Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports, with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.
José Quina and Mário Quina — Sailing, Star.
Men's 3000m Steeplechase:
Joaquim Ferreira — 1st round: 11th (heat 1)
Men's 5000m:
Manuel Oliveira — 1st round: 6th (heat 2)
Men's Decathlon:
Júlio Santos — DNF (2282 points)
- 100m — 12,0 (597)
- Long Jump — 6,32 (592)
- Shot Put — 10,85 (488)
- High Jump — 1,65 (605)
- 400m — DNF
- 110m Hurdles — DNS
- Discus Throw — DNS
- Pole Vault — DNS
- Javelin Throw — DNS
- 1500m — DNS
Men's Hammer Throw:
Eduardo Martins — qualifiers (54,92)
Men's Long Jump:
Pedro Almeida — qualifiers (7,10)
Individual road race
Francisco Valada — 77th - 142nd
José Pacheco — 77th - 142nd
Mário Silva — 77th - 142nd
Ramiro Martins — 77th - 142nd
Team time trial
Francisco Valada, José Pacheco, Mário Silva and Ramiro Martins — 25th (2:33.19,61)
Men's Individual Dressage:
António Nogueira — 10th (948 points)
Luís Mena e Silva — 17th (775 points)
Men's Individual Eventing:
Álvaro Sabbo — eliminated
Joaquim Duarte Silva — eliminated
Jorge Eduardo Mathias — eliminated
Mário Delgado — 35th (−705,15 points)
Men's Team Eventing:
Álvaro Sabbo, Joaquim Duarte Silva, Jorge Eduardo Mathias and Mário Delgado — eliminated
Men's Individual Jumping:
António Pereira de Almeida — eliminated
Henrique Alves Calado — 11th (32 points)
Carlos Lopes João — eliminated
Men's Team Jumping:
António Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Lopes João and Henrique Alves Calado — eliminated
Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Portugal in 1960.
Men's foil
Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)
Pedro Marçal — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)
Manuel Borrego
Men's épée
José Fernandes — eighths-of-final: 6th (poule 4)
José de Albuquerque — 1st round: 7th (poule 10)
José Ferreira — eighths-of-final: 5th (poule 1)
Men's team épée
José Fernandes, José de Albuquerque, José Ferreira and Manuel Borrego — 1st round: 3rd (poule 1)
Men's sabre
António Marquilhas — 1st round: 6th (poule 6)
Joaquim Rodrigues — 1st round: 4th (poule 10)
Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)
Men's team sabre
António Marquilhas, José Fernandes, Joaquim Rodrigues, José Ferreira, Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)
Women's foil
Maria Nápoles — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)
Men's Individual Competition:
Hermenegildo Candeias — 120th (87,65 points)
- Horizontal Bar — 114th (15,20)
- Parallel Bars — 116th (15,30)
- Pommelled Horse — 106th (15,65)
- Rings — 116th (16,20)
- Vault — 129th (8,75)
- Floor — 111th (16,55)
Women's Individual Competition:
Dália Vairinho Cunha Sammer — 109th (59,165)
- Vault — 91st (16,166)
- Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
- Beam — 110th (14,566)
- Floor — 109th (15,500)
Esbela Fonseca — 116th (55,431 points)
- Vault — 120th (10,733)
- Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
- Beam — 117th (13,766)
- Floor — 112th (15,066)
Maria Cunha — 119th (53,163 points)
- Vault — 122nd (9,099)
- Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
- Beam — 113th (14,432)
- Floor — 105th (15,766)
Men's Coxed Four:
Ilídio Silva, Jorge Gavinho, José Porto, José Vieira and Rui Valença (cox) — repechage: 3rd (poule 1)
Men's Finn:
Hélder de Oliveira — 15th (3488 points)
Men's Flying Dutchman:
Carlos Braga and Gabriel da Silva Lopes — 27th (1279 points)
Men's Star:
José Quina and Mário Quina — 2nd (6665 points)
Men's Dragon:
Carlos Francisco Ferreira, Gonçalo Mello, Joaquim Pinto Basto — 9th (4051 points)
Men's 5,5m:
Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 16th (1667 points)
Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960.
25 m pistol
António Martins — 50th (537 marks)
Rogério Tavares — 49th (542 marks)
50 m pistol
André Antunes — 54th (489 marks)
António Jorge — 36th (522 marks)
50 m rifle, three positions
António Tavares — 1st round: 29th (group 2)
Manoel da Silva — 1st round: 32nd (group 1)
50 m rifle, prone
Albino da Silva — 1st round: 35th (group 2)
César Batista — 1st round: 30th (group 1) (378 marks)
Trap
Guy de Valle Flor — 15th (180)
Men's 100m Backstroke:
Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)
Men's 200m Butterfly:
Luís Vaz Jorge — 1st round: 5th (heat 3)
Men's 100m Freestyle:
Herlander Ribeiro — 1st round: 5th (heat 1)
Men's 400m Freestyle:
Eduardo de Sousa — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)
Men's 1500m Freestyle:
Eduardo de Sousa — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)
Men's 4×100m Medley:
Eduardo de Sousa, Herlander Ribeiro, Luís Vaz Jorge and Raul Cerqueira — 1st round: 6th (heat 3)
Women's 200m Breaststroke:
Maria Freitas Veloso — 1st round: 7th (heat 4)
Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):
Luís Paquete — 19th (245 points)
Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
Orlando Gonçalves — 17th (−6 points)
Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):
José Gregório — 22nd (−8 points)
Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):
Luis Caldas — 21st (−8 points)
Correia Leal (chief of mission)
Bernardo Mendes de Almeida (sailing)
Castro de Seixa (women's gymnastics)
