Portugal at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Portugal at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of Portugal.svg
IOC code POR
NOC Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt  (in Portuguese)
in Rome
Competitors65 (60 men, 5 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Mário Quina (Sailing)
Officials2
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports, [1] with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.

Contents

Medalists

Silver

Athletics

Men's 3000m Steeplechase:

Men's 5000m:

Men's Decathlon:

Men's Hammer Throw:

Men's Long Jump:

Cycling

Individual road race
Team time trial

Equestrian

Men's Individual Dressage:

Men's Individual Eventing:

Men's Team Eventing:

Men's Individual Jumping:

Men's Team Jumping:

Fencing

Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Portugal in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

Rowing

Portugal had 5 male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960. [2]

Men's coxed four

Sailing

Men's Finn:

Men's Flying Dutchman:

Men's Star:

Men's Dragon:

Men's 5,5m:

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke:

Men's 200m Butterfly:

Men's 100m Freestyle:

Men's 400m Freestyle:

Men's 1500m Freestyle:

Men's 4×100m Medley:

Women's 200m Breaststroke:

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):

Officials

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References

  1. "Portugal at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.