Portugal
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competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich
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,
West Germany
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. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 8 sports.
Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles:
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Alberto Filipe Matos — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)
Men's 400m:
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Fernando Silva — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)
Men's 400m Hurdles:
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José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)
Men's 800m:
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Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 4th (heat 4)
Men's 1500m:
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Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 6th (heat 7)
Men's 5000m:
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Carlos Lopes
Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH (, born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner.
He won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist and setting an Olym ...
— 1st round: 9th (heat 1)
Men's 10000m:
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Carlos Lopes
Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH (, born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner.
He won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist and setting an Olym ...
— 1st round: 9th (heat 3)
Men's Marathon:
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Armando Aldegalega — 41st (2:28.24,6)
Men's 4 × 400 m:
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Alberto Filipe Matos,
Fernando Silva,
Fernando Pacheco Mamede and
José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)
Equestrian
Individual Jumping:
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Carlos Campos — 13th
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Francisco Caldeira — eliminated
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Vasco Ramires Sr. — eliminated
Team Jumping:
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Carlos Campos,
Francisco Caldeira and
Vasco Ramires Sr. — 13th (107,5 points)
Judo
Men's Half-Middleweight (–70 kg):
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António Roquete Andrade
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— qualifiers (poule A)
Men's Middleweight (–80 kg):
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Orlando Ferreira — qualifiers (poule B)
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls
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José Lopes Marques
:*Heat — 8:39.73
:*Repechage — 8:54.27 (→ did not advance)
Double Sculls:
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Carlos Almeida Oliveira and
Manuel Silva Barroso — repechage: 4th (heat 2)
Sailing
Dragon:
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Mário Quina,
Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and
Francisco Quina — 21st (120 points)
Finn:
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José Quina — 11th (190,7 points)
Star:
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António Mardel Correia and
Ulrich Henrique Anjos — 6th (68,4 points)
Shooting
Five male shooters represented Portugal in 1972.
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25 m pistol
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André Antunes — 36th (578 marks)
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50 m pistol
The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...
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André Antunes — 55th (510 marks)
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50 m rifle, prone
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César Batista — 90th (578 marks)
* Mário Ribeiro — 92nd (575 marks)
;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions, 50 m rifle, three positions
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César Batista — 61st (1057 marks)
* Mário Ribeiro — 63rd (1051 marks)
;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet, Skeet
* José de Matos — 49th (179 marks)
;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap, Trap
* 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 (wrestler), 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
External links
*Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972 (1974)
Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1: The organization(Retrieved on 7 November 2006).
*Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972 (1974)
Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3: The competitions(Retrieved on 7 November 2006).
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Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Portugal at the Summer Olympics by year, 1972 Summer Olympics
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