Uruguay at the Olympics

Uruguay at the Olympics
IOC code	URU
NOC	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Website	www.cou.org.uy (in Spanish)
Medals	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 6 Total 10
Summer appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1998 2002–2018 2022

Uruguay was first at the Olympic Games in 1924. They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. Uruguay has been in one Winter Olympic Games in 1998.

The National Olympic Committee for Uruguay was formed in 1923, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	National team	1924 Paris	Football	Men's competition
1 Gold	National team	1928 Amsterdam	Football	Men's competition
3 Bronze	Guillermo Douglas	1932 Los Angeles	Rowing	Men's single sculls
2 Silver	Eduardo Risso	1948 London	Rowing	Men's single sculls
3 Bronze	William Jones Juan Rodríguez	1948 London	Rowing	Men's double sculls
3 Bronze	National team	1952 Helsinki	Basketball	Men's competition
3 Bronze	Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez	1952 Helsinki	Rowing	Men's double sculls
3 Bronze	National team	1956 Melbourne	Basketball	Men's competition
3 Bronze	Washington Rodríguez	1964 Tokyo	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
2 Silver	Milton Wynants	2000 Sydney	Cycling	Men's points race

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes

Further reading

• Berlioux, Monique (March 1979). "Uruguay and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (137). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: 168–176. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

Other websites

• "Comité Olímpico Uruguayo". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
• "Comité Olímpico Uruguayo - C.O.U." (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Uruguayo. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
• Uruguay profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine