Olympic history of Portugal

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After founding the Comité Olímpico de Portugal , the National Olympic Committee (NOK) of Portugal in 1909, the country first took part in the Olympic Games in 1912 , the Stockholm Summer Games .

Host

Portugal has not hosted any Olympic Games so far. An official application has not yet taken place.

Participation in summer games

Since 1912 Portugal has been represented at all Summer Olympics. Portuguese athletes have won 24 medals so far (as of 2016).

→ See: List of Olympic medalists from Portugal

Participation in winter games

Due to its climatic conditions, winter sports are not very common in Portugal. This is the reason for the country's irregular participation with comparatively few athletes in the Winter Olympics. Portuguese winter athletes competed for the first time in Oslo in 1952 , then in Calgary in 1988 , Albertville in 1992 , Lillehammer in 1994 , Nagano in 1998 , Turin in 2006 , Vancouver in 2010 and in Sochi in 2014 . So far there has been no Portuguese medal win.

Overview of the Portuguese participation in the Olympic Winter Games

year	place	athlete	discipline	Result
1952	Oslo	Duarte Espírito Santo Silva	Departure	69.
1988	Calgary	António Reis and João Poupada	Bob 2	34.
1988	Calgary	Jorge Magalhães and João Pires	Bob 2	DNF
1988	Calgary	António Reis, João Poupada, João Pires, A. Reis	Bob 4	25th
1992	Albertville	Georges Mendes	Departure	Not started after injury
1994	Lillehammer	Georges Mendes	Departure	30th
1994	Lillehammer	Georges Mendes	Super G	DNF
1994	Lillehammer	Georges Mendes	Giant slalom	41.
1998	Nagano	Mafalda Queirós Pereira	Freestyle skiing	21st
1998	Nagano	Fausto Marreiros	5000 m speed skating	31.
2006	Turin	Danny Silva	15 km of cross-country skiing	94.
2010	Vancouver	Danny Silva	15 km of cross-country skiing	95.
2014	Sochi	Arthur Hanse	Slalom / giant slalom	DNF
2014	Sochi	Camile slides	slalom	40.
2014	Sochi	Camile slides	Giant slalom	59.
2018	Pyeongchang	Arthur Hanse	slalom	38.
2018	Pyeongchang	Arthur Hanse	Giant slalom	66.
2018	Pyeongchang	Kequyen Lam	15 km freestyle	113.

Web links

• Website of the Portuguese NOC
• Portugal in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portugal on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)