Portugal at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Portugal
games=1960 Summer
competitors=66
sports=11
flagbearer=Mário Quina (Sailing)
officials=2
gold=0
silver=1
bronze=0
total=1
rank=32

Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.

A delegation of sixty six competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports, with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.

Medalists

Silver

* José Quina and Mário Quina — Sailing, Star.

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 3000m Steeplechase:
* Joaquim Ferreira — 1st round: 11th (heat 1)

Men's 5000m:
* Manuel Oliveira — 1st round: 6th (heat 2)

Men's Decathlon:
* Júlio Santos — DNF (2282 points)
*# 100m — 12,0 (597)
*# Long Jump — 6,32 (592)
*# Shot Put — 10,85 (488)
*# High Jump — 1,65 (605)
*# 400m — DNF
*# 110m Hurdles — DNS
*# Discus Throw — DNS
*# Pole Vault — DNS
*# Javelin Throw — DNS
*# 1500m — DNS

Men's Hammer Throw:
* Eduardo Martins — qualifiers (54,92)

Men's Long Jump:
* Pedro Almeida — qualifiers (7,10)

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race:
* Francisco Valada — 77th - 142nd
* José Pacheco — 77th - 142nd
* Mário Silva — 77th - 142nd
* Ramiro Martins — 77th - 142nd

Men's Team Road Time-Trial:
* Francisco Valada, José Pacheco, Mário Silva and Ramiro Martins — 25th (2:33.19,61)

=Equestrian=

Men's Individual Dressage:
* António Nogueira — 10th (948 points)
* Luís Mena e Silva — 17th (775 points)

Men's Individual Eventing:
* Álvaro Sabbo — eliminated
* Joaquim Duarte Silva — eliminated
* Jorge Eduardo Mathias — eliminated
* Mário Delgado — 35th (−705,15 points)

Men's Team Eventing:
* Álvaro Sabbo, Joaquim Duarte Silva, Jorge Eduardo Mathias and Mário Delgado — eliminated

Men's Individual Jumping:
* António Pereira de Almeida — eliminated
* Henrique Alves Calado — 11th (32 points)
* Carlos Lopes João — eliminated

Men's Team Jumping:
* António Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Lopes João and Henrique Alves Calado — eliminated

=Fencing=

Men's Individual Épée:
* Filipe Fernandes — eighths-of-final: 6th (poule 4)
* José Albuquerque — 1st round: 7th (poule 10)
* José Ferreira — eighths-of-final: 5th (poule 1)

Men's Team Épée:
* Filipe Fernandes, José Albuquerque, José Ferreira and Manuel Borrego — 1st round: 3rd (poule 1)

Men's Individual Foil:
* Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)
* Pedro Marçal — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)

Men's Individual Sabre:
* António Marquilhas — 1st round: 6th (poule 6)
* Joaquim Rodrigues — 1st round: 4th (poule 10)
* Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)

Men's Team Sabre:
* António Marquilhas, Filipe Fernandes, Joaquim Rodrigues, José Ferreira, Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)

Women's Individual Foil:
* Maria José Nápoles — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)

=Gymnastics=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Hermenegildo Candeias — 120th (87,65 points)
*# Horizontal Bar — 114th (15,20)
*# Parallel Bars — 116th (15,30)
*# Pommelled Horse — 106th (15,65)
*# Rings — 116th (16,20)
*# Vault — 129th (8,75)
*# Floor — 111th (16,55)

Women's Individual Competition:
* Dália Vairinho Cunha Sammer — 109th (59,165)
*# Vault — 91st (16,166)
*# Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
*# Beam — 110th (14,566)
*# Floor — 109th (15,500)

* Esbela Fonseca — 116th (55,431 points)
*# Vault — 120th (10,733)
*# Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
*# Beam — 117th (13,766)
*# Floor — 112th (15,066)

* Maria Cunha — 119th (53,163 points)
*# Vault — 122nd (9,099)
*# Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
*# Beam — 113th (14,432)
*# Floor — 105th (15,766)

=Rowing=

Men's Coxed Four:
* Ilídio Silva, Jorge Gavinho, José Porto, José Vieira and Rui Valença (cox) — repechage: 3rd (poule 1)

=Sailing=

Men's 5,5m:
* Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 16th (1667 points)

Men's Dragon:
* Carlos Ferreira, Gonçalo Mello, Joaquim Pinto Basto — 9th (4051 points)

Men's Finn:
* Hélder de Oliveira — 15th (3488 points)

Men's Flying Dutchman:
* Carlos Braga and Gabriel da Silva Lopes — 27th (1279 points)

Men's Star:
* José Quina and Mário Quina — 2nd (6665 points)

=Shooting=

Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots):
* António Silva Martins — 50th (537 marks)
* Rogério Tavares — 49th (542 marks)

Men's 50m Pistol (60 shots):
* André Antunes — 54th (489 marks)
* António Jorge — 36th (522 marks)

Men's 50m Rifle Prone (60 shots):
* Albino Silva — 1st round: 35th (group 2)
* César Baptista — 1st round: 30th (group 1) (378 marks)

Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3×40 shots):
* António Tavares — 1st round: 29th (group 2)
* Manuel Pereira da Silva — 1st round: 32nd (group 1)

Men's Clay Pigeons:
* Guy Valle-Flor — 15th (180)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Backstroke:
* Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)

Men's 200m Butterfly:
* Luís Vaz Jorge — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)

Men's 100m Freestyle:
* Herlander Ribeiro — 1st round: 5th (heat 1)

Men's 400m Freestyle:
* Eduardo Sousa — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)

Men's 1500m Freestyle:
* Eduardo Sousa — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)

Men's 4×100m Medley:
* Eduardo Sousa, Herlander Ribeiro, Luís Vaz Jorge and Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 6th (heat 3)

Women's 200m Breaststroke:
* Maria Freitas Veloso — 1st round: 7th (heat 4)

=Weightlifting=

Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):
* Luís Paquete — 19th (245 points)

=Wrestling=

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
* Orlando Gonçalves — 17th (−6 points)

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):
* José Gregório — 22nd (−8 points)

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):
* Luis Caldas — 21st (−8 points)

Officials

* Correia Leal (chief of mission)
* Bernardo Mendes de Almeida (sailing)
* Castro de Seixa (women's gymnastics)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]