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Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Chile at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCHI
NOCChilean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coch.cl (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors33 (31 men and 2 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerMarlene Ahrens
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was the nation's tenth appearance out of thirteen editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The nation was represented by a team of 33 athletes, 31 males and 2 females, that competed in 22 events in 8 sports.[1] This edition marked Chile's 4 through 7 medals, two each in the silver and bronze categories.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Marlene Ahrens Athletics Women's Javelin Throw
 Silver Ramón Tapia Boxing Men's Middleweight
 Bronze Claudio Barrientos Boxing Men's Bantamweight
 Bronze Carlos Lucas Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight

Athletics

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Men's Marathon

Basketball

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Preliminary Round, Group D
23 November 1956
1
Chile  59–78  Brazil Melbourne
20:00 Scoring by half: 34–39, 25–39
Pts: Bernedo 23 Boxscore Pts: Wlamir 27 Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
26 November 1956
2
Chile  78–56  Australia Melbourne
13:30 Scoring by half: 37–27, 41–29
Pts: Bernedo 18 Boxscore Pts: Dancis 19 Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
Quarter-finals, Group A
27 November 1956
1
France  71–60  Chile Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by half: 37–23, 34–37
Pts: Beugnot 20 Boxscore Pts: Etchepare 19 Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
28 November 1956
2
Uruguay  80–73  Chile Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by half: 40–25, 40–48
Pts: Moglia 31 Boxscore Pts: Ostoic 12 Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
29 November 1956
3
Chile  88–69  Philippines Melbourne
16:30 Scoring by half: 42–32, 46–37
Pts: Silva 28 Boxscore Pts: Genato 12 Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
5th–8th place classification
30 November 1956
Semifinals
Chile  64–89  Brazil Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by half: 33–55, 31–34
Pts: Ostoic 13 Boxscore Pts: dos Santos 27 Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
1 December 1956
7th place match
Chile  68–75  Philippines Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by half: 38–33, 30–42
Pts: Bernedo 14 Boxscore Pts: Loyzaga 27 Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

Boxing

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Cycling

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Sprint
Time trial
Individual road race

Diving

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Men's 10m Platform

Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.

Individual
Team
  • Gerardo Cortes, Sr.
  • Nilo Floody
  • Héctor Carmona

Rowing

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Chile had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]

Men's coxed pair

Shooting

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Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol

References

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  1. ^ "Chile at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chile Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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