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 edit

Medals by Summer Games edit

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 58 0 0 0 0
  2024 Paris future event
  2028 Los Angeles
  2032 Brisbane
Total 2 7 4 13 87

Medals by Winter Games edit

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 4 0 0 0 0
  2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by Summer sport edit

Sports   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total Rank
  Tennis 2 1 1 4 9
  Athletics 0 2 0 2 79
  Equestrian 0 2 0 2 24
  Boxing 0 1 2 3 57
  Shooting 0 1 0 1 60
  Football 0 0 1 1 31
Total 2 7 4 13 87

Medals by gender edit

Gender   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total
Men 2 6 4 12
Women 0 1 0 1
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 2 7 4 13

List of medalists edit

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).

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   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


Best results in non-medaling sports:

Summer
Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year
  Gymnastics 4th Tomás González[disambiguation needed] Men's floor in 2012
Men's vault in 2012
  Golf 4th Guillermo Pereira Men's individual in 2020
  Sailing 4th Erich Wichmann-Harbeck O-Jolle in 1936
  Cycling 5th Mario Masanés Men's sprint in 1948
  Basketball 5th Chile men's team Men's tournament in 1952
  Triathlon 5th Bárbara Riveros Women's individual in 2016
  Wrestling 5th Yasmani Acosta Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg in 2020
  Weightlifting 6th María Valdés[disambiguation needed] Women's 75 kg in 2012
  Modern pentathlon 7th Nilo Floody
Hérnan Fuentes
Luis Carmona
Men's team in 1952
  Diving 7th Günther Mund Men's 3 metre springboard in 1956
  Rowing 7th Rodrigo Abásolo
Mario Castro[disambiguation needed]
Victor Contreras
Zibor Llanos
Carlos Neyra
Rodolfo Pereira
Alejandro Rojas
Marcelo Rojas
Giorgio Vallebuona
Men's eight in 1984
  Taekwondo 7th Felipe Soto Men's 80 kg in 2000
  Canoeing 9th María Mailliard
Karen Roco
Women's C-2 500 metres in 2020
  Judo 9th Mary Dee Vargas Women's 48 kg in 2020
  Volleyball 9th Marco Grimalt
Esteban Grimalt
Men's tournament in 2020
  Archery 9th Ricardo Soto Men's individual in 2016

See also edit

External links edit

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