1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Portugal)

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Portugal took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 71athletes nominatedby the Comité Olímpico de Portugal , 3 women and 68 men, in 45 competitions in 10 sports.

It was the eighth time a Portuguese team had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1912 . The youngest participant was the 19-year-old rower José Pinheiro , the oldest participant was the 48-year-old sailor Francisco Uva .

Flag bearer

Water polo player Máximo Couto carried the flag of Portugal during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With a bronze medal won the Portuguese team was ranked No. 40 in the medal count .

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Joaquim Fiúza & Francisco de Andrade	sailing	star

Participants by sport

fencing

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Epee single

• Álvaro Mário Mourão

  1st round: qualified in group 2 (3rd place) with four wins for the 2nd round

  2nd round: qualified in group 2 (4th place) with four wins for the semi-finals

  Semi-finals: in group 1 (9th place) with two wins not qualified for the final

• Álvaro Pinto

  1st round: qualified in group 6 (1st place) with six wins for the 2nd round

  2nd round: in group 1 (7th place) with seven defeats not qualified for the semi-finals

• Carlos Dias

  1st round: qualified in group 8 (3rd place) with three wins for the 2nd round

  2nd round: in group 3 (rank 9) with a win not qualified for the semi-finals

Epee team

• Álvaro Mário Mourão , Álvaro Pinto , Carlos Dias , Francisco Uva and João Costa

1st round, group 4: with two defeats (3rd place) not qualified for the 2nd round

• 6: 9 defeat against Belgium / Álvaro Pinto (1), Carlos Dias (2), Álvaro Mário Mourão (2), Francisco Uva (1) 

  4-8 defeat against Denmark / Álvaro Pinto (2), João Costa (1), Álvaro Mário Mourão (1) 

Saber single

• Álvaro Silva

  1st round: in group 7 (rank 6) with two wins not qualified for the 2nd round

• José Ferreira

  1st round: in group 5 (rank 7) with a win not qualified for the 2nd round

• João Pessanha

  1st round: in group 2 (rank 8) with seven defeats not qualified for the 2nd round

Saber crew

• Álvaro Silva , José Ferreira , João Pessanha , Augusto Barreto and Jorge Franco

  1st round, group 5: with two defeats (3rd place) not qualified for the 2nd round

  1:15 loss to Hungary / Jorge Franco (1) 

  5-9 defeat against Argentina / Álvaro Silva (1), João Pessanha (2), José Ferreira (2) 

athletics

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100 m

• Tomás Paquete

  Preliminary runs : in run 5 (rank 5) with 11.2 s (hand-stopped) or 11.45 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Raimundo Maia

  Preliminary runs: in run 11 (rank 6) with 11.5 s (hand-stopped) or 11.79 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

200 m

• Fernando Casimiro

  Preliminary runs : in run 15 (4th place) with 22.6 s (hand-stopped) or 22.72 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Eugénio Eleutério

  Preliminary runs: in run 5 (rank 5) with 23.2 s (hand-stopped) or 23.37 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

400 m

• Fernando Casimiro

  Preliminary runs : in run 6 (rank 7) with 52.2 s (hand-stopped) or 52.33 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

400 m hurdles

• Fernando Casimiro

  Preliminary runs : in run 7 (rank 4) with 56.8 s (hand-stopped) not qualified for the quarter-finals

4 × 100 m relay

• Tomás Paquete , Raimundo Maia , Fernando Casimiro and Eugénio Eleutério

  Preliminary runs : in run 1 (rank 6) with 42.8 s (hand-stopped) or 43.01 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

