Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Portugal competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation celebrated its centennial anniversary participating in the Olympics, having participated at every Summer edition since 1912. The Olympic Committee of Portugal sent a total of 77 athletes to the Games, 45 men and 32 women, to compete in 13 sports. Despite having the same number of athletes as in Beijing, Portugal did not qualify any athletes in archery, fencing and taekwondo.[3]
Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | POR |
NOC | Olympic Committee of Portugal |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 77 in 13 sports |
Flag bearer | Telma Monteiro (opening)[1] Fernando Pimenta (closing)[2] |
Medals Ranked 69th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Thirty-eight of the Portuguese athletes had competed in Beijing, including sailor Gustavo Lima, who had finished fourth in men's Laser class, and race walker Ana Cabecinha, who had set a national record for her sporting event. Windsurfer and multiple-time European champion João Rodrigues became the first Portuguese athlete to compete in six Olympic games. Meanwhile, former middle-distance runner Luís Feiteira made his Olympic comeback in London to compete in the men's marathon after a sixteen-year absence. Pistol shooter João Costa, at age 47, was the oldest athlete on the team, while breaststroke swimmer Ana Rodrigues was the youngest at age 18. Judoka Telma Monteiro, who claimed two titles each in World Cup, and in the European championships, became Portugal's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.
Portugal left London with only a silver medal, won by sprint kayak pair Emanuel Silva and Fernando Pimenta. This was considered the nation's worst Olympic games since 1992, following poor performances by the athletes, and the absence of former Olympic medalists from the team due to injuries. Notable absences included the defending champion Nelson Évora in the men's triple jump, triathlete Vanessa Fernandes, former medalists Francis Obikwelu and Rui Silva, and long jumper Naide Gomes.[3]
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | Canoeing | Men's K-2 1000 m | 8 August |
Athletics
The following athletes have achieved qualifying standards in athletics events (up to a maximum of three athletes per event with the 'A' Standard, and one athlete per event with the 'B' Standard):[4][5]
- Key
- Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Arnaldo Abrantes | 200 m | 20.88 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
João Almeida | 110 m hurdles | 13.69 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Luis Feiteira[6] | Marathon | N/A | 2:19:40 | 48 | |||
Pedro Isidro[6] | 50 km walk | N/A | 3:58:59 | 40 | |||
Jorge Paula | 400 m hurdles | 51.40 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
Alberto Paulo | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:40.74 | 12 | N/A | Did not advance | ||
Rui Pedro Silva | Marathon | N/A | DNF | ||||
João Vieira | 20 km walk | N/A | 1:20:41 | 11 | |||
50 km walk | N/A | DNF |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Marcos Chuva | Long jump | 7.55 | 28 | Did not advance | |
Marco Fortes | Shot put | 20.07 | 15 | Did not advance | |
Edi Maia | Pole vault | 5.20 | 24 | Did not advance |
- Women
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Jéssica Augusto | Marathon | N/A | 2:25:11 | 7 | |||
Vera Barbosa | 400 m hurdles | 55.22 NR | 3 Q | 56.27 | 7 | Did not advance | |
Marisa Barros | Marathon | N/A | 2:26:13 | 13 | |||
Ana Cabecinha | 20 km walk | N/A | 1:28:03 | 9 | |||
Clarisse Cruz | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:30.06 | 5 q | N/A | 9:32.44 | 11 | |
Ana Dulce Félix | 10000 m | N/A | DNS | ||||
Marathon | N/A | 2:28:12 | 21 | ||||
Inês Henriques | 20 km walk | N/A | 1:29:54 | 15 | |||
Sara Moreira | 5000 m | DNS | N/A | Did not advance | |||
10000 m | N/A | 31:16.44 | 14 | ||||
Vera Santos | 20 km walk | N/A | 1:35:51 | 49 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Patricia Mamona | Triple jump | 14.11 | 13 | Did not advance | |
Irina Rodrigues | Discus throw | 57.23 | 32 | Did not advance | |
Vânia Silva | Hammer throw | 62.81 | 35 | Did not advance | |
Maria Leonor Tavares | Pole vault | 4.10 | =31 | Did not advance |
Badminton
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Pedro Martins | Men's singles | L 21–14, 21–8 |
N/A | 2 | Did not advance | ||||
Telma Santos | Women's singles | W 21–9, 21–11 |
L 21–12, 21–6 |
2 | Did not advance |
Canoeing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva |
K-2 200 m | DNS | Did not advance | ||||
K-2 1000 m | 3:13.710 | 2 Q | 3:14.017 | 3 FA | 3:09.699 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Teresa Portela | K-1 200 m | 42.673 | 3 Q | 41.562 | 3 FA | 46.549 | 8 |
K-1 500 m | 1:51.887 | 2 Q | 1:53.064 | 3 FB | 1:53.597 | 11 | |
Beatriz Gomes Joana Vasconcelos |
K-2 500 m | 1:44.660 | 2 Q | 1:43.305 | 3 FA | 1:44.924 | 6 |
Beatriz Gomes Teresa Portela Helena Rodrigues Joana Vasconcelos |
K-4 500 m | 1:32.785 | 2 FA | Bye | 1:33.453 | 6 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Manuel Cardoso | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 49 |
Rui Costa | 5:46:05 | 13 | |
Nelson Oliveira | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 69 |
Men's time trial | 54:41.57 | 18 |
Mountain biking
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
