Uruguay at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Uruguay competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 34 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 8 sports.

Athletics

• Fermín Donazar

Basketball

• Preliminary Round (Group D)

* Lost to Spain (72-77)

* Defeated Poland (76-72)

* Defeated Philippines (80-76)

• Semi Final Round (Group B)

* Lost to Soviet Union (53-89)

* Lost to United States (50-108)

* Lost to Yugoslavia (83-94)

• Classification Round

* Lost to Czechoslovakia (72-98)

* Lost to Poland (62-64) → 8th place

• Team Roster

*Carlos Blixen

*Danilo Coito

*Héctor Costa

*Nelson Chelle

*Manuel Gadea

*Adolfo Lubnicki

*Sergio Matto

*Raúl Mera

*Washington Poyet

*Waldemar Rial

*Milton Scaron

*Edison Ciavattone

Boxing

• Gualberto Gutiérrez
• Roberto Martínez
• Pedro Votta

Cycling

Five cyclists, all male, represented Uruguay in 1960.

Individual road race

• Rubén Etchebarne
• Rodolfo Rodino
• Juan José Timón
• Alberto Velázquez

1000m time trial

• Luis Serra

Team pursuit

• Alberto Velázquez
• Juan José Timón
• Rubén Etchebarne
• Rodolfo Rodino

Equestrian

• Carlos Colombino
• Germán Mailhos
• Rafael Paullier

Fencing

Two fencers represented Uruguay in 1960.

Men's foil

• Juan Paladino

Men's sabre

• Teodoro Goliardi
• Juan Paladino

Rowing

Uruguay had five male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.

Men's double sculls

• Paulo Carvalho
• Mariano Caulín

Men's coxed pair

• Luis Aguiar
• Gustavo Pérez
• Raúl Torrieri (cox)

Sailing

• Gonzalo García
• Horacio García
• Víctor Trinchin

References

External links

• Montevideo.com
• Official Olympic Reports