Chile at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Chile at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl  (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	21 (16 men and 5 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Sebastián Keitel
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Chile competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 21 competitors, 16 men and 5 women, took part in 18 events in 10 sports. ^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Boxing	1	–	1
Cycling	5	0	5
Fencing	1	0	1
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	2	2	4
Tennis	0	2	2
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	16	5	21

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sebastián Keitel	200 metres	20.96	47	Did not advance
Marcelo Barrientos	Marathon	—	2:31:05	86

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gert Weil	Shot put	18.67	22	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Érika Olivera	Marathon	—	2:39:06	37

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ricardo Araneda	Middleweight	Kakauridze  (GEO) L 3–10	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Víctor Garrido	Road race	DNF

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
José Medina Luis Fernando Sepúlveda Marco Arriagada Marcelo Arriagada	Men's team pursuit	4:25.960	16	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paris Inostroza	Épée	Imre  (HUN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Luis Echenique	Laser	20	57	31	15	18	16	9	26	31	15	8	158	19

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pascal Colomer	Skeet	115	42	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicolás Rajcevich	100 metre backstroke	59.90	44	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:05.79	27	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Augusto Morales	Singles	Gatien  (FRA) L 0–2	Korbel  (CZE) L 0–2	Choi  (PRK) L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Augusto Morales Juan Salamanca	Doubles	Waldner / Persson  (SWE) L 0–2	Heister / Keen  (NED) L 0–2	Yuzawa / Tasaki  (JPN) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Berta Rodríguez	Singles	Liu  (CHN) L 0–2	Feng  (USA) L 0–2	Popovová  (SVK) L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Berta Rodríguez Sofija Tepes	Doubles	Liu / Qiao  (CHN) L 0–2	Schöpp / Nemes  (GER) L 0–2	Holt / Lomas  (GBR) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paula Cabezas Bárbara Castro	Doubles	Csurgó / Temesvári  (HUN) L 4–6, 6–1, 3–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristián Escalante	–99 kg	142.5	23	172.5	22	315.0	22

See also

• Chile at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

1. "Chile at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
2. Chile at the 1996 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official Olympic Reports