Portugal at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | POR |
NOC | Olympic Committee of Portugal |
Website | www |
in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
Competitors | 11 in 2 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Portugal competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Portuguese athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.
A total delegation of twelve competitors (five in Melbourne, seven in Stockholm) participated in two sports, however no medals were conquered by this nation.
Men's Individual Dressage:
Men's Individual Eventing:
Men's Team Eventing:
Men's Individual Jumping:
Men's Team Jumping:
Men's Dragon:
Men's Star:
Portugal competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 90 competitors, 68 men and 22 women, took part in 71 events in 14 sports.
Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in 2008 – and 3 golds – surpassed in 2004 with five.
Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports, with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.
Portugal competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
Portugal competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Portugal competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Portugal competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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. This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.
Portugal competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 20 competitors, 19 men and 1 woman, took part in 20 events in 7 sports.
Portugal competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 8 sports.
The 15th Pan-American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 13 July 2007 and 29 July 2007. The Brazilian delegation consisted of 659 athletes and 267 directors, making a total of 926 people in 41 sports. Competing in their own country, the Brazilian athletes managed to far surpass their own record number of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals obtained in a single edition of the Pan-American Games.
Brazil competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Bernard Rajzman will be the Chef de mission. Brazil's team consisted of 521 athletes in 32 sports.
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