Chile at the 1952 Summer Olympics in
Helsinki
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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 Ramos Muñoz
**
Alvaro Salvadores Salvi
**
Hernán Raffo Abarca
**
Orlando Silva Infante
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
*
Hernán Masanés — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*
Héctor Droguett — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*
Héctor Mellado — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*
Hugo Miranda — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*
Hernán Masanés
** Final — 1:15.9 (→ 17th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
*
Hernán Masanés — 14th place
Equestrian
Football
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1952.
;Individual
*
Nilo Floody
*
Hernán Fuentes
*
Luis Carmona
;Team
* Nilo Floody
* Hernán Fuentes
* Luis Carmona
Rowing
Chile had one male rowers participate in one out of seven
rowing
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events in 1952.
;
Men's single sculls
*
Carlos Adueza
Shooting
Two shooters represented Chile in 1952.
;
50 m pistol
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*
Enrique Ojeda
;
50 m rifle, three positions
*
Juan Bizama
;
50 m rifle, prone
*
Juan Bizama
Swimming
References
External links
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
Olympics
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