Portugal competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
A delegation of nineteen competitors participated in six sports, conquering, for the first time, two silver medals in one Olympiad and one olympic medal in the athletics. The long-distance runner and future marathon olympic champion Carlos Lopes conquered, here in Montreal, the first of his two olympic medals.
Medalists
Silver Carlos Lopes — Athletics, 10000m Armando Silva Marques — Shooting, Trap
Results by event
Athletics Men's 400m: José de Jesus Carvalho Round 1 (heat 6) — 48.47 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 800m: Fernando Mamede Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:49.58 (→ 5th, did not advance)
Men's 1500m: Fernando Mamede Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:37.98 (→ 3rd) Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:42.59 (→ 8th, did not advance)
Helder Baiona de Jesus Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:44.20 (→ 2nd) Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:47.37 (→ 8th, did not advance)
Men's 5000m: Aniceto Silva Simões Qualifying (heat 3) — 13:21.93 (→ 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser) Final — 13:29.38 (→ 8th)
Carlos Lopes Qualifying (heat 2) — did not participate
Men's 10000m Carlos Lopes Qualifying (heat 1) — 28:04.53 (→ 1st) Final — 27:45.17 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 400m Hurdles: José de Jesus Carvalho Round 1 (heat 1) — 50.99 (→ 4th) Semi-final — 49.97 (→ 2nd) Final → 49.94 (→ 5th)
Men's Marathon: Anacleto Pereira Pinto — 2:18:53.4 (→ 22nd) Carlos Lopes — did not participate
Judo Men's Lightweight (–63 kg): José Gomes Group B Round 1 — Mustapha Belahmira (MAR) (→ forfeited) Round 2 — Osman Yanar (TUR) (→ won by jury decision) Round 3 — Hector Rodriguez (CUB) (→ lost by ippon) Repêchage — Marian Standowicz (POL) (→ lost by yuko)
Men's Light Middleweight (–70 kg): António Roquete Andrade Group A Round 1 — Koji Kuramoto (JAP) (→ lost by jury decision) Repêchage — Juan-Carlos Rodriguez (ESP) (→ lost by koka)
Sailing Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470): Joaquim Leça Ramada and Francisco Antunes Mourão — 137 pts (→ 21st) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net |- !Place |18||18||14||9||28||22||20 |- !Pts |24||24||20||15||34||28||26||171||137
Shooting Trap: Armando Silva Marques — 189 hits (→ Silver Medal) {|class=wikitable !Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total |- align=center !Hits |22||24||24||25||23||24||25||22||189
Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: José Gomes Pereira Heats (heat 6) — 55.46 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle: Paulo Frischknecht Heats (heat 5) — 2:02.65 (→ 7th, did not advance) José Gomes Pereira Heats (heat 4) — 2:03.03 (→ 6th, did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle: Rui Pinto de Abreu Heats (heat 4) — 4:28.43 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 1500m Freestyle: António Botelho Melo Heats (heat 4) — 17:24.31 (→ 6th, did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay: António Botelho Melo, José Gomes Pereira, Paulo Frischknecht and Rui Pinto de Abreu Heats (heat 2) — 8:26.68 (→ 5th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Backstroke: António Botelho Melo Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.76 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Backstroke: António Botelho Melo Heats (heat 1) — 2:26.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Breaststroke: Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Breaststroke: Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio Heats (heat 3) — 2:41.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Butterfly: Paulo Frischknecht Heats (heat 4) — 1:01.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Butterfly: Paulo Frischknecht Heats (heat 4) — 2:20.54 (→ 5th, did not advance)
Men's 400m Individual Medley: António Botelho Melo Heats (heat 3) — 5:11.48 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay: António Botelho Melo, Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio, José Gomes Pereira and Paulo Frischknecht Heats (heat 2) — 4:20.84 (→ 8th, did not advance)
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg): Leonel Duarte Round 1 — Mohamed Karmous (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts) Round 2 — Rolf Krauss (GER) (→ won by fall; –8pts: did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg): Luís Grilo Round 1 — Ali Lachkar (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts) Round 2 — Doug Yeats (CAN) (→ won by fall) Round 3 — Joseph Sade (USA) (→ lost by 30:1; –8 pts: did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg): Joaquim Jesus Vieira Round 1 — Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) (→ lost by fall; –4 pts) Round 2 — Kazimier Lipien (POL) (→ lost by fall; –8 pts: did not advance)
Officials Luís Caldas (chief of mission)
References Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978). Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 1: The organization (Retrieved on November 8, 2006). Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978). Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 3: The results (Retrieved on November 8, 2006). International Olympic Committee – Olympic medal winners database