Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

competed in the Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

 for the first time at the 1912 Summer Olympics

1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

.

A delegation of six competitors participated in three sports, however no medal was conquered. Of reference, the death of the runner Francisco Lázaro

Francisco Lázaro

Francisco Lázaro was the first Portuguese Olympic marathon runner and standard bearer of the Portuguese legation in the nation's first ever Olympic games, the 1912 Summer Olympics, in Stockholm, Sweden....

 due to serious dehydration

Dehydration

In physiology and medicine, dehydration is defined as the excessive loss of body fluid. It is literally the removal of water from an object; however, in physiological terms, it entails a deficiency of fluid within an organism...

 during the marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 race.

Athletics

4 athletes represented Portugal in the nation's Olympic debut. Lázaro collapsed during the marathon due to his use of wax to prevent sweating; he died the next morning.

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mathias de Carvalho	Marathon Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The distance used was 40.2 kilometres, nearly 2...	N/A				Did not start
Francisco Lázaro Francisco Lázaro Francisco Lázaro was the first Portuguese Olympic marathon runner and standard bearer of the Portuguese legation in the nation's first ever Olympic games, the 1912 Summer Olympics, in Stockholm, Sweden....	Marathon Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The distance used was 40.2 kilometres, nearly 2...	N/A				Did not finish
Armando Luzarte-Cortesão	400 m Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics...	?	3	Did not advance
	800 m Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Saturday, July 6,...	?	2 Q	?	6-9	Did not advance
António Stromp	100 m Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics...	?	3	Did not advance
	200 m Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which has appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics...	?	3	Did not advance

Fencing

A single fencer represented Portugal in that nation's Olympic debut. Fernando Correia

Fernando Correia

Fernando Correia was a Portuguese Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 was disqualified in the first round of the épée competition.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Record	Rank	Record	Rank	Record	Rank	Record	Rank
Fernando Correia Fernando Correia Fernando Correia was a Portuguese Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Épée Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's épée The men's épée was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1900.-Round 1:-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-Final:...	Disqualified		Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Portugal's Olympic debut included two wrestlers. Both wrestlers lost their first bout, won their second, and lost their third to be eliminated.

Wrestler	Class	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Match A Opposition Result	Match B Opposition Result	Match C Opposition Result	Rank
António Pereira	Featherweight Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman featherweight The Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics was part of the wrestling programme.The competition used a form of double-elimination tournament. Rather than using the brackets that are now standard for double-elimination contests , each wrestler drew a number...	L	W	L	Did not advance							19
Joaquim Victal	Middleweight Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman middleweight The Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics was part of the wrestling programme.The event was held from July 6, 1912 to July 15, 1912. The official name was Middleweight A . A maximum of 12 wrestlers from the same nation were allowed to start. 38 wrestlers from 13 nations...	L	W	L	Did not advance							20