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Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Basketball

Preliminary Round, Group D
Quarter-finals, Group A
5th–8th place classification

Boxing

Cycling

Sprint
Time trial
Individual road race

Diving

Men
Women

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.

Individual
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

Shooting

Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol

References

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