Chile at the Olympics

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Chile at the
Olympics
Flag of Chile.svg
IOC code CHI
NOC Chilean Olympic Committee
Website www.coch.cl  (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 81st
Gold
3
Silver
8
Bronze
4
Total
15
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

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.

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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 Olympics.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 1896 Athens 1 0000 –
Flag of France.svg 1900 Paris did not participate
Flag of the United States.svg 1904 St. Louis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1908 London
Flag of Sweden.svg 1912 Stockholm 14 0000 –
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1920 Antwerp 2 0000 –
Flag of France.svg 1924 Paris 13 0000 –
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1928 Amsterdam 38 0101 30
Flag of the United States.svg 1932 Los Angeles did not participate
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936 Berlin 40 0000 –
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1948 London 54 0000 –
Flag of Finland.svg 1952 Helsinki 59 0202 31
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1956 Melbourne 33 0224 27
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome 9 0000 –
Flag of Japan.svg 1964 Tokyo 14 0000 –
Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 Mexico City 21 0000 –
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Munich 11 0000 –
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Montreal 7 0000 –
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 Moscow did not participate
Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles 52 0000 –
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul 17 0101 36
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona 12 0000 –
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta 21 0000 –
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney 50 0011 71
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens 22 2013 39
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing 27 0101 70
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London 35 0000 –
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 42 0000 –
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo 58 0000 –
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris 48 1102 55
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 Los Angeles future event
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032 Brisbane
Total38415 81

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1948 St. Moritz 4 0000 –
Flag of Norway.svg 1952 Oslo 3 0000 –
Flag of Italy.svg 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 0000 –
Flag of the United States.svg 1960 Squaw Valley 5 0000 –
Flag of Austria.svg 1964 Innsbruck 5 0000 –
Flag of France.svg 1968 Grenoble 4 0000 –
Flag of Japan.svg 1972 Sapporo did not participate
Flag of Austria.svg 1976 Innsbruck 5 0000 –
Flag of the United States.svg 1980 Lake Placid did not participate
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1984 Sarajevo 4 0000 –
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1988 Calgary 5 0000 –
Flag of France.svg 1992 Albertville 5 0000 –
Flag of Norway.svg 1994 Lillehammer 3 0000 –
Flag of Japan.svg 1998 Nagano 3 0000 –
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Salt Lake City 6 0000 –
Flag of Italy.svg 2006 Turin 9 0000 –
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver 3 0000 –
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 6 0000 –
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 7 0000 –
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 4 0000 –
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milano Cortina 4 0000 –
Flag of France.svg 2030 French Alps future event
Flag of the United States.svg 2034 Utah
Total0000 –

Medals by Summer sport

SportsGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal Rank
Tennis pictogram.svg  Tennis 211411
Shooting pictogram.svg  Shooting 110243
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 020283
Equestrian pictogram.svg  Equestrian 020224
Boxing pictogram.svg  Boxing 012358
Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 010154
Football pictogram.svg  Football 001131
Total3841581

Medals by gender

GenderGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
Men27413
Women1102
Mixed0000
Total38415

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 Gonzalez (one gold, one silver and one bronze) and Nicolás Massú (two gold).

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Manuel Plaza Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1928 Amsterdam Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's marathon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Óscar Cristi Flag of Finland.svg 1952 Helsinki Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian Individual jumping
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Óscar Cristi
Ricardo Echeverría
César Mendoza 		Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian Team jumping
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marlene Ahrens Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1956 Melbourne Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's javelin throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Claudio Barrientos Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's bantamweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ramón Tapia Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's middleweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Carlos Lucas Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light heavyweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alfonso de Iruarrizaga Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Mixed skeet
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney Football pictogram.svg Football Men's competition
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fernando González
Nicolás Massú 		Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis Men's doubles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nicolás Massú Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis Men's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fernando González Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis Men's singles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fernando González Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis Men's singles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Francisca Crovetto Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's skeet
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yasmani Acosta Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Best non-medaling results:

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

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