Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Portugal at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of Portugal.svg
IOC code POR
NOC Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt  (in Portuguese)
in London
Competitors48 in 8 sports
Officials3
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively. [1] This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.

Contents

Medalists

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Men's 100m:

Men's 200m:

Men's Long Jump:

Men's Triple Jump:

Equestrian

Men's Individual Dressage:

Men's Team Dressage:

Men's Individual Eventing:

Men's Individual Jumping:

Men's Team Jumping:

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Rowing

Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948. [2]

Men's coxed four — 2nd round
2nd (heat 4)
Men's eight — semi-final
2nd (heat 3)

Sailing

Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567
Joao Miguez Tito Firefly 151010781411260313
Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza
Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho
Star 11615125342926
Duarte de Almeida Bello
Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello
Swallow 14451515579 Silver medal.svg
Joao Félix da Silva Capucho
António Guedes de Herédia
Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço
Henrique Reis Goncho Sallaty
Dragon 1196876521239

Shooting

Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.

25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol
50 metre rifle

Swimming

Men's 100m backstroke:

Art competitions

Officials

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References

  1. "Portugal at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.