Portugal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Portugal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	POR
NPC	Paralympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteparalimpicoportugal.pt  (in Portuguese and English)
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	27 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Diogo Cancela Margarida Lapa
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1972 1976–1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Portugal competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2024 Summer Paralympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Miguel Monteiro Athletics Men's shot put F40 1 September  Gold Cristina Gonçalves Boccia Women's individual BC2 1 September  Silver Sandro Baessa Athletics Men's 1500 metres T20 6 September  Bronze Diogo Cancela Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM8 1 September  Bronze Luis Costa Cycling Men's road time trial H5 4 September  Bronze Djibrilo Iafa Judo Men's 73 kg J1 6 September  Bronze Carolina Duarte Athletics Women's 400 metres T13 7 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 1 1 3 Boccia 1 0 0 1 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Total 2 1 4 7

Medals by gender Gender Total Female 1 0 1 2 Male 1 1 3 5 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 4 7

Medals by date Date Total 1 September 2 0 1 3 4 September 0 0 1 1 6 September 0 1 1 2 7 September 0 0 1 1 Total 2 1 4 7

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	2	4
Boccia	1	2	3
Cycling	1	0	1
Paracanoeing	2	0	2
Swimming	2	0	2
Total	8	4	12

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Portuguese track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sandro Baessa	Men's 1500 m T20	—		3:49.46 PB
Carolina Duarte	Women's 400 m T13	55.99	1 Q	55.52
Carina Paim	Women's 400 m T20	58.37	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Miguel Monteiro	Men's shot put F40	11.21 PR

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Portugal entered six athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top two individual athletes in men's individual BC3 events and women's BC3 and BC4 individual events, and top four in BC1/BC2 team events, through the final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches						Playoff round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andre Ramos	Men's individual BC1	Cryderman  (CAN) W 7–0	Loung  (HKG) W 7–6	—			1 Q	—	Jung  (KOR) L 2–3	Did not advance
David Araujo	Men's individual BC2	Silva (BRA) W 8–0	Fabre (FRA) L 2-4	Cristaldo (ARG) W 6–2	—		1 Q	Vongsa  (THA) L 1-6	did not advance
José Gonçalves	Men's individual BC3	Jeong  (KOR) W 4–2	Choochuenklin (THA) W 9–0	Romero (COL) L 2–4	—		3 E	Did not advance
Ana Correia	Women's individual BC2	Jeong  (KOR) L 3–1	Haggo  (GBR) L 4–3	—			3 E	Did not advance
Cristina Gonçalves		Taggart  (GBR) L 4-3	Léon (ECU) W 3-1	—			1 Q	—	Duarte (ESA) W 5–4	Zayana  (INA) W 7-3	Jeong  (KOR) W 4-1
Ana Costa	Women's individual BC3	Ho  (HKG) L 2–3	Calado  (BRA) L 2–8	Jordaan (RSA) W 4–2	—	3 E	Did not advance
Carla Oliveira	Women's individual BC4	Teixeira (BRA) W 4-2	Szabo (HUN) W 5-0	Raguwaran (GER) L 2-7	—		1 Q	—	Lin Ximei  (CHN) L 2–5	Did not advance
Andre Ramos David Araujo Cristina Gonçalves	Mixed team BC1-2	Great Britain L 4-5	China L 3-8	—	3 E	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Portugal entered one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking. ^[1]

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Telmo Pinão	Men's time trial C1-3	1:16.154	14	Did not advance
	Men's pursuit C2	3:59.150	7	Did not advance

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Portugal earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's KL1
	Men's VL2

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Portugal secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's 100 m backstroke S11
Diogo Cancela	Men's 200 m individual medley SM8

See also

• Portugal at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Portugal at the Paralympics

References

https://paralimpicos.pt/noticia/-/asset_publisher/4119631/portugal-com-27-atletas-de-10-modalidades-nos-jogos-paralimpicos-paris-2024

1. "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.