Uruguay at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Uruguay at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Uruguay at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	URU
NOC	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	21 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Héctor Costa
Medals ; Ranked 35th	Gold0Silver0Bronze1Total1
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Last updated December 24, 2025

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

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

Fermín Donazar

Basketball

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

References

↑ "Uruguay at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
↑ 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.

External links

Montevideo.com
Official Olympic Reports Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
International Olympic Committee results database

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[sports-reference-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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v t e Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)