Uruguay at the 1952 Summer Olympics

• Hércules Ascune
• Estrella Puente

Men's team competition

• Main Round (Group A)

• Defeated Czechoslovakia (53-51)
• Defeated Hungary (70-56)
• Lost to United States (44-57)

• Final Round (Group A)

• Lost to France (56-58)
• Defeated Bulgaria (62-54)
• Defeated Argentina (66-65)

• Semifinals

• Lost to Soviet Union (57-61)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Argentina (68-59) → Bronze Medal

• Team roster

• Martín Acosta y Lara
• Enrique Baliño
• Victorio Cieslinskas
• Héctor Costa
• Nelson Demarco
• Héctor García
• Tabaré Larre Borges
• Adesio Lombardo
• Roberto Lovera
• Sergio Matto
• Wilfredo Peláez
• Carlos Rosello

• Head coach: Olguiz Rodríguez

• Luis Albino Acuña
• Luis Sosa

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Virgilio Pereyra — 5:22:33.4 (→ 33rd place)
• Luis Angel de los Santos — 5:22:34.4 (→ 38th place)
• Mario Machado — 5:23:33.7 (→ 39th place)
• Julio Sobrera — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Luis Angel de los Santos

• Final — 1:17.0 (→ 19th place)

• Juan de Armas
• Atilio Francois
• Luis Pedro Serra

Two fencers, both men, represented Uruguay in 1952.

Men's foil

• Sergio Iesi
• Ricardo Rimini

Three male pentathletes represented Uruguay in 1952.

Individual

• Américo González
• Alberto Ortíz
• Lem Martínez

Team

• Alberto Ortíz
• Lem Martínez
• Américo González

Uruguay had three male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Eduardo Risso

Men's double sculls

• Miguel Seijas
• Juan Rodríguez

• Eugenio Lauz Santurio

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.