Portugal competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
A delegation of 61 competitors participated in 13 sports, winning two Olympic bronze medals in the judo and athletics. Fernanda Ribeiro, the 10000m champion from Atlanta'96 and in her fourth consecutive Olympics, couldn't keep her title away from the previous holder Derartu Tulu but still managed to reach the podium. The first Portuguese medal in the judo was achieved by Nuno Delgado in the –81 kg category.
A much smaller delegation competed at these antipodean Games explaining the reduction in the athletics and swimming teams. Nevertheless, Portuguese archery and tennis had their third consecutive Olympic presence. But, as with badminton, these competitors were all eliminated in the first round (the tennis male team was beaten again by a bahamese team). Sailing provided good results with some finalists (5–8th) in distinct classes. Beach volleyball was again represented by the same Atlanta'96 fourth-placed male team. It was an almost a remake, as they faced some of the same adversaries, were beaten by an American team in the semi-finals and lost the chance to grab the bronze medal.
Men's Individual Competition:
Nuno Pombo
Ranking round — 572 pts (→ 59th)
Elimination rounds — 146 pts (→ 60th)
1/32 finals — Magnus Petersson (SWE) (→ lost by 165-146, did not advance)
800m:
João Pires
Round 1 (heat 5) — 1:47.61 (→ 5th, did not advance)
1500m:
Rui Silva
Round 1 (heat 3) — 3:41.93 (→ 13th, did not advance)
5000m:
Helder Ornelas
Round 1 (heat 1) — 14:29.01 (→ 17th, did not advance)
10000m:
José Ramos
Round 1 (heat 2) — 27:56.30 (→ 10th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser)
Final — 28:07.43 (→ 14th)
Marathon:
António Pinto
Final — 2:15:17 (→ 11th )
Domingos Castro
Final — 2:16:52 (→ 18th)
Luís Novo
Final — 2:23:04 (→ 50th)
20 km Walk:
João Vieira
Final — did not start
50 km Walk:
Pedro Martins
Final — 4:08:13 (→ 33rd)
400m Hurdles:
Pedro Rodrigues
Round 1 (heat 6) — 49.90 (→ 4th, advanced as 5th fastest loser)
Semi-final 1 — 49.48 (→ 7th, did not advance)
3000m Steeplechase:
Manuel Silva
Round 1 (heat 3) — 8:25.70 (→ 5th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser)
Final — 8:38.63 (→ 13th)
Decathlon:
Mário Anibal — 8136 pts (→ 12th)
Hammer Throw:
Vitor Costa
Qualifying round (Group A) — 68,89 (→ 18th, did not advance)
Long Jump:
Carlos Calado
Qualifying round (Group B) — 8,04 (→ 4th, advanced as 4th fastest loser)
Final — 7,94 (→ 10th)
Pole Vault:
João André
Qualifying round (Group B) — 5,40 (→ 16th, did not advance)
Nuno Fernandes
Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,25 (→ 15th, did not advance)
1500m:
Carla Sacramento
Round 1 (heat 1) — 4:08.41 (→ 5th)
Semi-final 2 — 4:07.65 (→ 5th)
Final — 4:11.15 (→ 10th)
10000m:
Ana Dias
Round 1 (heat 2) — 33:21.69 (→ 12th, did not advance)
Fernanda Ribeiro
Round 1 (heat 1) — 32:06.43 (→ 3rd)
Final — 30:22.88 (→ Bronze Medal)
Marathon:
Manuela Machado
Final — 2:32:29 (→ 21st)
20 km Walk:
Susana Feitor
Final — 1:33:53 (→ 14th)
Discus Throw:
Teresa Machado
Qualifying round (Group B) — 55,86 (→ 13th, advanced by jury decision)
Final — 59,50 (→ 11th)
Men's Singles Competition:
Marco Vasconcelos
1/32 finals — Bertrand Gallet (FRA) (→ lost by 15-7, 15-9 – did not advance)
Men's Road Individual Time Trial:
Vitor Gamito
Final — 1:03:16 (→ 35th)
Men's Road Race:
Bruno Castanheira
Final — did not finish
José Azevedo
Final — did not finish
Orlando Rodrigues
Final — did not finish
Vitor Gamito
Final — did not finish
Individual Dressage:
Daniel Pinto
Qualifying round — 1632 pts, 65.28% (→ 27th, did not advance)
One male fencer represented Portugal in 2000.
