Portugal at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Seoul
Competitors65 (55 men, 10 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer João Rebelo (Shooting)
Officials34
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1] 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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Rosa Mota Athletics Women's marathon 23 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 1 3
Athletics 23 6 29
Canoeing 3 0 3
Equestrian 1 0 1
Fencing 3 0 3
Gymnastics 1 2 3
Judo 3 – 3
Modern pentathlon 1 – 1
Sailing 3 0 3
Shooting 2 0 2
Swimming 11 1 12
Weightlifting 1 – 1
Wrestling 1 – 1
Total 55 10 65

Results by event

Archery

Men's Individual Competition:

Open round — 1176 pts (→ 66th, did not advance)
Distance 90m 70m 50m 30m Total
Round 1 256 284 292 334 1176
Open round — 1160 pts (→ 70th, did not advance)
Distance 90m 70m 50m 30m Total
Round 1 258 281 299 322 1160

Women's Individual Competition:

Open round — 1213 pts (→ 37th, did not advance)
Distance 90m 70m 50m 30m Total
Round 1 283 303 295 332 1213

Athletics

Men's events

100m:

  • Round 1 (heat 11) — 10.80 (→ 5th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 6) — did not finish

200m:

  • Round 1 (heat 9) — 21.31 (→ 2nd)
  • Round 2 (heat 3) — 20.81 (→ 4th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 7) — 21.72 (→ 4th, did not advance)

400m:

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

800m:

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

1,500m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:42.24 (→ 5th)
  • Final — 3:38.77 (→ 9th)

5,000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 13:47.91 (→ 4th)
  • Semi-final — 13:22.44 (→ 1st)
  • Final — 13:16.09 (→ 4th)
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 13:58.72 (→ 8th, did not advance)
  • Round 1 (heat 3) — 13:43.59 (→ 9th)
  • Semi-final — 13:24.48 (→ 3rd)
  • Final — did not finish

10,000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 28:15.63 (→ 6th)
  • Final — 28:09.53 (→ 13th)
  • Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish
  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:43.02 (→ 9th, did not advance)

Marathon

20 km Walk:

50 km Walk:

110m Hurdles:

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

4 × 100 m Relay:

  • Round 1 (heat 4) — 39.61 (→ 3rd)
  • Semi-final (heat 2) — disqualified

4 × 400 m Relay:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:07.75 (→ 3rd)
  • Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:07.75 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Long Jump:

Qualifying Round (group 1) — 6,99 (→ 15th, did not advance)
Attempt 1 2 3
Result X 6,99 6,81

Triple Jump:

Qualifying Round (group 1) — 15,60 (→ 16th, did not advance)
Attempt 1 2 3
Result 15,51 15,60 15,47

Women's events

3000m:

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

10000m:

  • Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:13.85 (→ 5th)
  • Final — 32:07.13 (→ 10th)
  • Round 1 (heat 1) — 31:52.04 (→ 7th)
  • Final — 32:02.13 (→ 9th)

Marathon:

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
José Garcia K-1 500 m 1:57.83 6 QR DSQ Did not advance
K-1 1000 m 3:44.53 4 QR 3:51.14 1 QS 3:44.00 4 Did not advance
António Brinco
Eduardo Gomes 		K-2 500 m 3:31.95 4 QR 3:47.99 5 Did not advance

Equestrian

Men's Individual Jumping:

Qualifying Time Penalties Pts 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 ?
Total 20 1.00 21.00 94.50 26th
Final Time Penalties Rank
Obstacle Time Total
Round 1 106.24 24 0.00 24.00 33rd

