Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

A delegation of nineteen competitors participated in six sports, conquering, for the first time, two silver medals in one Olympiad and one olympic medal in the athletics. The long-distance runner and future marathon olympic champion Carlos Lopes

Carlos Lopes

Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH, is a former Portuguese long-distance athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles. He brought home Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal along with a new Olympic record - 2:09.21.Born in Vildemoinhos, near Viseu, Portugal,...

 conquered, here in Montreal, the first of its two olympic medals.

Silver

• Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH, is a former Portuguese long-distance athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles. He brought home Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal along with a new Olympic record - 2:09.21.Born in Vildemoinhos, near Viseu, Portugal,...
  
   — Athletics, 10000m
• Armando Silva Marques — Shooting, Trap

Athletics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

Men's 400m:

• José de Jesus Carvalho
• Round 1 (heat 6) — 48.47 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 800m:

• Fernando Mamede
  Fernando Mamede
  Fernando Eugénio Pacheco Mamede is a former Portuguese athlete, a long distance running specialist. He was born in Beja. Together with Carlos Lopes, he is one of the best Portuguese male long distance runners ever, and held the 10,000 metres world record with a time of 27:13.81 until bested by...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:49.58 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m:

• Fernando Mamede
  Fernando Mamede
  Fernando Eugénio Pacheco Mamede is a former Portuguese athlete, a long distance running specialist. He was born in Beja. Together with Carlos Lopes, he is one of the best Portuguese male long distance runners ever, and held the 10,000 metres world record with a time of 27:13.81 until bested by...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:37.98 (→ 3rd)
• Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:42.59 (→ 8th, did not advance)

• Hélder Baiona de Jesus
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:44.20 (→ 2nd)
• Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:47.37 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Men's 5000m:

• Aniceto Silva Simões
• Qualifying (heat 3) — 13:21.93 (→ 6th, qualified as 2nd fastest loser)
• Final — 13:29.38 (→ 8th)

• Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH, is a former Portuguese long-distance athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles. He brought home Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal along with a new Olympic record - 2:09.21.Born in Vildemoinhos, near Viseu, Portugal,...
  
  
• Qualifying (heat 2) — did not participate

Men's 10000m

• Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH, is a former Portuguese long-distance athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles. He brought home Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal along with a new Olympic record - 2:09.21.Born in Vildemoinhos, near Viseu, Portugal,...
  
  
• Qualifying (heat 1) — 28:04.53 (→ 1st)
• Final — 27:45.17 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles:

• José de Jesus Carvalho
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 50.99 (→ 4th)
• Semi-final — 49.97 (→ 2nd)
• Final → 49.94 (→ 5th)

Men's Marathon:

• Anacleto Pereira Pinto — 2:18:53.4 (→ 22nd)
• Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Lopes
  Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH, is a former Portuguese long-distance athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles. He brought home Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal along with a new Olympic record - 2:09.21.Born in Vildemoinhos, near Viseu, Portugal,...
  
   — did not participate

Judo

Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the Judo competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics medals were awarded in 5 weight classes and in the open competition, and was restricted to male judoka only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

Men's Lightweight (–63 kg):

• José Pinto Gomes

Group B

• Round 1 — Mustapha Belahmira (MAR
  Morocco
  Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
  
  ) (→ forfeited)
• Round 2 — Osman Yanar (TUR
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  ) (→ won by jury decision)
• Round 3 — Hector Rodriguez
  Héctor Rodríguez (judoka)
  Héctor Rodríguez Torres is a Cuban judoka and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. by defeating South Korea's Chang Eun-Yung in the final.-References:*...
  
   (CUB
  Cuba
  The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
  
  ) (→ lost by ippon
  Ippon
  Ippon literally "one full point", it is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ippon-wazari contest, usually judo, karate or jujutsu.-Ippon in judo:...
  
  )
• Repêchage — Marian Standowicz (POL
  Poland
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
  
  ) (→ lost by yuko
  Yuko
  -Judo:Yuko is a lower grade of score, and only counts as a tie-breaker; it is not cumulative with other yuko scores.-Possible writings:Yūko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:*優子, "gentle, child"*裕子, "fertile, child"...
  
  )

Men's Light Middleweight (–70 kg):

• António Roquete Andrade

Group A

• Round 1 — Koji Kuramoto (JAP
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  ) (→ lost by jury decision)
• Repêchage — Juan-Carlos Rodriguez (ESP
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  ) (→ lost by koka)

Sailing

Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470):

• Joaquim Leça Ramada and Francisco Antunes Mourão — 137 pts (→ 21st)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	|Total	|Net
  Place	18	18	14	9	28	22	20
  Pts	24	24	20	15	34	28	26	171	137

Shooting

Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.-Medal count:...

Trap:

• Armando Silva Marques — 189 hits (→ Silver Medal)

  Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
  Hits	22	24	24	25	23	24	25	22	189

Swimming

Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...

Men's 100m Freestyle:

• José Gomes Pereira
• Heats (heat 6) — 55.46 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle:

• Paulo Frischknecht
• Heats (heat 5) — 2:02.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)
• José Gomes Pereira
• Heats (heat 4) — 2:03.03 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle:

• Rui Pinto de Abreu
• Heats (heat 4) — 4:28.43 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle:

• António Botelho Melo
• Heats (heat 4) — 17:24.31 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay:

• António Botelho Melo, José Gomes Pereira, Paulo Frischknecht and Rui Pinto de Abreu
• Heats (heat 2) — 8:26.68 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke:

• António Botelho Melo
• Heats (heat 3) — 1:05.76 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke:

• António Botelho Melo
• Heats (heat 1) — 2:26.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke:

• Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio
• Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:

• Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio
• Heats (heat 3) — 2:41.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht
• Heats (heat 4) — 1:01.97 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht
• Heats (heat 4) — 2:20.54 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley:

• António Botelho Melo
• Heats (heat 3) — 5:11.48 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 4×100m Medley Relay:

• António Botelho Melo, Henrique Carvalho Vicêncio, José Gomes Pereira and Paulo Frischknecht
• Heats (heat 2) — 4:20.84 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:...

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg):

• Leonel Duarte
• Round 1 — Mohamed Karmous (MAR
  Morocco
  Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
  
  ) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Rolf Krauss (GER
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  ) (→ won by fall; –8pts: did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):

• Luís Grilo
• Round 1 — Ali Lachkar (MAR
  Morocco
  Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
  
  ) (→ opponent disqualified; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Doug Yeats (CAN
  Canada
  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
  ) (→ won by fall)
• Round 3 — Joseph Sade (USA) (→ lost by 30:1; –8 pts: did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (–62 kg):

• Joaquim Jesus Vieira
• Round 1 — Stoyan Lazarov (BUL
  Bulgaria
  Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
  
  ) (→ lost by fall; –4 pts)
• Round 2 — Kazimier Lipien (POL
  Poland
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
  
  ) (→ lost by fall; –8 pts: did not advance)