Uruguay at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Uruguay competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 21 competitors, all men, took part in 8 events in 5 sports.

Bronze

 * Oscar Moglia, Ariel Olascoaga, Milton Scarón, Carlos Gonzáles, Sergio Matto, Raúl Mera, Héctor Costa, Nelson Demarco, Héctor Garcia, Carlos Blixen, Nelson Chelle, and Ramiro Cortes &mdash; Basketball, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

 * Fermín Donazar

Basketball

 * Carlos Blixen
 * Ramiro Cortes
 * Héctor Costa
 * Nelson Chelle
 * Nelson Demarco
 * Héctor García Otero
 * Carlos González
 * Sergio Matto
 * Oscar Moglia
 * Raúl Mera
 * Ariel Olascoaga
 * Milton Scaron

Cycling

 * Time trial
 * Luis Pedro Serra &mdash; 1:12.3 (→ 5th place)


 * Team pursuit
 * Alberto Velázquez Eduardo Puertollano Luis Pedro Serra René Deceja &mdash; 14th place


 * Individual road race
 * René Deceja &mdash; 5:31:58 (→ 33rd place)
 * Alberto Velázquez &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Eduardo Puertollano &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Raymundo Moyano &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing
One fencer represented Uruguay in 1956.


 * Men's sabre
 * Teodoro Goliardi

Rowing
Uruguay had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.


 * Men's double sculls
 * Paulo Carvalho
 * Miguel Seijas