Chilelays claim to being one of 14 nations to participate at the inaugural1896 Summer Olympicsand made its debut appearance at the1948 Winter Olympics.The national teams sent by Chile to each of theOlympic Gameshave been under the auspices of theChilean Olympic Committeesince 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 theChilean Athletics Federation.

Chile at the
Olympics
IOC codeCHI
NOCChilean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coch.cl(in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 81st
Gold
3
Silver
8
Bronze
4
Total
15
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The athletes representing Chile at the Olympics have brought home a total of fifteen medals, withtennisas the top medal-producing sport. Chile has yet to win any medals at theWinter Olympics.

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

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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 48 1 1 0 2 55
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total 3 8 4 15 81

Medals by Winter Games

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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 Milano Cortina future event
2030 French Alps
2034 Salt Lake City
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by Summer sport

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Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Tennis 2 1 1 4 11
Shooting 1 1 0 2 43
Athletics 0 2 0 2 83
Equestrian 0 2 0 2 24
Boxing 0 1 2 3 58
Wrestling 0 1 0 1 54
Football 0 0 1 1 31
Total 3 8 4 15 81

Medals by gender

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Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Men 2 7 4 13
Women 1 1 0 2
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 3 8 4 15

List of medalists

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A total of 32 athletes have won 15 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) andNicolás 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
Equestrian Team jumping
Silver Marlene Ahrens 1956 Melbourne Athletics Women's javelin throw
Bronze Claudio Barrientos Boxing Men's bantamweight
Silver Ramón Tapia Boxing Men's middleweight
Bronze Carlos Lucas 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 Tennis Men's singles
Bronze Fernando González Tennis Men's singles
Silver Fernando González 2008 Beijing Tennis Men's singles
Gold Francisca Crovetto 2024 Paris Shooting Women's skeet
Silver Yasmani Acosta Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Best non-medaling results:

Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year
Summer
Sailing 4th Erich Wichmann-Harbeck O-Jolle in 1936
Gymnastics 4th Tomás González Men's floor in 2012
Men's vault in 2012
Golf 4th Guillermo Pereira Men's individual in 2020
Cycling 5th Mario Masanés Men's sprint in 1948
Macarena Perez Grasset Women's BMX freestyle in 2024
Basketball 5th Chile men's team Men's tournament in 1952
Triathlon 5th Bárbara Riveros Women's individual in 2016
Weightlifting 6th María Valdés Women's 75 kg in 2012
Modern pentathlon 7th Nilo Floody
Hernán 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
Víctor 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
Fencing 9th Jorge Garretón
Abelardo Castro
Tomas Goyoaga
Oscar Novoa
Efraín Díaz
Nemoroso Riquelme
Men's team sabre in 1928
Archery 9th Ricardo Soto Men's individual in 2016
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
Water polo 13th Osvaldo Martinez
Augusto Hurtado
Teodoro Salah
Luis Aguirrebeña
Isaac Froimovich
Pedro Aguirrebeña
José Salah
Svante Törnvall
Men's tournament 1948
Swimming 14th Kristel Kobrich Women's 800 m in 2012
Women's 1500 m in 2020
Surfing 17th Manuel Selman Men's shortboard in 2020
Skateboarding 19th Josefina Tapia Women's park in 2020
Winter
Alpine skiing 11th Thomás Grob Men's combined in 1998
Biathlon 67th Claudia Barrenechea Women's individual in 2002
Cross-country skiing 84th Yonathan Fernández Men's sprint in 2014
Freestyle skiing 13th Dominique Ohaco Women's slopestyle in 2014

See also

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