Chile at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
competed at the
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in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at every Olympic Games, except the
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in Los Angeles, and the
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in Moscow because of the United States boycott. The Chile Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico de Chile, link=no, ''COCH'') sent a total of 35 athletes to the Games, 21 men and 14 women, to compete in 17 sports. There was only a single competitor in track cycling, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, swimming and taekwondo. Among the sports played by the athletes, Chile made its Olympics debut in artistic gymnastics and Greco-Roman wrestling. The Chilean team featured six athletes who competed at their fourth Olympics: archer
Denisse van Lamoen Denisse Astrid van Lamoen (born 12 September 1979) is a Chilean archer. In 2000, she became the first Chilean archer to compete at the Summer Olympics, but after failing a drug test in 2002 she left archery to study law. She later returned to t ...
, épée fencer
Paris Inostroza Paris Inostroza (born 22 September 1972) is a Chilean former fencer. He competed in the individual épée events at the 1996, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and ...
, table tennis player Berta Rodríguez and three of its oldest members from the equestrian jumping team. Van Lamoen was also appointed by the committee to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony. With poor athletic performance and the absence of tennis players in the team, Chile failed to win a single medal for the first time in Olympic history since 1996. Gymnast Tomás González missed out on an Olympic medal in London, after finishing fourth in men's floor and vault exercises.


Archery

Chile has qualified one archer for the women's individual event.


Athletics

Chilean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): ;Key * Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only * Q = Qualified for the next round * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target * NR = National record * N/A = Round not applicable for the event * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round ;Men ;Track & road events ;Combined events –
Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events


Cycling

Chile had qualified a quota place in the men's road race after
Gonzalo Garrido Gonzalo Andrés Garrido Zenteno (born 2 September 1973) is a Chilean road bicycle racer. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's road race. He is a five-time National Champion. Major results ;1997 : 3rd Road race, National Road ...
finished second at the 2011 American Championships, and in the men's omnium.


Road


Track

;Omnium


Equestrian

Chile has qualified 4 riders.


Jumping


Fencing

Chile has qualified 2 fencers. ;Men ;Women


Gymnastics


Artistic

;Men ;Women


Judo


Modern pentathlon

Esteban Bustos has qualified for the Olympics, after winning the bronze medal at the
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in
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.


Rowing

Chile has qualified the following boat. ;Men 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


Sailing

Chile has so far qualified 2 boat for each of the following events ;Men M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race


Shooting

Francisca Crovetto has ensured a berth in the women's skeet event. ;Women


Swimming

Swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ;Women


Table tennis

Chile has qualified 1 athlete.


Taekwondo

Chile has qualified one woman.


Triathlon

Chile has qualified two athletes.


Weightlifting

Chile has qualified 1 woman and 1 man.


Wrestling

Chile has qualified in the following events. ;Key * Victory by Fall. * – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points. * – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points. ;Men's Greco-Roman


See also

* Chile at the 2011 Pan American Games


References

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