Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Portuguese athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912. The Olympic Committee of Portugal sent the nation's second-largest team to the Games. A total of 81 athletes, 64 men and 17 women, were selected by the committee to participate in 15 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Portugal had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in badminton, canoeing, equestrian, artistic and trampoline gymnastics, triathlon, and wrestling, which made its official Olympic comeback after an eight-year absence.

Twenty-four Portuguese athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including two returning Olympic medalists: long-distance runner and former champion Fernanda Ribeiro and lightweight judoka Nuno Delgado, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name=delgado>Template:Cite news</ref> Mistral windsurfer and multiple-time European champion João Rodrigues and middle-distance runner Carla Sacramento shared their experiences at these Games as the only athletes who made their fourth Olympic appearance. Equestrian rider Carlos Grave, aged 46, was the oldest athlete of the team, while breaststroke swimmer Diana Gomes was the youngest at age 15. Among the Portuguese athletes on the team, two of them had acquired dual citizenship to compete for Portugal: former hurdler Naide Gomes from São Tomé and Príncipe in the women's heptathlon, and sprinter Francis Obikwelu on his third Olympic bid after he previously joined the Nigerian squad in Atlanta and Sydney.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Portugal left Athens with only three Olympic medals, two silver and one bronze, improving the nation's stark medal tally from Sydney four years earlier. The highlight of the Games for the Portuguese team came on the first day with a historic milestone for Sérgio Paulinho, as the nation's first-ever cyclist to claim a silver medal in the men's road race.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The remaining medals were awarded to the athletes in the track and field. On August 22, 2004, Obikwelu challenged the Americans in the men's 100 metres, but he managed to settle only for the silver.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Meanwhile, Rui Silva added another medal for Portugal with a blistering bronze in the men's 1500 metres, which was dominated by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Athletics	Men's 100 m	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Cycling	Men's road race	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Athletics	Men's 1500 m	Template:Dts

Athletics

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Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alberto Chaíça	Marathon	colspan=6 Template:N/a	2:14:17	8
Jorge Costa	50 km walk	colspan=6 Template:N/a	4:12:24	34
Manuel Damião	1500 m	3:39.94	8 q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	3:37.16	8	Did not advance
Pedro Martins	50 km walk	colspan=6 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Edivaldo Monteiro	400 m hurdles	49.53	4 q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	49.26	7	Did not advance
Francis Obikwelu	100 m	10.09	1 Q	9.93 NR	1 Q	9.97	2 Q	9.86 NR	Template:Silver02
	200 m	20.40	2 Q	20.33	1 Q	20.36	2 Q	20.14	5
João Pires	800 m	1:46.71	6	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Luís Sá	110 m hurdles	14.01	8	Did not advance
Manuel Silva	3000 m steeplechase	8:38.31	11	colspan=4 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Rui Silva	1500 m	3:37.98	2 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	3:40.99	2 Q	3:34.68	Template:Bronze03
João Vieira	20 km walk	colspan=6 Template:N/a	1:22:19	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gaspar Araújo	Long jump	7.49	33	Did not advance
Vítor Costa	Hammer throw	72.47	27	Did not advance
Nelson Évora	Triple jump	15.72	40	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ana Dias	Marathon	colspan=4 Template:N/a	3:08:11	62
Susana Feitor	20 km walk	colspan=4 Template:N/a	1:32:47	20
Maribel Gonçalves		colspan=4 Template:N/a	1:33:59	26
Inês Henriques		colspan=4 Template:N/a	1:33:53	25
Inês Monteiro	5000 m	16:03.75	18	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Fernanda Ribeiro	10000 m	colspan=4 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Carla Sacramento	1500 m	4:07.73	8 q	4:10.85	10	Did not advance
Helena Sampaio	Marathon	colspan=4 Template:N/a	2:49:18	47
Nédia Semedo	800 m	2:02.61	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Teresa Machado	Discus throw	58.47	23	Did not advance
Vânia Silva	Hammer throw	63.81	34	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	200 m	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	800 m	Final	Rank
Naide Gomes	Result	13.58	1.85	14.71	25.46	6.10	40.75	2:20.05	6151	13
	Points	1039	1041	841	845	880	682	823

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marco Vasconcelos	Men's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 5–15, 5–15	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emanuel Silva	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.067	4 q	1:43.051	7	Did not advance
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:29.854	3 q	3:29.942	3 Q	3:33.862	7

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gonçalo Amorim	Men's road race	Did not finish
Cândido Barbosa		Did not finish
Sérgio Paulinho	Men's road race	5:41:45	Template:Silver02
	Men's time trial	1:01:25.63	25
Nuno Ribeiro	Men's road race	5:41:56	27

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Carlos Grave	Laughton Hills	Individual	72.80	70	12.80	85.60	49	11.00	96.60	46	Did not advance			96.60	46

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
João Gomes	Individual foil	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 14–15	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

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Group play

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Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip			Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Filipe Bezugo	All-around	8.987	8.525	8.962	8.925	8.262	9.262	52.923	43	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Nuno Merino	Men's	66.90	8 Q	40.10	6

Judo

Template:Main article Four Portuguese judoka (three men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
João Pina	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1100–0010	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0011–0001	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–1001	Did not advance	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0030–0001	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0010–0020	Did not advance
João Neto	−73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0011–0010	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1020–0001	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1110–0020	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Nuno Delgado	−81 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0002–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Telma Monteiro	−52 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1000–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1010–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Sailing

Template:Main article Portuguese sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
João Rodrigues	Mistral	10	2	22	9	3	5	4	OCS	7	8	8	78	6
Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes	470	22	5	20	21	10	8	9	1	20	1	8	103	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Joana Pratas	Europe	2	24	17	22	24	16	12	OCS	22	9	21	169	22

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Gustavo Lima	Laser	1	15	7	28	14	19	6	4	2	1	19	88	5
Nuno Barreto Diogo Cayolla	Tornado	DNC	16	14	16	12	13	12	15	11	6	7	122	16

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Template:Main article Two Portuguese shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
João Costa	10 m air pistol	578	=17	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	556	=12	Did not advance
Custódio Ezequiel	Trap	115	=21	Did not advance

Swimming

Template:Main article Portuguese swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fernando Costa	1500 m freestyle	15:32.55	21	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
José Couto	100 m breaststroke	1:03.72	33	Did not advance
Luís Monteiro	200 m freestyle	1:51.78	29	Did not advance
Simão Morgado	100 m butterfly	53.53	24	Did not advance
Pedro Silva	50 m freestyle	23.23	=36	Did not advance
Tiago Venâncio	100 m freestyle	50.18	26	Did not advance
João Araújo Luís Monteiro Adriano Niz Miguel Pires	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:27.99 NR	14	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raquel Felgueiras	200 m butterfly	2:13.08	20	Did not advance
Diana Gomes	100 m breaststroke	1:11.40	=24	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:34.23	23	Did not advance

Triathlon

Template:Main article Portugal sent a single triathlete to Athens.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Vanessa Fernandes	Women's	19:20	0:21	1:11:07	0:23	35:48	2:06:15.39	8

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
João Brenha Miguel Maia	Men's	Pool F Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1 – 2 (13–21, 21–16, 15–5) Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–19) Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0 – 2 (20–22, 20–22)	3 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)	Did not advance

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hugo Passos	−60 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–5 Template:Abbr	3	Did not advance			21

See also

• Portugal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Olympic Committee of Portugal Template:In lang

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