1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Uruguay)

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Uruguay took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , USA , with a delegation of 14 athletes (twelve men and two women).

Flag bearer

Tennis player Marcelo Filippini carried the Uruguayan flag during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Edward Silva

  Middleweight: 19th place

Judo

• Jorge Steffano

  Half light weight: 21st place

• Willan Bouza

  Light Heavyweight: 21st place

athletics

• Waldemar Cotelo

  Marathon: 79th place

• Ricardo Vera

  3,000 meter obstacle: prelims

Cycling

• Gregorio Bare

  Road racing: task

• Ricardo Guedes

  Road racing: task

• Milton Wynants

  Points race: 7th place

swim

• Javier Golovchenko

  100 meter butterfly: 34th place

  200 meter butterfly: 37th place

• Erika Graf

  Women, 200 meters chest: 35th place

sailing

• Andrés Isola

  Windsurfing: 39th place

• Ricardo Fabini

  Finn dinghy: 30th place

tennis

• Marcelo Filippini

  Individual: 17th place

Diving

• Ana Carolina Itzaina

  Women, diving: 30th place

Web links

• Uruguayan Olympic team from 1996 in the database of Sports-Reference (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