1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Uruguay)

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Uruguay took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London , England , with a delegation of 59 athletes (all men).

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Eduardo Risso	rowing	One

bronze

Names	sport	competition
William Jones & Juan Rodríguez	rowing	Double scull

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Adesio Lombardo

  Carlos Roselló

  Eduardo Folle

  Eduardo Gordon

  Gustavo Magariños

  Héctor García

  Héctor Ruíz

  Martín Acosta y Lara

  Miguel Diab (Club Atlético Atenas)

  Nelson Demarco

  Néstor Antón

  Roberto Lovera

  Víctor Cieslinskas

Boxing

• Guillermo Porteiro

  Flyweight: 17th place

• Pedro Carrizo

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Basilio Alvez

  Featherweight: 9th place

• Alberto Boullossa

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Feliciano Rossano

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Dogomar Martínez

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Felipe Posse

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• Agustín Muñiz

  Heavyweight: 9th place

fencing

• Sergio Iesi

  Foil, singles: quarter-finals

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Daniel Rossi

  Foil, singles: quarter-finals

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Jaime Ucar

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Juan Paladino

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

  Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals

• Dr. César L. Gallardo (Club Atlético Atenas)

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

athletics

• Juan Lopez

  100 meters: semi-finals

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Mario Fayos

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Walter Pérez (Club Atlético Atenas)

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Hércules Azcune

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

  High jump: 17th place

  Decathlon: 20th place

• Pedro Listur (Club Atlético Atenas)

  High jump: 21st place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Alberto Ortíz

  Singles: 26th place

• Carlos Mercader

  Singles: 31st place

• Ruben Orozco

  Singles: 42nd place

Cycling

• Waldemar Bernatzky

  Road race, individual: DNF

  Road race, team: No result

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Enrique Demarco

  Road race, individual: DNF

  Road race, team: No result

• Mario Figueredo

  Road race, individual: DNF

  Road race, team: No result

• Luis López

  Road race, individual: DNF

  Road race, team: No result

• Leonel Rocca

  Sprint: 5th place

• Carlos Tramútolo

  1,000 meter time trial: 11th place

• Atilio François

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Juan de Armas

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Luis Angel de los Santos

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

rowing

• Eduardo Risso

  One: silver

• William Jones

  Double scull: bronze

• Juan Rodríguez

  Double scull: bronze

swim

• Florbel Pérez

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  1,500 meters freestyle: semi-finals

• Carlos Noriega

  100 meters back: heats

sailing

• Félix Sienra

  Firefly: 6th place

• Carlos Saez

  Star: 12th place

• Juan Bidegaray

  Star: 12th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  13th place

• Squad

  Enrique Pereira

  Juan Lopez

  Julio César Costemalle

  Leonel Gabriel

  Juan Bucetta

  Osvaldo Mariño

  Ramon Abella

  Raúl Castro

Web links

• Uruguayan Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Atenas despide a sus representantes" in El Bien Publico of July 2, 1948
2. ^ "Atenas despide a sus representantes" in El Bien Publico of July 2, 1948
3. ^ "Atenas despide a sus representantes" in El Bien Publico of July 2, 1948
4. ^ "Atenas despide a sus representantes" in El Bien Publico of July 2, 1948