Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Portuguese athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's debut in 1912.

Portugal at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors92 in 16 sports
Flag bearers João Rodrigues (opening)
Telma Monteiro (closing)
Medals
Ranked 78th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Olympic Committee of Portugal fielded a team of 92 athletes, 62 men and 30 women, across 16 sports at the Games. It was the nation's second-largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, falling short of the record for the most athletes (107) achieved in Atlanta 1996 by nearly 20 percent. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Portugal had representatives at these Games, returning to the Olympic scene after being absent from the previous two editions. Portugal also marked its Olympic debut in golf (new to the 2016 Games), as well as its return to taekwondo after 8 years, and slalom canoeing and tennis after 16 years.[citation needed]

The Portuguese roster featured 31 returning Olympians, including three past medalists: triple jumper and Beijing 2008 champion Nelson Évora and sprint canoeing duo Fernando Pimenta and Emanuel Silva, who brought home the nation's only medal, a silver, at London 2012. Windsurfer and multiple-time European champion João Rodrigues, who was selected as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, set a historic milestone as the first Portuguese athlete to participate in his seventh and final Olympics. Pistol shooter João Costa, the oldest of the team (aged 52), and Laser sailor Gustavo Lima joined the list of the nation's athletes who attended their fifth Games. Other notable competitors on the Portuguese roster included world-ranked judoka and four-time Olympian Telma Monteiro, road cycling pro Rui Costa, European Games taekwondo champion Rui Bragança, and sprinter Lorène Bazolo, who ran for her native Congo in London four years earlier.[citation needed]

Portugal left Rio de Janeiro with only a bronze medal won by Monteiro in the women's 57 kg, saving its pride from the humiliation of returning empty-handed for the first time since Barcelona 1992. Several Portuguese athletes advanced further to the finals of their respective sporting events, but came closest to the nation's medal haul, including Évora (sixth, men's triple jump), Pimenta (fifth, men's K-1 1000 m), Silva and his new partner João Ribeiro (fourth, men's K-2 1000 m), and João José Pereira, who finished fifth in the men's triathlon.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Telma Monteiro Judo Women's 57 kg 8 August

Competitors

Athletics

Portuguese athletes achieved qualifying standards in several events (maximum of three athletes per event). On 31 May 2016, the Portuguese Athletics Federation (FPA) named the first batch of track and road athletes, all competing in both marathon and race walking, to the Olympic roster, with João Vieira remarkably going to his fourth Games. The final roster of 25 athletes (9 men and 16 women) was officially announced on 12 July 2016. Eight days later, the Portuguese federation announced that Yazaldes Nascimento would be unable to participate in the men's 100 metres due to injury, which had already left him out of the delegation for the 2016 European Athletics Championships.

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
João Vieira 20 km walk 1:23:03 31
50 km walk DNF
Sérgio Vieira 20 km walk 1:27:39 53
Miguel Carvalho 50 km walk 4:08:16 36
Pedro Isidro 4:03:42 32
Ricardo Ribas Marathon 2:38:29 134
Rui Pedro Silva 2:30:52 123
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Lorène Bazolo 100 m Bye 11.43 4 Did not advance
200 m 23.01 4 N/a Did not advance
Cátia Azevedo 400 m 52.38 4 N/a Did not advance
Marta Pen 1500 m 4:18.53 12 N/a Did not advance
Carla Salomé Rocha 10000 m N/a 32:06.05 26
Vera Barbosa 400 m hurdles 57.28 6 N/a Did not advance
Jéssica Augusto Marathon N/a DNF
Ana Dulce Félix N/a 2:30:39 16
Sara Moreira N/a Did not finish
Ana Cabecinha 20 km walk N/a 1:29:23 6
Daniela Cardoso N/a 1:36:13 37
Inês Henriques N/a 1:31:28 12
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Nelson Évora Triple jump 16.99 4 Q 17.03 6
Tsanko Arnaudov Shot put 18.88 29 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Susana Costa Triple jump 14.12 11 q 14.12 9
Patrícia Mamona 14.18 9 q 14.65 NR 6
Marta Onofre Pole vault 4.30 =24 Did not advance
Maria Leonor Tavares 4.15 =29 Did not advance
Irina Rodrigues Discus throw Withdrew due to injury

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 Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked eligible players in their respective singles events based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.

