Portugal competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

29 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 8 sports.

[1] Men's 110m Hurdles: Men's 400m: Men's 400m Hurdles: Men's 800m: Men's 1500m: Men's 5000m: Men's 10000m: Men's Marathon: Men's 4 × 400 m: Individual Jumping: Team Jumping: Men's Half-Middleweight (–70 kg): Men's Middleweight (–80 kg): Men's Single Sculls Double Sculls: Dragon: Finn: Star: Five male shooters represented Portugal in 1972.

Men's Bantamweight (–56 kg): Men's Freestyle Featherweight (–62 kg): Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (–52 kg): Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):