Portugal at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Portugal at the; 1924 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese)
in Paris
Competitors	30 in 8 sports
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Officials	6
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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:

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

Men's Team Jumping:

António Borges, Hélder de Souza, José Mouzinho (and Luís Cardoso de Menezes) (53 faults) — Bronze

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:

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

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

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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