Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports, with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.
Medalists
Silver
- José Quina and Mário Quina — Sailing, Star.
Athletics
Men's 3000m Steeplechase:
- Joaquim Ferreira — 1st round: 11th (heat 1)
Men's 5000m:
- Manuel Oliveira — 1st round: 6th (heat 2)
Men's Decathlon:
- Júlio Santos — DNF (2282 points)
- 100m — 12,0 (597)
- Long Jump — 6,32 (592)
- Shot Put — 10,85 (488)
- High Jump — 1,65 (605)
- 400m — DNF
- 110m Hurdles — DNS
- Discus Throw — DNS
- Pole Vault — DNS
- Javelin Throw — DNS
- 1500m — DNS
Men's Hammer Throw:
- Eduardo Martins — qualifiers (54,92)
Men's Long Jump:
- Pedro de Almeida — qualifiers (7,10)
Cycling
- Individual road race
- Francisco Valada — 77th - 142nd
- José Pacheco — 77th - 142nd
- Mário Silva — 77th - 142nd
- Ramiro Martins — 77th - 142nd
- Team time trial
- Francisco Valada, José Pacheco, Mário Silva and Ramiro Martins — 25th (2:33.19,61)
Equestrian
Men's Individual Dressage:
- António Nogueira — 10th (948 points)
- Luís Mena e Silva — 17th (775 points)
Men's Individual Eventing:
- Álvaro Sabbo — eliminated
- Joaquim Duarte Silva — eliminated
- Jorge Eduardo Mathias — eliminated
- Mário Delgado — 35th (−705,15 points)
Men's Team Eventing:
- Álvaro Sabbo, Joaquim Duarte Silva, Jorge Eduardo Mathias and Mário Delgado — eliminated
Men's Individual Jumping:
- António Pereira de Almeida — eliminated
- Henrique Alves Calado — 11th (32 points)
- Carlos Lopes João — eliminated
Men's Team Jumping:
- António Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Lopes João and Henrique Alves Calado — eliminated
Fencing
Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Portugal in 1960.
- Men's foil
- Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)
- Pedro Marçal — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)
- Manuel Borrego
- Men's épée
- José Fernandes — eighths-of-final: 6th (poule 4)
- José de Albuquerque — 1st round: 7th (poule 10)
- José Ferreira — eighths-of-final: 5th (poule 1)
- Men's team épée
- José Fernandes, José de Albuquerque, José Ferreira and Manuel Borrego — 1st round: 3rd (poule 1)
- Men's sabre
- António Marquilhas — 1st round: 6th (poule 6)
- Joaquim Rodrigues — 1st round: 4th (poule 10)
- Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 5th (poule 1)
- Men's team sabre
- António Marquilhas, José Fernandes, Joaquim Rodrigues, José Ferreira, Orlando Azinhais — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)
- Women's foil
- Maria Nápoles — 1st round: 6th (poule 1)
Gymnastics
Men's Individual Competition:
- Hermenegildo Candeias — 120th (87,65 points)
- Horizontal Bar — 114th (15,20)
- Parallel Bars — 116th (15,30)
- Pommelled Horse — 106th (15,65)
- Rings — 116th (16,20)
- Vault — 129th (8,75)
- Floor — 111th (16,55)
Women's Individual Competition:
- Dália Vairinho Cunha Sammer — 109th (59,165)
- Vault — 91st (16,166)
- Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
- Beam — 110th (14,566)
- Floor — 109th (15,500)
- Esbela Fonseca — 116th (55,431 points)
- Vault — 120th (10,733)
- Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
- Beam — 117th (13,766)
- Floor — 112th (15,066)
- Maria Cunha — 119th (53,163 points)
- Vault — 122nd (9,099)
- Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
- Beam — 113th (14,432)
- Floor — 105th (15,766)
Rowing
Portugal had 5 male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.
- Men's coxed four
- Ilídio Silva, Jorge Gavinho, José Porto, José Vieira and Rui Valença (cox) — repechage: 3rd (poule 1)
Sailing
Men's Finn:
- Hélder de Oliveira — 15th (3488 points)
Men's Flying Dutchman:
- Carlos Braga and Gabriel da Silva Lopes — 27th (1279 points)
Men's Star:
- José Quina and Mário Quina — 2nd (6665 points)
Men's Dragon:
- Carlos Francisco Ferreira, Gonçalo Mello, Joaquim Pinto Basto — 9th (4051 points)
Men's 5,5m:
- Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 16th (1667 points)
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960.
- 25 m pistol
- António Martins — 50th (537 marks)
- Rogério Tavares — 49th (542 marks)
- 50 m pistol
- André Antunes — 54th (489 marks)
- António Jorge — 36th (522 marks)
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- António Tavares — 1st round: 29th (group 2)
- Manoel da Silva — 1st round: 32nd (group 1)
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Albino da Silva — 1st round: 35th (group 2)
- César Batista — 1st round: 30th (group 1) (378 marks)
- Trap
- Guy de Valle Flor — 15th (180)
Swimming
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Herlander Ribeiro | 100 m freestyle | 1:00.2 | =37 | Did not advance | |||
| Eduardo de Sousa | 400 m freestyle | 4:51.6 | 32 | N/a | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 m freestyle | 19:40.1 | 25 | N/a | Did not advance | |||
| Raúl Cerqueira | 100 m backstroke | 1:06.7 | 27 | Did not advance | |||
| Luís Vaz Jorge | 200 m butterfly | 2:28.9 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Raúl Cerqueira Eduardo de Sousa Luís Vaz Jorge Herlander Ribeiro | 4 × 100 m medley | 4:39.9 | 18 | N/a | Did not advance | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Regina Veloso | 200 m breaststroke | 3:13.3 | 29 | Did not advance | |
Weightlifting
Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):
- Luís Paquete — 19th (245 points)
Wrestling
Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):
- Orlando Gonçalves — 17th (−6 points)
Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):
- José Gregório — 22nd (−8 points)
Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):
- Luis Caldas — 21st (−8 points)
Officials
- Correia Leal (chief of mission)
- Bernardo Mendes de Almeida (sailing)
- Castro de Seixa (women's gymnastics)
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