Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	URU
NOC	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Website	www.cou.org.uy  (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors	29 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Rodolfo Collazo (opening) [1] Alejandro Foglia (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Uruguay competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Olympics, Uruguay missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support for the United States boycott.

The Uruguayan Olympic Committee (Spanish : Comité Olímpico Uruguayo , COU) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1968. ^[2] A total of 29 athletes, 26 men and 3 women, competed in 8 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Uruguay was represented at these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, judo and shooting.

Notable Uruguayan athletes included football stars Sebastián Coates and team captain Luis Suárez, who both had recently played for Liverpool F.C., siblings Alejandro and Andrea Foglia in men's and women's one-person dinghy sailing, and track hurdler Andrés Silva. Rower Rodolfo Collazo, who competed at his third Olympics along with Silva and the older Foglia, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Uruguay, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where track cyclist Milton Wynants won silver in the points race (currently replaced by the omnium).

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay has qualified one athlete in the men's 400 m hurdles through the "A" standard qualification time and qualified one athlete in the women's 400 m hurdles: ^{[3] [4]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Silva	400 m hurdles	53.38	8	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Déborah Rodríguez	400 m hurdles	57.04 NR	7	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one cyclist in the men's road race through the UCI America tour.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jorge Soto	Men's road race	Did not finish

Football

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay qualified a team in the men's tournament through the 2011 South American Youth Championship. ^[5]

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Uruguay squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^[6]

Coach: Óscar Tabárez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	1 GK	Martín Campaña	(1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 23)	3	0	Cerro Largo
2	2 DF	Ramón Arias	(1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 19)	3	0	Defensor Sporting
3	2 DF	Diego Polenta	(1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 20)	1	0	Genoa
4	2 DF	Sebastián Coates	(1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 21)	2	0	Liverpool
5	2 DF	Emiliano Albín	(1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 23)	3	0	Peñarol
6	2 DF	Alexis Rolín	(1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23)	3	0	Nacional
7	4 FW	Edinson Cavani *	(1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 25)	2	3	Napoli
8	3 MF	Maximiliano Calzada	(1990-04-21)21 April 1990 (aged 22)	3	0	Nacional
9	4 FW	Luis Suárez * (c)	(1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 25)	2	3	Liverpool
10	3 MF	Gastón Ramírez	(1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 21)	2	1	Bologna
11	4 FW	Abel Hernández	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 21)	2	1	Palermo
12	4 FW	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 22)	2	0	Benfica
13	2 DF	Matías Aguirregaray	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 23)	2	0	Palermo
14	3 MF	Nicolás Lodeiro	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 23)	2	0	Botafogo
15	3 MF	Diego Rodríguez	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 22)	3	0	Defensor Sporting
16	3 MF	Tabaré Viudez	(1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 22)	3	0	Nacional
17	3 MF	Egidio Arévalo *	(1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 30)	2	0	Palermo
18	1 GK	Leandro Gelpi	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21)	0	0	Peñarol

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

26 July 2012 (2012-07-26)

17:00

United Arab Emirates	1–2	Uruguay
Matar 23'	Report	Ramírez 42' Lodeiro 56'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 51,745 ^[7]

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)

17:00

Senegal	2–0	Uruguay
Konaté 10', 37'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 75,093 ^[8]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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1 August 2012 (2012-08-01)

19:45

Great Britain	1–0	Uruguay
Sturridge 45+1'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 70,438 ^[9]

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one judoka in the men's middleweight (90 kg) class through additional places for the Americas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Romero	Men's −90 kg	Song D-n  (KOR) L 0000–1001	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls through the Latin America Continental Qualification Regatta.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rodolfo Collazo Emiliano Dumestre	Lightweight double sculls	6:58.63	4 R	6:51.67	5 SC/D	7:11.20	3 FC	6:51.94	16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one boat each for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Alejandro Foglia	Laser	15	3	28	27	30	6	9	3	5	6	2	106	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Andrea Foglia	Laser Radial	39	34	37	26	32	40	38	31	33	33	EL	303	38

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one shooter in the men's 10 m air rifle.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rudi Lausarot	10 m air rifle	575	47	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one swimmer in the men's 100 m freestyle through the Olympic selection time, and the other in the women's 100 m backstroke as a wildcard: ^{[10] [11]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriel Melconian	100 m freestyle	50.68	35	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inés Remersaro	100 m backstroke	1:08.03	43	Did not advance

See also

• Uruguay at the 2011 Pan American Games

References

1. "Rodolfo Collazo llevará la bandera". Ovacióndigital (in Spanish). 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
2. "This time it's different". El Observador. 2012-03-27. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
3. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
4. IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
5. "Brazil hit heights once more". FIFA.com. 2011-02-14. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
6. "Convocatoria Uruguay Fútbol Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012" (in Spanish). lovingfutbol.com. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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8. "Senegal – Uruguay". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
9. "Great Britain – Uruguay". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
10. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
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External links

• Uruguay – Olympic Movement