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competed at the

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. A dodadinal delegation of sixty four competitors participated in a new record number of fourteen sports. Portugal's only medal was its second Olympic gold ever, won by the Los Angeles 1984 women's marathon bronze medalist

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 ...

who added the Olympic title to her

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marathon titles. The future Olympic champion

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debuted in the Olympics but didn't finish her participation. The athletics hosted most of the Portuguese competitors' events, confirming this nation's great athletic potential at the Olympic level. Swimming events also registered a bigger amount than the usual. In its second Olympic archery competition, Portugal sent two men as well as its first female Olympic archer who established a new high ranking for a Portuguese archer at 37th.

Medalist

Competitors

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Results by event

Archery

Men's Individual Competition: * Carlos Reis :Open round — 1176 pts (→ 66th, did not advance) : * Rui Santos :Open round — 1160 pts (→ 70th, did not advance) : Women's Individual Competition: * Ana Sousa :Open round — 1213 pts (→ 37th, did not advance) :

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Men's events

100m: * Luís Cunha :* Round 1 (heat 11) — 10.80 (→ 5th, did not advance) *

Pedro Agostinho Pedro Emanuel Costa Agostinho (born 20 February 1965) is a Portuguese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and comm ...

:* Round 1 (heat 6) — did not finish 200m: * Luís Barroso :* Round 1 (heat 9) — 21.31 (→ 2nd) :* Round 2 (heat 3) — 20.81 (→ 4th, did not advance) * Luís Cunha :* Round 1 (heat 7) — 21.72 (→ 4th, did not advance) 400m: * Filipe Lomba :* Round 1 (heat 2) — 47.57 (→ 5th, did not advance) 800m: * Álvaro Silva :* Round 1 (heat 4) — 1:49.09 (→ 3rd) :* Round 2 (heat 4) — 1:46.65 (→ 3rd) :* Semi-final (heat 2) — 1:45.12 (→ 5th, did not advance) *

António Abrantes António da Cunha Meneses Martins Abrantes (born 15 May 1968 in Lisbon) is a retired Portuguese middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the sh ...

:* Round 1 (heat 3) — 1:49.01 (→ 4th, did not advance) 1,500m: * Mário Silva :* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:42.24 (→ 5th) :* Final — 3:38.77 (→ 9th) 5,000m: *

Domingos Castro Domingos Silva Castro (born 22 November 1963 in Fermentões-Guimarães) is a former long-distance runner from Portugal, who was one of the leading athletes in the longer events during the late 1980s, early 1990s. He won the silver medal in the ...

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 13:47.91 (→ 4th) :* Semi-final — 13:22.44 (→ 1st) :* Final — 13:16.09 (→ 4th) *

Fernando Couto Fernando Manuel Silva Couto (; born 2 August 1969) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre back. During a 21-year professional career, he played in a number of top clubs in Portugal, Spain and Italy (12 seasons in the latter ...

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 13:58.72 (→ 8th, did not advance) * José Regalo :* Round 1 (heat 3) — 13:43.59 (→ 9th) :* Semi-final — 13:24.48 (→ 3rd) :* Final — did not finish 10,000m: * António Pinto :* Round 1 (heat 1) — 28:15.63 (→ 6th) :* Final — 28:09.53 (→ 13th) *

Dionísio Castro Dionísio Silva Castro (born 22 November 1963 in Fermentões-Guimarães) is a former long-distance runner from Portugal, best known for setting the world record in the 20,000 metres on 31 March 1990, when he clocked 57:18.4 in La Flèche. Castro c ...

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish * Ezequiel Canario :* Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:43.02 (→ 9th, did not advance) Marathon * Joaquim Silva — 2:18:05 (→ 27th) * Paulo Catarino — DNF 20 km Walk: * Hélder Oliveira — 1:27:39 (→ 39th) * José Pinto — 1:26:33 (→ 31st) *

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— 1:24:56 (→ 29th) 50 km Walk: * José Pinto — 3:55:57 (→ 21st) 110m Hurdles: * João Lima :* Round 1 (heat 5) — 14.73 (→ 6th, did not advance) 4 × 100 m Relay: *

Arnaldo Abrantes Arnaldo Luís Isaías Abrantes (born 7 November 1986) is a Portuguese track and field sprinter, specialising in the distances of 100 metres and 200 metres. He also competes in the 4×100 metres relay. His father, Arnaldo Abrantes, was also a ...

