- Portugal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Portugal
games=1980 Summer
flagcaption=Flag of the Olympic Movement
competitors=11
sports=6
flagbearer=Esbela da Fonseca (Gymnastics)
officials=Portugal competed at the1980 Summer Olympics inMoscow , USSR.Despite the United States-led international boycott to these Games, which was reflected in Portugal as the governmental non-funding of the Olympic mission, the Portuguese Olympic Committee's autonomy was respected and thus it was able to collect public financial support to send a delegation of eleven competitors. These participated in six sports, with a debut in boxing, however no medals were won. The nation marched under the Olympic Flag for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
Results by event
Men's 1500m:
*João José Pontes Campos :* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:41.3 (→ 5th):* Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:44.4 (→ 7th, did not advance)Men's 3000m Steeplechase:
*José Manuel Sena :* Round 1 (heat 3) — did not finishMen's Marathon:
*Anacleto Pereira Pinto :* Final — 2:17:04 (→ 16th place)
=Boxing=Men's Light Flyweight (–48 kg):
*João Manuel Miguel (a.k.a. Paquito):* 1/16 final — Bye:* 1/8 final —Shamil Sabirov (URS) (→ lost 5:0, did not advance)Women's Team All-Round Competition:
*Maria Avelina Alvarez — 69,00 pts (→ 9th – 16th):
=Judo=Men's –60 kg:
*João Paulo Mendonça :Pool B::* Round 1 —Marian Donat (POL) (→ won by "waza-ari"):* Round 2 —Thierry Rey (FRA) (→ lost by "ippon"):* Repêchage —Reino Fagerlund (FIN) (→ lost by "koka", did not advance)Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):
*José António Branco :Pool A::* Round 1 —Abdoulaye Thera (MLI) (→ won by "waza-ari awasete ippon"):* Round 2 —Ilian Nedkov (BUL) (→ lost by "waza-ari awasete ippon", did not advance)Men's Half Middleweight (–70 kg):
*António Roquete Andrade :Pool A::* Round 1 — Bye:* Round 2 —Berkane Lakhdar Adda (ALG) (→ won by "waza-ari"):* Round 3 —Bernard Tchoullouyan (FRA) (→ lost by "ippon", did not advance)
=Swimming=Men's 100m Backstroke:
*Rui Pinto Abreu :* Heats (heat 2) — 1:00.62(→ 5th, did not advance)Men's 200m Backstroke:
*Rui Pinto Abreu :* Heats (heat 1) — did not participateMen's 100m Butterfly:
*Paulo Frischknecht :* Heats (heat 4)— 57.94 (→ 5th, did not advance)Men's 100m Freestyle:
*Rui Pinto Abreu :* Heats (heat 1) — 52.85 (→ 5th, did not advance)Men's 200m Freestyle:
*Rui Pinto Abreu :* Heats (heat 1) — 1:55.25 (→ 4th, did not advance)
*Paulo Frischknecht :* Heats (heat 1)— 1:55.06 (→ 3rd, did not advance)Men's 400m Freestyle:
*Paulo Frischknecht :* Heats (heat 4)— did not participateMen's Flyweight (–52 kg):
*Raul Diniz — 197,0 pts (→ 13th):Officials
* Salles Grade (chief of mission)
*Fernando Lima Bello (chief of mission)References
*Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 (1981). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v2.pdf Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad - Volume 2: The organisation] (Retrieved on November 9, 2006).
*Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 (1981). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad - Volume 3: The participants and results] (Retrieved on November 10, 2006).
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