Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Chile at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of Chile.svg
IOC code CHI
NOC Chilean Olympic Committee
Website www.coch.cl  (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors33 (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)

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.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marlene Ahrens Athletics Women's Javelin Throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ramón Tapia Boxing Men's Middleweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Claudio Barrientos Boxing Men's Bantamweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Carlos Lucas Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Basketball

Preliminary Round, Group D
23 November 1956
1
 Chile  Flag of Chile.svg59–78Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Melbourne
20:00Scoring by half: 34–39, 25–39
Pts: Bernedo 23 Boxscore Pts: Wlamir 27Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
26 November 1956
2
 Chile  Flag of Chile.svg78–56Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne
13:30Scoring by half: 37–27, 41–29
Pts: Bernedo 18 Boxscore Pts: Dancis 19Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
Quarter-finals, Group A
27 November 1956
1
 France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg71–60Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Melbourne
15:00Scoring by half: 37–23, 34–37
Pts: Beugnot 20 Boxscore Pts: Etchepare 19Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
28 November 1956
2
 Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg80–73Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Melbourne
15:00Scoring by half: 40–25, 40–48
Pts: Moglia 31 Boxscore Pts: Ostoic 12Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
29 November 1956
3
 Chile  Flag of Chile.svg88–69Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Melbourne
16:30Scoring by half: 42–32, 46–37
Pts: Silva 28 Boxscore Pts: Genato 12Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
5th–8th place classification
30 November 1956
Semifinals
 Chile  Flag of Chile.svg64–89Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Melbourne
15:00Scoring by half: 33–55, 31–34
Pts: Ostoic 13 Boxscore Pts: dos Santos 27Arena: Royal Exhibition Building
1 December 1956
7th place match
 Chile  Flag of Chile.svg68–75Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Melbourne
15:00Scoring by half: 38–33, 30–42
Pts: Bernedo 14 Boxscore Pts: Loyzaga 27Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

Boxing

Cycling

Sprint
Time trial
Individual road race

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.

Individual
Team

Rowing

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

Men's coxed pair

Shooting

Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol

References

  1. ↑ "Chile at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ↑ 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.


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