José Carvalho (athlete)

José de Jesus Carvalho (born June 15, 1953 in Porto ) is a former Portuguese hurdler , sprinter and decathlete .

At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he was eliminated from the 400 m hurdles and in the 4 x 400 meter relay in the preliminary run.

In 1974 he did not get past the first round at the European Athletics Championships in Rome over 400 m hurdles .

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he was fifth over 400 m hurdles and failed over 400 m in the run.

At the EC 1978 in Prague he was eliminated over 400 m hurdles and at the EC 1982 in Athens over 400 m and 400 m hurdles in each case in the preliminary run.

Seven times he was Portuguese champion over 110 m hurdles (1973, 1974, 1977–1980, 1982) and 400 m hurdles (1972–1974, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985), five times over 400 m (1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983), twice in the decathlon (1974, 1976) and once over 200 m (1972).

Personal best

• 400 m: 46.7 s, August 5, 1978, Lisbon (former national record)
• 110 m hurdles: 14.1 s, 23 May 1981, Lisbon (former national record)
• 400 m hurdles: 49.94 s, July 25, 1976, Montreal (former national record)
• Decathlon: 6989 points, May 3, 1981, Lisbon (former national record)

Web links

• José Carvalho in the database of World Athletics (English)
• José Carvalho in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
• José Carvalho in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )