Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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.

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)
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Medalists

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

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

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's 10m Platform

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

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.

Individual

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

Team

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

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

Men's coxed pair

• Juan Carmona
• Jorge Contreras
• Eusebio Ojeda (cox)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.

25 m pistol

• Eliazar Guzmán
• Ignacio Cruzat

50 m pistol

• Ignacio Cruzat
• Rigoberto Fontt