Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics 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
Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Baden-Baden, West Germany (Germany since October 1990), the IOC selected Seoul to host the 1988 Summer Olympics. Venues for the Seoul Sports Complex were constructed between 1973 and 1984. Except for Mongchon Tosong and the Tongillo Road Course, all of the other venues were completed or renovated by the summer of 1986. Many of the venues would play host to the Asian Games in 1986 which would serve as test events for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The men's marathon course was run in hot weather along a route lined with 36,000 police personnel. At the Han River Regatta Course/