Portugal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. A delegation of thirty eight competitors participated in eleven sports, bringing home a total of three medals – a feat only repeated 20 years later, in Athens – including Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal, through Carlos Lopes in the marathon. Rosa Mota, future marathon olympic champion, was the bronze medalist of this event, who appeared for the first time in the Olympics. Portugal made its debut in the Olympic archery as well as in the diving, with Joana Figueiredo as the first Portuguese Olympic diver. Female competitors were also present at the first rhythmic gymnastics events in an Olympiad. Medalists Archery Men's Competition: Rui Santos — 2324 pts (→ 51st) {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !Distance!!90m!!70m!!50m!!30m!!Total |- !Round 1 |248||287||304||334||1173 |- !Round 2 |240||290||291||330||1151 |- !Total |488||577||595||664||2324 |} Athletics Men's Events 100m: Luís Barroso Round 1 (heat 8) — 10.76 (→ 4th, did not advance) 200m: Luís Barroso Round 1 (heat 7) — 22.03 (→ 6th, did not advance) 5,000m: Ezequiel Canário Round 1 (heat 1) — 13:43.28 (→ 1st) Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:32.64 (→ 9th, advanced as 3rd fastest loser) Final — 13:26.50 (→ 9th) João Campos Round 1 (heat 3) — 13:46.27 (→ 5th) Semi-final (heat 2) — 13:34.46 (→ 10th, did not advance) António Leitão Round 1 (heat 4) — 13:51.33 (→ 1st) Semi-final (heat 1) — 13:39.76 (→ 2nd) Final — 13:09.20 (→ Bronze Medal) 10,000m: Fernando Mamede Round 1 (heat 1) — 28:21.87 (→ 1st) Final — did not finish Marathon: Carlos Lopes — 2:09:21 OR (→ Gold Medal) Cidálio Caetano — did not finish Delfim Moreira — did not finish 20 km Walk: José Pinto — 1:30:57 (→ 25th) 50 km Walk: José Pinto — 4:04:42 (→ 8th) Women's Events 800m: Maria Machado Round 1 (heat 4) — 2:05.74 (→ 5th, did not advance) 3000m: Aurora Cunha Round 1 (heat 1) — 8:46.38 (→ 4th, advanced as 2nd fastest loser) Final — 8:46.37 (→ 6th) Maria Machado Round 1 (heat 2) — 9:01.77 (→ 4th, did not advance) Rosa Mota Round 1 (heat 3) — did not finish Marathon: Conceição Ferreira — 2:50:58 (→ 39th) Rita Borralho — 2:50:58 (→ 38th) Rosa Mota — 2:26:57 (→ Bronze Medal) Diving Women's 3m Springboard: Joana Figueiredo Preliminary — 374,07 pts (→ 22nd, did not advance) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !Dive!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!rowspan=2|Total |- !Coef. |1.5||1.9||2.0||1.7||2.4||2.4||2.8||2.8||2.1||2.5 |- !Pts