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Chile At The 1952 Summer Olympics
Chile at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland was the nation's ninth appearance out of twelfth editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The nation was represented by a team of 59 athletes, 55 males and 4 females, that competed in 33 events in 9 sports. This edition marked Chile's second and third Olympic medals, both in the silver category. Medalists Athletics Basketball Men's Team Competition *Main Round (Group D) ** Defeated Cuba (53-52) ** Defeated Egypt (74-46) ** Lost to France (43-52) *Final Round (Group B) ** Lost to Brazil (44-75) ** Lost to United States (55-103) ** Lost to Soviet Union (60-78) *Classification Matches ** 5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (60-53) ** 5th/6th place: Defeated Brazil (58-49) → Fifth place *Team Roster ** Pedro Araya Zabala ** Rufino Bernedo Zorzano ** Eduardo Cordero Fernández ** Hugo Fernández Diez ** Exequiel Figueroa Reyes ** Juan Gallo Chinchilla ** Erich Mahn Godoy ** Victor Mahana Badrie ** Juan Ostoic Ostoic ** Hernán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Olympic Committee
The Chilean Olympic Committee (COCh) (:es:Comité Olímpico Chile, Comité Olímpico Chile) is a non-profit private organization composed of all Chilean sports federations who join it and accept its governance through statutes and regulations. It was created on 20 June 1934 and recognised the same year by the International Olympic Committee. The Committee is the organization in charge of coordinating Olympic activities in Chile. Before the COCH was formed, this duty was carried out by the “Liga Deportiva de Chile” (Chilean Sports League). The motto of the COCH is the Latin phrase “Citius, Altius, Fortius”, meaning “Faster, Higher, Stronger” COCH mission The main goals of the Chilean Olympic Committee, as described in Title I, Article III of its statute are: * Promote and protect Olympic principles, sports activities and sport education in Chile. * Promote cultural and academic activities related with the Olympic culture, and in general promote physical activities an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
