Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Portugal at the Olympic Games
Flag of Portugal IOC code  POR NOC Olympic Committee of Portugal Website www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (Portuguese)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	68 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
1952 1956–1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Portugal is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Portuguese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1912.

Athletics

Portuguese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (maximum of three athletes in each event):^[1][2]

• Men's 100 m – 1 quota place (Yazaldes Nascimento)
• Men's marathon – 3 quota places (Ricardo Ribas, Rui Pedro Silva)
• Men's 20 km walk – 2 quota places (João Vieira, Sérgio Vieira)
• Men's 50 km walk – 3 quota places (Miguel Carvalho, Pedro Isidro, João Vieira)
• Men's triple jump – 1 quota place (Nelson Évora)
• Men's shot put – 1 quota place (Tsanko Arnaudov)
• Women's 10000 m – 2 quota places (Ana Dulce Félix, Sara Moreira)
• Women's marathon – 3 quota places (Jéssica Augusto, Filomena Costa, Ana Dulce Félix, Vanessa Fernandes or Sara Moreira)
• Women's 20 km walk – 3 quota places (Ana Cabecinha, Daniela Cardoso, Susana Feitor, Inês Henriques or Vera Santos)
• Women's triple jump – 2 quota places (Susana Costa, Patricia Mamona)
• Women's pole vault – 1 quota place (Marta Onofre)
• Women's discus throw – 1 quota place (Irina Rodrigues)

Badminton

Portugal has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympians Pedro Martins and Telma Santos picked up one of the spare athlete berths each from host nation Brazil and from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in their respective singles events based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pedro Martins	Men's singles
Telma Santos	Women's singles

Canoeing

Sprint

Portuguese canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	C-1 200 m
Fernando Pimenta	K-1 1000 m
	K-4 1000 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teresa Portela	K-1 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Portuguese riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race

Equestrian

Portugal has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from South Western Europe in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.^[6]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Luciana Diniz		Individual

Football

Men's tournament

Portugal qualified a team of 18 players for the Olympic men's football tournament by reaching the semifinals at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.^[7]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA

Portugal  v  Argentina

4 August 2016 18:00

Portugal	Match 5	Argentina

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Honduras  v  Portugal

7 August 2016 15:00

Honduras	Match 10	Portugal

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Algeria  v  Portugal

10 August 2016 13:00

Algeria	Match 17	Portugal

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Gymnastics

Artistic

Portugal has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Gustavo Simões and Ana Filipa Martins claimed their Olympic spots respectively in the men's and women's apparatus and individual all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[8][9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Gustavo Simões	All-around

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Ana Filipa Martins	All-around

Trampoline

Portugal has entered two trampoline gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Diogo Abreu and two-time Olympian Ana Rente claimed their Olympic spots respectively in the men's and women's events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Diogo Abreu	Men's
Ana Rente	Women's

Sailing

Portuguese sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[11][12] On December 17, 2015, three Portuguese sailors had been named to the 2016 Olympic team, including seven-time Olympian João Rodrigues in men's windsurfing.^[13] Meanwhile, single-handed sailors Gustavo Lima (Laser), who confirmed his fifth Olympic appearance, and 2012 Olympian Sara Carmo (Laser Radial) had claimed their Olympic spots at the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta to round out the selection of the sailing squad.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
João Rodrigues	RS:X
Gustavo Lima	Laser											N/A
José Costa Jorge Lima	49er

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Sara Carmo	Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Portugal has qualified one shooter to compete in the men's pistol events by virtue of his best finish at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series and other selection competitions, as long as he obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[15][16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
João Costa	10 m air pistol
	50 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Portuguese swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[17][18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Diogo Carvalho	200 m individual medley
Alexis Santos

Table tennis

Portugal has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Two-time Olympians Tiago Apolónia and Marcos Freitas, along with Chinese import Yu Fu, secured Olympic spots each in the men's and women's singles, respectively, by winning their group final matches at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[19] Meanwhile, Shao Jieni was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players to join Yu in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tiago Apolónia	Men's singles
Marcos Freitas
Tiago Apolónia Marcos Freitas	Men's team	N/A
Shao Jieni	Women's singles
Yu Fu

Taekwondo

Portugal entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Olympics since 2008. European Games champion Rui Bragança qualified automatically for the men's flyweight category (58 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rui Bragança	Men's −58 kg

See also

• Portugal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

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