David Rosa | Men's cross-country | 1:33:50 | 23 |
Equestrian
Dressage
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
Gonçalo Carvalho | Rubi | Individual | 71.520 | 22 Q | 74.222 | 13 Q | 74.643 | 80.571 | 77.607 | 16 |
Jumping
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round A | Round B | |||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | |||
Luciana Diniz | Lennox | Individual | 8 | =60 Q | 0 | 8 | =31 Q | 4 | 12 | =26 Q | 1 | =7 Q | 9 | 10 | =17 |
Gymnastics
Artistic
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Manuel Campos | All-around | 14.166 | 12.500 | 14.433 | 14.200 | 14.400 | 13.200 | 82.899 | 35 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima | All-around | 12.033 | 13.566 | 11.766 | 12.266 | 49.631 | 53 | Did not advance |
Trampoline
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Diogo Ganchinho | Men's | 61.440 | 15 | Did not advance | |
Ana Rente | Women's | 100.275 | 11 | Did not advance |
Judo
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
João Pina | Men's −73 kg | Bye | L 0011–0102 |
Did not advance | |||||
Joana Ramos | Women's −52 kg | N/A | Bye | L 0000–1001 |
Did not advance | ||||
Telma Monteiro | Women's −57 kg | N/A | L 0000–0001 |
Did not advance | |||||
Yahima Ramirez | Women's −78 kg | N/A | L 0100–0000 |
Did not advance |
Rowing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Pedro Fraga Nuno Mendes |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:37.91 | 2 SA/B | Bye | 6:37.99 | 3 FA | 6:44.80 | 5 |
Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
João Rodrigues | RS:X | 20 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 3 | EL | 132 | 14 | |
Gustavo Lima | Laser | 21 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 13 | EL | 173 | 22 | |
Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes |
470 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 93 | 8 | |
Afonso Domingos Frederico Melo |
Star | 14 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | EL | 108 | 15 |
- Women
- Fleet racing
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Carolina Mendelblatt | RS:X | Did not compete[Note 1] | ||||||||||||
Sara Carmo | Laser Radial | 22 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 28 | 24 | EL | 222 | 28 |
- Match racing
Athlete | Event | Round Robin | Rank | Knockouts | Rank | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA |
FIN |
USA |
GBR |
NZL |
RUS |
SWE |
NED |
ESP |
DEN |
AUS |
Q-final | S-final | Final | ||||
Rita Gonçalves Mariana Lobato Diana Neves |
Elliott 6m | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | 11 | Did not advance |
- Open
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Francisco Andrade Bernardo Freitas |
49er | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 134 | 8 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Shooting
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
João Costa[8] | 10 m air pistol | 583 | 8 Q | 682.3 | 7 |
50 m pistol | 559 | 9 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Joana Castelão | 10 m air pistol | 381 | 15 | Did not advance | |
25 m pistol | 571 | 33 | Did not advance |
Swimming
Portuguese swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the swimming events (up to a maximum of two swimmers per event with the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially one with the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[9][10]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Carlos Almeida | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.40 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
Diogo Carvalho | 200 m individual medley | 2:00.40 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
400 m individual medley | 4:23.06 | 26 | N/A | Did not advance | |||
Arseniy Lavrentyev | 10 km open water | N/A | 1:51:37.2 | 19 | |||
Simão Morgado | 100 m butterfly | 53.26 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
Pedro Oliveira | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.83 NR | 20 | Did not advance | |||
200 m butterfly | 1:58.45 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
Tiago Venâncio | 200 m freestyle | 1:52.36 | 34 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sara Oliveira | 100 m butterfly | 1:00.44 | 36 | Did not advance | |||
200 m butterfly | 2:11.54 | 24 | Did not advance | ||||
Ana Rodrigues | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.62 | 35 | Did not advance |
Table tennis
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Marcos Freitas | Men's singles | Bye | W 4–0 |
L 0–4 |
Did not advance | |||||
João Monteiro | Bye | L 2–4 |
Did not advance | |||||||
Tiago Apolónia Marcos Freitas João Monteiro |
Men's team | N/A | W 3–0 |
L 2–3 |
Did not advance | |||||
Lei Huang Mendes | Women's singles | Bye | L 3–4 |
Did not advance |
Triathlon
Portugal qualified two triathletes for the men's event.
Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruno Pais | Men's | 18:57 | 0:42 | 58:44 | 0:29 | 32:30 | 1:51:22 | 41 |
João Silva | 17:22 | 0:36 | 58:54 | 0:26 | 30:33 | 1:47:51 | 9 |
Notes
- Mendelblatt did not show up for the first day of women's RS:X competition, justifying her absence to Mário Santos, the Portuguese chef de mission, due to "personal and medical reasons". Unable to be contacted for further enquiries and explanations, Santos cancelled Mendelblatt's accreditation.[7]
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