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  Ng K L (HKG)
L (17–21, 18–21)
 Giuffre (CAN)
L (21–14, 22–24, 6–21)
N/a 3 Did not advance
Telma Santos Women's singles  Li Xr (CHN)
L (12–21, 7–21)
 Wang (USA)
L (21–18, 10–21, 12–21)
 L Tan (BEL)
L (16–21, 18–21)
4 Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Portugal has qualified one boat in the men's slalom C-1 for the Games, as the International Canoe Federation accepted the nation's request to claim a spare berth freed by Great Britain. The slot was awarded to José Carvalho, who finished among the top 20 canoeists at the 2015 World Championships.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
José Carvalho Men's C-1 111.01 17 99.18 8 99.18 11 Q 101.04 9 Q 105.74 9

Sprint

Portuguese canoeists initially qualified four boats for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded in the women's K-1 200 m by virtue of a top-two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hélder Silva C-1 200 m 40.578 3 Q 41.162 5 FB 40.388 13
Fernando Pimenta K-1 1000 m 3:33.140 1 Q 3:33.420 2 FA 3:35.349 5
Emanuel Silva
João Ribeiro
K-2 1000 m 3:26.284 4 Q 3:18.099 1 FA 3:12.889 4
David Fernandes
Fernando Pimenta
João Ribeiro
Emanuel Silva
K-4 1000 m 3:01.498 4 Q 2:58.233 2 FA 3:07.482 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Francisca Laia K-1 200 m 41.368 2 Q 41.573 5 FB 42.695 16
Teresa Portela K-1 500 m 1:56.439 3 Q 1:58.360 4 FB 1:58.058 11

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. On 4 July 2016, the Portuguese Cycling Federation announced the selection of former Olympians André Cardoso, Rui Costa and Nelson Oliveira, and of 2016 national road race champion José Mendes, who would take part in his first Olympics.

Athlete Event Time Rank
André Cardoso Men's road race 6:22:23 36
Rui Costa 6:12:34 10
José Mendes 6:30:05 53
Nelson Oliveira Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 1:14:15.27 7

Mountain biking

Portuguese mountain bikers qualified for two men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's eleventh place in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. On 9 June 2016, the Portuguese Cycling Federation announced it had selected Tiago Ferreira and London 2012 Olympian David Rosa as the nation's representatives in this event.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Tiago Ferreira Men's cross-country LAP (5 laps) 39
David Rosa LAP (2 laps) 44

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.

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 Fit For Fun 13 Individual 8 =53 Q 0 8 =30 Q 5 13 =33 Q 4 =16 Q 0 4 =9 4 =9

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.

Team roster

The following is the Portugal squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July. On 17 July, Pité replaced Nuno Santos. On 21 July, Fábio Sturgeon left the squad due to injury and was replaced by Fernando Fonseca.

Head coach: Rui Jorge

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Bruno Varela (1994-11-04)4 November 1994 (aged 21) 0 0 Vitória de Setúbal
2 2DF Ricardo Esgaio (c) (1993-05-16)16 May 1993 (aged 23) 1 0 Sporting CP
3 2DF Tiago Ilori (1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 22) 1 0 Liverpool
4 2DF Tobias Figueiredo (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 22) 1 0 Nacional
5 2DF Edgar Ié (1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 22) 0 0 Villarreal B
6 3MF Tomás Podstawski (1995-01-30)30 January 1995 (aged 21) 0 0 Porto B
7 3MF André Martins* (1990-01-21)21 January 1990 (aged 26) 0 0 Olympiacos
8 3MF Sérgio Oliveira* (1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 24) 1 0 Porto
9 4FW Gonçalo Paciência (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 (aged 22) 0 0 Porto
10 3MF Bruno Fernandes (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 21) 1 0 Udinese
11 4FW Salvador Agra* (1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 24) 0 0 Nacional
12 1GK Joel Castro Pereira (1996-06-28)28 June 1996 (aged 20) 0 0 Manchester United
13 4FW Pité (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 (aged 21) 0 0 Tondela
14 2DF Paulo Henrique (1996-10-23)23 October 1996 (aged 19) 0 0 Paços de Ferreira
15 3MF Fernando Fonseca (1997-03-14)14 March 1997 (aged 19) 0 0 Porto B
16 3MF Francisco Ramos (1995-04-10)10 April 1995 (aged 21) 1 0 Chaves
17 4FW Carlos Mané (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 22) 0 0 Sporting CP
18 3MF Tiago Silva (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 23) 0 0 Feirense

* Over-aged player.

Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2  Honduras 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Algeria 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Portugal 2–0 Argentina
  • Paciência 66'
  • Pité 84'
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 37,407
Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

Honduras 1–2 Portugal
  • Elis 1'
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
  • Figueiredo 21'
  • Paciência 36'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 32,928
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Algeria 1–1 Portugal
  • Benkablia 30'
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
  • Paciência 25' (pen.)
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 13,787
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Quarterfinal
Portugal 0–4 Germany
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
  • Gnabry 45+1'
  • Ginter 57'
  • Selke 75'
  • Max 87'
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
Attendance: 55,412
Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

Golf

Portugal has entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament. Ricardo Gouveia (world no. 125) and José-Filipe Lima (world no. 392) qualified directly among the top 60 players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Ricardo Gouveia Men's 73 68 76 80 297 +13 59
José-Filipe Lima 70 70 77 71 288 +4 =48

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. On 22 July, however, the Portuguese federation announced that Simões would fail its debut Olympic participation in Rio de Janeiro due to a foot injury in a preparation event.

