Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively.[1] This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.
| Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | POR |
| NOC | Olympic Committee of Portugal |
| Website | www |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 48 in 8 sports |
| Officials | 3 |
| Medals Ranked 26th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists edit
Silver edit
- Duarte de Almeida Bello and Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello — Sailing, Swallow (Golondrina).
Bronze edit
- Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — Equestrian, Team Dressage.
Athletics edit
Men's 100m:
- J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 11)
Men's 200m:
- J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 3)
Men's Long Jump:
- A. Pereira Dias Cachulo — qualifiers
Men's Triple Jump:
- Luís Alcide de Nunes Garcia — qualifiers
- João Rodrigues Vieira — qualifiers
Equestrian edit
Men's Individual Dressage:
- Fernando Paes — 9th (411 points)
- Francisco Valadas, Jr. — 10th (405 points)
- Luís Mena e Silva — 12th (366 points)
Men's Team Dressage:
- Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — 3rd (1182 points)
Men's Individual Eventing:
- António Serôdio — eliminated
- Fernando Paes — 25th (167½ points)
- Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 8th (55 points)
Men's Individual Jumping:
- Henrique Alves Calado — 18th (26 points)
- Hélder de Souza — eliminated
- J. Correia Barrento — 22nd (42½ points)
Men's Team Jumping:
- Henrique Alves Calado, Hélder de Souza and J. Correia Barrento — eliminated
Fencing edit
Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.
- Álvaro Pinto — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)
- Emílio Lino — 1st round: 5th (poule 8)
- Manuel Chagas — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)
- Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Emílio Lino, José Castro, Manuel Chagas and João Costa — 1st round: 3rd (poule 6)
Rowing edit
Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]
- Men's coxed four — 2nd round
- 2nd (heat 4)
- Men's eight — semi-final
- 2nd (heat 3)
Sailing edit
- Open
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Joao Miguez Tito | Firefly | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2603 | 13 | |
| Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho |
Star | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4292 | 6 | |
| Duarte de Almeida Bello Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello |
Swallow | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5579 | 
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| Joao Félix da Silva Capucho António Guedes de Herédia Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço Henrique Reis Goncho Sallaty |
Dragon | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2123 | 9 | |
Shooting edit
Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.
- Carlos Queiroz — 54th (489 points)
- José Maria Ferreira — 22nd (524 points)
- Moysés Cardoso — 55th (465 points)
- Moysés Cardoso — 42nd (485 points)
- Carlos Queiroz — 46th (482 points)
- Abílio Brandão — 57th (576 points)
- Carlos Queiroz — 63rd (572 points)
- José da Silva — 66th (570 points)
Swimming edit
Men's 100m backstroke:
- M. Alua Simas — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)
Art competitions edit
Officials edit
- César de Melo (chief of mission)
- Frederico Paredes (fencing)
- J. de A. Machado (fencing)
- F. Duarte (rowing)
References edit
- ^ "Portugal at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.