Triple jump

• Rui Antonio Ramos

  Qualification , group B: 14.54 m, rank 7, qualified for the final

  Final : 14.69, rank 12

  1st jump: 14.69 m

  2nd jump: 13.82 m

  3rd jump: 12.15 m; not qualified for the final of the six best jumpers

• Eugénio Lopes

  Qualification, group A: 14.05 m, rank 13, not qualified for the final

Decathlon

• Fernando Fernandes

  Final : 5,604 points, 16th place

  100 m : 11.5 s / 737 points, 12th place

  Long jump : 6.52 m / 645 points, rank 16; total 1,382 points, 15th place

  Shot put : 11.30 m / 516 points, 22nd place; 1,898 points in total, 19th place

  400 m : 51.2 s / 758 points, 7th place; total 3,312 points, rank 14

  110 m hurdles : 15.8 s / 632 points, 6th place; total 3,944 points, rank 12

  Discus throw : 34.27 m / 477 points, 18th place; total 4,421 points, rank 12

  Pole vault : 3.00 m / 328 points, 22nd place; total 4,749 points, rank 17

  Javelin throw : 43.55 m / 414 points, rank 20; total 5,163 points, rank 20

  1,500 m : 4: 37.0 min / 441 points, 3rd place; total 5,604 points, rank 16

Modern pentathlon

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singles

rank	Surname	Points		Pt.		Pt.		Pt.		Pt.		Pt.
41	Ricardo Duráo	179	83 (10: 59.1 min)	31	25 (3)	16	19-173	35	7: 07.8 min	48	18: 04.5 min	49
46	José Serra Pereira	197	97 (10: 37.7 min)	21st	14 (8)	48	20-170	31	7: 26.2 min	49	18: 04.2 min	48
48	Antonio Lopes Janet	210	247 (15: 13.1 min)	48	22 (3)	26th	18-160	43	6: 16.3 min	47	17: 46.8 min	46

team

rank	Names	Points
15th	Ricardo Durão José Serra Pereira António Lopes Janet	546	96	86	103	132	129

horse riding

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Dressage singles

• António Malheiro on Napeiro

  428.5 points, 20th place

• Francisco Valadas Júnior on Feitiço

  422.0 points, 21st place

• Fernando Paes on Matamás

  346.0 points, rank 26

Dressage team

• António Malheiro on Napeiro , Francisco Valadas Júnior on Feitiço and Fernando Paes on Matamás

  1196.5 points (- 401.0 points), rank 8

Show jumping singles

• Henrique Callado on Caramulo

  Final: 20 penalty points, rank 16

  1st round: 8 penalty points; 2nd round: 12 penalty points

• João Lopes on Raso

  Final: 20 penalty points, 19th place

  1st round: 12 penalty points; 2nd round: 8 penalty points

• José Carvalhosa on Mondina

  Final: 24 penalty points, rank 26

  1st round: 4 penalty points, 2nd round: 20 penalty points

Show jumping team

• Henrique Callado on Caramulo , João Lopes on Raso and José Carvalhosa on Mondina

  Final: 64.00 penalty points (+ 23.25 penalty points), 8th place

Versatility single

• Fernando Cavaleiro on Caudel

  Final: −183.00 points, 19th place

  −159.00 / 0 / +33.00 / 0 / −47.00 / 0 / −10.00 points

• António de Almeida in Florentina

  Final: −216.20 points, 23rd place

  −173.20 / 0 / +33 / 0 / −76 / 0/0 points

• Joaquim Silva on Faial

  Final: −218.80 points, place 24

  −173.80 / 0 / +15 / 0 / −60 / 0/0 points

Versatility team

• Fernando Cavaleiro on Caudel , António de Almeida on Florentina and Joaquim Silva on Faial

  Final: 618.00 points (+396.06 points), 4th place

rowing

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Eighth

• Felisberto Fortes , Albino Simões Neto , Manuel Regala , João Cravo , João Alberto Lemos , Carlos da Benta , João da Paula , Zacarias Andias and José Pinheiro

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 5) with 6: 30.8 min not directly qualified for the semi-finals

  Preliminary runs, hope runs: in run 1 (3rd place) with 6: 25.3 min not qualified for the semi-finals

shoot

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Small caliber three-position fight

• Luís Howorth

  1114 rings (- 50 rings), rank 31

  393 + 362 + 359 rings, 27 direct hits

• Joaquim Sampaio

  1095 rings (- 69 rings), rank 37

  381 + 365 + 349 rings, 20 direct hits

Small caliber lying

• Luís Howorth

  393 rings (- 7 rings), rank 37

  98 + 98 + 97 + 100 rings, 13 direct hits

• Joaquim Sampaio

  381 rings (- 19 rings), rank 55

  98 + 95 + 93 + 95 rings, 8 direct hits

Rapid fire pistol

• Rogério Tavares

  556 rings (- 23 rings), rank 21

  1st pass: 97 + 97 + 90 = 284 rings

  2nd pass: 93 + 94 + 85 = 272 rings

• Albino Jesus

  530 rings (- 49 rings), rank 44

  1st round: 96 + 90 + 86 = 272 rings

  2nd pass: 92 + 91 + 75 = 258 rings

swim

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100 m freestyle

• Fernando Madeira

  Preliminary runs: in run 4 (rank 6) with 1: 02.6 min not qualified for the semi-finals

