Chile at the Olympics

Chile first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then.

Chile at the Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
Medals Ranked 79th	Gold 2 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 13
Summer appearances
1896 1900–1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Chilean athletes have won a total of thirteen medals, with tennis as the top medal-producing sport.

The National Olympic Committee for Chile was created in 1934.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	1	0	0	0	0	–
1900 Paris	did not participate
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm	14	0	0	0	0	–
1920 Antwerp	2	0	0	0	0	–
1924 Paris	13	0	0	0	0	–
1928 Amsterdam	38	0	1	0	1	30
1932 Los Angeles	did not participate
1936 Berlin	40	0	0	0	0	–
1948 London	54	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Helsinki	59	0	2	0	2	31
1956 Melbourne	33	0	2	2	4	27
1960 Rome	9	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Tokyo	14	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	21	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	11	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	7	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	52	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	17	0	1	0	1	36
1992 Barcelona	12	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	21	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	50	0	0	1	1	71
2004 Athens	22	2	0	1	3	39
2008 Beijing	27	0	1	0	1	70
2012 London	35	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	42	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	future event
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles	future event
Total		2	7	4	13	77

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1948 St. Moritz	4	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Oslo	3	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	4	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Squaw Valley	5	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Innsbruck	5	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Grenoble	4	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Sapporo	did not participate
1976 Innsbruck	5	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Lake Placid	did not participate
1984 Sarajevo	4	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Calgary	5	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Albertville	5	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	3	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	3	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	6	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	9	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	3	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	6	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	7	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	future event
2026 Milan–Cortina
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Tennis	2	1	1	4
Athletics	0	2	0	2
Equestrian	0	2	0	2
Boxing	0	1	2	3
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Football	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 sports)	2	7	4	13

List of medalists

A total of 30 athletes won 13 medals for Chile. Only three athletes won more than one medal: Óscar Cristi (two silver), Fernando Gonzalez (one gold, one silver and one bronze) and Nicolás Massú (two gold).

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Manuel Plaza	1928 Amsterdam	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Óscar Cristi	1952 Helsinki	Equestrian	Individual jumping
Silver	Óscar Cristi Ricardo Echeverría César Mendoza	1952 Helsinki	Equestrian	Team jumping
Silver	Marlene Ahrens	1956 Melbourne	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Bronze	Claudio Barrientos	1956 Melbourne	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Silver	Ramón Tapia	1956 Melbourne	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Carlos Lucas	1956 Melbourne	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Alfonso de Iruarrizaga	1988 Seoul	Shooting	Mixed skeet
Bronze	National U-23 football team Pedro Reyes Nelson Tapia Héctor Tapia Iván Zamorano Javier di Gregorio Cristián Álvarez Francisco Arrué Pablo Contreras Sebastián González David Henríquez Manuel Ibarra Claudio Maldonado Reinaldo Navia Rodrigo Núñez Rafael Olarra Patricio Ormazábal David Pizarro Rodrigo Tello Mauricio Rojas	2000 Sydney	Football	Men's competition
Gold	Fernando González Nicolás Massú	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's doubles
Gold	Nicolás Massú	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
Bronze	Fernando González	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
Silver	Fernando González	2008 Beijing	Tennis	Men's singles

Olympic participants

498 athletes were members of the Chilean Olympic delegation.

Athletes by sports:

Sport	Athletes	Years
Summer Olympics
Athletics	101	1912-2012
Football	53	1928–2000
Cycling	42	1912-2012
Boxing	35	1924-1996
Basketball	31	1936-1956
Shooting	31	1912-2012
Equestrian	26	1912-2012
Fencing	21	1924-2012
Rowing	21	1952-2012
Swimming	15	1928-2012
Sailing	14	1926-2012
Modern pentathlon	11	1948-2012
Table tennis	11	1988-2012
Tennis	8	1924-2008
Judo	4	1984-2012
Weightlifting	4	1996-2012
Triathlon	3	2000-2012
Canoeing	2	2004-2008
Diving	2	1948-1956
Gymnastic	2	2012
Taekwondo	2	2000-2012
Archery	1	2000-2012
Wrestling	1	2012
Winter Olympics
Alpine Skiing	43	1948-2014
Biathlon	4	2002-2006
Freestyle Skiing	2	2014
Cross Country Skiing	1	2014

Summary by sport

Athletics

The Chilean Olympic Committee claims Luis Subercaseaux as its first Olympic athlete, in 1896; it is not clear whether he actually competed in any of the three events in which he was entered that year.

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	3/12	0	0	0	0
Total			0	2	0	2

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 100 metres	7/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	SF/14th (1964)

See also

• List of flag bearers for Chile at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Chile
• Chile at the Paralympics

External links

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