Uruguay at the Olympics
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Template:Infobox Olympics Uruguay Uruguay first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. Uruguay has participated in the Winter Olympic Games only once, in 1998.
Uruguayan athletes have won a total of ten medals, with two gold medals in football.
The National Olympic Committee for Uruguay was created in 1923, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.
List of medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Gold | National team | 1924 Paris | Football | Men's competition |
Gold | National team | 1928 Amsterdam | Football | Men's competition |
Bronze | Guillermo Douglas | 1932 Los Angeles | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Silver | Eduardo Risso | 1948 London | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Bronze | William Jones Juan Rodríguez |
1948 London | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
Bronze | National team | 1952 Helsinki | Basketball | Men's competition |
Bronze | Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez |
1952 Helsinki | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
Bronze | National team | 1956 Melbourne | Basketball | Men's competition |
Bronze | Washington Rodríguez | 1964 Tokyo | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
Silver | Milton Wynants | 2000 Sydney | Cycling | Men's points race |
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
1924 Paris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1928 Amsterdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1932 Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1936 Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 London | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1952 Helsinki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1956 Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1960 Rome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1964 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1968 Mexico City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972 Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1976 Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1980 Moscow | did not participate | |||
1984 Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1988 Seoul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 Sydney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2004 Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
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Medals by sport
Football | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rowing | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Cycling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Basketball | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
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See also
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- "Comité Olímpico Uruguayo". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- "Comité Olímpico Uruguayo - C.O.U." (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Uruguayo. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- (ed.) Berlioux, Monique (1979). "Uruguay and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (137). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: pp. 168–176. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
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