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,
Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country has allocated one spot in the men's individual event. Daniel Pavlov qualified at the 2007 World Championships. Bulgaria had qualified two boxers for the Olympics: Boris Georgiev, light welterweight, European gold medalist in 2006 and Olympic bronze medalist from Athens 2004 and Kubrat Pulev, super heavyweight, bronze world medalist in 2005 and bronze European medalist in 2006 Bulgaria's men's team qualified as bronze medalists from the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup. The team won