Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Portugal
games=1996 Summer
competitors=106
sports=18
flagbearer=Fernanda Ribeiro (opening) Carla Sacramento (closing)
gold=1
silver=0
bronze=1
total=2
rank=47

Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

A delegation with a record number of 106 competitors participated in 18 sports. Two medals were conquered this time, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprising victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance endurance events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class male team, reviving a successful sailing tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations.

In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing and in newly promoted beach volleyball, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a bahamese team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football team to the Olympics and, in the end, it repeated Amsterdam's fourth place.

Medalists

Gold

* Fernanda Ribeiro — Athletics, Women's 10000m.

Bronze

* Hugo Rocha and Nuno Barreto — Sailing, Men's 470.

Results by event

=Archery=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Nuno Pombo:* Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th)::

Triple Jump:
* Carlos Calado:* Qualifying round (Group A) — 16,65 (→ 10th, did not advance)::

Shot Put:
* Teresa Machado :* Qualifying round (Group A) — 15,91 (→ 12th, did not advance) ::

=Cycling=

Men's Road Race:
* Cândido Barbosa — 5:01:29 (→ 112th)
* José Azevedo — did not finish
* Nuno Marta — 4:56:49 (→ 78th)
* Orlando Rodrigues — 4:56:45 (→ 39th)
* Pedro Lopes — 4:56:45 (→ 48th)

Women's Road Race:
* Ana Barros — 2:37:06 (→ 23rd)

=Equestrian=

Individual Jumping:
* António Vozone:* Qualifying round — 13.75 penalty pts (→ 69th)::

=Judo=

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):
* Pedro Caravana:Pool A:* Round 1 — Ewan Beaton (CAN) (→ won by "waza-ari"):* Round 2 — Nigel Donohue (GBR) (→ lost by "ippon")

Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):
* Michel Almeida:Pool A:* Round 1 — Jose Perez (PUR) (→ won by "ippon"):* Round 2 — Francesco Giorgi (ITA) (→ won by "koka"):* Round 3 — Taro Tan (CAN) (→ won by "yuko"):* 1/4 finals — Udo Quellmalz (GER) (→ lost by "ippon"):Repêchage A:* Round 1 — Bye:* Round 2 — Bye:* Round 3 — Israel Hernández Plana (CUB) (→ lost by "ippon", did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (–71 kg):
* Guilherme Bentes:Pool A:* Round 1 — Bye:* Round 2 — Loris Mularoni (SMR) (→ won by "ippon"):* Round 3 — Vladimeri Dgebuadze (GEO) (→ lost by "yusei-gachi", did not advance)

Men's Half Heavyweight (–95 kg):
* Pedro Soares:Pool A:* Round 1 — Bye:* Round 2 — Detlef Knorrek (GER) (→ won by "ippon"):* Round 3 — A. Sanchez Armentero (CUB) (→ won by "ippon"):* 1/4 finals — Pawel Nastula (POL) (→ lost by "ippon"):Repêchage A:* Round 1 — Bye:* Round 2 — Bye:* Round 3 — Antal Kovacs (HUN) (→ lost by "shido", did not advance)

Women's Lightweight (–56 kg):
* Filipa Cavalleri:Pool B:* Round 1 — Bye:* Round 2 — Ai-Chun Huang (TPE) (→ lost by "yusei-gachi")

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Manuel Barroso — 5246 pts (→ 19th):

470:
* Hugo Rocha (skipper) and Nuno Barreto — 62 pts (→ Bronze Medal):

Open events

Laser:
* Vasco Serpa — 74 pts (→ 7th):

* Manuel Vieira:* Preliminary round — 122 hits (→ 5th, did not advance)::

Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:
* Carla Ribeiro:* Preliminary round — 568 hits (→ 32nd, did not advance)::

=Wrestling=

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
* David Maia:* Round 1 — Luis Sarmiento Hernández (CUB) (→ lost by 5-0):* Round 2 — Armando Fernandez (MEX) (→ lost by 7-3, did not advance)

Officials

* Vítor Fonseca da Mota (chief of mission)
* Avelino Corbal Simões Azevedo (beach volleyball)
* Nelo Vingada (football coach)
* Agostinho Oliveira (football coach)

References

*cite book |title=The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results |author=(ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. |publisher=Peachtree Publishers |location=Atlanta |year=1997 |isbn=1-56145-150-9 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-13
*cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-02-13