| Portugal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | POR |
| NPC | Paralympic Committee of Portugal |
| Website | www |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 29 in 5 sports |
| Medals Ranked 41st |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Portugal competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 29 athletes, 22 men and 7 women. [1] Competitors from Portugal won 12 medals, including 2 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze to finish 41st in the medal table. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | João Paulo Fernandes | Boccia | Mixed individual BC1 |
| Gold | João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques | Boccia | Mixed team BC1/BC2 |
 Silver | Carlos Ferreira | Athletics | Men's 10000m T11 |
| Silver | Carlos Ferreira | Athletics | Men's marathon T11 |
| Silver | Pedro Silva | Boccia | Mixed individual BC2 |
| Silver | Bruno Valentim | Boccia | Mixed individual BC4 |
| Silver | Fernando de Oliveira Pereira Bruno Valentim | Boccia | Mixed pairs BC4 |
 Bronze | José Alves | Athletics | Men's 400m T13 |
| Bronze | Fernando Ferreira | Boccia | Mixed individual BC2 |
| Bronze | João Martins | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S1 |
| Bronze | João Martins | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S1 |
| Bronze | Susana Barroso | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S3 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| José Alves | T13 | 200m | 22.92 | 5 q | — | DNF | |||
| 400m | — | 50.86 | | ||||||
| Nuno Alves | T11 | 5000m | — | 16:19.68 | 5 | ||||
| Carlos Amaral Ferreira | T11 | 10000m | — | 33:17.30 | | ||||
| Marathon | — | 2:45:07 | | ||||||
| Firmino Baptista | T11 | 100m | 11.96 | 11 q | 12.09 | 12 | did not advance | ||
| 200m | 24.34 | 10 q | 24.07 | 7 B | 24.04 | 1 | |||
| Paulo de Almeida Coelho | T11 | 1500m | — | 4:26.60 | 7 | ||||
| 5000m | — | 16:38.45 | 7 | ||||||
| Carlos Lopes | T11 | 100m | 11.87 | 8 q | 11.85 | 8 B | 11.92 | 3 | |
| 200m | 23.97 | 3 Q | 23.91 | 5 B | DNF | ||||
| José Monteiro | T46 | 800m | 1:58:88 | 3 Q | — | 2:00.39 | 8 | ||
| Gabriel Potra | T12 | 200m | 23.30 | 9 Q | 23.34 | 10 | did not advance | ||
| 400m | 1:09.18 | 14 | did not advance | ||||||
| Ricardo Vale | T11 | 1500m | — | DNF | |||||
| 5000m | — | 16.42.72 | 8 | ||||||
| 10000m | — | 35.02.93 | 6 | ||||||
| José Alves Firmino Baptista Carlos Lopes Gabriel Potra | T11-13 | 4x100m relay | 44.83 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Odete Fuiza | T12 | 1500m | — | 4:58.63 | 5 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Armando Costa Jose Carlos Macedo | Pairs BC3 |  Park (KOR) / An (KOR) | L 2-11 | 3 | did not advance | ||
 Gauthier (CAN) / Kabush (CAN) | L 3-4 | ||||||
 Hanson (USA) / Williams (USA) | W 9-1 | ||||||
| Fernando de Oliveira Pereira Bruno Valentim | Pairs BC4 |  Lau (HKG) / Leung (HKG) | L 5-8 | 2 | — | | |
 Beres (HUN) / Gyurkota (HUN) | L 2-5 | ||||||
 Durkovic (SVK) / Streharsky (SVK) | W 8-2 | ||||||
 Gomez (ESP) / Dueso (ESP) | W 6-3 | ||||||
| Gauthier (CAN) / Vandervies (CAN) | W 9-0 | ||||||
| Joao Paulo Fernandez Fernando Ferreira Cristina Goncalves Antonio Marques | Team BC1-2 |  New Zealand (NZL) | W 5-4 | 1 Q |  Great Britain (GBR)W 9-8 | New Zealand (NZL) W 5-4 | |
| Hong Kong (HKG) | W 4-3 | ||||||
 Ireland (IRL) | W 8-3 | ||||||
 Thailand (THA) | W 7-3 | ||||||
 Denmark (DEN) | W 10-1 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augusto Pereira | Men's road race/time trial CP div 3 | - | 9 |
| Athlete | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Carlos Pereira | Mixed individual championship test grade III | 60.320 | 14 |
| Mixed individual freestyle test grade III | 62.889 | 13 | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| João Martins | S1 | 50m freestyle | — | 1:37.83 | | |
| 100m freestyle | — | 4:13.61 | 6 | |||
| 50m backstroke | — | 1:47.19 | | |||
| Nelson Lopes | S4 | 50m backstroke | 53.68 | 6 Q | 53.83 | 6 |
| Nuno Vitorino | S3 | 200m freestyle | 5:33.73 | 13 | did not advance | |
| 50m backstroke | 1:18.60 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Susana Barroso | S3 | 50m freestyle | 1:16.54 | 6 Q | 1:09.00 | 4 |
| 100m freestyle | 2:28.95 | 4 Q | 2:32.66 | 4 | ||
| 50m backstroke | — | 1:09.32 | | |||
| Leila Marques | S9 | 400m freestyle | 5:18.67 | 7 Q | 5:17.50 | 6 |
| 100m butterfly | 1:17.64 | 4 Q | 1:18.40 | 7 | ||
| SB8 | 100m breaststroke | 1:32.25 | 5 Q | 1:30.63 | 5 | |
| SM9 | 200m individual medley | 2:54.59 | 7 Q | 2:55.30 | 8 | |
| Maria Joao Morgado | S5 | 100m freestyle | 1:44.99 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 200m freestyle | 3:45.32 | 7 Q | 3:41.21 | 6 | ||
| Perpetua Vaza | S3 | 50m freestyle | 1:18.57 | 7 Q | 1:20.36 | 7 |
| 100m freestyle | 2:51.98 | 7 Q | 2:47.15 | 7 | ||
| 50m backstroke | — | 1:25.74 | 8 | |||
| Susana Barroso Leila Marques Maria Joao Morgado Perpetua Vaza | N/A | 4x50m freestyle relay (20pts) | — | 3:48.84 | 5 | |
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