Fencing

Men's épée
  • Round 1 (pool 15) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance)
  1. Cezary Siess (POL) (→ lost by 5:3)
  2. Rafael Di Tella (ARG) (→ lost by 5:5)
  3. Arwin Kardolus (NED) (→ lost by 5:3)
  4. Arnd Schmitt (FRG) (→ lost by 5:1)
  5. Alfredo Bogarin Arzamendia (PAR) (→ won by 5:3)
  • Round 1 (pool 2) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance)
  1. Andre Kuhn (SUI) (→ lost by 5:3)
  2. Roberto Lazzarini (BRA) (→ lost by 5:2)
  3. Stéphane Ganeff (NED) (→ lost by 5:1)
  4. Sandro Cuomo (ITA) (→ lost by 5:0)
  • Round 1 (pool 3) — 4 matches, 1 victory (→ 4th)
  1. Jean Michel Henry (FRA) (→ lost by 5:1)
  2. Robert Marx (USA) (→ won by 5:5)
  3. Il-Hee Lee (KOR) (→ lost by 5:3)
  4. Fernando Pena (ESP) (→ lost by 5:2)
  • Round 2 (pool 12) — 4 matches, 0 victories (→ 5th, did not advance)
  1. Stephen Trevor (USA) (→ lost by 5:2)
  2. Mauricio Rivas (COL) (→ lost by 5:2)
  3. Johannes Nagele (AUT) (→ lost by 5:2)
  4. Stefan Joos (BEL) (→ lost by 5:1)
Men's foil
  • Round 1 (pool 12) — 5 matches, 1 victory (→ 5th, did not advance)
  1. Andrea Borella (ITA) (→ lost by 5:2)
  2. Shaopei Lao (CHN) (→ lost by 5:2)
  3. Chung Man Lee (HKG) (→ won by 5:2)
  4. Thierry Soumagne (BEL) (→ lost by 5:1)
  5. Stephen Angers (CAN) (→ lost by 5:1)

Gymnastics

Artistics

Men's Individual All-Round Competition:

Subdivision 1 (Group 4)
Round Floor Pomm. Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar Total
Ia 9.300 9.450 8.700 8.800 9.200 9.200 54.650 109.600
Ib 9.200 9.600 9.250 9.150 9.400 8.350 54.950

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

Subdivision 1 (Group 3)
Round Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Total
Ia 9.300 9.375 8.775 9.175 36.625 73.025
Ib 9.575 9.275 8.400 9.150 36.400

Rhythmics

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

Preliminary Round
Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total
9.350 9.100 9.200 9.400 37.050

Judo

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):

Pool B
Pool A

Men's Half Middleweight (–78 kg):

Pool A
  • 1/32 finals — Bye
  • 1/16 finals — Neil Adams (GBR) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Women's Half Middleweight (–61 kg):

Pool B

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Portugal in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Event Riding Fencing Swimming Shooting Cross-country Total
Pts 910 677 1236 802 1219 4844

Men's Team Competition:

Sailing

Star:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Net
Place 16th 13th 8th 16th 14th 16th 12th
Pts 22 19 14 22 20 22 18 137 115

Division II:

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Net
Place 23rd 26th 14th 15th 9th 23rd 12th
Pts 29 32 20 21 15 29 18 164 132

Shooting

Men's 10m Air Pistol:

Men's Trap:

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Hits 25 21 24 23 24 22 – – 139
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:

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

200m Breaststroke:

  • Heats (heat 6) — 2:17.87 (→ 5th)
  • Final B — 2:18.01 (→ 1st – 9th overall)

100m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 57.30 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 33rd overall)
  • Heats (heat 3) — 57.62 (→ 4th, did not advance, 37th place)

200m Butterfly:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:03.79 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall)
  • Heats (heat 2) — 2:04.74 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 29th overall)

50m Freestyle:

  • Heats (heat 6) — 24.02 (→ 5th, did not advance – 31st overall)
  • Heats (heat 5) — 24.24 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 30th overall)

1500m Freestyle:

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

200m Individual Medley:

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

400m Individual Medley:

  • Heats (heat 2) — 4:30.79 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 22nd overall)
  • Heats (heat 2) — 4:35.00 (→ 5th, did not advance – 26th overall)

4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay:

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

Women's Events

100m Butterfly:

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

200m Butterfly:

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

Weightlifting

Men's Lightweight (–67,5 kg):

Group C — 275,0 kg (→ 14th)
Event Attempt Result
1 2 3
Snatch 120,0 125,0 127,5 125,0
Clean
& Jerk 		150,0 155,0 155,0 150,0
Total 275,0

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):

Group B:
  • Round 1 — Pete Stjernberg (SWE) (→ lost by injury)
  • Round 2 — Jae-Suk Lee (KOR) (→ lost by injury; did not advance)

Officials

References

  1. ^ "Portugal at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  2. ^ Portugal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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