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competed at the

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. 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: *

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— 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: *

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— qualifiers (7,10)

Cycling

; Individual road race *

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— 77th - 142nd * José Pacheco — 77th - 142nd * Mário Silva — 77th - 142nd *

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— 77th - 142nd ;

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, José Pacheco, Mário Silva and

— 25th (2:33.19,61)

Equestrian

Men's Individual Dressage: * António Nogueira — 10th (948 points) *

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— 17th (775 points) Men's Individual Eventing: * Álvaro Sabbo — eliminated *

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

, 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

Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Portugal in 1960. ; Men's foil * Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 6th (poule 1) *

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— 1st round: 7th (poule 2) * Manuel Borrego ; Men's épée * José Fernandes — eighths-of-final: 6th (poule 4) * José de Albuquerque — 1st round: 7th (poule 10) * José Ferreira — eighths-of-final: 5th (poule 1) ; Men's team épée * José Fernandes, José de Albuquerque, José Ferreira and Manuel Borrego — 1st round: 3rd (poule 1) ; Men's 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, José Fernandes, Joaquim Rodrigues, José Ferreira, Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4) ; Women's foil * Maria 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

Portugal had 5 male rowers participate in one out of seven

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events in 1960. ; Men's coxed four * Ilídio Silva, Jorge Gavinho,

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, José Vieira and

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(cox) — repechage: 3rd (poule 1)

Sailing

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) Men's Dragon: * Carlos Francisco Ferreira, Gonçalo Mello, Joaquim Pinto Basto — 9th (4051 points) Men's 5,5m: *

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and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 16th (1667 points)

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960. ;

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* António Martins — 50th (537 marks) * Rogério Tavares — 49th (542 marks) ;

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* André Antunes — 54th (489 marks) * António Jorge — 36th (522 marks) ; 50 m rifle, three positions *

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— 1st round: 29th (group 2) * Manoel da Silva — 1st round: 32nd (group 1) ; 50 m rifle, prone * Albino da Silva — 1st round: 35th (group 2) * César Batista — 1st round: 30th (group 1) (378 marks) ;

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— 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 de Sousa — 1st round: 7th (heat 3) Men's 1500m Freestyle: * Eduardo de Sousa — 1st round: 5th (heat 5) Men's 4×100m Medley: * Eduardo de 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): *

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— 17th (−6 points) Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg): *

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— 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

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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