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Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Portugal at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in London
Competitors48 in 8 sports
Officials3
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively.[1] This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.

Medalists

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Silver

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Bronze

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Athletics

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Men's 100m:

Men's 200m:

Men's Long Jump:

Men's Triple Jump:

Equestrian

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Men's Individual Dressage:

Men's Team Dressage:

Men's Individual Eventing:

Men's Individual Jumping:

Men's Team Jumping:

Fencing

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Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Rowing

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Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Men's coxed four — 2nd round
2nd (heat 4)
Men's eight — semi-final
2nd (heat 3)

Sailing

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Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Joao Miguez Tito Firefly 15 10 10 7 8 14 11 2603 13
Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza
Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho
Star 11 6 1 5 12 5 3 4292 6
Duarte de Almeida Bello
Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello
Swallow 1 4 4 5 1 5 1 5579
Joao Félix da Silva Capucho
António Guedes de Herédia
Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço
Henrique Reis Goncho Sallaty
Dragon 11 9 6 8 7 6 5 2123 9

Shooting

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Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.

25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol
50 metre rifle

Swimming

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Men's 100m backstroke:

Art competitions

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Officials

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References

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  1. ^ "Portugal at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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