Portugal at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Portugal
games=1972 Summer
competitors=31
sports=8
flagbearer=António Roquete (Judo)
officials=20

Portugal competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

A delegation of thirty one competitors participated in eight sports, however no medal was conquered.

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 110m Hurdles:
* Alberto Filipe Matos — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)

Men's 400m:
* Fernando Cunha e Silva — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)

Men's 400m Hurdles:
* José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)

Men's 800m:
* Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 4th (heat 4)

Men's 1500m:
* Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 6th (heat 7)

Men's 5000m:
* Carlos Lopes — 1st round: 9th (heat 1)

Men's 10000m:
* Carlos Lopes — 1st round: 9th (heat 3)

Men's Marathon:
* Armando Aldegalega — 41st (2:28.24,6)

Men's 4×400m:
* Alberto Filipe Matos, Fernando Cunha e Silva, Fernando Pacheco Mamede and José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)

=Equestrian=

Individual Jumping:
* Carlos Campos — 13th
* Francisco Caldeira — eliminated
* Vasco Ramires — eliminated

Team Jumping:
* Carlos Campos, Francisco Caldeira and Vasco Ramires — 13th (107,5 points)

=Judo=

Men's Half-Middleweight (–70 kg):
* António Roquete Andrade — qualifiers (poule A)

Men's Middleweight (–80 kg):
* Orlando Ferreira — qualifiers (poule B)

=Rowing=

Men's Single Sculls
*José Lopes Marques:*Heat — 8:39.73:*Repechage — 8:54.27 (→ did not advance)

Double Sculls:
* Carlos Almeida Oliveira and Manuel Silva Barroso — repechage: 4th (heat 2)

=Sailing=

Dragon:
* Mário Quina, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Francisco Quina — 21st (120 points)

Finn:
* José Quina — 11th (190,7 points)

Star:
* António Mardel Correia and Ulrich Henrique Anjos — 6th (68,4 points)

=Shooting=

25m Rapid Fire Pistol:
* André Antunes — 36th (578 marks)

50m Pistol (60 shots):
* André Antunes — 55th (510 marks)

50m Rifle Prone (60 shots):
* César Baptista — 90th (578 marks)
* Mário Oliveira — 92nd (575 marks)

50m Rifle Prone 3 Positions (3×40 shots):
* César Baptista — 61st (1057 marks)
* Mário Oliveira — 63rd (1051 marks)

Skeet:
* José M. Figueira Matos — 49th (179 marks)

Tr

* Armando Silva Marques — 19th (187 marks)

=Weightlifting=

Men's Bantamweight (–56 kg):
* Raul Diniz — 21st (285 points)

=Wrestling=

Men's Freestyle Featherweight (–62 kg):
* Orlando Gonçalves — 2nd round: eliminated

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):
* Leonel Duarte — 2nd round: eliminated

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
* Luís Grilo — 4th round: eliminated

Officials

* Fernando Machado (chief of mission)
* Dido Fonseca Aguiar
* Francisco Ferreira Alves
* Fernando Sommer Andrade
* Francisco Augusto
* Luis V. Caldas
* José Carvalhosa
* António Castanheira
* António Madeira Correia
* Domingos A. Souse Coutinho
* Carlos F. Dias Silva
* João Esteves
* Francisco Ferreira
* Manuel Forão
* Francisco Graça Gordo
* Carlos M. Loureiro
* Fernando M. C. Costa Matos
* António M. M. Moreira
* Mário Alberto Pereira
* Lélio Almeida Ribeiro
* Manuel Silva Pereira

References

*Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972 (1974). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s1.pdf Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1: The organization] (Retrieved on November 7, 2006).
*Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972 (1974). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s3.pdf Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3: The competitions] (Retrieved on November 7, 2006).