Uruguay at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Uruguay at the Olympic Games
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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
Competitors	34 in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Uruguay competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 34 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Athletics

• Fermín Donazar

Basketball

• 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

• Gualberto Gutiérrez
• Roberto Martínez
• Pedro Votta

Cycling

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

Equestrianism

• Carlos Colombino
• Germán Mailhos
• Rafael Paullier

Fencing

Two fencers represented Uruguay in 1960.

Men's foil

• Juan Paladino

Men's sabre

• Teodoro Goliardi
• Juan Paladino

Rowing

• Luis Aguiar
• Pablo Carvalho
• Mariano Caulín
• Gustavo Pérez
• Raúl Torrieri

Sailing

• Gonzalo García
• Horacio García
• Víctor Trinchin

References

1. "Uruguay at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-08.

External links

• Montevideo.com
• Official Olympic Reports