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Ana Filipa Martins All-around 13.366 13.666 13.833 13.433 54.298 37 Did not advance

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.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Diogo Abreu Men's 55.855 16 Did not advance
Ana Rente Women's 97.885 11 Did not advance

Judo

Portugal has qualified a total of six judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Five of them (three men and two women), with Telma Monteiro remarkably going to her fourth Olympics, were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Nuno Saraiva at men's lightweight (73 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Portuguese judoka outside of direct qualifying position.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sergiu Oleinic Men's −66 kg  Zantaraia (UKR)
W 001–000
 Mateo (DOM)
L 000–100
Did not advance
Nuno Saraiva Men's −73 kg  Ungvári (HUN)
L 000–011
Did not advance
Célio Dias Men's −90 kg Bye  Yovo (BEN)
L 001–100
Did not advance
Jorge Fonseca Men's −100 kg  Bakhshi (AFG)
W 100–000
 Krpálek (CZE)
L 001–010
Did not advance
Joana Ramos Women's −52 kg N/a  Gasongo (BDI)
W 102–000
 Ma Yn (CHN)
L 000–100
Did not advance
Telma Monteiro Women's −57 kg N/a Bye  Manuel (NZL)
W 002–000
 Dorjsüren (MGL)
L 000–000 S
N/a  Pavia (FRA)
W 100–000
 Căprioriu (ROU)
W 001–000

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. On 17 December 2015, three Portuguese sailors had been named to the 2016 Olympic team, including seven-time Olympian João Rodrigues in men's windsurfing. 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.

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
João Rodrigues Men's RS:X 21 10 23 15 15 10 15 12 4 4 12 7 EL 148 11
Gustavo Lima Men's Laser 15 15 20 26 15 8 11 28 38 33 N/a EL 175 22
José Costa
Jorge Lima
Men's 49er 4 4 18 6 16 21 11 19 4 9 19 12 EL 122 16
Sara Carmo Women's Laser Radial 34 31 22 25 18 13 30 30 26 9 N/a EL 235 27

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 31 March 2016.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
João Costa Men's 10 m air pistol 578 11 Did not advance
Men's 50 m pistol 554 11 Did not advance

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 one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Diogo Carvalho Men's 200 m individual medley 2:00.17 19 Did not advance
Alexis Santos Men's 200 m individual medley 1:59.67 =12 Q 2:00.08 12 Did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:15.84 NR 14 N/a Did not advance
Tamila Holub Women's 800 m freestyle 8:45.36 24 N/a Did not advance
Victoria Kaminskaya Women's 200 m individual medley 2:16.78 35 Did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 4:46.03 28 N/a Did not advance
Vânia Neves Women's 10 km open water N/a 2:01:39.3 24

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-born 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. 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.

Remarkably going with Apolonia and Freitas to their third Olympics, João Monteiro was awarded the third spot to build the men's team for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 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 Bye  Tokič (SLO)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Marcos Freitas Bye  Ionescu (ROU)
W 4–1
 Kou (UKR)
W 4–0
 Mizutani (JPN)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Tiago Apolónia
Marcos Freitas
João Monteiro
Men's team N/a  Austria
L 1–3
Did not advance
Shao Jieni Women's singles Bye  Zhang (USA)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Yu Fu Bye  Komwong (THA)
L 3–4
Did not advance

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.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rui Bragança Men's −58 kg  Muñoz (COL)
W 14–2 PTG
 Pie (DOM)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Tennis

Portugal has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 2000. João Sousa (world no. 30) qualified directly for the men's singles event as one of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of 6 June 2016, while Gastão Elias (world no. 88) secured an additional Olympic place as a result of the withdrawal of players with higher ranking. On the second day of the Games, the withdrawal of the German pair from the men's doubles event allowed Elias and Sousa to enter the tournament as alternates.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Gastão Elias Men's singles  Kokkinakis (AUS)
W 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
 Johnson (USA)
L 3–6, 4–6
Did not advance
João Sousa  Haase (NED)
W 6–1, 7–5
 del Potro (ARG)
L 3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Did not advance
Gastão Elias
João Sousa
Men's doubles N/a  Martin /
Zelenay (SVK)
W 6–4, 6–2
 Nestor /
Pospisil (CAN)
L 1–6, 4–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Portugal has qualified a total of three triathletes for the Olympics. Miguel Arraiolos, João José Pereira, and João Pedro Silva were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the men's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of 15 May 2016.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Miguel Arraiolos Men's 18:44 0:50 59:04 0:35 34:57 1:53:35 44
João José Pereira 18:03 0:46 55:52 0:33 30:38 1:45:52 5
João Pedro Silva 18:08 0:49 56:22 0:39 35:35 1:51:33 35

See also

  • Portugal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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