Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | POR |
NOC | Olympic Committee of Portugal |
Website | www |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 92 in 17 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Telma Monteiro Nelson Évora [1] |
Flag bearer (closing) | Pedro Pichardo |
Medals Ranked 56th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Portugal competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] Portuguese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's debut in 1912.
These were the most successful Olympic Games for Portugal as its delegation won a total of four medals, surpassing the three medals of Los Angeles 1984 and Athens 2004. For the first time ever, Portugal won at least one medal of each kind and reached the podium in more than two sports in the same Games.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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![]() | Pedro Pichardo | Athletics | Men's triple jump | 5 August |
![]() | Patrícia Mamona | Athletics | Women's triple jump | 1 August |
![]() | Jorge Fonseca | Judo | Men's 100 kg | 29 July |
![]() | Fernando Pimenta | Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 metres | 3 August |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 7 | 13 | 20 |
Canoeing | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Cycling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Equestrian | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Handball | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Judo | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Rowing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Sailing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Skateboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Surfing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Swimming | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Table tennis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Triathlon | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 56 | 36 | 92 |
Portuguese athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Carlos Nascimento | 100 m | Bye | 10.37 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
Ricardo dos Santos | 400 m | 46.83 | 7 | — | Did not advance | ||||
João Vieira | 50 km walk | — | 3:51:28 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Lorène Bazolo | 100 m | Bye | 11.31 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
200 m | 23.21 | 2 Q | — | 23.20 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Cátia Azevedo | 400 m | 51.26 | 3 Q | — | 51.32 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
Salomé Afonso | 1500 m | 4:10.80 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Marta Pen | 4:07.33 | 10 qJ | 4:04.15 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||
Sara Moreira | Marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
Catarina Ribeiro | 2:55:01 | 70 | |||||||
Carla Salomé Rocha | 2:34:52 | 30 | |||||||
Ana Cabecinha | 20 km walk | — | 1:34:08 | 20 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Nelson Évora | Triple jump | 15.39 | 27 | Did not advance | |
Tiago Pereira | 16.71 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
Pedro Pichardo | 17.71 | 1 Q | 17.98 NR | ![]() | |
Francisco Belo | Shot put | 20.58 | 16 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Patrícia Mamona | Triple jump | 14.54 | 4 Q | 15.01 NR | ![]() |
Evelise Veiga | 13.93 | 19 | Did not advance | ||
Auriol Dongmo | Shot put | 18.80 | 8 Q | 19.57 | 4 |
Liliana Cá | Discus throw | 62.85 | 8 q | 63.93 | 5 |
Irina Rodrigues | 57.03 | 25 | Did not advance |
Portugal qualified one canoeist for the men's K-1 class by finishing in the top eighteen at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. [5]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
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Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Antoine Launay | Men's K-1 | 95.68 | 10 | 93.50 | 11 | 93.50 | 12 Q | 98.88 | 11 | Did not advance |
Portuguese canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. [6]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Fernando Pimenta | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:40.323 | 1 SF | Bye | 3:22.942 | 1 FA | 3:22.478 | ![]() | |
Messias Baptista João Ribeiro Emanuel Silva David Varela | Men's K-4 500 m | 1:25.515 | 5 QF | 1:24.325 | 4 SF | 1:25.268 | 4 FA | 1:25.324 | 8 |
Teresa Portela | Women's K-1 200 m | 42.050 | 2 SF | Bye | 39.301 | 6 FB | 39.562 | 10 | |
Women's K-1 500 m | 1:48.727 | 2 SF | Bye | 1:52.557 | 2 FA | 1:55.814 | 7 | ||
Joana Vasconcelos | Women's K-1 200 m | 43.059 | 5 QF | 43.379 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
Women's K-1 500 m | 1:57.513 | 5 QF | 1:56.622 | 6 | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Portugal entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking. [7]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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João Almeida | Men's road race | 6:09:04 | 13 |
Men's time trial | 58:33.97 | 16 | |
Nelson Oliveira | Men's road race | 6:15:38 | 41 |
Men's time trial | 58:59.22 | 21 |
Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Portugal entered one rider to compete in the women's omnium based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings. [8]
Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Points race | Total points | Rank | ||||
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Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||
Maria Martins | Women's omnium | 6 | 30 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 95 | 7 |
Portugal entered one mountain biker to compete in the women's cross-country race by finishing in the top two of the under-23 division at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Raquel Queirós | Women's cross-country | 1:27:46 | 27 |
