Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics Portugal competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It was the nation's twenty-second consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Portugal was represented by a delegation of 129 people, of which 77 were competitors participating in 16 sports. Nelson Évora, the 2007 triple jump world champion, was chosen as the flag bearer during the opening ceremony; he won the triple jump event, giving Portugal its fourth ever Olympic gold medal. A single male archer secured qualification by winning the individual competition at the Final World Qualification Tournament,
Canada at the Summer Olympics won by the show jumping team in Mexico City. A second gold medal, and the first in an individual event, went to Eric Lamaze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Canada has never won an Olympic medal in fencing. Their best finish was fourth in the men's team épée competition at the 1984 games and the women's team épée competition at the 2004 games. Golf was only included in the Olympic program for the 1900 and 1904 games, at which George Lyon won the individual gold medal. Canada has only won a single medal in artistic gymnastics, a gold by Kyle