Uruguay at the 1956 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## Medalists

### 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 — 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 — 1:12.3 (→ 5th place)

### Team pursuit

* Alberto Velázquez Eduardo Puertollano Luis Pedro Serra René Deceja — 14th place

### Individual road race

* René Deceja — 5:31:58 (→ 33rd place)
* Alberto Velázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Eduardo Puertollano — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Raymundo Moyano — 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
