Portugal competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 8 sports.
Men's 110m Hurdles:
Alberto Filipe Matos — 1st round: 7th (heat 3)Men's 400m:
Fernando Cunha e Silva — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)Men's 400m Hurdles:
José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)Men's 800m:
Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 4th (heat 4)Men's 1500m:
Fernando Pacheco Mamede — 1st round: 6th (heat 7)Men's 5000m:
Carlos Lopes — 1st round: 9th (heat 1)Men's 10000m:
Carlos Lopes — 1st round: 9th (heat 3)Men's Marathon:
Armando Aldegalega — 41st (2:28.24,6)Men's 4 × 400 m:
Alberto Filipe Matos, Fernando Cunha e Silva, Fernando Pacheco Mamede and José de Jesus Carvalho — 1st round: 7th (heat 1)Individual Jumping:
Carlos Campos — 13thFrancisco Caldeira — eliminatedVasco Ramires — eliminatedTeam Jumping:
Carlos Campos, Francisco Caldeira and Vasco Ramires — 13th (107,5 points)Men's Half-Middleweight (–70 kg):
António Roquete Andrade — qualifiers (poule A)Men's Middleweight (–80 kg):
Orlando Ferreira — qualifiers (poule B)Men's Single Sculls
José Lopes MarquesHeat — 8:39.73Repechage — 8:54.27 (→ did not advance)Double Sculls:
Carlos Almeida Oliveira and Manuel Silva Barroso — repechage: 4th (heat 2)Dragon:
Mário Quina, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Francisco Quina — 21st (120 points)Finn:
José Quina — 11th (190,7 points)Star:
António Mardel Correia and Ulrich Henrique Anjos — 6th (68,4 points)Five male shooters represented Portugal in 1972.
25 m pistolAndré Antunes — 36th (578 marks)50 m pistolAndré Antunes — 55th (510 marks)50 m rifle, proneCésar Batista — 90th (578 marks)Mário Ribeiro — 92nd (575 marks)50 m rifle, three positionsCésar Batista — 61st (1057 marks)Mário Ribeiro — 63rd (1051 marks)SkeetJosé de Matos — 49th (179 marks)TrapArmando Silva Marques — 19th (187 marks)Men's Bantamweight (–56 kg):
Raul Diniz — 21st (285 points)Men's Freestyle Featherweight (–62 kg):
Orlando Gonçalves — 2nd round: eliminatedMen's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):
Leonel Duarte — 2nd round: eliminatedMen's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
Luís Grilo — 4th round: eliminatedFernando Machado (chief of mission)Dido Fonseca AguiarFrancisco Ferreira AlvesFernando Sommer AndradeFrancisco AugustoLuis V. CaldasJosé CarvalhosaAntónio CastanheiraAntónio Madeira CorreiaDomingos A. Souse CoutinhoCarlos F. Dias SilvaJoão EstevesFrancisco FerreiraManuel ForãoFrancisco Graça GordoCarlos M. LoureiroFernando M. C. Costa MatosAntónio M. M. MoreiraMário Alberto PereiraLélio Almeida RibeiroManuel Silva Pereira