Portugal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Portugal at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Portugal at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	POR
NPC	Paralympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteparalimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	35 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Filomena Franco
Officials	56
Medals; Ranked 42nd	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Portugal competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country participated with 35 competitors in seven sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	João Paulo Fernandes	Boccia	Mixed individual – BC1
Silver	Luís Gonçalves	Athletics	Men's 400 m – T12
Silver	António Marques	Boccia	Mixed individual – BC1
Silver	João Paulo Fernandes Cristina Gonçalves Fernando Ferreira António Marques	Boccia	Mixed team – BC1/2
Silver	Armando Costa Mário Peixoto Eunice Raimundo	Boccia	Mixed pairs – BC3
Bronze	Fernando Pereira Bruno Valentim	Boccia	Mixed pairs – BC4
Bronze	João Martins	Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke – S1

Athletics

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat			Semifinal			Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Result	Rank	Overall	Result	Rank	Overall	Result	Rank
Nuno Alves	1500 m – T11	4:21.41	4	8 q	N/A			Did not advance
Nuno Alves	5000 m – T11	N/A						Did not finish
Firmino Baptista	100 m – T11	11.78	1 Q	12	11.73	3	11	Did not advance
Firmino Baptista	200 m – T11	24.15	3	12 q	24.09	4	8 q	24.13	6
Carlos Ferreira	Marathon – T12	N/A
Luís Gonçalves	200 m – T12	22.88 SB	1 Q	8	22.83 SB	3	9	Did not advance
Luís Gonçalves	400 m – T12	49.18 SB	1 Q	2	50.48	2	2 q	50.15
Carlos Lopes	100 m – T11	11.82	2	13	Did not advance
Gabriel Macchi	10000 m – T12	N/A						Did not finish
Gabriel Macchi	Marathon – T12	N/A						2:42:06	14
José Monteiro	800 m – T46	2:01.69	6	16	N/A			Did not advance
José Monteiro	1500 m – T46	4:13.98 SB	9	18	N/A			Did not advance
Jorge Pina	Marathon – T12	N/A
Gabriel Potra	200 m – T12	22.92	3	10 q	23.23	4	10	Did not advance
Gabriel Potra	Pentathlon – P12	N/A						Did not finish
Alexandrino Silva	Marathon – T54	N/A
Ricardo Vale	5000 m – T11	N/A						16:32.49	5
Carlos Lopes Firmino Baptista Gabriel Potra Luís Gonçalves	4x100 m – T11/13	Disqualified			N/A			Did not advance

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat			Semifinal			Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Result	Rank	Overall	Result	Rank	Overall	Result	Rank
Maria Graça Fernandes	100 m – T38	15.26 SB	5	9	Did not advance
Maria Graça Fernandes	200 m – T38	31.21 SB	5	8 q	N/A			31.38	8
Odete Fiúza	800 m – T12/13	2:31.67 SB	4	6	Did not advance
Odete Fiúza	1500 m – T13	N/A						5:03.51	8

Boccia

Four gold medalists from the 2004 Games—João Paulo Fernandes, Cristina Gonçalves, António Marques and Fernando Ferreira—returned to compete in Beijing. The boccia national team's coach is Helena Bastos. Portugal was expected to be a strong contender in this sport as it is regarded as one of the most successful countries ever.^[3]

