1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Chile)

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Chile took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of 33 athletes, 32 men and one woman.

It was Chile's ninth participation in the Summer Olympics since 1896 .

Flag bearer

The track and field athlete Marlene Ahrens carried the flag of Chile during the opening ceremony in Melbourne's Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With two won silver and bronze medals, the Chilean team took 27th place in the medal table .

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Ramón Tapia	Boxing	medium weight
Marlene Ahrens	athletics	Women, throwing the javelin

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Claudio Barrientos	Boxing	Bantamweight
Carlos Lucas	Boxing	Light heavyweight

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's team

  8th place

• Squad

  Hernán Raffo

  Juan Arredondo

  Juan Ostoic

  Luis Salvadores

  Maximiliano Garafulic

  Orlando Etcheverre

  Orlando Silva

  Pedro Araya

  Raúl Urra

  Rolando Etchepare

  Rufino Bernedo

  Victor Mahaña

Boxing

• Claudio Barrientos

  Bantamweight: bronze

• Ramón Tapia

  Middleweight: silver

• Carlos Lucas

  Light Heavyweight: Bronze

athletics

• Ramon Sandoval

  800 meters: heats

  1500 meters: heats

• Eduardo Fontecilla

  800 meters: heats

  1500 meters: heats

  Marathon: ??

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Juan Silva

  Marathon: ??

• Hernán Haddad

  Discus throw: 16th place

• Alejandro Díaz

  Hammer throw: 18th place in qualification

• Marlene Ahrens

  Women, javelin throw: silver

Modern pentathlon

• Gerardo Cortes senior

  Individual: 18th place

  Team: ??

• Nilo Floody

  Singles: 24th place

  Team: ??

• Hector Carmona

  Singles: ??

  Team: ??

Cycling

• Juan Perez

  Road race, individual: 21st place

• Hernán Masanés

  Sprint: Round of 16

  1000 meter individual time trial: 14th place

rowing

• Juan Carmona

  Two with a helmsman: semi-finals

• Jorge Contreras

  Two with a helmsman: semi-finals

• Eusebio Ojeda

  Two with a helmsman: semi-finals

shoot

• Eliazar Guzmán

  Rapid fire pistol: 29th place

• Ignacio Cruzat

  Rapid Fire Pistol: 33rd place

  Free target pistol: 19th place

• Rigoberto Fontt

  Free target pistol: 21st place

Diving

• Günther Mund

  Artistic jumping: 7th place

  Diving: 19th place

Web links

• Chilean Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )