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competed at the

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. A delegation of nineteen competitors participated in six sports, conquering, for the first time, two silver medals in one Olympiad and one olympic medal in the athletics. The

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and future marathon olympic champion

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conquered, here in Montreal, the first of its two olympic medals.

Medalists

Silver

— Athletics, 10000m * Armando Silva Marques — Shooting, Trap

Results by event

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Men's 400m: * José de Jesus Carvalho :* Round 1 (heat 6) — 48.47 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 800m: *

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:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:49.58 (→ 5th, did not advance) Men's 1500m: *

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:37.98 (→ 3rd) :* Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:42.59 (→ 8th, did not advance) * Helder Baiona de Jesus :* Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:44.20 (→ 2nd) :* Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:47.37 (→ 8th, did not advance) Men's 5000m: * Aniceto Silva Simões :* Qualifying (heat 3) — 13:21.93 (→ 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser) :* Final — 13:29.38 (→ 8th) *

:* Qualifying (heat 2) — did not participate Men's 10000m *

:* Qualifying (heat 1) — 28:04.53 (→ 1st) :* Final — 27:45.17 (→ Silver Medal) Men's 400m Hurdles: * José de Jesus Carvalho :* Round 1 (heat 1) — 50.99 (→ 4th) :* Semi-final — 49.97 (→ 2nd) :* Final → 49.94 (→ 5th) Men's Marathon: * Anacleto Pereira Pinto — 2:18:53.4 (→ 22nd) *

— did not participate

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Men's Lightweight (–63 kg): * José Gomes :Group B :* Round 1 — Mustapha Belahmira (

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) (→ forfeited) :* Round 2 — Osman Yanar ( TUR) (→ won by jury decision) :* Round 3 — Hector Rodriguez ( CUB) (→ lost by ''

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'') :* Repêchage — Marian Standowicz ( POL) (→ lost by '' yuko'') Men's Light Middleweight (–70 kg): *

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:Group A :* Round 1 —

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) (→ lost by jury decision) :* Repêchage — Juan-Carlos Rodriguez (

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) (→ lost by ''koka'')

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Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470): * Joaquim Leça Ramada and Francisco Antunes Mourão — 137 pts (→ 21st) :

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Trap: * Armando Silva Marques — 189 hits (→ Silver Medal) :

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Men's 100m Freestyle: *

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:* Heats (heat 6) — 55.46 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle: * Paulo Frischknecht :* Heats (heat 5) — 2:02.65 (→ 7th, did not advance) *

:* Heats (heat 4) — 2:03.03 (→ 6th, did not advance) Men's 400m Freestyle: * Rui Pinto de Abreu :* Heats (heat 4) — 4:28.43 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 1500m Freestyle: * António Botelho Melo :* Heats (heat 4) — 17:24.31 (→ 6th, did not advance) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay: * António Botelho Melo,

, Paulo Frischknecht and Rui Pinto de Abreu :* Heats (heat 2) — 8:26.68 (→ 5th, did not advance) Men's 100m Backstroke: * António Botelho Melo :* Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.76 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 200m Backstroke: * António Botelho Melo :* Heats (heat 1) — 2:26.65 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 100m Breaststroke: * Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio :* Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.55 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 200m Breaststroke: * Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio :* Heats (heat 3) — 2:41.97 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 100m Butterfly: * Paulo Frischknecht :* Heats (heat 4) — 1:01.97 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 200m Butterfly: * Paulo Frischknecht :* Heats (heat 4) — 2:20.54 (→ 5th, did not advance) Men's 400m Individual Medley: * António Botelho Melo :* Heats (heat 3) — 5:11.48 (→ 7th, did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay: * António Botelho Melo, Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio,

and Paulo Frischknecht :* Heats (heat 2) — 4:20.84 (→ 8th, did not advance)

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Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg): *

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:* Round 1 — Mohamed Karmous (

) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts) :* Round 2 — Rolf Krauss ( GER) (→ won by fall; –8pts: did not advance) Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg): *

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:* Round 1 — Ali Lachkar (

) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts) :* Round 2 —

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) (→ won by fall) :* Round 3 — Joseph Sade (

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) (→ lost by 30:1; –8 pts: did not advance) Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg): * Joaquim Jesus Vieira :* Round 1 — Stoyan Lazarov ( BUL) (→ lost by fall; –4 pts) :* Round 2 — Kazimier Lipien ( POL) (→ lost by fall; –8 pts: did not advance)

Officials

* Luís Caldas (chief of mission)

References

*Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978)
Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 1: The organization
(Retrieved on November 8, 2006). *Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 (1978)
Official Report of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976, Volume 3: The results
(Retrieved on November 8, 2006).
International Olympic Committee – Olympic medal winners database
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1976 in Portuguese sport