Portugal at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Despite the United States-led international boycott to these Games, which was reflected in Portugal as the governmental non-funding of the Olympic mission, the Portuguese Olympic Committee's autonomy was respected and thus it was able to collect public financial support to send a delegation of eleven competitors. These participated in six sports, with a debut in boxing, however no medals were won. The nation marched under the Olympic Flag for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

• João José Pontes Campos

• Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:41.3 (→ 5th)
• Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:44.4 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• José Manuel Sena

• Round 1 (heat 3) — did not finish

Men's Marathon

• Anacleto Pereira Pinto

• Final — 2:17:04 (→ 16th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (–48 kg):

• João Manuel Miguel (a.k.a. Paquito)

• 1/16 final — Bye
• 1/8 final — Shamil Sabirov (URS) (→ lost 5:0, did not advance)

Gymnastics

Women's Team All-Round Competition:

• Maria Avelina Alvarez — 69,00 pts (→ 9th – 16th)

Subdivision 1
Exercises	C	O	Total
Vault	8,85	8,65	17,50
Uneven Bars	8,85	8,05	16,90
Balance Beam	8,90	8,90	17,80
Floor	8,75	8,05	16,80
Total	35,35	33,65	69,00
Notes: C – compulsory; O – optional

Judo

Men's –60 kg:

• João Paulo Mendonça

Pool B:

• Round 1 — Marian Donat (POL) (→ won by waza-ari)
• Round 2 — Thierry Rey (FRA) (→ lost by ippon)
• Repêchage — Reino Fagerlund (FIN) (→ lost by koka, did not advance)

Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):

• José António Branco

Pool A:

• Round 1 — Abdoulaye Thera (MLI) (→ won by waza-ari awasete ippon)
• Round 2 — Ilian Nedkov (BUL) (→ lost by waza-ari awasete ippon, did not advance)

Men's Half Middleweight (–70 kg):

• António Roquete Andrade

Pool A:

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Berkane Lakhdar Adda (ALG) (→ won by waza-ari)
• Round 3 — Bernard Tchoullouyan (FRA) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 2) — 1:00.62(→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 1) — did not participate

Men's 100m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4)— 57.94 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 1) — 52.85 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 1) — 1:55.25 (→ 4th, did not advance)

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 1)— 1:55.06 (→ 3rd, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4)— did not participate

Weightlifting

Men's Flyweight (–52 kg):

• Raul Diniz — 197,0 pts (→ 13th)

Event	Attempt			Result	Place
	1	2	3
Snatch	82,5	87,5	87,5	82,5	17th
Clean & Jerk	115,0	120,0	122,5	115,0	11th
Total				197,5	13th

Officials

• Salles Grade (chief of mission)
• Fernando Lima Bello (chief of mission)

References

• Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 (1981). Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad - Volume 2: The organisation (Retrieved on November 9, 2006).
• Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 (1981). Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad - Volume 3: The participants and results (Retrieved on November 10, 2006).