Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
A delegation with a record number of 107 competitors participated in 79 events in 18 sports. Two medals were won this time, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprising victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance endurance events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class male team, reviving a successful sailing tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations.
In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing and in newly promoted beach volleyball, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a Bahamian team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football team to the Olympics and, in the end, it repeated Amsterdam's fourth place.Medalists
Gold
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's events
100m:
800m:
1500m:
5000m:
10000m:
Marathon:
20 km Walk:
50 km Walk:
400m Hurdles:
3000m Steeplechase:
Long Jump:
Pole Vault:
Triple Jump:
100m:
200m:
800m:
1500m:
5000m:
10000m:
Marathon:
10 km Walk:
Discus Throw:
Shot Put:
- Teresa Machado
Beach volleyball
Men's Competition:
Slalom
Sprint
;MenCycling
Men's Road Race:
Women's Road Race:
Individual Jumping:
One male fencer represented Portugal in 1996.
;Men's épée
Men's Competition:
- Afonso Martins, Litos, Dani, Kenedy, Emílio Peixe, Hugo Porfírio, José Dominguez, Calado, José Vidigal, Andrade, Nuno Afonso, Nuno Gomes, Nuno Espírito Santo, Paulo Alves, Costinha, Beto, Rui Bento and Rui Jorge — 4th
Gymnastics
Women's Individual All-Round Competition:
Men's Extra Lightweight :
Men's Half Lightweight :
Men's Lightweight :
Men's Half Heavyweight :
Women's Lightweight :
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Lightweight Coxless Four:
Men's events
Finn:
Mistral:
470:
- Hugo Rocha and Nuno Barreto — 62 pts
Women's events
Europe:
Mistral:
Laser:
Star:
Men's Trap:
Women's 10m Air Rifle:
Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:
- Carla Ribeiro
- Sara Antunes
Swimming
Men's events
50m Freestyle:
1500m Freestyle:
100m Backstroke:
200m Backstroke:
200m Breaststroke:
200m Butterfly:
4×100m Medley Relay:
200m Freestyle:
400m Freestyle:
100m Backstroke:
200m Backstroke:
200m Breaststroke:
100m Butterfly:
200m Butterfly:
200m Individual Medley:
4×100m Medley Relay:
- Ana Alegria, Ana Francisco, Joana Soutinho and Maria Santos
Tennis
Men's Doubles Competition:
Men's Bantamweight :
Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight :