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Portugal at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Portugal at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Flag of Portugal.svg
IOC codePOR
NOCOlympic Committee of Portugal
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Paris
Competitors30 in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Officials6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Portugal competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

A delegation of thirty competitors (biggest at the time) participated in eight sports, with the equestrian team winning the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze António Borges, Hélder de Souza, José Mouzinho Equestrian Team jumping July 27

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100m:

  • Gentil dos Santos — 1st round (2nd heat)
  • Karel Pott — 1st round (8th heat)

Men's 200m:

  • Gentil dos Santos — 1st round (10th heat)

Men's Discus Throw:

  • António Martins da Silva — 1st round: 12th (32,40m)

Equestrian

Men's Individual Jumping:

  • Aníbal de Almeida — 5th (12 faults)
  • Hélder de Souza — 12th (19 faults)
  • José Mouzinho — 17th (22 faults)
  • Luís Cardoso de Menezes — non qualified

Men's Team Jumping:

Fencing

Men's Individual Foil:

  • Gil de Andrade — 1/4 finals: 6th (poule 1)
  • Manuel Queiróz — 1/4 finals: 6th (poule 2)

Men's Individual Épée:

  • António de Menezes — 1st round: (poule 7)
  • Ruimondo Mayer — 1/4 finals: 7th (poule 2)
  • Mário de Noronha — 1/2 finals: 7th (poule 1)
  • Frederico Paredes — 1/4 finals: 8th (poule 1)

Men's Team Épée:

  • António Leite, António Mascarenhas de Menezes, Frederico Paredes, Henrique da Silveira, Jorge de Paiva, Mário de Noronha, Paulo d'Eça Leal, and Ruimondo Mayer — 4th

Sailing

Men's Olympic Monotype:

  • Frederico Guilherme Burnay — 8th

Shooting

Men's Individual 600m Free Rifle:

  • António Ferreira — 57th
  • Dario Canas — 62nd
  • Francisco António Real — 69th
  • Manuel Guerra — 71st

Men's Individual 50m Rifle Prone (60 shots):

  • António Martins — 23rd
  • António Ferreira — 56th
  • Francisco Mendonça — 50th
  • Francisco António Real — 62nd

Men's Individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots):

  • António Martins — 16th
  • António Ferreira — 44th
  • A. Duarte Montez — 32nd
  • Francisco Mendonça — 17th

Men's Team 400, 600, 800m Free Rifle:

  • António Martins, António Ferreira, António Ferreira, Dario Canas, Francisco António Real, Félix Bermudes and Manuel Guerra — 17th (427 points)

Swimming

  • Mário da Silva Marques — 1st round: 6th (5th heat)

Tennis

Men's Singles:

  • Rodrigo Castro Pereira — 1st round

Weightlifting

Men's Feather Weight (–60 kg):

  • A. Pereira — non qualified

Officials

  • José Pontes, Nobre Guedes, Salazar Carreira (chiefs of mission)
  • João Sassetti (fencing)
  • Gil d'Andrade (fencing)
  • C. de Mello (weightlifting)

References

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