Portugal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

A dodadinal delegation of sixty four competitors participated in a new record number of fourteen sports. Portugal's only medal was its second Olympic gold ever, won by the Los Angeles 1984 women's marathon bronze medalist Rosa Mota who added the Olympic title to her European and World marathon titles. The future Olympic champion Fernanda Ribeiro debuted in the Olympics but didn't finish her participation.

The athletics hosted most of the Portuguese competitors' events, confirming this nation's great athletic potential at the Olympic level. Swimming events also registered a bigger amount than the usual. In its second Olympic archery competition, Portugal sent two men as well as its first female Olympic archer who established a new high ranking for a Portuguese archer at 37th.

Medalist

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

|-

| || Rosa Mota || Athletics || Women's marathon || 23 September

|}

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|-

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

|-

| align=left|Archery

| 2 || 1 || 3

|-

| align=left|Athletics

| 23 || 6 || 29

|-

| align=left|Canoeing

| 3 || 0 || 3

|-

| align=left|Equestrian

| 1 || 0 || 1

|-

| align=left|Fencing

| 3 || 0 || 3

|-

| align=left|Gymnastics

| 1 || 2 || 3

|-

| align=left|Judo

| 3 || – || 3

|-

| align=left|Modern pentathlon

| 1 || – || 1

|-

| align=left|Sailing

| 3 || 0 || 3

|-

| align=left|Shooting

| 2 || 0 || 2

|-

| align=left|Swimming

| 11 || 1 || 12

|-

| align=left|Weightlifting

| 1 || – || 1

|-

| align=left|Wrestling

| 1 || – || 1

|-

! Total || 55 || 10 || 65

|}

Results by event

Archery

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Carlos Reis

:Open round — 1176 pts (→ 66th, did not advance)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Distance!!90m!!70m!!50m!!30m!!Total

|-

!Round 1

|256||284||292||334||1176

|}

  • Rui Santos

:Open round — 1160 pts (→ 70th, did not advance)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Distance!!90m!!70m!!50m!!30m!!Total

|-

!Round 1

|258||281||299||322||1160

|}

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Ana Sousa

:Open round — 1213 pts (→ 37th, did not advance)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Distance!!90m!!70m!!50m!!30m!!Total

|-

!Round 1

|283||303||295||332||1213

|}

Athletics

Men's events

100m:

  • Luís Cunha

:* Round 1 (heat 11) — 10.80 (→ 5th, did not advance)

  • Pedro Agostinho

:* Round 1 (heat 6) — did not finish

200m:

  • Luís Barroso

:* Round 1 (heat 9) — 21.31 (→ 2nd)

:* Round 2 (heat 3) — 20.81 (→ 4th, did not advance)

  • Luís Cunha

:* Round 1 (heat 7) — 21.72 (→ 4th, did not advance)

400m:

  • Filipe Lomba

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 47.57 (→ 5th, did not advance)

800m:

  • Álvaro Silva

:* Round 1 (heat 4) — 1:49.09 (→ 3rd)

:* Round 2 (heat 4) — 1:46.65 (→ 3rd)

:* Semi-final (heat 2) — 1:45.12 (→ 5th, did not advance)

  • António Abrantes

:* Round 1 (heat 3) — 1:49.01 (→ 4th, did not advance)

1,500m:

  • Mário Silva

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:42.24 (→ 5th)

:* Final — 3:38.77 (→ 9th)

5,000m:

  • Domingos Castro

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 13:47.91 (→ 4th)

:* Semi-final — 13:22.44 (→ 1st)

:* Final — 13:16.09 (→ 4th)

  • Fernando Couto

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 13:58.72 (→ 8th, did not advance)

  • José Regalo

:* Round 1 (heat 3) — 13:43.59 (→ 9th)

:* Semi-final — 13:24.48 (→ 3rd)

:* Final — did not finish

10,000m:

  • António Pinto

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 28:15.63 (→ 6th)

:* Final — 28:09.53 (→ 13th)

  • Dionísio Castro

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish

  • Ezequiel Canario

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:43.02 (→ 9th, did not advance)

