Portugal at the Paralympics
# Portugal at the Paralympics

Portugal made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (two years before the Carnation Revolution), where it was represented solely by a men's team in wheelchair basketball. They were eliminated at the preliminary stage of the competition, with one victory (over Switzerland) and three defeats. Portugal was then absent from the Paralympic Games until the 1984 Summer Games, where its athletes won the country's first fourteen medals, including three gold in track and field and one in boccia. Portugal has competed at every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but -almost uniquely among Western European countries- has never taken part in the Winter Games.

Portuguese athletes have won a total of 92 Paralympic medals, of which 25 gold, 30 silver and 37 bronze. As of 2010, Portugal ranks thirty-sixth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. The country's best performance came in 2000, when it won 15 medals (of which 6 gold) and ranked 26th.

## Medal tallies

### Summer Paralympics

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1972 Heidelberg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| 1988 Seoul | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 29 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 2000 Sydney | 52 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 2004 Athens | 29 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 41 |
| 2008 Beijing | 35 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 42 |
| 2012 London | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 63 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 73 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 77 |
| Total | Total | 25 | 30 | 39 | 94 | 35 |

### Medals by Summer sport

Row in gold background is a sport in which they are leading in i.e. won most world championship titles.

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 17 | 15 | 22 | 54 |
| Boccia | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| Swimming | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Football 7-a-side | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paracanoe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 25 | 30 | 39 | 94 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Reinaldo Jose Pereira | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's 100m C8 |
| Gold | Antonio Carlos Martins | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's 200m C8 |
| Gold | Antonio Carlos Martins | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's 1500m cross country C8 |
| Gold | António Baltazar Maria Helena Martins António José Mateus | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Boccia | Mixed team |
| Silver | Antonio Carlos Martins | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's 100m C8 |
| Silver | Men's relay team | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay C7-8 |
| Silver | Antonio Jose Silva | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Cycling | Men's bicycle 5000m CP div 4 |
| Bronze | Reinaldo Jose Pereira | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's 200m C8 |
| Bronze | Antonio Carlos Martins | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's 800m C8 |
| Bronze | Antonio Carlos Martins | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Men's long jump C8 |
| Bronze | Maria Helena Martins | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Women's 60m C2 |
| Bronze | Maria Albertina Cabral | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Athletics | Women's 1000m cross country C7 |
| Bronze | Candido Leite | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Cycling | Men's bicycle 1500m CP div 4 |
| Bronze | Paulo Jorge Santos | 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Table tennis | Men's singles C4 |
| Gold | Olga Pinto | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's distance throw C1 |
| Gold | Olga Pinto | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's precision throw C1 |
| Gold | João Alves António Marques Maria Melo | 1988 Seoul | Boccia | Mixed team C1-C2 |
| Silver | José Rebelo | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 100m C8 |
| Silver | José Rebelo | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 200m C8 |
| Silver | Manuel Baltazar | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's kick ball C2 |
| Silver | Maria Albertina Cabral | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's 200m C7 |
| Silver | Maria Albertina Cabral | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's 400m C7 |
| Bronze | José Rebelo | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 400m C8 |
| Bronze | António Marques | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's precision throw C1 |
| Bronze | João Alves | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's precision throw C1 |
| Bronze | Emilia Costa | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's precision throw C1 |
| Bronze | João Alves | 1988 Seoul | Boccia | Mixed individual C1 |
| Bronze | Fernando Ferreira | 1988 Seoul | Boccia | Mixed individual C2 |
| Gold | Carlos Conceição Lopes | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 200m B1 |
| Gold | Carlos Conceição Lopes | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 400m B1 |
| Gold | Paulo de Almeida Coelho | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 1500m B1 |
| Silver | Paulo de Almeida Coelho | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 5000m B1 |
| Silver | Fernando Costa | 1992 Barcelona | Boccia | Mixed individual C2 |
| Silver | Jerônimo Pereira José Couto Helder Teixeira Carlos Amaral Ferreira Rui Santos Correia Arlindo Silva Mário Santos Candido Machado José Dias João Cardoso Fernando Bento | 1992 Barcelona | Football 7-a-side | Men's team |
