Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 61 in 11 sports | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Nuno Delgado (Opening Ceremony) Emanuel Silva (Closing Ceremony) |
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| Medals Rank: 60 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 3 |
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Portugal competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
[edit] 
Silver
- Athletics
- Men's 100 metres – Francis Obikwelu
- Cycling
- Men's Individual Road Race – Sérgio Paulinho
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Bronze
- Athletics
- Men's 1500 metres – Rui Silva
[edit] Results by event
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Athletics
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For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Sixteen male athletes were listed to compete in fourteen events, but eventually only fourteen did so in thirteen events. Sixteen female athletes were expected to participate in ten events, but only thirteen eventually competed in nine events.[1]
- Men's 100 metres
- Francis Obikwelu
- Round 1 (heat 5) → 10.09 (1st, 5th overall)
- Round 2 (heat 1) → 9.93 NR (1st, 2nd overall)
- Semifinal 1 → 9.97 (2nd, 2nd overall)
- Final → 9.86 NR ()
- Men's 200 metres
- Francis Obikwelu
- Round 1 (heat 1) → 20.40 (2nd, 3rd overall)
- Round 2 (heat 4) → 20.33 (1st, 6th overall)
- Semifinal 2 → 20.36 (2nd, 4th overall)
- Final → 20.14 (5th)
- Men's 800 metres
- João Pires
- Round 1 (heat 3) → 1:46.7 (6th, 29th overall)
- Women's 800 metres
- Nédia Semedo
- Round 1 (heat 1) → 2:02.61 (5th, 19th overall)
- Men's 1500 metres
- Rui Silva
- Round 1 (heat 1) → 3:37.98 (2nd, 7th overall)
- Semifinal 2 → 3:40.99 (2nd, 11th overall)
- Final → 3:34.68 ()
- Manuel Damião
- Round 1 (heat 3) → 3:39.94 (8th, 19th overall)
- Semifinal 1 → 3:37.16 (8th, 8th overall)
- Women's 1500 metres
- Carla Sacramento
- Round 1 (heat 1) → 4:07.73 (8th, 24th overall)
- Semifinal 2 → 4:10.85 (10th, 22nd overall)
- Women's 5000 metres
- Inês Monteiro
- Round 1 (heat 2) → 16:03.75 (18th, 34th overall)
- Men's 10,000 metres
- Eduardo Henriques → did not compete
- Women's 10,000 metres
- Fernanda Ribeiro → did not finish
- Men's Marathon
- Alberto Chaíça
- Final → 2:14:17 (8th)
- Luís Jesus → did not compete
- Women's Marathon
- Helena Sampaio → 2:49:18 (47th)
- Ana Dias → 3:08:11 (62nd)
- Adelia Elias → did not compete
- Fátima Silva → did not compete
- Men's 110m hurdles
- Luis Sá
- Round 1 (heat 3) → 14.01 (8th, 45th overall)
- Men's 400m hurdles
- Edivaldo Monteiro
- Round 1 (heat 5) → 49.53 (4th, 25th overall)
- Semifinal 1 → 49.26 (7th, 18th overall)
- Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
- Manuel Silva
- Round 1 (heat 3) → 8:38.31 (11th, 33rd overall)
- Women's pole vault
- Elisabete Tavares → did not compete
- Men's long jump
- Gaspar Araújo
- Qualifying group B) → 7.49 (17th, 33rd overall)
- Men's triple jump
- Nelson Évora
- Qualifying group B → 15.72 (23rd, 40th overall)
- Women's discus throw
- Teresa Machado
- Qualifying group B → 58.47 (12th, 23rd overall)
- Men's hammer throw
- Vitor Costa
- Qualifying group A → 72.47 (12th, 27th overall)
- Women's hammer throw
- Vânia Silva
- Qualifying group A → 63.81 (18th, 34th overall)
- Women's heptathlon
- Naide Gomes → 6151 pts (13th)
- 100 metre hurdles (heat 3) → 13.58 PB (4th, 1039 pts)
- High jump (group A) → 1.85 SB (2nd, 1041 pts)
- Shot put (group B) → 14.71 PB (2nd, 841 pts)
- 200 metres (heat 5) → 25.46 SB (3rd, 845 pts)
- Long jump (group A) → 6.10 (8th, 880 pts)
- Javelin (group B) → 40.75 PB (13th, 682 pts)
- 800 metres (heat 3) → 2:20.05 PB (7th, 823 pts)
- Men's 20 km walk
- João Vieira → 1:22:19 (10th)
- Women's 20 km walk
- Susana Feitor → 1:32:47 (20th)
- Inês Henriques → 1:33:53 (25th)
- Maribel Goncalves → 1:33:59 (26th)
- Men's 50 km walk