Marathon

  • Joaquim Silva — 2:18:05 (→ 27th)
  • Paulo Catarino — DNF

20 km Walk:

  • Hélder Oliveira — 1:27:39 (→ 39th)
  • José Pinto — 1:26:33 (→ 31st)
  • José Urbano — 1:24:56 (→ 29th)

50 km Walk:

  • José Pinto — 3:55:57 (→ 21st)

110m Hurdles:

  • João Lima

:* Round 1 (heat 5) — 14.73 (→ 6th, did not advance)

4 × 100 m Relay:

  • Arnaldo Abrantes, Luís Barroso, Pedro Agostinho and Pedro Curvelo

:* Round 1 (heat 4) — 39.61 (→ 3rd)

:* Semi-final (heat 2) — disqualified

4 × 400 m Relay:

  • Álvaro Silva, António Abrantes, Filipe Lomba and Paulo Curvelo

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:07.75 (→ 3rd)

:* Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:07.75 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Long Jump:

  • José Leitão

:Qualifying Round (group 1) — 6,99 (→ 15th, did not advance)

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Attempt!!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3

|-

!Result

|X||6,99||6,81

|}

Triple Jump:

  • José Leitão

:Qualifying Round (group 1) — 15,60 (→ 16th, did not advance)

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Attempt!!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3

|-

!Result

|15,51||15,60||15,47

|}

Women's events

3000m:

  • Fernanda Ribeiro

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 9:05.92 (→ 13th, did not advance)

10000m:

  • Albertina Dias

:* Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:13.85 (→ 5th)

:* Final — 32:07.13 (→ 10th)

  • Albertina Machado

:* Round 1 (heat 1) — 31:52.04 (→ 7th)

:* Final — 32:02.13 (→ 9th)

Marathon:

  • Aurora Cunha — did not start
  • Conceição Ferreira — 2:34:23 (→ 20th)
  • Rosa Mota — 2:25:40 (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men

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|-

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|José Garcia

|align=left|K-1 500 m

|1:57.83

|6 QR

|colspan=2|DSQ

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|K-1 1000 m

|3:44.53

|4 QR

|3:51.14

|1 QS

|3:44.00

|4

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|António Brinco <br /> Eduardo Gomes

|align=left|K-2 500 m

|3:31.95

|4 QR

|3:47.99

|5

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|}

Equestrian

Men's Individual Jumping:

  • Manuel Malta da Costa — 33rd

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Qualifying!!rowspan=2|Time!!colspan=3|Penalties!!rowspan=2|Pts!!rowspan=2|Rank

|-

!Obstacle!!Time!!Total

|-

!Round 1

|107.44||0||0.00||0.00||69.50||1st

|-

!Round 2

|98.05||20||1.00||21.00||25.00||?

|-

!colspan=2|Total

|20||1.00||21.00||94.50||26th

|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Final!!rowspan=2|Time!!colspan=3|Penalties!!rowspan=2|Rank

|-

!Obstacle!!Time!!Total

|-

!Round 1

|106.24||24||0.00||24.00||33rd

|}

Fencing

;Men's épée

  • José Bandeira — 67th

:* Round 1 (pool 15) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance)

::# Cezary Siess <small>(POL)</small> (→ lost by 5:3)

::# Rafael Di Tella <small>(ARG)</small> (→ lost by 5:5)

::# Arwin Kardolus <small>(NED)</small> (→ lost by 5:3)

::# Arnd Schmitt <small>(FRG)</small> (→ lost by 5:1)

::# Alfredo Bogarin Arzamendia <small>(PAR)</small> (→ won by 5:3)

  • Óscar Pinto — 74th

:* Round 1 (pool 2) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance)

::# Andre Kuhn <small>(SUI)</small> (→ lost by 5:3)

::# Roberto Lazzarini <small>(BRA)</small> (→ lost by 5:2)

::# Stéphane Ganeff <small>(NED)</small> (→ lost by 5:1)

::# Sandro Cuomo <small>(ITA)</small> (→ lost by 5:0)

