1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Uruguay)

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Uruguay took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 13 athletes (ten men and three women).

The athlete Darwin Piñeyrúa acted as the flag bearer of Uruguay .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Jorge Acuña

  Flyweight: 32nd place

athletics

• Darwin Piñeyrúa

  Hammer throw: 31st place in qualification

• Josefa Vicent

  Women, 200 meters: heats

  Women, 400 meters: heats

Cycling

• Walter Tardáguila

  Road race, individual: 74th place

  Team time trial: 27th place

• Mario Margalef

  Road race, individual: DNF

• Alberto Rodríguez

  Road race, individual: DNF

  Team time trial: 27th place

• Jorge Jukich

  Road race, individual: DNF

  Team time trial: 27th place

• Lino Benech

  Team time trial: 27th place

rowing

• Pedro Ciapessoni

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Jorge Buenahora

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Daniel Jorge

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

swim

• Susana Saxlund

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

• Felicia Ospitaletche

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

Web links

• Uruguayan Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of the flag bearers of Uruguay on www.sports-reference.com, accessed on August 18, 2012