Team 
Uruguay - Profile
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General Interest
Uruguay made its Olympic debut at the Paris 1924 Games and immediately had success in the men's football tournament. The Uruguayan team went unbeaten at the Games, scoring 10 goals and giving up none in its first two wins over Yugoslavia and the United States of America, then the team put five past France in the quarterfinals. A 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in the semifinals was followed by a 3-0 win over Switzerland in the final.
In its gold medal defence at the 1928 Games, the Uruguayan football team beat hosts the Netherlands 2-0 in the first match, Germany in the quarterfinals and Italy in the semifinals on its way to facing Argentina in the gold medal match. A replay was required when the first match finished 1-1 after extra time. Uruguay won the replay 2-1 to take back-to-back Olympic titles.
The success of the Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928 would lead to the creation of the World Cup, with the inaugural tournament hosted, and won, by Uruguay in 1930.
Rowers have provided four of Uruguay's 10 total Olympic medals. At the 1948 Games, Uruguay won two rowing medals, one silver by Eduardo Risso in the men's single sculls and a bronze in the double sculls. One of the 1948 bronze medallists, Juan Rodriguez, won another double sculls bronze at the 1952 Games, but with a different crew mate.
The Uruguayan men's basketball team won consecutive bronze medals at the 1952 and 1956 Games but never managed to reach the semifinal stage in its three subsequent participations, the last coming in 1984.
The most recent Uruguayan medallist had his success in 2000 in the men's track cycling points race. In Sydney, Milton Wynants claimed silver having accumulated four more points than winner Joan Llaneras who took a one-lap victory.
Since Wynants' silver medal in Sydney, the closest a Uruguayan athlete has been to the podium was Emiliano Lasa in the men's long jump at the 2016 Games in Rio. He finished 19cm off the podium with his jump of 8.10m and eventually placed sixth.
In its gold medal defence at the 1928 Games, the Uruguayan football team beat hosts the Netherlands 2-0 in the first match, Germany in the quarterfinals and Italy in the semifinals on its way to facing Argentina in the gold medal match. A replay was required when the first match finished 1-1 after extra time. Uruguay won the replay 2-1 to take back-to-back Olympic titles.
The success of the Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928 would lead to the creation of the World Cup, with the inaugural tournament hosted, and won, by Uruguay in 1930.
Rowers have provided four of Uruguay's 10 total Olympic medals. At the 1948 Games, Uruguay won two rowing medals, one silver by Eduardo Risso in the men's single sculls and a bronze in the double sculls. One of the 1948 bronze medallists, Juan Rodriguez, won another double sculls bronze at the 1952 Games, but with a different crew mate.
The Uruguayan men's basketball team won consecutive bronze medals at the 1952 and 1956 Games but never managed to reach the semifinal stage in its three subsequent participations, the last coming in 1984.
The most recent Uruguayan medallist had his success in 2000 in the men's track cycling points race. In Sydney, Milton Wynants claimed silver having accumulated four more points than winner Joan Llaneras who took a one-lap victory.
Since Wynants' silver medal in Sydney, the closest a Uruguayan athlete has been to the podium was Emiliano Lasa in the men's long jump at the 2016 Games in Rio. He finished 19cm off the podium with his jump of 8.10m and eventually placed sixth.
Anthem
Orientales, La Patria o la Tumba [Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death]
Words by Francisco Esteban Acuna de Figueroa. Music by Francisco Jose Debali.
1848
Flagbearers
Membership
Comite Olimpico Uruguayo
1923
1923
Officials
Julio Cesar Maglione
Washington Beltran
Julio Cesar Maglione [entry in the IOC: 1996]
Participation
1924
22 [Tokyo 2020 included]
Medals per sport
Medals per year
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling Track | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Football | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Medals per year
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1952 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1948 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1932 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
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