Portugal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Portugal at the Paralympic Games

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At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London

Competitors

30 in 5 sports

Flag bearer

Inês Fernandes (opening)
José Macedo (closing)

Medals
Rank: =63

Gold
0

Silver
1

Bronze
2

Total
3

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Portugal competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9, 2012.^[1] The Paralympic Committee of Portugal was represented by a delegation of 30 competitors (22 men and 8 women) in 5 sports – athletics, boccia, equestrian, rowing and swimming.^[2]

The opening ceremony flag bearer was athlete Inês Fernandes.^[3]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
02 ! Silver	Costa, ArmandoArmando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC3	000000002015-09-04-00004 September
03 ! Bronze	Cunha, LenineLenine Cunha	Athletics	Men's long jump F20	000000002015-09-04-00004 September
03 ! Bronze	José Macedo	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3	000000002015-09-08-00008 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nuno Alves	1500 m T11	Did not finish		N/A		Did not advance
Nuno Alves	5000 m T11	N/A				16:06.28	5
Rodolfo Alves	100 m T12	11.91	3	Did not advance
Rodolfo Alves	400 m T12	54.00	3	Did not advance
Firmino Baptista	100 m T11	11.75	3 q	11.65	2	Did not advance
Firmino Baptista	200 m T11	24.00	2 q	24.06	4	Did not advance
Hugo Cavaco	200 m T13	24.22	6	N/A		Did not advance
Hugo Cavaco	400 m T13	53.10	9	N/A		Did not advance
Lenine Cunha	Long jump F20	N/A				6.95	03 !
Nelson Gonçalves	Discus throw F12	N/A				29.04	8
Nelson Gonçalves	Shot put F11–F12	N/A				9.74	18
Gabriel Macchi	Marathon T12	N/A				2:40.13	6
Joaquim Machado	Marathon T12	N/A				2:43.17	8
Ricardo Marques	Shot put F20	N/A				10.97	12
Jorge Pina	Marathon T12	N/A				Disqualified
Gabriel Potra	100 m T12	11.65	4	Did not advance
Gabriel Potra	200 m T12	23.64	2	Did not advance
Ricardo Vale	1500 m T11	4:31.77	11	N/A		Did not advance
Ricardo Vale	5000 m T11	N/A				16:32.91	9
Rodolfo Alves Firmino Baptista Hugo Cavaco Gabriel Potra	4 × 100 m relay T11–T13	45.02	7	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raquel Cerqueira	Long jump F20	N/A				4.58	6
Inês Fernandes	Shot put F20	N/A				11.84	4
Maria Fiuza	1500 m T12	N/A				5:21.75	8

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Seeding	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	5th–8th playoffs	Semifinals	Final (Gold / Bronze)	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
João Paulo Fernandes	Mixed individual BC1	Bye		Leung (HKG) W 6–1	Aandalen (NOR) L 3–3	Kim (KOR) W 3–2 Zhang (CHN) W 3–2	Did not advance		5
Fernando Ferreira	Mixed individual BC2	Bye	Cortez (ARG) W 5–4	Jeong (KOR) L 4–5	Did not advance
Cristina Gonçalves		Bye	Bentley (GBR) W 4–1	Zhong (CHN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Abilio Valente		Bye	Leahy (IRL) W 6–1	Martin Perez (ESP) W 3–3	Yan (CHN) L 5–7	Sohn (KOR) W 3–2 Yeung (HKG) W 4–1	Did not advance		5
Armando Costa	Mixed individual BC3	Bye		Martins (BRA) W 11–1	Jeong (KOR) L 1–5	Polychronidis (GRE) L 1–4 Binte (SIN) L 2–2	Did not advance		8
José Macedo		Bye		Gauthier (CAN) W 7–5	de Laender (BEL) W 4–1	N/A	Jeong (KOR) L 2–2	Kim (KOR) W 3–2	03 !
Luis Silva		Bye		Choi (KOR) L 1–10	Did not advance
Domingos Vieira	Mixed individual BC4	Bye	N/A	Leung (HKG) L 0–10	Did not advance

Pairs and team

Athlete	Event	Pools		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final (Gold / Bronze)	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves Abilio Valente	Mixed team BC1–2	Argentina (ARG) W 6–5 Great Britain (GBR) L 4–5	2	Japan (JPN) W 10–2	China (CHN) L 4–6	Great Britain (GBR) L 5–7	4
Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva	Mixed pairs BC3	Spain (ESP) W 7–0 Thailand (THA) W 5–1 Belgium (BEL) L 2–3	2	N/A	South Korea (KOR) W 4–3	Greece (GRE) L 1–4	02 !
Susana Barroso Domingos Vieira	Mixed pairs BC4	Brazil (BRA) L 0–10 Czech Republic (CZE) L 1–6 Hong Kong (HKG) L 1–7	4	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Sara Duarte	Neapolitano Morella	Individual championship test Ib	66.261	9
		Individual freestyle test Ib	55.350	15
		Mixed team test Ib	68.364	7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Filomena Franco	Women's single sculls	6:31.10	5 R	6:40.48	4 FB	6:48.54	10

Qualification legend: R = Repechage; FA = Final A (1st–6th places); FB = Final B (7th–12th places)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simone Fragoso	Women's 50m butterfly S5	58.14	10	Did not advance
	Women's 50m freestyle S5	44.49	7 Q	44.78	7
	Women's 100m freestyle S5	1:41.56	10	Did not advance
David Grachat	Men's 50m freestyle S9	27.18	10	Did not advance
	Men's 100m freestyle S9	58.80	9	Did not advance
	Men's 400m freestyle S9	4:24.10 NR	5 Q	4:21.94 NR	6
	Men's 200m medley SM9	2:27.01	12	Did not advance
João Martins	Men's 50m backstroke S1	N/A		1:38.96	4
Adriano Nascimento	Men's 100m breaststroke SB9	1:12.32	8 Q	1:11.87	6

Record legend: WR = World record; PR = Paralympic record; AR = Area record; NR = National record

References

↑ "Portugal - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
↑ "Paralympic Athletes". Paralympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
↑ "Inês Fernandes será porta-estandarte na cerimónia de abertura dos Jogos Paralímpicos Londres 2012" (in Portuguese). Paralympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

Nations at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom

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