- Jorge Costa → 4:12:24 (34th)
- Pedro Martins → did not finish
[edit] 
Badminton
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For more details on this topic, see Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
A single player took part in the men's singles tournament, being eliminated in the first match.[2]
- Men's Singles
- Marco Vasconcelos
- Round of 32 → defeated (15-5, 15-5) by
Richard Vaughn
- Round of 32 → defeated (15-5, 15-5) by
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Canoe/Kayak
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For more details on this topic, see Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
A single kayaker represented the country in the flatwater discipline, managing to achieve a final placing.[3]
[edit] Flatwater
- Men's K-1 500 metres
- Emanuel Silva
- Heat 3 → 1:40.067 (4th)
- Semifinal 2 → 1:43.051 (7th)
- Men's K-1 1000 metres
- Emanuel Silva
- Heat 3 → 3:29.854 (3rd)
- Semifinal 2 → 3:29.942 (3rd)
- Final → 3:33.862 (7th)
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Cycling
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For more details on this topic, see Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Four riders competed in the two road cycling events.[4] Sérgio Paulinho, the only rider listed in both events, ended surprisingly as runner-up in the road race, behind gold medalist Paolo Bettini, collecting Portugal's first medal ever in Olympic cycling.
[edit] Road
- Men's road race
- Sérgio Paulinho → 5:41:45 ()
- Nuno Ribeiro → 5:41:56 (27th)
- Cândido Barbosa → did not finish
- Gonçalo Amorim → did not finish
- Men's individual time trial
- Sérgio Paulinho → 1:01:25.63 (25th)
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Equestrian
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For more details on this topic, see Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
A single horse rider competed in the eventing contest.[5]
- Individual eventing
- Carlos Grave (Laughton Hills) → 96.60 (46th)
- Dressage → 72.80 (total: 72.80, 70th overall)
- Cross-country → 12.80 (total: 85.60, 49th overall)
- Jumping → 11.00 (total: 96.60, 46th overall)
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Fencing
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For more details on this topic, see Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
A single fencer competed in the men's foil event, being eliminated in the first combat.[6]
- Men's individual foil
- João Gomes
- Round of 64 → bye
- Round of 32 → defeated (15-4) by
Tamer Mohamed Tahoun
[edit] 
Football
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For more details on this topic, see Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
The men's national under-21 football team secured the last European slot for the men's Olympic football tournament in virtue of reaching the third place at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
The team played in group D with Costa Rica, Iraq and Morocco. It lost both the opening match against Iraq and final match against Costa Rica, with a single victory over the Moroccan team, thus finishing last in the group with no chance of progressing in the tournament. Overall, Portugal finished in the fourteenth place out of sixteen teams.[7]
- Men's tournament
| No. | Player | Pos | Date of birth | Club |
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| 1 | Moreira | GK | March 20, 1982 |  S.L. Benfica |
| 2 | Mário Sérgio | D | July 28, 1981 | Sporting C.P. |
| 3 | Raul Meireles | M | March 17, 1983 | F.C. Porto |
| 4 | Bruno Alves | D | November 27, 1981 | F.C. Porto |
| 5 | Ricardo Costa | D | May 16, 1981 | F.C. Porto |
| 6 | Fernando Meira | D | June 5, 1978 |  VfB Stuttgart |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | F | February 5, 1985 |  Manchester United F.C. |
| 8 | Hugo Viana | M | January 15, 1983 | Sporting C.P. |
