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Chile at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Chile competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1896, Chilean athletes have appeared in all but five editions of the Summer Olympics of the modern era. Chile did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression and was also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Chile's opening ceremony flagbearers were Nicolás Jarry and Antonia Abraham. The nation won a gold medal for the first time since 2004 and any medals for the first time since 2008.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Archery

One Chilean archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by virtue of his result at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Athletics

Chilean track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each).

Track and road events
Field events

Canoeing

Sprint

Chilean canoeists qualified three boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 Pan American Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers in Sarasota, United States.

<small>Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)</small>

Cycling

Road

Chile entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.

Mountain biking

Chilean mountain bikers secured one men quota place for the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

BMX

Freestyle

Chilean riders received a single quota spot in the women's BMX freestyle for Paris 2024, finishing among the top three eligible nations, not yet qualified, at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Race

Chilean riders secured a single quota place in the men's BMX race for Paris 2024 by topping the field of nations vying for qualification at the 2024 UCI BMX World Championships.

Equestrian

Chile send one rider injumping individual competition to the Games, as one of two highest-ranked eligible nation within the individual FEI qualification for Group D and E; by virtue of top three nations performances in individual jumping events, not yet qualified, through the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.

Jumping

Fencing

Chile entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Arantxa Inostroza secured her quota places after nominated as the highest ranked individual fencers in the women's foil events, eligible for American zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Golf

Chile entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament. Joaquín Niemann and Mito Pereira qualified for the games in the men's individual competitions, based on their ranking position, through the final release of top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.

Men

Judo

Chile qualified two judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Thomas Briceño (men's heavyweight, 100 kg) and Mary Dee Vargas (women's extra-lightweight, 48 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Modern pentathlon

Chilean modern pentathletes confirmed a single quota place for the Olympic games. Esteban Bustos secured his spots in the men's event through the re-allocations of unused universality quota places.

Rowing

Chilean rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and through the 2024 Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

<small>Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage</small>

Sailing

Chilean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile; and 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia.

Medal race events

<small>M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race</small>

Shooting

Chilean shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Swimming

Chilean swimmers achieved entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):

Table tennis

Chile qualified three table tennis players to participate at the Games. María Paulina Vega and Zhiying Zeng qualified for the games by securing one of five available spots, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Lima, Peru; meanwhile Nicolás Burgos qualified for the games as the Pan American highest ranked eligible players.

Taekwondo

Chile qualified two athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympics. Joaquín Churchill and Fernanda Aguirre secured their spots in their respective weight class, after winning the semifinal match, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Tennis

Chile entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Tomás Barrios Vera secured an outright berth in the men's singles by advancing to the final match at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Later on, Nicolás Jarry and Alejandro Tabilo ensuring their participation in the men's singles competition, after being listed as the top 64 eligible players based on the final ATP ranking for the Olympics.

Men

Triathlon

Chile achieved two quota places (two men) for the men's individual triathlon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics through the Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking.

Individual

Volleyball

Beach

Chile men's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 CSV Continental Cup Final in Iquique, Chile.

Wrestling

Chile qualified two wrestlers for Paris 2024. Néstor Almanza and Yasmani Acosta qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.

Greco-Roman

See also

References