Sporting CP (athletics)


Sporting CPs athletics department is, along with football's, a department that has been in continuous operation at Sporting Clube de Portugal since the foundation of the sports club in 1906.
Having been the most represented club in the Olympic Games, this section of the sports club, headed many decades by athletics coach Mário Moniz Pereira, is one of the most decorated Portuguese athletics teams and is responsible for much of the titles won by the sports club throughout its history. Sporting Portugal's athletics department long-distance runner Carlos Lopes won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles for Portugal, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist ever. In the 1976 Summer Olympics, he had already won the first Olympic silver medal in the history of Portuguese sports, competing in the men's 10,000 metres.
The annual Sporting running race, established in 2011, is organized by the club as well as the international athletics meeting Meeting de Atletismo Professor Moniz Pereira.

Honours (Men's)

Domestic Competitions

Portuguese Outdoor Athletics Championship: 61
* Notes: Campeonato de PortugalPortuguese Indoor Athletics Championship: 19Portuguese Cross Country Championship: 49Portuguese Short Course Cross Country Championship: 8Portuguese Road Running Championships: 5
  • '''Portuguese Athletics Cup: 5'''

International Competitions

European Champion Clubs Cup: 1Iberian Cup: 1

Honours (Women's)

Domestic Competitions

Portuguese Outdoor Athletics Championship: 56
* Notes: Campeonato de PortugalPortuguese Indoor Athletics Championship: 29Portuguese Cross Country Championship: 9
* Notes: 2020 Event Replacement/Canceled due to Covid-19 PandemicPortuguese Short Course Cross Country Championship: 7Portuguese Road Running Championships: 6
  • '''Portuguese Athletics Cup: 6'''

International Competitions

European Champion Clubs Cup: 2Iberian Cup: 1

Technical staff

NameNat.Job
Carlos Lopes

Notable past athletes