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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
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's 10m Platform
Günther Mund Borgs
Preliminary Round — 63.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
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