Men's foil
João Gomes — 12th
1/32 finals — Bye
1/16 finals — Michael Ludwig (AUT) (→ won by 15-12)
1/8 finals — Ralf Bissdorf (GER) (→ lost by 15-11, did not advance)
Men's Half Lightweight (–66 kg):
Pedro Caravana
Pool B
Round 1 — Ludwing Ortiz Flores (VEN) (→ won by yuko)
Round 2 — Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (–73 kg):
Michel Almeida — 7th
Pool A
Round 1 — Eduardo Magles (VEN) (→ won by double waza-ari (=ippon))
Round 2 — Miklos Illyes (HUN) (→ won by hansoku-make)
Round 3 — Tiago Camilo (BRA) (→ lost by waza-ari)
Repêchage A
Round 1 — Bye
Round 2 — Noureddine Yagoubi (ALG) (→ won by koka)
Round 3 — Jimmy Pedro (USA) (→ lost by ippon)
Men's Half Middleweight (–81 kg):
Nuno Delgado — Bronze Medal
Pool B
Preliminary round — Thierry Vatrican (MON) (→ won by hansoku-make)
Round 1 — Francesco Lepre (ITA) (→ won by koka)
Round 2 — Daniel Kelly (AUS) (→ won by ippon)
Round 3 — Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) (→ won by ippon)
Semi-final — In-Chul Cho (KOR) (→ lost by waza-ari)
Repêchage B
Round 1 — Bye
Round 2 — Bye
Round 3 — Bye
Bronze medal match — Álvaro Paseyro (URU) (→ won by hansoku-make)
Men's Half Heavyweight (–100 kg):
Pedro Soares
Pool A
Round 1 — Bassel Elgharbawy (EGY) (→ won by koka)
Round 2 — Nicolas Gill (CAN) (→ lost by double keikoku)
Repêchage A
Round 1 — Ben Sonnemans (NED) (→ lost by waza-ari, did not advance)
Women's Lightweight (–57 kg):
Filipa Cavalleri
Pool B
Round 1 — Cinzia Cavazzuti (ITA) (→ lost by yuko, did not advance)
Women's Half Heavyweight (–78 kg):
Sandra Godinho
Pool B
Round 1 — Edinanci Silva (BRA) (→ lost by double keikoku, did not advance)
Sailboard (Mistral):
João Rodrigues — 129 pts (→ 18th)
Double-Handed Dinghy (470):
Álvaro Marinho (skipper) and Miguel Nunes — 67 pts (→ 5th)
Single-Handed Dinghy (Europe):
Joana Pratas — 141 pts (→ 21st)
Single-Handed Dinghy (Laser):
Gustavo Lima — 83 pts (→ 6th)
Multihull (Tornado):
Hugo Rocha (skipper) and Nuno Barreto — 122 pts (→ 16th)
High-Performance Double-Handed Dinghy (49er):
Afonso Domingos (skipper) and Diogo Cayolla — 93 pts (→ 7th)
Men's 10m Air Pistol:
João Costa
Qualifying round — 581 pts (→ 5th)
Final — 679.4 pts (→ 7th)
Men's 50m Pistol:
João Costa
Qualifying round — 548 pts (→ 27th, did not advance)
Men's Trap:
Custódio Ezequiel
Qualifying round — 111 hits (→ 18th, did not advance)
João Rebelo
Qualifying round — 108 hits (→ 26th, did not advance)
Men's 50m Freestyle:
Pedro Silva
Heats (heat 7) — 23.27 (→ 8th, did not advance – 36th overall)
Men's 200m Freestyle:
Ricardo Pedroso
Heats (heat 4) — 1:52.60 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)
Men's 100m Butterfly:
Simão Morgado
Heats (heat 4) — 54.75 (→ 1st, did not advance – 30th overall)
Men's 100m Breaststroke:
José Couto
Heats (heat 8) — 1:02.79 (→ 7th, did not advance – 18th overall)
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
José Couto
Heats (heat 7) — 2:18.08 (→ 7th, did not advance – 26th overall)
Men's 100m Backstroke:
Nuno Laurentino
Heats (heat 4) — 56.95 (→ 5th, did not advance – 28th overall)
Men's 200m Backstroke:
Mário Carvalho
Heats (heat 2) — 2:03.82 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 30th overall)
Women's 200m Butterfly:
Raquel Felgueiras
Heats (heat 2) — 2:15.19 (→ 5th, did not advance – 27th overall)
Men's Doubles Competition:
Bernardo Mota and Nuno Marques
Round 1 — Mark Knowles and Mark Merklein (BAH) (→ lost by 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 – did not advance)
Men's Competition:
João Brenha and Miguel Maia — 4th
Elimination round — Björn Maaseide and Jan Kvalheim (NOR) (→ won by 15-3)
1/8 finals — Eduardo Esteban and Martin Conde (ARG) (→ won by 15-3)
1/4 finals — Paul Laciga and Martin Laciga (SUI) (→ won by 15-11)
Semi-finals — Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana (USA) (→ lost by 15-12)
Bronze medal match — Axel Hager and Jorg Ahmann (GER) (→ lost by 12-9, 12-6)
Women's Competition:
Ana Cristina Pereira and Maria José Schuller — 9th
Elimination round — Rong Chi and Zi Xiong (CHN) (→ won by 15-5)
1/8 finals — Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires (BRA) (→ lost by 15-6, did not advance)
Manuel Marques da Silva (chief of mission)