  • Roberto Durão — 60th

:* Round 1 (pool 3) — 4 matches, 1 victory (→ 4th)

::# Jean Michel Henry <small>(FRA)</small> (→ lost by 5:1)

::# Robert Marx <small>(USA)</small> (→ won by 5:5)

::# Il-Hee Lee <small>(KOR)</small> (→ lost by 5:3)

::# Fernando Pena <small>(ESP)</small> (→ lost by 5:2)

:* Round 2 (pool 12) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance)

::# Stephen Trevor <small>(USA)</small> (→ lost by 5:2)

::# Mauricio Rivas <small>(COL)</small> (→ lost by 5:2)

::# Johannes Nagele <small>(AUT)</small> (→ lost by 5:2)

::# Stefan Joos <small>(BEL)</small> (→ lost by 5:1)

;Men's foil

  • José Bandeira — 55th

:* Round 1 (pool 12) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance)

::# Andrea Borella <small>(ITA)</small> (→ lost by 5:2)

::# Shaopei Lao <small>(CHN)</small> (→ lost by 5:2)

::# Chung Man Lee <small>(HKG)</small> (→ won by 5:2)

::# Thierry Soumagne <small>(BEL)</small> (→ lost by 5:1)

::# Stephen Angers <small>(CAN)</small> (→ lost by 5:1)

Gymnastics

Artistics

Men's Individual All-Round Competition:

  • Hélder Pinheiro — 109.600 pts (→ 85th)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

|colspan=9|Subdivision 1 (Group 4)

|-

!Round!!Floor!!Pomm. Horse!!Rings!!Vault!!Parallel Bars!!Horizontal Bar!!colspan=2|Total

|-

!Ia

|9.300||9.450||8.700||8.800||9.200||9.200||54.650||rowspan=2|109.600

|-

!Ib

|9.200||9.600||9.250||9.150||9.400||8.350||54.950

|}

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

  • Sónia Moura — 83rd

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

|colspan=7|Subdivision 1 (Group 3)

|-

!Round!!Vault!!Uneven Bars!!Balance Beam!!Floor!!colspan=2|Total

|-

!Ia

|9.300||9.375||8.775||9.175||36.625||rowspan=2|73.025

|-

!Ib

|9.575||9.275||8.400||9.150||36.400

|}

Rhythmics

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

  • Patricia Jorge — 37.050 pts (→ 30th)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

|colspan=5|Preliminary Round

|-

!Rope!!Hoop!!Clubs!!Ribbon!!Total

|-

|9.350||9.100||9.200||9.400||37.050

|}

Judo

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60&nbsp;kg):

  • Renato Santos

:Pool B

:* 1/32 finals — Bye

:* 1/16 finals — Carlos Sotillo <small>(ESP)</small> (→ won by kiken-gachi)

:* 1/8 finals — Zhang Guojun <small>(CHN)</small> (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)

  • Hugo Assunção

:Pool A

:* 1/32 finals — James Sibenge <small>(ZIM)</small> (→ won by ippon)

:* 1/16 finals — Eugene McManus <small>(IRL)</small> (→ won by yusei-gachi)

:* 1/8 finals — Anders Dahlin <small>(SWE)</small> (→ lost by koka, did not advance)

Men's Half Middleweight (–78&nbsp;kg):

  • Pedro Cristóvão

:Pool A

:* 1/32 finals — Bye

:* 1/16 finals — Neil Adams <small>(GBR)</small> (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Women's Half Middleweight (–61&nbsp;kg):

  • Teresa Gaspar

:Pool B

:* 1/4 finals — Lynn Roethke <small>(USA)</small> (→ lost by yuko)

:* Repêchage — Boguslawa Olechnowicz <small>(POL)</small> (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Portugal in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Manuel Barroso — 4844 pts (→ 34th)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Event

!Riding

!Fencing

!Swimming

!Shooting

!Cross-country

!Total

|-

!Pts

|910

|677

|1236

|802

|1219

|4844

|}

Men's Team Competition:

  • Manuel Barroso — 4844 pts (→ 22nd)

Sailing

Star:

