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 raceFrancisco Valada — 77th - 142ndJosé Pacheco — 77th - 142ndMário Silva — 77th - 142ndRamiro Martins — 77th - 142ndTeam time trialFrancisco 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 — eliminatedJoaquim Duarte Silva — eliminatedJorge Eduardo Mathias — eliminatedMário Delgado — 35th (−705,15 points)Men's Team Eventing:
Álvaro Sabbo, Joaquim Duarte Silva, Jorge Eduardo Mathias and Mário Delgado — eliminatedMen's Individual Jumping:
António Pereira de Almeida — eliminatedHenrique Alves Calado — 11th (32 points)Carlos Lopes João — eliminatedMen's Team Jumping:
António Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Lopes João and Henrique Alves Calado — eliminatedNine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Portugal in 1960.
Men's foilOrlando Azinhais — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)Pedro Marçal — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)Manuel BorregoMen's épéeJosé 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 épéeJosé Fernandes, José de Albuquerque, José Ferreira and Manuel Borrego — 1st round: 3rd (poule 1)Men's sabreAntónio Marquilhas — 1st round: 6th (poule 6)Joaquim Rodrigues — 1st round: 4th (poule 10)Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)Men's team sabreAntónio Marquilhas, José Fernandes, Joaquim Rodrigues, José Ferreira, Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)Women's foilMaria 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 pistolAntónio Martins — 50th (537 marks)Rogério Tavares — 49th (542 marks)50 m pistolAndré Antunes — 54th (489 marks)António Jorge — 36th (522 marks)50 m rifle, three positionsAntónio Tavares — 1st round: 29th (group 2)Manoel da Silva — 1st round: 32nd (group 1)50 m rifle, proneAlbino da Silva — 1st round: 35th (group 2)César Batista — 1st round: 30th (group 1) (378 marks)TrapGuy 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) 
