Portugal competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 90 competitors, 68 men and 22 women, took part in 71 events in 14 sports.
These Olympics saw Portugal listing the biggest share of competitors in the athletics, but also debuting in the tennis and badminton events, recently elevated to Olympic sports, as with the women's judo. Portugal also participated in the roller hockey tournament (demonstration sport), as current world champions, but finishing just outside the podium.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
Women's Individual Competition: Ana Sousa Qualifying round — 1288 pts (→ 22nd) { |class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !70m!!60m!!50m!!30m!!Total |- |297||334||321||336||1288 |} Elimination round — 98 pts (→ 26th) 1/16 finals — Xiangjun Ma (CHN) (→ lost 101:98, did not advance)
Athletics
Men's events
800m: António Abrantes Round 1 (heat 7) — 1:50.89 (→ 5th, did not advance)
1,500m: Mário Silva Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:38.57 (→ 3rd) Semi-final (heat 2) — 3:38.09 (→ 9th, did not advance)
5,000m: Carlos Monteiro Semi-final (heat 4) — 14:00.53 (→ 10th, did not advance) Domingos Castro Semi-final (heat 3) — 13:24:57 (→ 5th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser) Final — 13:38.09 (→ 11th) Raimundo Santos Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:48.06 (→ 7th, did not advance)
10,000m: Domingos Castro Round 1 (heat 1) — did not finish Fernando Couto Round 1 (heat 2) — 29:20.06 (→ 15th, did not advance)
Marathon: António Pinto → did not finish Dionísio Castro → did not finish Joaquim Pinheiro → did not finish
20 km Walk: José Urbano — disqualified
50 km Walk: José Magalhães — 4:20:21 (→ 28th) José Pinto — disqualified José Urbano — 4:16:31 (→ 25th)
400m Hurdles: Pedro Rodrigues Round 1 (heat 3) — 49.46 (→ 5th, did not advance)
3000m Steeplechase: João Junqueira Round 1 (heat 3) — 8:35.68 (→ 8th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser) Semi-final (heat 1) — 8:39.17 (→ 10th, did not advance)
4 × 100 m Relay: Luís Barroso, Luís Cunha, Pedro Agostinho and Pedro Curvelo Round 1 (heat 2) — 40.30 (→ 5th, did not advance)
4 × 400 m Relay: Álvaro Silva, José Mendes, Paulo Curvelo and Pedro Rodrigues Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:10.11 (→ 7th, did not advance)
Pole Vault: Nuno Fernandes Qualifying round (heat 2) — 5,00 (→ 15th, did not advance) { | class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !4,80!!5,00!!5,20!!5,30!!5,40!!5,50!!5,55!!5,60!!Result |- |XXO||XO||XXX5,00 |}
Women's events
100m: Lucrécia Jardim Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.58 (→ 4th) Round 2 (heat 1) — 11.66 (→ 7th, did not advance)
200m: Lucrécia Jardim Round 1 (heat 1) — 23.26 (→ 3rd) Round 2 (heat 2) — 23.09 (→ 5th, did not advance)
800m: Carla Sacramento Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:00.57 (→ 3rd, advanced as 5th fastest loser) Semi-final (heat 2) — 2:02.85 (→ 6th, did not advance)
1500m: Carla Sacramento Round 1 (heat 1) — 4:10.01 (→ 5th) Semi-final (heat 2) — 4:05.54 (→ 9th, did not advance)
3000m: Fernanda Ribeiro Round 1 (heat 2) — 9:07.69 (9th, did not advance)
10000m: Albertina Dias Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:15.05 (→ 6th) Final — 32:0.393 (→ 13th) Conceição Ferreira Round 1 (heat 1) — 32:31.95 (→ 9th, advanced as 1st fastest loser) Final — did not finish Fernanda Marques Round 1 (heat 2) — 32:38.16 (→ 8th) Final — did not finish
Marathon: Aurora Cunha → did not finish Manuela Machado → 2:38:22 (→ 7th)
10 km Walk: Isilda Gonçalves — 50:23 (→ 34th) Susana Feitor — disqualified
400m Hurdles: Marta Moreira Round 1 (heat 2) — 58.24 (→ 6th, did not advance)
4 × 400 m Relay: Eduarda Coelho, Elsa Amaral, Lucrécia Jardim and Marta Moreira Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:29.38 (→ 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser) Final — 3:36.85 (→ 8th)
Discus Throw: Teresa Machado Qualifying round — 4,98 (→ 14th, did not advance)
Badminton
Men's Individual Competition: Ricardo Fernandes 1/32 finals — R. Liljequist (FIN) (→ lost by 15-3, 15-11 – did not advance) Fernando Silva 1/32 finals — Peter Axelsson (SWE) (→ lost by 15-7, 15-8 – did not advance)
Men's Team Competition: Fernando Silva and Ricardo Fernandes 1/32 finals — Benny Lee and Thomas Reidy (USA) (→ lost by 15-1, 15-10 – did not advance)
Canoeing
Sprint
Men
Equestrianism
Individual Eventing: António Braz — –238.60 pts (→ 58th) { | class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Event!!Dressage!!Endurance!!Jumping |- !Pts (Rank) |–85.00 (75th)||–143.60 (57th)||–10.00 (24th) |- !GeneralPts (Rank) |–85.00 (75th)||–228.60 (59th)||–238.60 (58th) |}