• Guilherme Patroni

  Preliminary runs: in run 7 (rank 6) with 1: 03.7 min not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Fernando Madeira

  Preliminary runs: in run 8 (rank 6) with 5: 08.6 min not qualified for the semi-finals

100 m back

• Eduardo Barbeiro

  Preliminary runs: in run 5 (rank 6) with 1: 13.0 min not qualified for the semi-finals

• Eurico Surgey

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 7) with 1: 13.7 min not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m chest

• Eduardo Barbeiro

  Preliminary runs: in run 6 (rank 8) with 3: 04.6 min not qualified for the semi-finals

sailing

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Finn dinghy

• Mario Quina

  Final: 2787 points, 17th place

  1st race: 08th place, 293 points

  2nd race: not finished

  3rd race: 17th place, 318 points

  4th race: 07th place, 703 points

  5th race: 06th place, 770 points

  6th race: 07th place, 703 points

  7th race: not finished

Dragons

• Alberto Graça , Carlos Lourenço and João Miguel Tito on the yacht Alcaid

  Final: 2782 points, rank 8

  1st race: 06th place, 553 points

  2nd race: 11th place, 290 points

  3rd race: 12th place, 252 points

  4th race: 09th place, 377 points

  5th race: 03rd place, 854 points

  6th race: 10th place, 331 points

  7th race: 09th place, 377 points

5.5 mR class

• Duarte Manuel Bello , Fernando Bello and Júlio Gourinho on the yacht Sjöhäxa

  Final: 4450 points, 4th place

  1st race: 6th place, 0527 points

  2nd race: 4th place, 0703 points

  3rd race: 5th place, 0606 points

  4th race: 1st place, 1305 points

  5th race: 8th place, 0402 points

  6th race: 4th place, 0703 points

  7th race: 5th place, 0606 points

star

• Joaquim Fiúza and Francisco de Andrade on the yacht Espadarte

  Final: 4903 points, 3rd place

  1st race: 4th place, 821 points

  2nd race: 8th place, 520 points

  3rd race: 3rd place, 946 points

  4th race: 3rd place, 946 points

  5th race: 5th place, 724 points

  6th race: not finished

  7th race: 3rd place, 946 points

do gymnastics

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Men

Individual all-around

rank	Surname	Points (place) per discipline						points total
		ground	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar	Rings	horse
146	Manuel Gouveia	16.35 (126)	17.65 (110)	14.95 (164)	16.75 (109)	16.00 (131)	11.65 (167)	93.35
162	Joaquim Granger	15.45 (153)	13.25 (178)	16.25 (139)	15.20 (145)	17.05 (107)	11.30 (171)	88.50
173	Manuel Prazeres	14.75 (166)	16.90 (142)	13.15 (175)	11.30 (171)	12.60 (177)	15.80 (113)	84.50
174	Raúl Caldeira	16.30 (129)	14.55 (172)	13.25 (173)	16.15 (126)	11.10 (178)	11.45 (169)	82.80
178	Antonio Leite	15.50 (151)	11.25 (180)	12.85 (177)	10.25 (174)	15.15 (159)	12.85 (157)	77.85
183	Manuel Cardoso	15.10 (159)	5.65 (184)	10.00 (179)	10.10 (176)	9.80 (181)	10.85 (173)	61.50

Team all-around

• Manuel Gouveia , Joaquim Granger , Manuel Prazeres , Raúl Caldeira , António Leite and Manuel Cardoso

  Final: 428.65 points, 23rd place

Women

Individual all-around

rank	Surname	Points (place) per discipline				points total
		ground	Leap	Balance beam	Uneven bars
109	Dália da Cunha-Sammer	16.53 (113)	17.36 (86)	16.50 (96)	14.69 (123)	65.08
124	Maria Laura Amorim	16.23 (122)	17.36 (86)	16.20 (106)	12.50 (131)	62.29
133	Natália Silva	14.29 (133)	7.56 (133)	14.52 (128)	13.79 (129)	50.16

Water polo

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• Máximo Couto , Armando Moutinho , Francisco Alves , João Franco do Vale , Rodrigo Basto junior , Fernando Madeira , Eduardo Barbeiro , Óscar Cabral and José Manuel Correia

  1st qualifying round : 0:10 (0: 6) defeat against Egypt 

  Second qualifying round : 2: 6 (2: 3) defeat against Brazil 

Web links

• Portuguese Olympic team from 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data of the Portuguese participants at www.sports-reference.com ( English ), accessed on February 1, 2018