| Bronze | Paulo de Almeida Coelho | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 800m B1 |
| Bronze | Stos Correia Jose Dias Mario Santos Antonio Jose Silva | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay C5-8 |
| Bronze | Susana Carvalheira | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S3-4 |
| Gold | Domingos Ramiao Game | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 400m T10 |
| Gold | Domingos Ramiao Game | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 800m T10 |
| Gold | Paulo de Almeida Coelho | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 1500m T10 |
| Gold | Paulo de Almeida Coelho | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 5000m T10 |
| Gold | José Macedo | 1996 Atlanta | Boccia | Men's individual C1 wad |
| Gold | Armando Costa José Macedo | 1996 Atlanta | Boccia | Mixed pairs C1 wad |
| Silver | Paulo de Almeida Coelho | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 800m T10 |
| Silver | João Alves Fernando Ferreira António Marques Pedro Silva | 1996 Atlanta | Boccia | Mixed team C1-2 |
| Silver | Susana Barroso | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S3 |
| Silver | Susana Barroso | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S3 |
| Bronze | Carlos Conceição Lopes | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 400m T10 |
| Bronze | Carlos Amaral Ferreira | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 10000m T10 |
| Bronze | J. Onofre da Costa | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's marathon T12 |
| Bronze | Susana Barroso | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S3 |
| Gold | Gabriel Potra | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 200m T12 |
| Gold | Carlos Conceição Lopes | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 400m T11 |
| Gold | Paulo de Almeida Coelho | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 1500m T11 |
| Gold | Carlos Amaral Ferreira | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's marathon T11 |
| Gold | José Alves Carlos Conceição Lopes José Gameiro Gabriel Potra | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay T13 |
| Gold | José Macedo | 2000 Sydney | Boccia | Mixed individual BC3 |
| Silver | Firmino Baptista | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 200m T11 |
| Silver | José Monteiro | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 800m T46 |
| Silver | Carlos Amaral Ferreira | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 10000m T11 |
| Silver | Armando Costa | 2000 Sydney | Boccia | Mixed individual BC3 |
| Silver | Susana Barroso | 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S3 |
| Bronze | Gabriel Potra | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 100m T12 |
| Bronze | José Alves | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 400m T13 |
| Bronze | Maria Fernandes | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 400m T38 |
| Bronze | Luis Belchior Fernando Ferreira António Marques Pedro Silva | 2000 Sydney | Boccia | Mixed team BC1-BC2 |
| Gold | João Paulo Fernandes | 2004 Athens | Boccia | Mixed individual BC1 |
| Gold | João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques | 2004 Athens | Boccia | Mixed team BC1/BC2 |
| Silver | Carlos Amaral Ferreira | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 10000m T11 |
| Silver | Carlos Amaral Ferreira | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's marathon T11 |
| Silver | Pedro Silva | 2004 Athens | Boccia | Mixed individual BC2 |
| Silver | Bruno Valentim | 2004 Athens | Boccia | Mixed individual BC4 |
| Silver | Fernando de Oliveira Pereira Bruno Valentim | 2004 Athens | Boccia | Mixed pairs BC4 |
| Bronze | José Alves | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 400m T13 |
| Bronze | Fernando Ferreira | 2004 Athens | Boccia | Mixed individual BC2 |
| Bronze | João Martins | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S1 |
| Bronze | João Martins | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S1 |
| Bronze | Susana Barroso | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S3 |
| Gold | João Paulo Fernandes | 2008 Beijing | Boccia | Mixed individual BC1 |
| Silver | Luís Gonçalves | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 400m T12 |
| Silver | António Marques | 2008 Beijing | Boccia | Mixed individual BC1 |
| Silver | João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques | 2008 Beijing | Boccia | Mixed team BC1/2 |
| Silver | Armando Costa Mario Peixoto Eunice Raimundo | 2008 Beijing | Boccia | Mixed pairs BC3 |
| Bronze | Fernando Pereira Bruno Valentim | 2008 Beijing | Boccia | Mixed pairs BC4 |
| Bronze | João Martins | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S1 |
| Silver | Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva | 2012 London | Boccia | Mixed pairs BC3 |
| Bronze | Lenine Cunha | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's long jump F20 |
| Bronze | José Macedo | 2012 London | Boccia | Mixed individual BC3 |
| Bronze | Luís Gonçalves | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 400m T12 |
| Bronze | Manuel Mendes | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's marathon T46 |
| Bronze | José Macedo | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boccia | Mixed individual BC3 |
| Bronze | Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques Abílio Valente | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boccia | Mixed team BC1-2 |
| Bronze | Miguel Monteiro | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's shot put F40 |
| Bronze | Norberto Mourão | 2020 Tokyo | Paracanoeing | Men's VL2 |
