Uruguay at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	URU
Nocname:	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	32 (31 men and 1 woman)
Sports:	9
Rank:	37
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Uruguay competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 32 competitors, 31 men and 1 woman, took part in 17 events in 9 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Bronze

• Sergio Matto, Wilfredo Pelaez, Carlos Roselló, Tabaré Larre, Adesio Lombardo, Roberto Lovera, Héctor Costa, Nelson Demarco, Héctor Garcia, Martín Acosta y Lara, Enrique Baliño, and Victorio Cieslinskas - Basketball, Men's Team Competition
• Juan Rodríguez and Miguel Seijas - Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

• Hércules Ascune
• Estrella Puente

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Main Round (Group A)

• Defeated Czechoslovakia (53-51)

• Defeated Hungary (70-56)

• Lost to United States (44-57)
• Final Round (Group A)

• Lost to France (56-58)

• Defeated Bulgaria (62-54)

• Defeated Argentina (66-65)
• Semifinals

• Lost to Soviet Union (57-61)
• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Argentina (68-59) → Bronze Medal
• Team roster

• Martín Acosta y Lara

• Enrique Baliño

• Victorio Cieslinskas

• Héctor Costa

• Nelson Demarco

• Héctor García

• Tabaré Larre Borges

• Adesio Lombardo

• Roberto Lovera

• Sergio Matto

• Wilfredo Peláez

• Carlos Rosello
• Head coach: Olguiz Rodríguez

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

• Luis Albino Acuña
• Luis Sosa

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Virgilio Pereyra - 5:22:33.4 (→ 33rd place)
• Luis Angel de los Santos - 5:22:34.4 (→ 38th place)
• Mario Machado - 5:23:33.7 (→ 39th place)
• Julio Sobrera - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track CompetitionMen's 1.000m Time Trial

• Luis Angel de los Santos

• Final - 1:17.0 (→ 19th place)
• Juan de Armas
• Atilio Francois
• Luis Pedro Serra

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Two fencers, both men, represented Uruguay in 1952.

Men's foil

• Sergio Iesi
• Ricardo Rimini

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Uruguay in 1952.

Individual

• Américo González
• Alberto Ortíz
• Lem Martínez

Team

• Alberto Ortíz
• Lem Martínez
• Américo González

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Uruguay had three male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Eduardo Risso

Men's double sculls

• Miguel Seijas
• Juan Rodríguez

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

• Eugenio Lauz Santurio

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

• Eduardo Priggione

External links

• Montevideo.com
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uruguay at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090232/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URU/summer/1952/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-09-27 . sports-reference.com.
2. Uruguay Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182848/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URU/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.