Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics Men's Flyweight (–52 kg): Men's Middleweight (–75 kg): Men's Middle Heavyweight (–90 kg): 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
Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the first time in Olympic competition that eight gymnasts were allowed to move onto an apparatus final, instead of the previous six. Due to the boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics by the USSR and other allied countries, there was an 'Alternate Olympics' held where the USSR, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and other nations competed against each other. The Artistic gymnastics segment of the competition was held in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, and the Rhythmic gymnastics segment was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The artistic gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics was carried out in three stages: Each country was limited