The Summer Olympic Games are held every four years and are therefore a much-anticipated event for sportspeople and fans. Although Paris’2024 kicked off on July 26, there are still many moments and celebrations to follow until August 11.
Against this backdrop, we have prepared a complete guide dedicated to the Portuguese delegation, highlighting the main achievements of the Portuguese athletes, but also the dates of their participation. That’s why we intend to update this article frequently, so that you don’t miss anything about the ‘queen event’ of sport.
Portugal at the 2024 Olympic Games
In Paris’2024 Portugal will be represented by 73 athletes in 15 different sports:
- Pedro Pichardo: Olympic champion in the triple jump at Tokyo 2020;
- Fernando Pimenta: Bronze medalist in canoeing (K1 1000 m) at Tokyo 2020;
- Patrícia Sampaio: portugal’s first Olympic medalist, in Paris’2024, among others.
A brief look at the Portuguese delegation
According to the newspaper Público these are some of the numbers representing the Portuguese delegation at the Olympic Games:
- 73 athletes
- 15 modalities
- 29 years old (average age)
- 35 first-timers
When Portuguese athletes take part
According to mais Futebol” website this is the schedule of Portuguese participations, distributed by days.
august 1st
- Ana Cabecinha, 20 km march – 43rd place
- Vitória Oliveira, 20 km march – 38th position
- Patrícia Sampaio, Judo – qualified for the semi-finals
- Jorge Fonseca, Judo – eliminated
- Camila Rebelo, Swimming – eliminated
- Diogo Ribeiro, Swimming – qualified for the semi-finals (50m freestyle)
- Miguel Nascimento, Swimming – eliminated
- Eduardo Marques, SailingFilipa Martins, Artistic Gymnastics – All Around Final (at 17:15)
august 2nd
- Rochele Nunes, Judo – qualifying +78kg
- Fu Yu & Shao Jieni, Table tennis – singles semi-finals
- Diogo Ribeiro, Swimming – 100m butterfly preliminaries
- Lorène Bazolo, Athletics – 100m preliminaries
- Marcos Freitas & Tiago Apolónia, Table tennis – singles semi-finals
- Isaac Nader, Athletics – First round 1500 m
- Diogo Costa/Carolina João, Sailing
- Eduardo Marques, Sailing
- Nuno Borges, Tennis – singles semi-finals
- Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral, Tennis
- Gabriel Albuquerque, Trampoline Gymnastics – qualification
- Mariana Machado, Athletics – first round 5,000m
- Liliana Cá & Irina Rodrigues, Athletics – discus throw qualification
- Francisco Belo & Tsanko Arnaudov, Athletics, weight throw qualification M
- Diogo Ribeiro, Swimming – 50m freestyle final
- Camila Rebelo, Swimming, 200m backstroke final
august 3rd
- Maria Caetano, João Moreira and Rita Ralão Duarte, Equestrian – final
- Pedro Buaró, Pole vault – qualification
- Nelson Oliveira & Rui Costa, Road cycling – final
- Diogo Costa/Carolina João, Sailing
- Eduardo Marques, Sailing
- Nuno Borges, Tennis – singles bronze medal
- Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral – final
- Fu Yu & Shao Jieni, Table tennis – singles bronze medal
- Filipa Martins, Artistic gymnastics – vaulting final
- Isaac Nader, Athletics – 1500 m
- Francisco Belo & Tsanko Arnaudov – weight throw final
- Lorène Bazolo, Athletics – 100m semi-finals
- Diogo Ribeiro, Swimming – 100m butterfly final
august 4th
- Maria Caetano, João Moreira & Rita Ralão Duarte, Equestrian
- Lorène Bazolo, Athletics – round 1, 200m
- Diogo Costa/Carolina João, Sailing
- Eduardo Marques, Sailing
- Mafalda Pires de Lima, Sailing
- Nuno Borges, Tennis – final
- Fatoumata Diallo, Athletics – round 1, 400m hurdles
- Marcos Freitas & Tiago Apolónia, Table tennis
- Daniela Campos, Cycling, road cross-country race – final
- Filipa Martins, artistic gymnastics – asymmetric parallel final
- João Coelho, Athletics – round 1, 400 m
- Isaac Nader, Athletics – semi-finals 1500 m
Editor’s note: this article on the 2024 Olympic Games will be updated frequently to cover the full schedule of Portuguese athletes’ participation.