Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Uruguay at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Uruguay.svg
IOC code URU
NOC Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Website www.cou.org.uy  (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors29 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Rodolfo Collazo (opening) [1]
Alejandro Foglia (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

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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

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
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Andrés Silva 400 m hurdles 53.388Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Déborah Rodríguez 400 m hurdles 57.04 NR 7Did not advance

Cycling

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

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Jorge Soto Men's road race Did not finish

Football

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

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.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoals2012 club
11 GK Martín Campaña (1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 23)30 Flag of Uruguay.svg Cerro Largo
22 DF Ramón Arias (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 19)30 Flag of Uruguay.svg Defensor Sporting
32 DF Diego Polenta (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 20)10 Flag of Italy.svg Genoa
42 DF Sebastián Coates (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 21)20 Flag of England.svg Liverpool
52 DF Emiliano Albín (1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 23)30 Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol
62 DF Alexis Rolín (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23)30 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
74 FW Edinson Cavani * (1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 25)23 Flag of Italy.svg Napoli
83 MF Maximiliano Calzada (1990-04-21)21 April 1990 (aged 22)30 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
94 FW Luis Suárez * (c) (1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 25)23 Flag of England.svg Liverpool
103 MF Gastón Ramírez (1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 21)21 Flag of Italy.svg Bologna
114 FW Abel Hernández (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 21)21 Flag of Italy.svg Palermo
124 FW Jonathan Urretaviscaya (1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 22)20 Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica
132 DF Matías Aguirregaray (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 23)20 Flag of Italy.svg Palermo
143 MF Nicolás Lodeiro (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 23)20 Flag of Brazil.svg Botafogo
153 MF Diego Rodríguez (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 22)30 Flag of Uruguay.svg Defensor Sporting
163 MF Tabaré Viudez (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 22)30 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
173 MF Egidio Arévalo * (1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 30)20 Flag of Italy.svg Palermo
181 GK Leandro Gelpi (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21)00 Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol

* Over-aged player.

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (H)321052+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 312042+25
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 31022423
4Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 30123631
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1–2 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
  • Matar Soccerball shade.svg23'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 51,745 [7]
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg 2–0 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Konaté Soccerball shade.svg10', 37' Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,093 [8]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1–0 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 70,438 [9]
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Judo

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

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Juan Romero Men's −90 kg Flag of South Korea.svg  Song D-n  (KOR)
L 0000–1001
Did not advance

Rowing

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

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rodolfo Collazo
Emiliano Dumestre
Lightweight double sculls 6:58.634 R6:51.675 SC/D7:11.203 FC6:51.9416

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

Uruguay had qualified one boat each for the following events.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Alejandro Foglia Laser 1532827306935621068
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Andrea Foglia Laser Radial 39343726324038313333EL30338

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

Shooting

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

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Rudi Lausarot 10 m air rifle 57547Did not advance

Swimming

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
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Gabriel Melconian 100 m freestyle 50.6835Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Inés Remersaro 100 m backstroke 1:08.0343Did not advance

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