Portugal competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. A delegation of 71 competitors, 68 men and 3 women, took part in 45 events in 10 sports. The sailing team won the nation's only medal at these Olympics (bronze). For the first time, Portugal participated in the Gymnastics events and, also for the first time, with three female competitors. Medalists Bronze Francisco de Andrade and Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza — Sailing, Star. Athletics Men's 100m: R. Maia — 1st round: 6th (heat 11) T. Salvador Paquete — 1st round: 5th (heat 5) Men's 200m: E. Eleutério — 1st round: 5th (heat 5) F. Casimiro — 1st round: 4th (heat 15) Men's 400m: F. Casimiro — 1st round: 7th (heat 6) Men's 400m Hurdles: Fernando Fernandes — 1st round: 4th (heat 7) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay: E. Eleutério, F. Casimiro, R. Maia and T. Salvador Paquete — 1st round: 6th (heat 1) Men's triple jump: E. Lopes — qualifiers: 13th (heat 1) R. Ramos — 12th (14,69) Men's Decathlon: Fernando Fernandes — 16th (5604 points) Equestrian Men's Individual Dressage: A. Reymão Nogueira — 20th (429,5 points) Fernando Paes - 26th (346 points) Francisco Valadas Jr. — 21st (422 points) Men's Team Dressage: A. Reymão Nogueira, Fernando Paes and Francisco Valadas Jr. — 8th (1196,5 points) Men's Individual Eventing: António Pereira de Almeida — 23rd (216,2 points) Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 19th (183 points) Joaquim Duarte Silva — 24th (218,8 points) Men's Team Eventing: António Pereira de Almeida, Fernando Marques Cavaleiro and Joaquim Duarte Silva — 4th (618 points) Men's Individual Jumping: Henrique Alves Calado — 16th (20 points) J. Alves Carvalhosa — 26th (24 points) J. Craveiro Lopes — 19th (20 points) Men's Team Jumping: Henrique Alves Calado, J. Alves Carvalhosa and J. Craveiro Lopes — 8th (64 points) Fencing Ten fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1952. Men's épée Álvaro Pinto — 2nd round: 9th (poule 1) Carlos Dias — 2nd round: 9th (poule 3) Álvaro Mário Mourão — semi-final: 9th (poule 1) Men's team épée Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Álvaro Mário Mourão, Francisco Uva, João Costa — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4) Men's sabre João Pessanha — 1st round: 8th (poule 2) José Ferreira — 1st round: 7th (poule 5) Álvaro Silva — 1st round: 6th (poule 7) Men's team sabre Álvaro Silva, José Ferreira, Augusto Barreto, Jorge Franco, João Pessanha — 1st round: 3rd (poule