  • Henrique Anjos and Patricio de Barros — 115 pts (→ 15th)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net

|-

!Place

|<s>16th</s>||13th||8th||16th||14th||16th||12th

|-

!Pts

|<s>22</s>||19||14||22||20||22||18||137||115

|}

Division II:

  • Luís Calico — 132 pts (→ 19th)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!Race!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!rowspan=2|Total!!rowspan=2|Net

|-

!Place

|23rd||<s>26th</s>||14th||15th||9th||23rd||12th

|-

!Pts

|29||<s>32</s>||20||21||15||29||18||164||132

|}

Shooting

Men's 10m Air Pistol:

  • José Pena — did not start

Men's Trap:

  • Hélder Cavaco — 139 hits (→ 37th)

:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total

|-

!Hits

|25||21||24||23||24||22||–||–||139

|}

  • João Rebelo — 190 hits (→ 18th)

:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!Total

|-

!Hits

|24||24||25||24||22||24||24||23||190

|}

Swimming

Men's Events

100m Breaststroke:

  • Alexandre Yokochi

:* Heats (heat 2) — 1:05.66 (→ 1st, did not advance – 40th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

  • Alexandre Yokochi

:* Heats (heat 6) — 2:17.87 (→ 5th)

:* Final B — 2:18.01 (→ 1st – 9th overall)

100m Butterfly:

  • Mabílio Albuquerque

:* Heats (heat 2) — 57.30 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 33rd overall)

  • Paulo Camacho

:* Heats (heat 3) — 57.62 (→ 4th, did not advance, 37th place)

200m Butterfly:

  • Diogo Madeira

:* Heats (heat 2) — 2:03.79 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall)

  • João Santos

:* Heats (heat 2) — 2:04.74 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 29th overall)

50m Freestyle:

  • Paulo Trindade

:* Heats (heat 6) — 24.02 (→ 5th, did not advance – 31st overall)

  • Sérgio Esteves

:* Heats (heat 5) — 24.24 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 30th overall)

1500m Freestyle:

  • Artur Costa

:* Heats (heat 2) — 15:56.13 (→ 7th, did not advance – 30th overall)

200m Individual Medley:

  • Diogo Madeira

:* Heats (heat 4) — 2:10.21 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 28th overall)

400m Individual Medley:

  • Rui Borges

:* Heats (heat 2) — 4:30.79 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 22nd overall)

  • Diogo Madeira

:* Heats (heat 2) — 4:35.00 (→ 5th, did not advance – 26th overall)

4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay:

  • Mabílio Albuquerque, Henrique Villaret, Sérgio Esteves and Vasco Sousa

:* Heats (heat 1) — 3:33.31 (→ 5th, did not advance – 14th overall)

Women's Events

100m Butterfly:

  • Sandra Neves

:* Heats (heat 3) — 1:04.60 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 27th overall)

200m Butterfly:

  • Sandra Neves

:* Heats (heat 2) — 2:18.29 (→ 5th, did not advance – 18th overall)

Weightlifting

Men's Lightweight (–67,5&nbsp;kg):

  • Paulo Duarte

:Group C — 275,0 kg (→ 14th)

:{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Event!!colspan=3|Attempt!!rowspan=2|Result

|-

!1!!2!!3

|-

!Snatch

|120,0||125,0||<s>127,5</s>||125,0

|-

!Clean<br>& Jerk

|150,0||<s>155,0</s>||<s>155,0</s>||150,0

|-

!colspan=4|Total

|275,0

|}

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52&nbsp;kg):

  • José Marques

:Group B:

:* Round 1 — Pete Stjernberg <small>(SWE)</small> (→ lost by injury)

:* Round 2 — Jae-Suk Lee <small>(KOR)</small> (→ lost by injury; did not advance)

Officials

  • Celorico Moreira (chief of mission)

References

  • Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee (1989). Official Report of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988 - Volume 1: Organization and planning (Retrieved on November 10, 2006).
  • Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee (1989). Official Report of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988 - Volume 2: Competition summary and results (Retrieved on November 10, 2006).
  • International Olympic Committee - Olympic medal winners database
  • sports-reference