Portugal fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team dressage competition by finishing eighth overall and securing the last of three available berths for Group A and B at the European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. [9] MeanwhIle, one jumping rider was added to the Portuguese roster by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups B (South Western Europe). [10]
The Portuguese dressage team was named on June 11, 2021. Carlos Pinto and Sultao Menezes have been named the travelling reserves. [11]
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
Maria Caetano | Fenix de Tineo | Individual | 70.311 | 27 | — | did not advance | ||||
João Miguel Torrão | Equador | 70.186 | 29 | did not advance | ||||||
Rodrigo Torres | Fogoso | 72.624 | 17 q | 74.143 | 83.743 | 78.943 | 16 | |||
Maria Caetano João Miguel Torrão Rodrigo Torres | See above | Team | 6862.5 | 7 Q | 6965.5 | 8 | — | 6965.5 | 8 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
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Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | |||
Luciana Diniz | Vertigo du Desert | Individual | 0 | =1 Q | 4 | 84.69 | 10 |
Portugal entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Ana Filipa Martins booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing last out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [12]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
Ana Filipa Martins | All-around | 13.466 | 14.300 | 11.866 | 12.666 | 52.298 | 43 | Did not advance |
Portugal entered one trampoline gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Diogo Abreu claimed an Olympic spot in the men's event at the 2021 FIG World Cup in Brescia.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Diogo Abreu | Men's | 93.420 | 11 | Did not advance |
Key:
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Portugal men's | Men's tournament | ![]() L 31–37 | ![]() W 26–25 | ![]() L 28–29 | ![]() L 28–34 | ![]() L 30–31 | 5 | Did not advance |
Portugal men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the Montpellier leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament, marking the country's debut in the sport. [13]
The squad was announced on 13 July 2021. [14]
Head coach: Paulo Pereira
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 139 | +35 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 134 | +20 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 142 | +2 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 149 | −20 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 156 | −13 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 170 | −24 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] |
24 July 2021 19:30 | Portugal ![]() | 31–37 | ![]() | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Ferraz 6 | (15–15) | Hesham 7 | ||
2×![]() ![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
26 July 2021 19:30 | Bahrain ![]() | 25–26 | ![]() | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
Habib 8 | (15–14) | Portela 6 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
28 July 2021 11:00 | Sweden ![]() | 29–28 | ![]() | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Ekberg 9 | (14–14) | three players 4 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
30 July 2021 19:30 | Portugal ![]() | 28–34 | ![]() | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Branquinho 4 | (19–20) | M. Hansen 9 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 3×![]() |
1 August 2021 09:00 | Portugal ![]() | 30–31 | ![]() | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
four players 4 | (14–16) | R. Tokuda 6 | ||
2×![]() ![]() | Report | 2×![]() ![]() |
Portugal qualified eight judoka (two men and six women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. All of them, with Telma Monteiro (women's lightweight, 57 kg) leading the nation's roster at her fifth straight Olympics, were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [15] [16]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Anri Egutidze | −81 kg | ![]() L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||
Jorge Fonseca | −100 kg | Bye | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() W 01–00 | ![]() L 00–01 | Bye | ![]() W 01–00 | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Catarina Costa | −48 kg | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() L 00–10 | — | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() L 00–10 | 5 |
Joana Ramos | −52 kg | ![]() L 00–10 | did not advance | |||||
Telma Monteiro | −57 kg | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||
Bárbara Timo | −70 kg | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||
Patrícia Sampaio | −78 kg | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||
Rochele Nunes | +78 kg | ![]() W 01–00 | ![]() L 00–01 | Did not advance |
Portugal qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the first of two berths available at the 2021 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy. [17]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Afonso Costa Pedro Fraga | Men's lightweight double sculls | 6:44.09 | 3 R | 6:39.95 | 4 FC | — | 6:24.44 | 13 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Portuguese sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. [18]
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
Diogo Costa Pedro Costa | Men's 470 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 12 | — | EL | 104 | 15 | ||
José Costa Jorge Lima | Men's 49er | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | OCS | 94 | 7 | |
Carolina João | Women's Laser Radial | 32 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 26 | 31 | 21 | 14 | — | EL | 229 | 34 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Portuguese shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [19]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
João Azevedo | Men's trap | 120 | 20 | Did not advance |
