Portugal at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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Portugal
competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles
, United States
.
A delegation of six competitors participated in three sports (lowest since Stockholm 1912
), however no medal was conquered.
Athletics
Men's 100m:
Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
Shooting
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots):
Men's 50m Rifle Prone:
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 at the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
A delegation of six competitors participated in three sports (lowest since Stockholm 1912
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...
), however no medal was conquered.
AthleticsAthletics at the 1932 Summer OlympicsAt the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 kilometre walk appeared in the men's athletics at the Games. This was only the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...
Men's 100m:
- António Sarsfield Rodrigues — 1st round: 5th (heat 1)
Modern pentathlonModern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer OlympicsThe modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics-Individual competition:...
Men's Individual Competition:
- Rafael Afonso de Sousa — 22nd (102 points)
- Horse riding — 21st (111,5 points)
- Fencing (individual sword) — 23rd (10 points)
- Shooting (pistol) — 17th (176 points)
- Swimming (300m free-style) — 21st (6.42,1 min)
- Cross-country — 20th (19.09,0 min)
- Sebastião de Freitas Branco de Herédia — 23rd (106 points)
- Horse riding — 22nd (466 points)
- Fencing (individual sword) — 17th (18 points)
- Shooting (pistol) — 24th (130 points)
- Swimming (300m free-style) — 20th (6.17,4 min)
- Cross-country — 23rd (20.15,6 min)
ShootingShooting at the 1932 Summer OlympicsWhen shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the extent of the competitions was far from those in the previous Games: it consisted of only two events, one rifle event and one pistol event, and no team events at all . The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and...
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots):
- José Maria Soares de Andrea Ferreira — 7th
- Rafael Afonso de Sousa — 9th
Men's 50m Rifle Prone:
- Francisco António Real — 7th
- José Maria Soares de Andrea Ferreira — 23rd
- Manuel da Silva Guerra — 20th