Chile at the Olympics
Appearance
Chile at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | CHI |
NOC | Chilean Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 79th |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Chile was first at the Olympic Games at the first 1896 Summer Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Chile is CHI.[1]
History
[change | change source]A team from Chile has been in most Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.
Chilean athletes have won a total of thirteen medals, with tennis as the top medal-producing sport.
The National Olympic Committee for Chile was formed in 1934.
Medalists
[change | change source]Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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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 football team |
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 |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173351/https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246/rec/29 Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-8-16.