Chile_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Chile at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Chile at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	33 (31 men and 2 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Marlene Ahrens
Medals; Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900–1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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 edit

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 edit

Men's Marathon

Eduardo Fontecilla — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Eduardo Silva — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball edit

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 edit

Cycling edit

Sprint

Hernán Masanés — 11th place

Time trial

Hernán Masanés — 1:14.7 (→ 14th place)

Individual road race

Juan Pérez — 5:25:38 (→ 21st place)

Diving edit

Men's 10m Platform

Günther Mund Borgs
- Preliminary Round — 63.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Modern pentathlon edit

Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.

Individual

Team

Gerardo Cortes, Sr.
Nilo Floody
Héctor Carmona

Rowing edit

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

Men's coxed pair

Shooting edit

Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

References edit

^ "Chile at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ 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.