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IOC code
  
POR

Portugal at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Olympic Committee of Portugal

Website
  
www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (Portuguese)

Competitors
  
71 (68 men and 3 women) in 10 sports

Flag bearer
  
Máximo Couto (Water polo)

MedalsRanked 40th
  
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Portugal competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents

A delegation of 71 competitors, 68 men and 3 women, took part in 45 events in 10 sports. The sailing team won the nation's only medal at these Olympics (bronze). For the first time, Portugal participated in the Gymnastics events and, also for the first time, with three female competitors.

Bronze

  • Francisco de Andrade and Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza — Sailing, Star.

    • Athletics

    Men's 100m:

  • R. Maia — 1st round: 6th (heat 11)
  • T. Salvador Paquete — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)

    • Men's 200m:

  • E. Eleutério — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)
  • F. Casimiro — 1st round: 4th (heat 15)

    • Men's 400m:

  • F. Casimiro — 1st round: 7th (heat 6)

    • Men's 400m Hurdles:

  • F. Fernandes — 1st round: 4th (heat 7)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Relay:

  • E. Eleutério, F. Casimiro, R. Maia and T. Salvador Paquete — 1st round: 6th (heat 1)

    • Men's Triple Jump:

  • E. Lopes — qualifiers: 13th (heat 1)
  • R. Ramos — 12th (14,69)

    • Men's Decathlon:

  • F. Fernandes — 16th (5604 points)

    • Equestrianism

    Men's Individual Dressage:

  • A. Reymão Nogueira — 20th (429,5 points)
  • Fernando Paes - 26th (346 points)
  • Francisco Valadas Jr. — 21st (422 points)

    • Men's Team Dressage:

  • A. Reymão Nogueira, Fernando Paes and Francisco Valadas Jr. — 8th (1196,5 points)

    • Men's Individual Eventing:

  • António Pereira de Almeida — 23rd (216,2 points)
  • Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 19th (183 points)
  • Joaquim Duarte Silva — 24th (218,8 points)

    • Men's Team Eventing:

  • António Pereira de Almeida, Fernando Marques Cavaleiro and Joaquim Duarte Silva — 4th (618 points)

    • Men's Individual Jumping:

  • Henrique Alves Calado — 16th (20 points)
  • J. Alves Carvalhosa — 26th (24 points)
  • J. Craveiro Lopes — 19th (20 points)

    • Men's Team Jumping:

  • Henrique Alves Calado, J. Alves Carvalhosa and J. Craveiro Lopes — 8th (64 points)

    • Fencing

    Ten fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1952.

    Men's épée
  • Álvaro Pinto — 2nd round: 9th (poule 1)
  • Carlos Dias — 2nd round: 9th (poule 3)
  • Álvaro Mário Mourão — semi-final: 9th (poule 1)
    • Men's team épée
  • Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Álvaro Mário Mourão, Francisco Uva, João Costa — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)
    • Men's sabre
  • João Pessanha — 1st round: 8th (poule 2)
  • José Ferreira — 1st round: 7th (poule 5)
  • Álvaro Silva — 1st round: 6th (poule 7)
    • Men's team sabre
  • Álvaro Silva, José Ferreira, Augusto Barreto, Jorge Franco, João Pessanha — 1st round: 3rd (poule 5)

    • Gymnastics

    Men's Individual Competition:

  • A. Araújo Leite — 178th (77,85 points)
    1. Floor — 151st (15,50)
    2. Rings — 159th (15,15)
    3. Pommeled Horse — 157th (12,85)
    4. Long Horse — 180th (11,25)
    5. Parallel Bars — 177th (12,85)
    6. Horizontal Bar — 174th (10,25)
  • Joaquim Santa Marta Granger — 162nd (88,50 points)
    1. Floor — 153rd (15,45)
    2. Rings — 107th (17,05)
    3. Pommeled Horse — 171st (11,30)
    4. Long Horse — 178th (13,25)
    5. Parallel Bars — 139th (16,25)
    6. Horizontal Bar — 145th (15,20)
  • M. Prazeres — 173rd (84,50 points)
    1. Floor — 166th (14,75)
    2. Rings — 177th (12,60)
    3. Pommeled Horse — 113th (15,80)
    4. Long Horse — 142nd (16,90)
    5. Parallel Bars — 175th (13,15)
    6. Horizontal Bar — 171st (11,30)
  • M. Robalo Gouveia — 146th (93,35 points)
    1. Floor — 126th (16,35)
    2. Rings — 131st (16,00)
    3. Pommeled Horse — 167th (11,55)
    4. Long Horse — 110th (17,65)
    5. Parallel Bars — 164th (14,65)
    6. Horizontal Bar — 109th (16,75)
  • M. Seara Cardoso — 183rd (61,50 points)
    1. Floor — 159th (15,10)
    2. Rings — 181st (9,80)
    3. Pommeled Horse — 173rd (10,85)
    4. Long Horse — 184th (5,65)
    5. Parallel Bars — 179th (10,00)
    6. Horizontal Bar — 176th (10,10)
  • Raul Caldeira — 174th (82,80 points)
    1. Floor — 129th (16,30)
    2. Rings — 178th (11,10)
    3. Pommeled Horse — 169th (11,45)
    4. Long Horse — 172nd (14,55)
    5. Parallel Bars — 173rd (13,25)
    6. Horizontal Bar — 126th (16,15)