| 9 | Hugo Almeida | F | May 23, 1984 | F.C. Porto |
| 10 | Carlos Martins | M | April 29, 1982 | Sporting C.P. |
| 11 | Jorge Ribeiro | D | November 9, 1981 | Gil Vicente F.C. |
| 12 | Frechaut | D | September 24, 1977 | Boavista F.C. |
| 13 | Boa Morte | F | August 4, 1977 | Fulham F.C. |
| 14 | Bosingwa | M | August 24, 1982 | F.C. Porto |
| 15 | Lourenço | F | June 5, 1983 | C.F. Os Belenenses |
| 16 | João Paulo | D | June 6, 1981 | U.D. Leiria |
| 17 | Danny | F | August 7, 1983 | Sporting C.P. |
| 18 | Bruno Vale | GK | April 8, 1983 | F.C. Porto |
| Alternate players | ||||
| 20 | Custódio | M | May 24, 1983 | Sporting C.P. |
| 22 | Beto | GK | May 1, 1982 | Sporting C.P. |
| Coach | José Pratas |
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Preliminary round — Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iraq |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
 Costa Rica |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
 Morocco |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Portugal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| August 12, 2004 20:30 |
Iraq |
4 - 2 | Portugal |
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio Attendance: 5,689 Referee: Evehe (CMR) |
Emad Mohammed  16'Hawar Mulla 29'Younis Mahmoud 56'Saleh Sader 90+3' |
Report | Haidar Jabar 13' (o.g.) Bosingwa 45' |
| August 15, 2004 20:30 |
Morocco |
1 - 2 | Portugal |
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Batres (GUA) |
| Bouabid 85' |
Report | Ronaldo 40' R. Costa 73' |
| August 18, 2004 20:30 |
Costa Rica |
4 - 2 | Portugal |
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio Attendance: 11,218 Referee: Torres (PAR) |
| Villalobos 50' Meira 68' (o.g.)Saborio 71'Brenes 91' |
Report | Almeida 29' Ribeiro 54' |
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Gymnastics
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For more details on this topic, see Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Two gymnasts competed in events of artistic gymnastics and, for the first time, in the trampoline discipline. Nuno Merino managed to qualify for the men's trampoline final and outscore two of his qualifying opponents, securing a sixth placing.[8]
[edit] Artistic
- Men's individual all-round
- Filipe Bezugo - did not advance in any exercise
[edit] Trampoline
- Men's individual
- Nuno Merino
- Qualification → 66.90 (8th)
- Final → 40.10 (6th)
[edit] Judo
Men's Half Lightweight (–66 kg):
- Joao Pina — defeated in quarterfinals; repechage semifinals
Men's Lightweight (–73 kg):
- Joao Neto — defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals
Men's Half Middleweight (–81 kg):
- Nuno Delgado — defeated in round of 32
Women's Half Lightweight (–52 kg):
- Telma Monteiro — defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16
[edit] Triathlon
Women's Competition:
- Vanssa Fernandes — 2:06:15.39 (→ 8th)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Beach
Men's Competition:
- Miguel Maia and Joao Brenha
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- Prelims: 1-2
- Round of 16 — Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel (SUI) (→ lost by 2-0)
[edit] Officials
- José Alípio de Oliveira (chief of mission)
[edit] References
- ^ Athletics—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ Badminton—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ Canoe-Kayak Flatwater Racing—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ Cycling Road—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ Equestrian—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ Fencing—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
- ^ Football—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
- ^ Gymnastics Trampoline—Official Results Book (pdf) (in English, French and Greek), Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