Portugal entered one skateboarder into the Olympic competition. Gustavo Ribeiro booked a spot in the men's street as one of the top 16 skateboarders vying for qualification in the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings on 30 June 2021. [20]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Gustavo Ribeiro | Men's street | 32.66 | 8 Q | 15.05 | 8 |
Portugal sent three surfers to compete at the Games. Frederico Morais secured a qualification slot in the men's shortboard event for his nation, as the highest-ranked surfer from Europe at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan. [21] On the women's side, Teresa Bonvalot and Yoland Sequeira completed the nation's surfing lineup by scoring a top-two finish within their heat at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador. [22]
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Frederico Morais | Men's shortboard | Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test | ||||||||
Teresa Bonvalot | Women's shortboard | 9.80 | 2 Q | Bye | ![]() L 7.50–12.17 | Did not advance | ||||
Yolanda Hopkins | 9.24 | 4 q | 12.23 | 1 Q | ![]() W 10.84–9.40 | ![]() L 5.46–9.50 | Did not advance |
Portuguese swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [23] [24]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Tiago Campos | 10 km open water | — | 1:59:42.0 | 23 | |||
Gabriel Lopes | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.56 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
José Paulo Lopes | 800 m freestyle | 7:56.15 | 23 | — | Did not advance | ||
400 m individual medley | 4:16.52 | 20 | — | Did not advance | |||
Alexis Santos | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.32 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
Francisco Santos | 100 m backstroke | 54.35 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
200 m backstroke | 1:58.58 | 22 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Angélica André | 10 km open water | — | 2:04:40.7 | 17 | |||
Diana Durães | 1500 m freestyle | 16:29.15 | 23 | — | Did not advance | ||
Tamila Holub | 800 m freestyle | 8:40.04 | 25 | — | Did not advance | ||
1500 m freestyle | 16:25.16 | 22 | — | Did not advance | |||
Ana Monteiro | 200 m butterfly | 2:11.45 | 14 Q | 2:09.82 | 11 | Did not advance |
Portugal entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament. [25] On the women's side, Rio 2016 Olympian Fu Yu scored an outright semifinal victory to book one of three Olympic spots available at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. [26] Shao Jieni was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification to join Yu in the same event based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021. [27]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Tiago Apolónia | Men's singles | Bye | ![]() W 4–0 | ![]() L 2–4 | did not advance | |||||
Marcos Freitas | Bye | ![]() W 4–3 | ![]() L 1–4 | did not advance | ||||||
Tiago Apolónia Marcos Freitas João Monteiro | Men's team | — | ![]() L 0–3 | Did not advance | ||||||
Fu Yu | Women's singles | Bye | ![]() W 4–0 | ![]() L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
Shao Jieni | Bye | ![]() W 4–3 | ![]() L 0–4 | did not advance |
Portugal entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian and double world medalist Rui Bragança secured a spot in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. [28]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Rui Bragança | Men's −58 kg | ![]() L 9–24 | did not advance |
Portugal entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. João Sousa (world no. 109) accepted a spare berth previously allocated by one of the original official entrants, with Pedro (world no. 108) topping the list of tennis players vying for qualification from Europe, to compete in the men's singles based on the ATP World Rankings. Additionally, they opted to play together in the men's doubles. [29]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
João Sousa | Men's singles | ![]() L 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6 | did not advance | |||||
Pedro Sousa | ![]() L 3–6, 0–6 | did not advance | ||||||
João Sousa Pedro Sousa | Men's doubles | — | ![]() Nishikori (JPN) L 1–6, 4–6 | Did not advance |
Portugal entered three triathletes (two men and one woman) to compete at the Olympics. Two-time Olympian João Pedro Silva, Rio 2016 Olympian João José Pereira, and rookie Melanie Santos were selected among the top 26 triathletes vying for qualification in their respective events based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021. [30]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |||||
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Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total | |||
João José Pereira | Men's | 17:56 | 0:38 | 56:31 | 0:31 | 32:27 | 1:48:03 | 27 |
João Silva | 17:55 | 0:41 | 56:30 | 0:31 | 31:53 | 1:47:30 | 23 | |
Melanie Santos | Women's | 19:32 | 0:41 | 1:05:07 | 0:33 | 36:13 | 2:02:06 | 22 |
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Taiwan competed under the designated name "Chinese Taipei" at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Chile competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1896, Chilean athletes have appeared in all but five editions of the Summer Olympics of the modern era. Chile did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression and was also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except 1932 and 1980, joining the United States-led boycott in the latter.
South Africa competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and twentieth overall in Summer Olympic history.
Morocco competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Games were the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Italy competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of the 1904 edition in which one Italian may have competed.
Portugal competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the 26th consecutive participation of the nation in the Summer Olympic Games since their debut at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.