Chile at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Chile at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	31 in 10 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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Chile is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Chilean athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, having missed only two editions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the Great Depression and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of the US-led boycott.

Athletics

Chilean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1][2]

• Men's marathon – 3 quota places
• Men's 20 km walk – 1 quota place (Yerko Araya)
• Men's 50 km walk – 1 quota place (Edward Araya)^[3]
• Women's 200 m – 1 quota place (Isidora Jiménez)
• Women's shot put – 1 quota place (Natalia Ducó)
• Women's discus throw – 1 quota place (Karen Gallardo)
• Women's marathon – 2 quota places (Erika Olivera, Natalia Romero)

Cycling

Road

Chile has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 20 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI America Tour.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Equestrian

Chile has entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top finish from Central & South America in the individual FEI Olympic rankings.^[5][6]

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Carlos Lobos	Ranco	Individual

Gymnastics

Artistic

Chile has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. London 2012 fourth-place finalist Tomás González and fellow Olympian Simona Castro had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[7][8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Tomás González

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Simona Castro

Rowing

Chile has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's lightweight double sculls, respectively, for the Olympics at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaiso.^[9][10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felipe Cardenas Bernardo Guerrero	Lightweight double sculls

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melita Abraham Josefa Veliz	Lightweight double sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Chilean sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and South American qualifying regattas.^[11][12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
	Laser											N/A
	470											N/A
	49er

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
	470											N/A
	49erFX

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Chile has qualified one shooter in the women's skeet by virtue of her best finish at the seventh stop of the 2015 ISSF World Cup series in Gabala, Azerbaijan.^[13]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Francisca Crovetto	Skeet

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Chilean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[14][15]

Olympic Qualifying Time

• Women's 800 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Kristel Köbrich)

Taekwondo

Chile entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Ignacio Morales secured a spot in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ignacio Morales	Men's −68 kg

Triathlon

Chile has secured a quota in the women's triathlon event as a result of Barbara Riveros' triumph at the 2015 Pan American Games.^[17][18]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Bárbara Riveros	Women's

See also

• Chile at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Chile at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

References

1. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
2. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. "Edward Araya es el primer deportista de Team Chile en lograr la clasificación la Río 2016" [Edward Araya becomes the first athlete from Team Chile to qualify for Rio 2016] (in Spanish). Chilean Olympic Committee. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
4. "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
5. "Equitador Carlos Lobos clasifica a los Juegos Olímpicos" [Equestrian Carlos Lobos qualified for the Olympics] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
6. "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
7. "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
8. "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
9. "Melita Abraham y Josefa Veliz clasificaron a Río 2016" [Melita Abraham and Josefa Veliz qualified for Rio 2016] (in Spanish). Chile: Mega. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
10. "Olympic qualification spots confirmed for the Americas". FISA. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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13. "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
14. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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16. "Eleven countries book Rio 2016 places at taekwondo Pan American Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
17. Pingue, Frank (11 July 2015). "Chile's Riveros wins women's triathlon, earns Rio berth". Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
18. "Chile and Mexico qualify for Rio 2016 triathlon events via Pan-American Games". Rio 2016. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.