Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics

IOC code	POR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in London
Competitors	48 in 8 sports
Officials	3
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1] This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.

Medalists

Silver

Duarte de Almeida Bello and Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello — Sailing, Swallow (Golondrina).

Bronze

Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — Equestrian, Team Dressage.

Athletics

Men's 100m:

J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 11)

Men's 200m:

J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 3)

Men's Long Jump:

A. Pereira Dias Cachulo — qualifiers

Men's Triple Jump:

Luís Alcide de Nunes Garcia — qualifiers
João Rodrigues Vieira — qualifiers

Equestrian

Men's Individual Dressage:

Fernando Paes — 9th (411 points)
Francisco Valadas, Jr. — 10th (405 points)
Luís Mena e Silva — 12th (366 points)

Men's Team Dressage:

Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — 3rd (1182 points)

Men's Individual Eventing:

António Serôdio — eliminated
Fernando Paes — 25th (167½ points)
Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 8th (55 points)

Men's Individual Jumping:

Henrique Alves Calado — 18th (26 points)
Hélder de Souza — eliminated
J. Correia Barrento — 22nd (42½ points)

Men's Team Jumping:

Henrique Alves Calado, Hélder de Souza and J. Correia Barrento — eliminated

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.

Men's épée

Álvaro Pinto — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)
Emílio Lino — 1st round: 5th (poule 8)
Manuel Chagas — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)

Men's team épée

Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Emílio Lino, José Castro, Manuel Chagas and João Costa — 1st round: 3rd (poule 6)

Rowing

Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's coxed four — 2nd round: 2nd (heat 4)

Men's eight — semi-final: 2nd (heat 3)

Felisberto Fortes
Albino Simões Neto
Carlos Roque
João de Sousa
João Alberto Lemos
Carlos da Benta
José Machado
Ricardo da Benta
Luís Machado (cox)

Sailing

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Joao Miguez Tito	Firefly	15	10	10	7	8	14	11	2603	13
Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho	Star	11	6	1	5	12	5	3	4292	6
Duarte de Almeida Bello Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello	Swallow	1	4	4	5	1	5	1	5579
Joao Félix da Silva Capucho António Guedes de Herédia Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço Henrique Reis Goncho Sallaty	Dragon	11	9	6	8	7	6	5	2123	9

Shooting

Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.

25 metre pistol

Carlos Queiroz — 54th (489 points)
José Maria Ferreira — 22nd (524 points)
Moysés Cardoso — 55th (465 points)

50 metre pistol

Moysés Cardoso — 42nd (485 points)
Carlos Queiroz — 46th (482 points)

50 metre rifle

Abílio Brandão — 57th (576 points)
Carlos Queiroz — 63rd (572 points)
José da Silva — 66th (570 points)

Swimming

Men's 100m backstroke:

M. Alua Simas — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)

Art competitions

Officials

César de Melo (chief of mission)
Frederico Paredes (fencing)
J. de A. Machado (fencing)
F. Duarte (rowing)

References

^ "Portugal at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.