History

Portugal made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1912 and has competed ever since. The nation sends a large delegation with over 70 athletes competing over the last four Olympics. The athletes compete in a variety of sports including, athletics, canoeing, equestrian, judo, sailing, shooting and swimming.

Portugal won its first medal in 1924 and has won a total of 24 medals across 9 sports. The most successful sports include athletics (9), sailing (4) and equestrian (3). The most successful athletes are long distance runners Carlos Lopes, Rosa Mota and Fernanda Ribeiro and equestrian Luis Mena e Silva whom all won two medals. Lopes won gold in the men’s marathon (1984) and silver in the men’s 10000m (1976), Mota won gold (1988) and bronze (1984) in the women’s marathon, Ribeiro won gold (1996) and bronze (2000) in the women’s 10000m and Mena e Silva won two bronze medals, one in team jumping (1936) and another in team dressage (1948). In 2016 Portugal won a single medal.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50km Walk	Joao Vieira
Men’s Triple Jump	Pedro Pichardo

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Marathon	Carla Rocha
Women’s Triple Jump	Evelise Veiga

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 49er	Jorge Lima Jose Costa

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 200m Individual Medley	Alexis Santos
	Gabriel Lopes

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 1500m Freestyle	Diana Duraes
Women’s 200m Butterfly	Ana Monteiro