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Portugal At The 1960 Summer Olympics
Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five 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. 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 de Almeida — qualifiers (7,10) Cycling ; Individual road race * Francisco Valada — 77th - 142nd * José Pacheco — 77th - 142nd * Mário ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Committee Of Portugal
The Olympic Committee of Portugal ( pt, Comité Olímpico de Portugal ; acronym: COP) is a non-profit organisation of public utility, which serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Portugal. It was founded on October 26, 1909, to ensure a timely, methodical and state-sponsored participation at the Games of the V Olympiad, in Stockholm. Thus, it was the 13th nation to join the Olympic Movement. As a NOC, its responsibilities include the setup and management of a delegation for the Olympic Games, and fundraising to support Olympic-related sports development programmes, by cooperation with public and private entities. A universe of 64 national sports federations is assembled under the COP's wing as members with voting power. This intimate relationship with the federations helps carrying their interests close to the government and official organisms, and ensures their active and decisive intervention on the committee's internal affairs. The current president is José Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |