Uruguay at the Olympics

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.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

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
2012 London	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	future event
Total	2	2	6	10

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

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Football team José Andrade Pedro Arispe Pedro Céa Alfredo Ghierra Andrés Mazali José Nasazzi José Naya Pedro Petrone Ángel Romano Héctor Scarone Humberto Tomasina Antonio Urdinarán Santos Urdinarán José Vidal Alfredo Zibechi Pedro Casella	1924 Paris	Football	Men's competition
Gold	Football team José Andrade Pedro Arispe Juan Arremón René Borjas Antonio Campolo Adhemar Canavesi Héctor Castro Pedro Céa Lorenzo Fernández Roberto Figueroa Alvaro Gestido Andrés Mazali José Nasazzi Pedro Petrone Juan Piriz Héctor Scarone Santos Urdinarán Peregrino Anselmo	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	Basketball team Martín Acosta y Lara Enrique Baliño Victorio Cieslinskas Héctor Costa Nelson Demarco Héctor García Otero Tabaré Larre Borges Adesio Lombardo Roberto Lovera Sergio Matto Wilfredo Peláez Carlos Roselló	1952 Helsinki	Basketball	Men's competition
Bronze	Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez	1952 Helsinki	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Bronze	Basketball team Carlos Blixen Ramiro Cortés Héctor Costa Nelson Chelle Nelson Demarco Héctor García Carlos González Sergio Matto Oscar Moglia Raúl Mera Ariel Olascoaga Milton Scaron	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

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Uruguay
• Uruguay at the Paralympics

External links

• "Uruguay". International Olympic Committee.
• Template:IOC medals
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Uruguay". Sports-Reference.com.
• "Comité Olímpico Uruguayo - C.O.U." (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Uruguayo. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
• (ed.) Berlioux, Monique (March 1979). "Uruguay and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (137). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: 168–176. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)