Portugal competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
A delegation of nineteen competitors participated in six sports, conquering, for the first time, two silver medals in one Olympiad and one olympic medal in the athletics. The long-distance runner and future marathon olympic champion Carlos Lopes conquered, here in Montreal, the first of its two olympic medals.
Carlos Lopes — Athletics, 10000m
Armando Silva Marques — Shooting, Trap
Men's 400m:
José de Jesus Carvalho
Round 1 (heat 6) — 48.47 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 800m:
Fernando Mamede
Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:49.58 (→ 5th, did not advance)
Men's 1500m:
Fernando Mamede
Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:37.98 (→ 3rd)
Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:42.59 (→ 8th, did not advance)
Hélder Baiona de Jesus
Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:44.20 (→ 2nd)
Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:47.37 (→ 8th, did not advance)
Men's 5000m:
Aniceto Silva Simões
Qualifying (heat 3) — 13:21.93 (→ 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser)
Final — 13:29.38 (→ 8th)
Carlos Lopes
Qualifying (heat 2) — did not participate
Men's 10000m
Carlos Lopes
Qualifying (heat 1) — 28:04.53 (→ 1st)
Final — 27:45.17 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 400m Hurdles:
José de Jesus Carvalho
Round 1 (heat 1) — 50.99 (→ 4th)
Semi-final — 49.97 (→ 2nd)
Final → 49.94 (→ 5th)
Men's Marathon:
Anacleto Pereira Pinto — 2:18:53.4 (→ 22nd)
Carlos Lopes — did not participate
Men's Lightweight (–63 kg):
José Pinto Gomes
Group B
Round 1 — Mustapha Belahmira (MAR) (→ forfeited)
Round 2 — Osman Yanar (TUR) (→ won by jury decision)
Round 3 — Hector Rodriguez (CUB) (→ lost by ippon)
Repêchage — Marian Standowicz (POL) (→ lost by yuko)
Men's Light Middleweight (–70 kg):
António Roquete Andrade
Group A
Round 1 — Koji Kuramoto (JAP) (→ lost by jury decision)
Repêchage — Juan-Carlos Rodriguez (ESP) (→ lost by koka)
Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470):
Joaquim Leça Ramada and Francisco Antunes Mourão — 137 pts (→ 21st)
Trap:
Armando Silva Marques — 189 hits (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100m Freestyle:
José Gomes Pereira
Heats (heat 6) — 55.46 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle:
Paulo Frischknecht
Heats (heat 5) — 2:02.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)
José Gomes Pereira
Heats (heat 4) — 2:03.03 (→ 6th, did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle:
Rui Pinto de Abreu
Heats (heat 4) — 4:28.43 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 1500m Freestyle:
António Botelho Melo
Heats (heat 4) — 17:24.31 (→ 6th, did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay:
António Botelho Melo, José Gomes Pereira, Paulo Frischknecht and Rui Pinto de Abreu
Heats (heat 2) — 8:26.68 (→ 5th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Backstroke:
António Botelho Melo
Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.76 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Backstroke:
António Botelho Melo
Heats (heat 1) — 2:26.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Breaststroke:
Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio
Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio
Heats (heat 3) — 2:41.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 100m Butterfly:
Paulo Frischknecht
Heats (heat 4) — 1:01.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 200m Butterfly:
Paulo Frischknecht
Heats (heat 4) — 2:20.54 (→ 5th, did not advance)
Men's 400m Individual Medley:
António Botelho Melo
Heats (heat 3) — 5:11.48 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay:
António Botelho Melo, Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio, José Gomes Pereira and Paulo Frischknecht
Heats (heat 2) — 4:20.84 (→ 8th, did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):
Leonel Duarte
Round 1 — Mohamed Karmous (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
Round 2 — Rolf Krauss (GER) (→ won by fall; –8pts: did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
Luís Grilo
Round 1 — Ali Lachkar (MAR) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
Round 2 — Doug Yeats (CAN) (→ won by fall)
Round 3 — Joseph Sade (USA) (→ lost by 30:1; –8 pts: did not advance)
Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):
Joaquim Jesus Vieira
Round 1 — Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) (→ lost by fall; –4 pts)
Round 2 — Kazimier Lipien (POL) (→ lost by fall; –8 pts: did not advance)
Luís Caldas (chief of mission)
