Portugal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Olympic Committee of Portugal
IOC code	POR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Portugal
inMoscow
Competitors	11 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Esbela da Fonseca (Gymnastics)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Portugal competed at the1980 Summer Olympics inMoscow,USSR.

Portugal sent a delegation of eleven competitors. These participated in six sports, with a debut in boxing, however no medals were won.

Men's 1,500 metres

• João José Pontes Campos

• Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:41.3 (→ 5th)
• Semi-final (heat 1) — 3:44.4 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• José Manuel Sena

• Round 1 (heat 3) — did not finish

Men's Marathon

• Anacleto Pereira Pinto

• Final — 2:17:04 (→ 16th place)

Men's Light Flyweight (–48 kg):

• João Manuel Miguel (a.k.a. Paquito)

• 1/16 final — Bye
• 1/8 final —Shamil Sabirov(URS) (→ lost 5:0, did not advance)

Women's Team All-Round Competition:

• Maria Avelina Alvarez — 69,00 pts (→ 9th – 16th)

Men's –60 kg:

• João Paulo Mendonça

Pool B:

• Round 1 —Marian Donat(POL) (→ won bywaza-ari)
• Round 2 —Thierry Rey(FRA) (→ lost byippon)
• Repêchage —Reino Fagerlund(FIN) (→ lost bykoka, did not advance)

Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):

• José António Branco

Pool A:

• Round 1 —Abdoulaye Thera(MLI) (→ won bywaza-ari awasete ippon)
• Round 2 —Ilian Nedkov(BUL) (→ lost bywaza-ari awasete ippon, did not advance)

Men's Half Middleweight (–70 kg):

• António Roquete Andrade

Pool A:

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 —Berkane Lakhdar Adda(ALG) (→ won bywaza-ari)
• Round 3 —Bernard Tchoullouyan(FRA) (→ lost byippon, did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 2) — 1:00.62(→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 1) — did not participate

Men's 100m Butterfly:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4)— 57.94 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 1) — 52.85 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle:

• Rui Pinto Abreu

• Heats (heat 1) — 1:55.25 (→ 4th, did not advance)

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 1)— 1:55.06 (→ 3rd, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle:

• Paulo Frischknecht

• Heats (heat 4)— did not participate

Men's Flyweight (–52 kg):

• Raul Diniz — 197,0 pts (→ 13th)

• Salles Grade (chief of mission)
• Fernando Lima Bello (chief of mission)

• Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 (1981).Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad - Volume 2: The organisation (Retrieved on November 9, 2006).
• Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 (1981).Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad - Volume 3: The participants and results (Retrieved on November 10, 2006).

• Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Portugal at the Summer Olympics by year
• 1980 in Portuguese sport

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