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Portugal at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Portugal at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Rome
Competitors65 (60 men, 5 women) in 11 sports
Officials2
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports,[1] with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.

Medalists

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Silver

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Athletics

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Men's 3000m Steeplechase:

Men's 5000m:

Men's Decathlon:

  • Júlio Santos — DNF (2282 points)
    1. 100m — 12,0 (597)
    2. Long Jump — 6,32 (592)
    3. Shot Put — 10,85 (488)
    4. High Jump — 1,65 (605)
    5. 400m — DNF
    6. 110m Hurdles — DNS
    7. Discus Throw — DNS
    8. Pole Vault — DNS
    9. Javelin Throw — DNS
    10. 1500m — DNS

Men's Hammer Throw:

Men's Long Jump:

Cycling

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Individual road race
Team time trial

Equestrian

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Men's Individual Dressage:

Men's Individual Eventing:

Men's Team Eventing:

Men's Individual Jumping:

Men's Team Jumping:

Fencing

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Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Portugal in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Men's Individual Competition:

  • Hermenegildo Candeias — 120th (87,65 points)
    1. Horizontal Bar — 114th (15,20)
    2. Parallel Bars — 116th (15,30)
    3. Pommelled Horse — 106th (15,65)
    4. Rings — 116th (16,20)
    5. Vault — 129th (8,75)
    6. Floor — 111th (16,55)

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Dália Vairinho Cunha Sammer — 109th (59,165)
    1. Vault — 91st (16,166)
    2. Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
    3. Beam — 110th (14,566)
    4. Floor — 109th (15,500)
  • Esbela Fonseca — 116th (55,431 points)
    1. Vault — 120th (10,733)
    2. Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
    3. Beam — 117th (13,766)
    4. Floor — 112th (15,066)
  • Maria Cunha — 119th (53,163 points)
    1. Vault — 122nd (9,099)
    2. Asymmetrical Bars — 115th (12,933)
    3. Beam — 113th (14,432)
    4. Floor — 105th (15,766)

Rowing

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Portugal had 5 male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men's coxed four

Sailing

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Men's Finn:

Men's Flying Dutchman:

Men's Star:

Men's Dragon:

Men's 5,5m:

Shooting

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Nine shooters represented Portugal in 1960.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

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Men's 100m Backstroke:

Men's 200m Butterfly:

Men's 100m Freestyle:

Men's 400m Freestyle:

Men's 1500m Freestyle:

Men's 4×100m Medley:

Women's 200m Breaststroke:

Weightlifting

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Men's Bantamweight (–57 kg):

Wrestling

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

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

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (–79 kg):

Officials

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References

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  1. ^ "Portugal at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Portugal Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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