1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Uruguay)

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Uruguay took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 31 athletes, one woman and thirty men.

Medalist

With two bronze medals won the Uruguayan team finished 37th in the medals table .

bronze

Names	sport	competition
Martin Acosta y Lara , Enrique Balino , Victorio Cieslinskas , Héctor Costa , Nelson Demarco , Héctor Garcia Otero , Sergio Matto , Roberto Lovera , Adesio Lombardo , Tabaré Larre Borges , Wilfredo Pelaez & Carlos Rosselló	basketball	Men's tournament
Miguel Seijas & Juan Rodríguez	rowing	Double scull

Participants by sport

basketball

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• Team: Martín Acosta y Lara Díaz , Enrique Baliño Pavón , Victorio Cieslinskas Zinevicaite , Héctor J. Costa Massironi , Nelson W. Demarco Riccardi , Héctor García Otero , Sergio A. Matto Suárez , Roberto J. Lovera Vidal , Adesio R. Lombardo Rossi , Tabaré Larre Borges Gallarreta , Wilfredo A. Peláez Esmite and Carlos Rosello Betbeze

  Main round , group 1: Rank 2, qualified for the quarter-finals

  53:51 victory against Czechoslovakia 

  70:56 victory over Hungary 

  44:57 loss to the United States 

  Quarter-finals , Group A: Rank 1, qualified for the semi-finals

  66:68 defeat against France 

  62:54 victory over Bulgaria 

  66:65 win against Argentina 

  Semi-finals : 76-85 defeat against the eventual Olympic champion, the United States 

  Game for 3rd place : 68:59 win against Argentina , 3rd place 

Boxing

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Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

• Luis A. Albino Acuña

  Preliminary round: 3-0 defeat against Iranian István Juhász , not qualified for the round of 16

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

• Luis Amadeo Sosa Terol

  Preliminary round: defeat against Sweden's Ingemar Johansson , not qualified for the round of 16

fencing

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Foil single

• Sergio Iesi

  1st preliminary round: in group 3 (4th place) two wins, three defeats, 17 goals received; qualified for the 2nd preliminary round

  2nd preliminary round: in group 2 (7th place) one win, five defeats, 25 hits received; did not qualify for the semi-finals

• Ricardo Rimini di Cave

  1st preliminary round: in group 1 (7th place) no win, four defeats, received 20 hits; not qualified for the 2nd preliminary round

athletics

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Men

high jump

• Hércules Ascune

  Qualification , group A: not qualified for the final with a jumped height of 1.80 m (rank 17)

Women

Javelin throw

• Estrella Puente Buceta

  Qualification : qualified for the final with a width of 40.10 m (rank 11)

  Final : 41.44 m, 10th place

Modern pentathlon

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Modern pentathlon, singles

Total rank	Surname	Points	Time / points	rank	Wins / points	rank	Hits / points	rank	Time / points	rank	Time / points	rank
26th	Alberto Ortiz Alvarez	126	10: 32.6 min. / 022nd	?	16/44	?	20/2	?	05: 51.4 min / 043	?	15: 35.8 min. / 15	?
43	Lem Martínez Punschke	187	11: 49.7 min. / 039	?	22/25	?	18/47	?	05: 18.8 min / 035	?	17: 10.8 min / 41	?
49	Américo González Batista	212	12: 10.1 min / 043	?	09/51	?	18/41	?	06: 04.7 min. / 045	?	16: 20.8 min. / 32	?

Modern pentathlon, team

Total rank	Names	Points	Time / points	rank	Wins / points	rank	Hits / points	rank	Time / points	rank	Time / points	rank
13	Alberto Ortiz Alvarez Lem Martínez Punschke Américo González Batista Team	495	10: 32.6 min. / 021 11: 49.7 min. / 038 12: 10.1 min. / 042 34: 32.4 min. / 101	14th	16/ 042 22/ 024 09/ 048 47/114	15th	20/ 02 18/43 18/39 56/84	13	05: 51.4 min. / 040 05: 18.8 min. / 032 06: 04.7 min. / 041 17: 14.9 min. / 113	15th	15: 35.8 min. / 14 17: 10.8 min. / 38 16: 20.8 min. / 31 49: 07.4 min. / 83	13

Cycling

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train

1000 m time trial

• Luis Angel de los Santos

  1: 17.0 min, 19th place

4000 m team pursuit

• Luis Ángel de los Santos , Luis Pedro Serra Deluchi , Atilio Francois Baldi & Juan R. De Armas

  Qualification: with 4: 58.9 minutes (rank 12) not qualified for the quarter-finals

Road Race (190.4 km)

singles

• Virgilio Pereyra Ferrer

  5: 22: 33.4 hours (+ 16:30 min.), Rank 33

• Luis Angel de los Santos

  5: 22: 34.3 hours (+ 16: 30.9 min.), Rank 38

• Hugo M. Machado Cabral

  5: 23: 33.7 hours (+ 17: 37.7 minutes), rank 39

team

• Virgilio Pereyra Ferrer , Luis Ángel de los Santos & Hugo M. Machado Cabral

  16:08: 41.4 hours (+ 47: 54.8 minutes), rank 13

rowing

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One

• Eduardo G. Risso Salaverría

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 4 (rank 2) with 7: 52.0 minutes

  Semi-finals: Qualified in run 1 (3rd place) with 8: 05.9 minutes for the hope runs

  Semi-finals, hope runs: in run 3 (3rd place) with 7: 50.5 minutes not qualified for the final

Double scull

• Miguel A. Seijas Cuestas & Juan Rodríguez

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 2 (rank 2) with 7: 06.9 minutes

  Semi-finals: in run 2 (4th place) qualified for the hope runs with 8: 04.0 min

  Semi-finals, hope runs: qualified for the final in run (1st place) with 7: 01.7 minutes

  Final: 7: 43.7 min., 3rd place

swim

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400 m freestyle

• Eduardo Alberto Priggione

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (4th place) with 5: 12.1 minutes not qualified for the semi-finals

1500 m freestyle

• Eduardo Alberto Priggione

  Preliminary runs: in run 4 (rank 7) with 21: 11.9 minutes not qualified for the final

sailing

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Finn dinghy

• Eugenio Lauz Santurio

  Final: 2,547 points, 20th place

  1st race: 548 points, 10th place

  2nd race: 318 points, 17th place

  3rd race: 469 points, 12th place

  4th race: 150 points, 25th place

  5th race: 402 points, 14th place

  6th race: 434 points, 13th place

  7th race: 226 points, 21st place

Web links

• Uruguayan Olympic Squad from the Uruguayan Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) website, accessed July 27, 2012
• Uruguayan Olympic team from 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )