Uruguay at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	URU
Nocname:	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Website:
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	34
Sports:	8
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Uruguay competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 34 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

• Fermín Donazar

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

• Preliminary Round (Group D)

• Lost to Spain (72-77)

• Defeated Poland (76-72)

• Defeated Philippines (80-76)
• Semi Final Round (Group B)

• Lost to Soviet Union (53-89)

• Lost to United States (50-108)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (83-94)
• Classification Round

• Lost to Czechoslovakia (72-98)

• Lost to Poland (62-64) → 8th place
• Team Roster

• Carlos Blixen

• Danilo Coito

• Héctor Costa

• Nelson Chelle

• Manuel Gadea

• Adolfo Lubnicki

• Sergio Matto

• Raúl Mera

• Washington Poyet

• Waldemar Rial

• Milton Scaron

• Edison Ciavattone

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

• Gualberto Gutiérrez
• Roberto Martínez
• Pedro Votta

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Five cyclists, all male, represented Uruguay in 1960.

Individual road race

• Rubén Etchebarne
• Rodolfo Rodino
• Juan José Timón
• Alberto Velázquez

1000m time trial

• Luis Serra

Team pursuit

• Alberto Velázquez
• Juan José Timón
• Rubén Etchebarne
• Rodolfo Rodino

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

• Carlos Colombino
• Germán Mailhos
• Rafael Paullier

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Two fencers represented Uruguay in 1960.

Men's foil

• Juan Paladino

Men's sabre

• Teodoro Goliardi
• Juan Paladino

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Uruguay had five male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men's double sculls

• Paulo Carvalho
• Mariano Caulín

Men's coxed pair

• Luis Aguiar
• Gustavo Pérez
• Raúl Torrieri (cox)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

• Gonzalo García
• Horacio García
• Víctor Trinchin

External links

• Montevideo.com
• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uruguay at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093744/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URU/summer/1960/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-11-08 . sports-reference.com.
2. Uruguay Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230657/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URU/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 February 2018.