    • Men's Team Competition:

  • A. Araújo Leite, Joaquim Santa Marta Granger, M. Prazeres, M. Robalo Gouveia, M. Seara Cardoso and Raul Caldeira — 23rd (428,65 points)

    • Women's Individual Competition:

  • Dália Vairinho Cunha — 109th (65,08 points)
    1. Floor — 113th (16,53)
    2. Vault — 96th (16,50)
    3. Parallel Bars — 123rd (14,69)
    4. Balance Beam — 86th (17,36)
  • Maria Silva Amorim — 124th (62,29 points)
    1. Floor — 123rd (16,23)
    2. Vault — 106th (16,20)
    3. Parallel Bars — 131st (12,50)
    4. Balance Beam — 86th (17,36)
  • Natália Cunha e Silva — 133rd (50,16 points)
    1. Floor — 133rd (14,29)
    2. Vault — 128th (14,52)
    3. Parallel Bars — 129th (13,79)
    4. Balance Beam — 133rd (7,36)

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Portugal in 1952.

    Men's Individual Competition:

  • António Janet — 48th (210 points)
    1. Horse-riding — 48 points
    2. Fencing — 26 points
    3. Shooting — 43 points
    4. Swimming — 47 points (6:16,3)
    5. Cross-country — 46 points (17:46,8)
  • José Pereira — 46th (197 points)
    1. Horse-riding — 21 points
    2. Fencing — 48 points
    3. Shooting — 31 points
    4. Swimming — 49 points (7:26,2)
    5. Cross-country — 48 points (18:04,2)
  • Ricardo Durão — 41st (179 points)
    1. Horse-riding — 31 points
    2. Fencing — 16 points
    3. Shooting — 35 points
    4. Swimming — 48 points (7:07,7)
    5. Cross-country — 49 points (18:04,5)

    • Men's Team Competition:

  • António Janet, José Pereira and Ricardo Durão — 15th (546 points)

    • Rowing

    Men's Eights:

  • A. Simões Neto, C. Roque da Benta, F. Andias Fortes, J. Matos Pinheiro, J. Maia Lemos, J. Rodrigues de Paula, J. Silva Cravo, M. Cruz Regala and Z. Sarrasolas Andias — 1st repechage: 3rd (heat 1)

    • Sailing

    Men's 5,5m:

  • Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 4th (4450 points)

    • Men's Dragon:

  • A. Graça, Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço and J. Miguez Tito — 8th (2782 points)

    • Men's Finn:

  • Mário Quina — 17th (2787 points)

    • Men's Star:

  • Francisco de Andrade and J. Mascarenhas de Fiuza — 3rd (4903 points)

    • Shooting

    Four shooters represented Portugal in 1952.

    25 m pistol
  • Albino de Jesus — 44th (530)
  • Rogério Tavares — 21st (556)
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Luís Howorth — 31st (1114)
  • Joaquim Sampaio — 37th (1095)
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Luís Howorth — 37th (393)
  • Joaquim Sampaio — 55th (381)

    • Swimming

    Men's 100m Freestyle:

  • F. Madeira — 1st round: 6th (heat 4)
  • G. Duarte — 1st round: 6th (heat 7)

    • Men's 400m Freestyle:

  • F. Madeira — 1st round: 6th (heat 8)

    • Men's 100m Backstroke:

  • E. Barbeiro — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)
  • E. Surgey — 1st round: 7th (heat 2)

    • Men's 200m Breaststroke:

  • E. Barbeiro — 1st round: 8th (heat 6)

    • Water polo

    Men's competition:

  • A. Almeida, E. Barbeiro, Francisco Alves, F. Madeira, J. Pinto, J. Vale, Máximo Couto, O. Cabral and R. Basto — eliminating round (17th - 21st)

    • Officials

  • César de Melo (chief of mission)
  • G. Brito Capelo (rowing)
  • M. Saraiva Lobo (rowing)

    • References

    Portugal at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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