Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. A delegation with a record number of 107 competitors (83 men and 24 women) participated in 79 events in 18 sports. Two medals were won this time, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprising victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance endurance events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class male team, reviving a successful sailing tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations. In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing, and in newly promoted beach volleyball, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a Bahamian team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football team to the Olympics and, in the end, it repeated Amsterdam's fourth place. Medalists Gold Fernanda Ribeiro — Athletics, Women's 10000m. Bronze Hugo Rocha and Nuno Barreto — Sailing, Men's 470. Archery Men's Individual Competition: Nuno Pombo Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Round!!1st half!!2nd half!!Total |- !Pts |322||328||650 |} Elimination rounds — 148 pts (→ 58th) 1/32 finals — Pawel Szymczak (POL) (→ lost by 152-148, did not advance) Athletics Men's events 100m: Luís Cunha Round 1 (heat 1) — 10.65 (→ 6th, did not advance) 800m: António Abrantes Round 1 (heat 5) — 1:47.73 (→ 5th, did not advance) 1500m: António Travassos Round 1 (heat 3) — 3:42.01 (→ 10th, did not advance) Luís Feiteira Round 1 (heat 4) — 3:38.09 (→ 5th, advanced as 4th fastest loser) Semi-final 1 — 3:40.31 (→ 11th, did not advance) Luís Jesus Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:44.65 (→ 7th, did not advance) 5000m: José Ramos Round 1 (heat 1) — 14:17.26 (→ 8th) Semi-final 1 — 14:24.81 (→ 15th, did not advance) Luís Jesus Round 1 (heat 3) — 14:08.87 (→ 11th, advanced as 9th fastest loser) Semi-final 2 — did not start 10000m: Alfredo Braz Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:50.58 (→ 14th, did not advance) Carlos Patrício Round 1 (heat 1) — 29:15.41 (→ 15th, did not advance) Paulo Guerra Round 1 (heat 2) — did not finish Marathon: António Pinto — 2:16:41 (→ 14th) Domingos