Portugal at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively. This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.

Medalists

Silver

Duarte de Almeida Bello and Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello — Sailing, Swallow.

Bronze

Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — Equestrian, Team Dressage.

Athletics

Men's 100m:

J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd

Men's 200m:

J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd

Men's Long Jump:

A. Pereira Dias Cachulo — qualifiers

Men's Triple Jump:

Luís Alcide de Nunes Garcia — qualifiers
João Rodrigues Vieira — qualifiers

Equestrian

Men's Individual Dressage:

Men's Team Dressage:

Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — 3rd

Men's Individual Eventing:

António Serôdio — eliminated
Fernando Paes — 25th
Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 8th

Men's Individual Jumping:

Men's Team Jumping:

Henrique Alves Calado, Hélder de Souza and João Correia Barrento — eliminated

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.
;Men's épée

Álvaro Pinto — 1st round: 5th
Emílio Lino — 1st round: 5th
Manuel Chagas — 1st round: 7th

;Men's team épée

Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Emílio Lino, José Castro, Manuel Chagas and João Costa — 1st round: 3rd

Rowing

Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.
; Men's coxed four — 2nd round: 2nd

; Men's eight — semi-final: 2nd

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.
;25 metre pistol

;50 metre pistol

Moysés Cardoso — 42nd
Carlos Queiroz — 46th

;50 metre rifle

Abílio Brandão — 57th
Carlos Queiroz — 63rd
José da Silva — 66th

Swimming

;Men
''Rank given is within the heat.''

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