, Luís Barroso,

and Pedro Curvelo :* Round 1 (heat 4) — 39.61 (→ 3rd) :* Semi-final (heat 2) — disqualified 4 × 400 m Relay: * Álvaro Silva,

, Filipe Lomba and Paulo Curvelo :* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:07.75 (→ 3rd) :* Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:07.75 (→ 7th, did not advance) Long Jump: * José Leitão :Qualifying Round (group 1) — 6,99 (→ 15th, did not advance) : Triple Jump: * José Leitão :Qualifying Round (group 1) — 15,60 (→ 16th, did not advance) :

Women's events

3000m: *

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 9:05.92 (→ 13th, did not advance) 10000m: *

Albertina Dias Maria Albertina da Costa Dias Pereira (born 26 April 1965 in Miragaia) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She was the first female Portuguese ...

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:13.85 (→ 5th) :* Final — 32:07.13 (→ 10th) * Albertina Machado :* Round 1 (heat 1) — 31:52.04 (→ 7th) :* Final — 32:02.13 (→ 9th) Marathon: *

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 ...

— did not start *

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 ...

— 2:34:23 (→ 20th) *

— 2:25:40 (→ Gold Medal)

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men

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Men's Individual Jumping: * Manuel Malta da Costa — 33rd : :

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; Men's épée * José Bandeira — 67th :* Round 1 (pool 15) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance) ::# Cezary Siess ( POL) (→ lost by 5:3) ::# Rafael Di Tella ( ARG) (→ lost by 5:5) ::# Arwin Kardolus ( NED) (→ lost by 5:3) ::# Arnd Schmitt (

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) (→ lost by 5:1) ::# Alfredo Bogarin Arzamendia ( PAR) (→ won by 5:3) * Óscar Pinto — 74th :* Round 1 (pool 2) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance) ::# Andre Kuhn ( SUI) (→ lost by 5:3) ::# Roberto Lazzarini (

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) (→ lost by 5:2) ::# Stéphane Ganeff ( NED) (→ lost by 5:1) ::#

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( ITA) (→ lost by 5:0) * Roberto Durão — 60th :* Round 1 (pool 3) — 4 matches, 1 victory (→ 4th) ::# Jean Michel Henry ( FRA) (→ lost by 5:1) ::# Robert Marx (

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) (→ won by 5:5) ::# Il-Hee Lee ( KOR) (→ lost by 5:3) ::# Fernando Pena (

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) (→ lost by 5:2) :* Round 2 (pool 12) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance) ::# Stephen Trevor (

) (→ lost by 5:2) ::#

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( COL) (→ lost by 5:2) ::# Johannes Nagele (

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) (→ lost by 5:2) ::# Stefan Joos ( BEL) (→ lost by 5:1) ; Men's foil * José Bandeira — 55th :* Round 1 (pool 12) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance) ::#

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( ITA) (→ lost by 5:2) ::# Shaopei Lao ( CHN) (→ lost by 5:2) ::# Chung Man Lee ( HKG) (→ won by 5:2) ::# Thierry Soumagne ( BEL) (→ lost by 5:1) ::# Stephen Angers ( CAN) (→ lost by 5:1)

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Artistics

Men's Individual All-Round Competition: * Hélder Pinheiro — 109.600 pts (→ 85th) : Women's Individual All-Round Competition: * Sónia Moura — 83rd :

Rhythmics

Women's Individual All-Round Competition: * Patricia Jorge — 37.050 pts (→ 30th) :

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Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg): * Renato Santos :Pool B :* 1/32 finals — Bye :* 1/16 finals — Carlos Sotillo (

