Uruguay at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Uruguay competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 21 competitors, all men, took part in 8 events in 5 sports.[1]

Uruguay at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURU
NOCUruguayan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cou.org.uy (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors21 in 5 sports
Flag bearerHéctor Costa
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Bronze
  • Oscar Moglia, Ariel Olascoaga, Milton Scarón, Carlos Gonzáles, Sergio Matto, Raúl Mera, Héctor Costa, Nelson Demarco, Héctor Garcia, Carlos Blixen, Nelson Chelle, and Ramiro Cortes — Basketball, Men's Team Competition

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • Fermín Donazar

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • Carlos Blixen
  • Ramiro Cortes
  • Héctor Costa
  • Nelson Chelle
  • Nelson Demarco
  • Héctor García Otero
  • Carlos González
  • Sergio Matto
  • Oscar Moglia
  • Raúl Mera
  • Ariel Olascoaga
  • Milton Scaron

Cycling
Time trial
  • Luis Pedro Serra — 1:12.3 (→ 5th place)
Team pursuit
  • Alberto Velázquez
    Eduardo Puertollano
    Luis Pedro Serra
    René Deceja — 14th place
Individual road race
  • René Deceja — 5:31:58 (→ 33rd place)
  • Alberto Velázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Eduardo Puertollano — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Raymundo Moyano — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

One fencer represented Uruguay in 1956.

Men's sabre
  • Teodoro Goliardi

Rowing

Uruguay had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]

Men's double sculls
  • Paulo Carvalho
  • Miguel Seijas

References
  1. "Uruguay at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Uruguay Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.


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