Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Olympics, Uruguay missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support for the United States boycott.

Uruguay at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURU
NOCUruguayan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cou.org.uy (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors29 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Rodolfo Collazo (opening)[1]
Alejandro Foglia (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Uruguayan Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1968.[2] A total of 29 athletes, 26 men and 3 women, competed in 8 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Uruguay was represented at these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, judo and shooting.

Notable Uruguayan athletes included football stars Sebastián Coates and team captain Luis Suárez, who both had recently played for Liverpool F.C., siblings Alejandro and Andrea Foglia in men's and women's one-person dinghy sailing, and track hurdler Andrés Silva. Rower Rodolfo Collazo, who competed at his third Olympics along with Silva and the older Foglia, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Uruguay, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where track cyclist Milton Wynants won silver in the points race (currently replaced by the omnium).

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay has qualified one athlete in the men's 400 m hurdles through the "A" standard qualification time and qualified one athlete in the women's 400 m hurdles:[3][4]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Andrés Silva 400 m hurdles 53.38 8 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Déborah Rodríguez 400 m hurdles 57.04 NR 7 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one cyclist in the men's road race through the UCI America tour.

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Jorge Soto Men's road race Did not finish

Football
Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay qualified a team in the men's tournament through the 2011 South American Youth Championship.[5]

Men's tournament
Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Uruguay squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

Coach: Óscar Tabárez

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2012 club
1 1GK Martín Campaña (1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 23) 3 0 Cerro Largo
2 2DF Ramón Arias (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 19) 3 0 Defensor Sporting
3 2DF Diego Polenta (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 20) 1 0 Genoa
4 2DF Sebastián Coates (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 21) 2 0 Liverpool
5 2DF Emiliano Albín (1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 23) 3 0 Peñarol
6 2DF Alexis Rolín (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23) 3 0 Nacional
7 4FW Edinson Cavani* (1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 25) 2 3 Napoli
8 3MF Maximiliano Calzada (1990-04-21)21 April 1990 (aged 22) 3 0 Nacional
9 4FW Luis Suárez* (c) (1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 25) 2 3 Liverpool
10 3MF Gastón Ramírez (1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 21) 2 1 Bologna
11 4FW Abel Hernández (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 21) 2 1 Palermo
12 4FW Jonathan Urretaviscaya (1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 22) 2 0 Benfica
13 2DF Matías Aguirregaray (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 23) 2 0 Palermo
14 3MF Nicolás Lodeiro (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 23) 2 0 Botafogo
15 3MF Diego Rodríguez (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 22) 3 0 Defensor Sporting
16 3MF Tabaré Viudez (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 22) 3 0 Nacional
17 3MF Egidio Arévalo Ríos* (1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 30) 2 0 Palermo
18 1GK Leandro Gelpi (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21) 0 0 Peñarol

* Over-aged player.

Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Qualified for knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [7]
United Arab Emirates 1–2 Uruguay
Matar  23' Report Ramírez  42'
Lodeiro  56'
Attendance: 51,745[8]
Senegal 2–0 Uruguay
Konaté  10', 37' Report
Attendance: 75,093[9]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Great Britain 1–0 Uruguay
Sturridge  45+1' Report
Attendance: 70,438[10]

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one judoka in the men's middleweight (90 kg) class through additional places for the Americas.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Juan Romero Men's −90 kg  Song D-n (KOR)
L 0000–1001		 Did not advance

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls through the Latin America Continental Qualification Regatta.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rodolfo Collazo
Emiliano Dumestre		 Lightweight double sculls 6:58.63 4 R 6:51.67 5 SC/D 7:11.20 3 FC 6:51.94 16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one boat each for the following events.

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Alejandro Foglia Laser 15 3 28 27 30 6 9 3 5 6 2 106 8
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Andrea Foglia Laser Radial 39 34 37 26 32 40 38 31 33 33 EL 303 38

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one shooter in the men's 10 m air rifle.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rudi Lausarot 10 m air rifle 575 47 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uruguay had qualified one swimmer in the men's 100 m freestyle through the Olympic selection time, and the other in the women's 100 m backstroke as a wildcard:[11][12]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gabriel Melconian 100 m freestyle 50.68 35 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Inés Remersaro 100 m backstroke 1:08.03 43 Did not advance

See also

References
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  2. "This time it's different". El Observador. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  4. IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
  5. "Brazil hit heights once more". FIFA.com. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  6. "Convocatoria Uruguay Fútbol Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012" (in Spanish). lovingfutbol.com. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. "Football at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Football Preliminary Round". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. "United Arab Emirates – Uruguay". FIFA. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  9. "Senegal – Uruguay". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  10. "Great Britain – Uruguay". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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  12. FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011
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