) (→ won by ''kiken-gachi'') :* 1/8 finals — Zhang Guojun ( CHN) (→ lost by ''yusei-gachi'', did not advance) * Hugo Assunção :Pool A :* 1/32 finals — James Sibenge ( ZIM) (→ won by ''ippon'') :* 1/16 finals — Eugene McManus ( IRL) (→ won by ''yusei-gachi'') :* 1/8 finals — Anders Dahlin ( SWE) (→ lost by ''koka'', did not advance) Men's Half Middleweight (–78 kg): * Pedro Cristóvão :Pool A :* 1/32 finals — Bye :* 1/16 finals — Neil Adams ( GBR) (→ lost by ''ippon'', did not advance) Women's Half Middleweight (–61 kg): * Teresa Gaspar :Pool B :* 1/4 finals — Lynn Roethke (

) (→ lost by ''yuko'') :* Repêchage — Boguslawa Olechnowicz ( POL) (→ lost by ''ippon'', did not advance)

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Portugal in 1988. Men's Individual Competition: * Manuel Barroso — 4844 pts (→ 34th) : Men's Team Competition: * Manuel Barroso — 4844 pts (→ 22nd)

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

Star: * Henrique Anjos and Patricio de Barros — 115 pts (→ 15th) : Division II: * Luís Calico — 132 pts (→ 19th) :

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Men's 10m Air Pistol: * José Pena — did not start Men's Trap: * Hélder Cavaco — 139 hits (→ 37th) : * João Rebelo — 190 hits (→ 18th) :

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Men's Events

100m Breaststroke: * Alexandre Yokochi :* Heats (heat 2) — 1:05.66 (→ 1st, did not advance – 40th overall) 200m Breaststroke: * Alexandre Yokochi :* Heats (heat 6) — 2:17.87 (→ 5th) :* Final B — 2:18.01 (→ 1st – 9th overall) 100m Butterfly: * Mabílio Albuquerque :* Heats (heat 2) — 57.30 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 33rd overall) * Paulo Camacho :* Heats (heat 3) — 57.62 (→ 4th, did not advance, 37th place) 200m Butterfly: * Diogo Madeira :* Heats (heat 2) — 2:03.79 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall) * João Santos :* Heats (heat 2) — 2:04.74 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 29th overall) 50m Freestyle: * Paulo Trindade :* Heats (heat 6) — 24.02 (→ 5th, did not advance – 31st overall) * Sérgio Esteves :* Heats (heat 5) — 24.24 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 30th overall) 1500m Freestyle: * Artur Costa :* Heats (heat 2) — 15:56.13 (→ 7th, did not advance – 30th overall) 200m Individual Medley: * Diogo Madeira :* Heats (heat 4) — 2:10.21 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 28th overall) 400m Individual Medley: * Rui Borges :* Heats (heat 2) — 4:30.79 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 22nd overall) * Diogo Madeira :* Heats (heat 2) — 4:35.00 (→ 5th, did not advance – 26th overall) 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay: * Mabílio Albuquerque, Henrique Villaret, Sérgio Esteves and Vasco Sousa :* Heats (heat 1) — 3:33.31 (→ 5th, did not advance – 14th overall)

Women's Events

100m Butterfly: * Sandra Neves :* Heats (heat 3) — 1:04.60 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 27th overall) 200m Butterfly: * Sandra Neves :* Heats (heat 2) — 2:18.29 (→ 5th, did not advance – 18th overall)

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Men's Lightweight (–67,5 kg): * Paulo Duarte :Group C — 275,0 kg (→ 14th) :

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Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg): * José Marques :Group B: :* Round 1 — Pete Stjernberg ( SWE) (→ lost by injury) :* Round 2 — Jae-Suk Lee ( KOR) (→ lost by injury; did not advance)

Officials

* Celorico Moreira (chief of mission)

References

*Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee (1989)
Official Report of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988 - Volume 1: Organization and planning
(Retrieved on November 10, 2006). *Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee (1989)
Official Report of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988 - Volume 2: Competition summary and results
(Retrieved on November 10, 2006).
International Olympic Committee - Olympic medal winners databasesports-reference
{{NOCin1988SummerOlympics Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 in Portuguese sport