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Chile at the Olympics

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Chile lays claim to being one of 14 nations to participate at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics and made its debut appearance at the 1948 Winter Olympics. The national teams sent by Chile to each of the Olympic Games have been under the auspices of the Chilean Olympic Committee since its inception in 1934 and acceptance by the International Olympic Committee. Previous to the establishment of the Chilean Olympic Committee, athletes were sent to the Olympics under the auspices of the Chilean Athletics Federation.

Websitewww.coch.cl (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 81st
Gold
3
Silver
8
Bronze
4
Total
15
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Chile at the
Olympics
IOC codeCHI
NOCChilean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coch.cl (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 81st
Gold
3
Silver
8
Bronze
4
Total
15
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
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The athletes representing Chile at the Olympics have brought home a total of fifteen medals, with tennis as the top medal-producing sport. Chile has yet to win any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport

More information Sports, Gold ...
Sports  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
 Tennis 211411
 Shooting 110243
 Athletics 020283
 Equestrian 020224
 Boxing 012358
 Wrestling 010154
 Football 001131
Total3841581
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Medals by gender

More information Gender, Gold ...
Gender  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Men27413
Women1102
Mixed0000
Total38415
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List of medalists

A total of 32 athletes have won 15 Olympic medals for Chile. Only three athletes have won more than one medal: Óscar Cristi (two silver), Fernando González (one gold, one silver and one bronze) and Nicolás Massú (two gold).

Best non-medaling results:

More information Sport, Rank ...
Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year
Summer
 Sailing 4th Erich Wichmann-Harbeck O-Jolle in 1936
 Gymnastics 4th Tomás González Men's floor in 2012
Men's vault in 2012
 Golf 4th Guillermo Pereira Men's individual in 2020
 Cycling 5th Mario Masanés Men's sprint in 1948
Macarena Perez Grasset Women's BMX freestyle in 2024
 Basketball 5th Chile men's team Men's tournament in 1952
 Triathlon 5th Bárbara Riveros Women's individual in 2016
 Weightlifting 6th María Valdés Women's 75 kg in 2012
 Modern pentathlon 7th Nilo Floody
Hernán Fuentes
Luis Carmona
Men's team in 1952
 Diving 7th Günther Mund Men's 3 metre springboard in 1956
 Rowing 7th Rodrigo Abásolo
Mario Castro
Víctor Contreras
Zibor Llanos
Carlos Neyra
Rodolfo Pereira
Alejandro Rojas
Marcelo Rojas
Giorgio Vallebuona
Men's eight in 1984
 Taekwondo 7th Felipe Soto Men's 80 kg in 2000
 Fencing 9th Jorge Garretón
Abelardo Castro
Tomas Goyoaga
Oscar Novoa
Efraín Díaz
Nemoroso Riquelme
Men's team sabre in 1928
 Archery 9th Ricardo Soto Men's individual in 2016
 Canoeing 9th María Mailliard
Karen Roco
Women's C-2 500 metres in 2020
 Judo 9th Mary Dee Vargas Women's 48 kg in 2020
 Beach volleyball 9th Marco Grimalt
Esteban Grimalt
Men's tournament in 2020
Men's tournament in 2024
 Water polo 13th Osvaldo Martinez
Augusto Hurtado
Teodoro Salah
Luis Aguirrebeña
Isaac Froimovich
Pedro Aguirrebeña
José Salah
Svante Törnvall
Men's tournament 1948
 Swimming 14th Kristel Kobrich Women's 800 m in 2012
Women's 1500 m in 2020
 Surfing 17th Manuel Selman Men's shortboard in 2020
 Skateboarding 19th Josefina Tapia Women's park in 2020
Winter
 Alpine skiing 11th Thomás Grob Men's combined in 1998
 Biathlon 67th Claudia Barrenechea Women's individual in 2002
 Cross-country skiing 84th Yonathan Fernández Men's sprint in 2014
 Freestyle skiing 13th Dominique Ohaco Women's slopestyle in 2014
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See also

  • "Chile". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
  • "Chile". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/CHI". olympanalyt.com.

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