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competed at the

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. A delegation of thirty eight competitors participated in eleven sports, bringing home a total of three medals – a feat only repeated 20 years later, in

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– including Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal, through

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 Olympic ...

in the marathon.

Rosa Mota Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM (; born 29 June 1958) is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win m ...

, future marathon olympic champion, was the bronze medalist of this event, who appeared for the first time in the Olympics. Portugal made its debut in the Olympic archery as well as in the diving, with Joana Figueiredo as the first Portuguese Olympic diver. Female competitors were also present at the first rhythmic gymnastics events in an Olympiad.

Medalists

Archery

Men's Competition: * Rui Santos — 2324 pts (→ 51st) :

Athletics

;Men's Events 100m: * Luís Barroso :* Round 1 (heat 8) — 10.76 (→ 4th, did not advance) 200m: * Luís Barroso :* Round 1 (heat 7) — 22.03 (→ 6th, did not advance) 5,000m: *

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:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 13:43.28 (→ 1st) :* Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:32.64 (→ 9th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser) :* Final — 13:26.50 (→ 9th) *

João Campos João José Pontes Campos (born 22 September 1958 in Albufeira) is a Portuguese former middle-distance runner who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXI ...

:* Round 1 (heat 3) — 13:46.27 (→ 5th) :* Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:34.46 (→ 10th, did not advance) *

António Leitão António Carlos Carvalho Nogueira Leitão OIH (22 July 1960 – 18 March 2012) was a Portuguese athlete who mainly competed in the long distance events. Career Born in Espinho, Leitão competed for Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in ...

:* Round 1 (heat 4) — 13:51.33 (→ 1st) :* Semi-final (heat 1) — 13:39.76 (→ 2nd) :* Final — 13:09.20 (→ Bronze Medal) 10,000m: *

Fernando Mamede Fernando Eugénio Pacheco Mamede, ComM (born 1 November 1951) is a former Portuguese athlete, a long distance running specialist. He was born in Beja. Together with Carlos Lopes, he is one of the best Portuguese male long distance runners ...

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 28:21.87 (→ 1st) :* Final — did not finish Marathon: *

— 2:09:21 OR (→ Gold Medal) *

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— did not finish *

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— did not finish 20 km Walk: * José Pinto — 1:30:57 (→ 25th) 50 km Walk: * José Pinto — 4:04:42 (→ 8th) ;Women's Events 800m: * Maria Machado :* Round 1 (heat 4) — 2:05.74 (→ 5th, did not advance) 3000m: *

Aurora Cunha Aurora Cunha (born 31 May 1959, in Ronfe, near Guimarães) is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, living in Póvoa de Varzim. From 1984 to 1992 she represented her native country in three consecutive Olympic Games. Cunha's greatest succe ...

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 8:46.38 (→ 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser) :* Final — 8:46.37 (→ 6th) * Maria Machado :* Round 1 (heat 2) — 9:01.77 (→ 4th, did not advance) *

:* Round 1 (heat 3) — did not finish Marathon: *

Conceição Ferreira Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira (born 13 March 1962 in Aveleda) is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner. She won the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and finished sixth in 10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-met ...

— 2:50:58 (→ 39th) *

Rita Borralho Rita Borralho (born 21 March 1954) is a Portuguese long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 198 ...

— 2:50:58 (→ 38th) *

— 2:26:57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard: * Joana Figueiredo :Preliminary — 374,07 pts (→ 22nd, did not advance) :

Fencing

One fencer represented Portugal in 1984 ; Men's sabre * João Marquilhas — 31st :* Round 1 (Pool C) — 5 matches, 0 victories (→ 6th, did not advance) ::# Jorg Stratmann (

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) (→ lost 5:4) ::# John Zarno ( GBR) (→ lost 5:3) ::# Michael Lofton (

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) (→ lost 5:4) ::# Ruiji Wang ( CHN) (→ lost 5:2) ::# Jean François Lamour (

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) (→ lost 5:3)

Gymnastics

Individual All-Round Competition: * Margarida Carmo — 54,575 pts (→ 18th) : * Maria João Falcão — 35,90 pts (→ 22nd) :

Judo

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg): * João Neves :Pool B :* Round 1 —

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( JPN) (→ lost by ''ippon'') :* Repêchage — Luís Shinoara (

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) (→ lost by default, did not advance) Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg): * Rui Rosa :Pool A :* Round 1 — Bye :* Round 2 — Stephen Gawthorpe ( GBR) (→ lost by ''ippon'', did not advance) Men's Lightweight (–71 kg): * Hugo d'Assunção :Pool B :* Round 1 — Federico Vixcarra ( MEX) (→ lost by ''waza-ari'', did not advance) Men's Half Middleweight (–76 kg): *

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:Pool A :* Round 1 — Javier Condor ( CRC) (→ won by ''ippon'') :* Round 2 —

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) (→ won by ''ippon'') :* Round 3 — Suheyl Yesilnur ( TUR) (→ lost by ''koka'', did not advance)

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition: * Luís Monteiro — 4332 pts (→ 43rd) : * Manuel Barroso — 4085 pts (→ 49th) : * Roberto Durão — 4321 pts (→ 44th) : Men's Team Competition: * Luís Monteiro, Manuel Barroso and Roberto Durão — 12738 pts (→ 16th) :

Sailing

Star: * António Correia and Henrique Anjos — 128 pts (→ 17th) : Windglider: * José Monteiro — 152 pts (→ 22nd) :

Shooting

Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: *

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— 586 hits (→ 20th) : * José Pena — 571 hits (→ 42nd) : Men's 50m Pistol: * José Pena — 533 hits (→ 39th) : Men's Trap: *

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— 179 hits (→ 28th) : Women's 25m Pistol: * Maria Chitas — 572 hits (→ 15th) :

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke: * Alexandre Yokochi :* Heats (heat 4) — 1:07.80 (→ 5th, did not advance) Men's 200m Breaststroke: * Alexandre Yokochi :* Heats (heat 2) — 2:19.76 (→ 2nd) :* Final A — 2:20.69 (→ 7th) Men's 100m Butterfly: * João Santos :* Heats (heat 4) — 58.17 (→ 6th, did not advance) Men's 200m Butterfly: * João Santos :* Heats (heat 5) — 2:04.72 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men's Flyweight (–52 kg): * Raul Diniz :Group B — 0,0 kg (→ no classification) : Men's Middleweight (–75 kg): *

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:Group B — withdraw Men's Middle Heavyweight (–90 kg): *

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:Group B — 340,0 kg (→ 13th) :

Officials

José Vicente de Moura José Vicente de Moura (born 1937) is the current president of the Olympic Committee of Portugalhttp://www.wkf.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=202:wkf-president-attended-fnkp-tournament&catid=42:wkf-news&Itemid=109 WKF since 1997. T ...

(chief of mission)

References

Notes

*Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (1985)
Official Report of the Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984 - Volume 1: Organization and planning
(Retrieved on November 9, 2006) *Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (1985)
Official Report of the Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984 - Volume 2: Competition summary and results
(Retrieved on November 9–10, 2006)
International Olympic Committee – Olympic medal winners database
{{Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 in Portuguese sport