Athlete(s)	Event	Group round				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete(s)	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
João Paulo Fernandes	Individual BC1	Sarela (FIN) W 4–3	Zhang (CHN) W 6–5	Leung (HKG) W 5–2	Vaquerizo (ESP) W 4–2	Park (KOR) W 3–2	Wang (NOR) W 5–4	Marques (POR) W 8–1
António Marques	Individual BC1	Aandalen (NOR) W 11–3	Sanders (NZL) L 0–6	Moran (IRL) W 4–2	Smith (GBR) L 2–3	Beltran (ESP) W 4–3	Shelly (IRL) W 4–1	Fernandes (POR) L 1–8
Cristina Gonçalves	Individual BC2	Martin (ESP) L 2–4	Norsterud (NOR) W 5–2	Wong (HKG) W 11–0	N/A	Kwok (HKG) L 1–8	Did not advance
Fernando Ferreira	Individual BC2	Bentley (GBR) W 6–1	Kainuma (JPN) W 8–2	Leahy (IRL) L 2–5	N/A	Cortez (ARG) L 2–5	Did not advance
Mário Peixoto	Individual BC3	Slade (NZL) W 11–0	Jeong (KOR) L 0–6	Visaratanunta (THA) W 5–0	N/A	Costa (POR) W 3–2	Park (KOR) L 3–4	Bronze Match Jeong (KOR) L 0–12	4
Armando Costa	Individual BC3	Martin (ESP) W 8–0	Gaulthier (CAN) W 5–3	Stavropoulou (GRE) W 11–2	N/A	Peixoto (POR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Eunice Raimundo	Individual BC3	Kabush (CAN) W 4–3	Pesquera (ESP) L 4–7	Michos (GRE) W 5–1	N/A	Did not advance
Bruno Valentim	Individual BC4	Pereira (POR) L 2–5	Pinto (BRA) W 4–2	Gyurkota (HUN) W 7–2	N/A	Did not advance
Fernando Pereira	Individual BC4	Valentim (POR) W 5–2	Gyurkota (HUN) W 5–0	Pinto (BRA) L 4–7	N/A	Leung (HKG) L 2–9	Did not advance
Armando Costa Mário Peixoto Eunice Raimundo	Pairs BC3	New Zealand (NZL) W 4–0	Greece (GRE) W 5–2	Thailand (THA) W 7–1	N/A		Spain (ESP) L 4–6	Bronze Match Thailand (THA) W 4–1
Fernando Pereira Bruno Valentim	Pairs BC4	Cuifang & Suili (CHN) W 7–0	Katrina & Prochazka (CZE) W 6-5	Leung & Lau (HKG) L 2–3	N/A		Baixauli & Dueso (ESP) W 4–3	Pinto & Santos (BRA) L 2–5
João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques	Team BC1–2	Japan (JPN) W 7–4	Norway (NOR) W 19–1	N/A		Argentina (ARG) W 8–3	Spain (ESP) W 8–2	Great Britain (GBR) L 4–8

Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Augusto Pereira	Road race (LC3–4/CP3)	1:49:37	22
Augusto Pereira	Road time trial (CP3)	43:43.02	7

Equestrian

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final Score	Rank
Sara Duarte	Neapolitano Morel	Freestyle grade II	66.336	5

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final B		Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Filomena Franco	Women's single sculls	7:31.90	6	8:29:90	5	8:04:89	5	11

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank
David Grachat	50 m freestyle – S9	26.77	4	9	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle – S9	57.93	3	6 Q	57.55	6
	200 m individual medley – SM9	2:28.75	3	7 Q	2:26.13	7
Nélson Lopes	50 m backstroke – S4	52.74	5	8 Q	53.38	8
Nélson Lopes	150 m individual medley – SM4	3:15.06	6	9	Did not advance
João Martins	50 m backstroke – S1	N/A			1:47.76

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank
Joana Calado	100 m breaststroke – SB8	1:28.46	4	6 Q	1:28.53	5
Joana Calado	200 m individual medley – SM9	2:52.52	7	12	Did not advance
Simone Fragoso	50 m freestyle – S5	48.69	6	10	Did not advance
Simone Fragoso	50 m backstroke – S5	58.90	7	11	Did not advance
Diana Guimarães	50 m backstroke – S5	1:06.57	6	13	Did not advance
Diana Guimarães	100 m breaststroke – SB4	2:22.77	5	9	Did not advance
Leila Marques	100 m breaststroke – SB8	1:29.99	5	7 Q	1:30.11	7
Leila Marques	400 m freestyle – S9	5:10.30	5	13	Did not advance
Perpétua Vaza	50 m freestyle – S3	1:16.18	5	9	Did not advance
Perpétua Vaza	50 m backstroke – S3	1:21.95	5	10	Did not advance

Sailing

Athlete(s)	Event	Races											Total points	Net points	Rank
Athlete(s)	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total points	Net points	Rank
Bento Amaral (s) Luísa Silvano (c)	SKUD18	8	8	6	9	9	8	5	6	6	8		73	55	9

References

^ ^a ^b "Missão Paralímpica Portuguesa aos XIII Jogos Paralímpicos em Pequim" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Deficientes. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ "Filomena Franco é a porta-estandarte". Sapo.pt. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
^ "Boccia powerhouse Portugal plans to dominate podium at Paralympics". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-09-04. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

External links

[mission-1] "Missão Paralímpica Portuguesa aos XIII Jogos Paralímpicos em Pequim" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Deficientes. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[2] "Filomena Franco é a porta-estandarte". Sapo.pt. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.

[3] "Boccia powerhouse Portugal plans to dominate podium at Paralympics". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-09-04. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

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