=2|541 (62nd) |colspan=2|1248 (25th) |colspan=3|595 (65th) |colspan=2|1327 (1st) |colspan=2|1008 (26th) |- !GeneralPts (Rank) |colspan=2|541 (62nd) |colspan=2|1799 (59th) |colspan=3|2384 (33rd) |colspan=2|3711 (?) |colspan=2|4719 (53rd)
Roller Hockey Men's Competition: António Heitor, António Neves, Franklin Pais, Luís Ferreira, Paulo Almeida, Paulo Alves, Pedro Alves, Rui Lopes, Vitor Hugo Silva and Vitor Fortunato — 4th Preliminary round (Group A) — 5 matches, 4 victories, 1 defeat – 8 pts (→ 2nd) Semi-finals — 5 matches, 3 victories, 2 defeats – 6 pts (→ 3rd) Final 3rd/4th — Italy (→ lost 3-2)
Rowing
Men's Double Sculls: Daniel Alves and João Santos Round 1 (heat 3) — 6:54.55 (→ 5th) Repêchage 4 — 6:46.14 (→ 4th) Semi-final C — 6:32.01 (→ 4th) Final D — 6:42.00 (→ 1st, 18th overall)
Sailing
Men's Lechner A-390: João Rodrigues — 233 pts (→ 23rd) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net |- !Place |25th||10th||18th||20th||22nd||21st||24th||23rd||28th||18th |- !Pts |31||16||24||24||28||27||30||29||33||24||266||233
Men's 470: Eduardo Seruca and Victor Hugo Rocha (helm) — 148 pts (→ 24th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net |- !Place |23rd||27th||20th||26th||5th||21st||18th |- !Pts |29||33||26||32||10||27||24||181||148
Soling: António Tanger Correia (helm), Luís Miguel Santos and Ricardo Batista — 116 pts (→ 21st) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net |- !Place |21st||21st||16th||18th||16th||15th |- !Pts |27||27||22||24||22||21||143||148
Star: Fernando Bello (helm) and Francisco Pinheiro de Melo — 101 pts (→ 12th) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net |- !Place |1st||9th||False start||19th||8th||21st||14th |- !Pts |0||15||33||25||14||27||20||134||101
Shooting
Men's Trap: António Palminha Preliminary round — 145 hits (→ 14th) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!Total |- !Hits |24||25||25||25||24||22||145 |} Semi-final — 193 hits (→ 11th, did not advance) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total |- !Hits |24||25||25||25||23||25||24||22||193
João Rebelo Preliminary round — 145 hits (→ 10th) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!Total |- !Hits |21||25||25||24||25||25||145 |} Semi-final — 191 hits (→ 16th, did not advance) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total |- !Hits |21||25||25||22||24||24||25||25||191
Manuel Silva