Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was the nation's tenth appearance out of thirteen editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The nation was represented by a team of 33 athletes, 31 males and 2 females, that competed in 22 events in 8 sports. This edition marked Chile's 4 through 7 medals, two each in the silver and bronze categories.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Boxing Men's Middleweight Boxing Men's Bantamweight Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight
Athletics
Men's Marathon Eduardo Fontecilla — did not finish (→ no ranking) Eduardo Silva — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Basketball
Preliminary Round, Group D
Quarter-finals, Group A
5th–8th place classification
Boxing
Cycling
Sprint Hernán Masanés — 11th place
Time trial Hernán Masanés — 1:14.7 (→ 14th place)
Individual road race Juan Pérez — 5:25:38 (→ 21st place)
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankGünther Mund3 m springboard80.547 Q56.996137.53710 m platform63.0119Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankLilo Mund3 m springboardDid not advance
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.
Individual Gerardo Cortes, Sr. Nilo Floody Héctor Carmona
Team Gerardo Cortes, Sr. Nilo Floody Héctor Carmona
Rowing
Chile had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.
Men's coxed pair Juan Carmona Jorge Contreras Eusebio Ojeda (cox)
Shooting
Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.
25 m pistol Eliazar Guzmán Ignacio Cruzat
50 m pistol Ignacio Cruzat Rigoberto Fontt
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database