Chile at the Olympics

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.

Chile at the
Olympics
IOC codeCHI
NOCChilean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coch.cl (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 87th
Gold
2
Silver
7
Bronze
4
Total
13
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The athletes representing Chile at the Olympics have brought home a total of thirteen 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
1896 Athens10000
1900 Parisdid not participate
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm140000
1920 Antwerp20000
1924 Paris130000
1928 Amsterdam38010130
1932 Los Angelesdid not participate
1936 Berlin400000
1948 London540000
1952 Helsinki59020231
1956 Melbourne33022427
1960 Rome90000
1964 Tokyo140000
1968 Mexico City210000
1972 Munich110000
1976 Montreal70000
1980 Moscowdid not participate
1984 Los Angeles520000
1988 Seoul17010136
1992 Barcelona120000
1996 Atlanta210000
2000 Sydney50001171
2004 Athens22201339
2008 Beijing27010170
2012 London350000
2016 Rio de Janeiro420000
2020 Tokyo580000
2024 Parisfuture event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total2741387

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1948 St. Moritz40000
1952 Oslo30000
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo40000
1960 Squaw Valley50000
1964 Innsbruck50000
1968 Grenoble40000
1972 Sapporodid not participate
1976 Innsbruck50000
1980 Lake Placiddid not participate
1984 Sarajevo40000
1988 Calgary50000
1992 Albertville50000
1994 Lillehammer30000
1998 Nagano30000
2002 Salt Lake City60000
2006 Turin90000
2010 Vancouver30000
2014 Sochi60000
2018 Pyeongchang70000
2022 Beijing40000
2026 Milan–Cortinafuture event
Total0000

Medals by Summer sport

Sports  Gold  Silver  BronzeTotalRank
Tennis21149
Athletics020279
Equestrian020224
Boxing012357
Shooting010160
Football001131
Total2741387

Medals by gender

Gender  Gold  Silver  BronzeTotal
Men26412
Women0101
Mixed0000
Total27413

List of medalists

A total of 30 athletes have won 13 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
 SilverManuel Plaza 1928 Amsterdam AthleticsMen's marathon
 SilverÓscar Cristi 1952 Helsinki EquestrianIndividual jumping
 SilverÓscar Cristi
Ricardo Echeverría
César Mendoza
1952 Helsinki EquestrianTeam jumping
 SilverMarlene Ahrens 1956 Melbourne AthleticsWomen's javelin throw
 BronzeClaudio Barrientos 1956 Melbourne BoxingMen's bantamweight
 SilverRamón Tapia 1956 Melbourne BoxingMen's middleweight
 BronzeCarlos Lucas 1956 Melbourne BoxingMen's light heavyweight
 SilverAlfonso de Iruarrizaga 1988 Seoul ShootingMixed skeet
 Bronze 2000 Sydney FootballMen's competition
 GoldFernando González
Nicolás Massú
2004 Athens TennisMen's doubles
 GoldNicolás Massú 2004 Athens TennisMen's singles
 BronzeFernando González 2004 Athens TennisMen's singles
 SilverFernando González 2008 Beijing TennisMen's singles


Best results in non-medaling sports:

Summer
SportRankAthleteEvent & Year
Gymnastics4thTomás González[disambiguation needed]Men's floor in 2012
Men's vault in 2012
Golf4thGuillermo PereiraMen's individual in 2020
Sailing4thErich Wichmann-HarbeckO-Jolle in 1936
Cycling5thMario MasanésMen's sprint in 1948
Basketball5thChile men's teamMen's tournament in 1952
Triathlon5thBárbara RiverosWomen's individual in 2016
Wrestling5thYasmani AcostaMen's Greco-Roman 130 kg in 2020
Weightlifting6thMaría Valdés[disambiguation needed]Women's 75 kg in 2012
Modern pentathlon7thNilo Floody
Hérnan Fuentes
Luis Carmona
Men's team in 1952
Diving7thGünther MundMen's 3 metre springboard in 1956
Rowing7thRodrigo Abásolo
Mario Castro[disambiguation needed]
Victor Contreras
Zibor Llanos
Carlos Neyra
Rodolfo Pereira
Alejandro Rojas
Marcelo Rojas
Giorgio Vallebuona
Men's eight in 1984
Taekwondo7thFelipe SotoMen's 80 kg in 2000
Canoeing9thMaría Mailliard
Karen Roco
Women's C-2 500 metres in 2020
Judo9thMary Dee VargasWomen's 48 kg in 2020
Volleyball9thMarco Grimalt
Esteban Grimalt
Men's tournament in 2020
Archery9thRicardo SotoMen's individual in 2016

See also

External links

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