Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Chile at the Olympic Games
Flag of Chile IOC code  CHI NOC Comité Olímpico de Chile Website www.coch.cl (Spanish)
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	33 (31 men and 2 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Marlene Ahrens
Medals Rank: 27	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 4
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Chile competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 33 competitors, 31 men and 2 women, took part in 22 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ahrens, MarleneMarlene Ahrens	Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw
Silver	Tapia, RamónRamón Tapia	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
Bronze	Barrientos, ClaudioClaudio Barrientos	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
Bronze	Lucas, CarlosCarlos Lucas	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Men's Marathon

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

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

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

Men's 10m Platform

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

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.

Individual

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

Team

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

Rowing

Shooting

Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.

25 m pistol

• Eliazar Guzmán
• Ignacio Cruzat

50 m pistol

• Ignacio Cruzat
• Rigoberto Fontt

References

1. "Chile at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database