Chile at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chile at the Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website
Medals Ranked 81st	Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 8 4 15
Summer appearances
1896 1900–1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Chile is one of the few countries that took part in the very first 1896 Summer Olympics. They also joined the 1948 Winter Olympics for the first time.

Since 1934, the Chilean Olympic Committee has been in charge of sending athletes to the Olympic Games. Before that, the Chilean Athletics Federation helped athletes go to the Olympics.

Chilean athletes have won a total of 15 medals at the Olympics. Most of these medals came from tennis. So far, Chile has not won any medals at the Winter Olympics.

Olympic Medals for Chile

Chile has won medals in both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Here's a closer look at their achievements.

Summer Olympics Medals

This table shows how many medals Chile has won at each Summer Olympic Games. You can see when they participated and how many athletes they sent.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	1	0	0	0	0	–
1900 Paris	did not participate
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm	14	0	0	0	0	–
1920 Antwerp	2	0	0	0	0	–
1924 Paris	13	0	0	0	0	–
1928 Amsterdam	38	0	1	0	1	30
1932 Los Angeles	did not participate
1936 Berlin	40	0	0	0	0	–
1948 London	54	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Helsinki	59	0	2	0	2	31
1956 Melbourne	33	0	2	2	4	27
1960 Rome	9	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Tokyo	14	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	21	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	11	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	7	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	52	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	17	0	1	0	1	36
1992 Barcelona	12	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	21	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	50	0	0	1	1	71
2004 Athens	22	2	0	1	3	39
2008 Beijing	27	0	1	0	1	70
2012 London	35	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	42	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	58	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	48	1	1	0	2	55
2028 Los Angeles	future event
Total		3	8	4	15	81

Winter Olympics Medals

Chile has not yet won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games. This table shows their participation over the years.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1948 St. Moritz	4	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Oslo	3	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	4	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Squaw Valley	5	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Innsbruck	5	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Grenoble	4	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Sapporo	did not participate
1976 Innsbruck	5	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Lake Placid	did not participate
1984 Sarajevo	4	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Calgary	5	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Albertville	5	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	3	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	3	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	6	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	9	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	3	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	6	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	7	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	4	0	0	0	0	–
2026 Milan/Cortina	future event
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by Summer Sport

This table shows which sports have brought medals to Chile in the Summer Olympics. Tennis is the top sport!

Sports	1 Gold	2 Silver	3 Bronze	Total	Rank
Tennis	2	1	1	4	11
Shooting	1	1	0	2	43
Athletics	0	2	0	2	83
Equestrian	0	2	0	2	24
Boxing	0	1	2	3	58
Wrestling	0	1	0	1	54
Football	0	0	1	1	31
Total	3	8	4	15	81

Medals by Gender

Here's how many medals have been won by men and women athletes from Chile.

Gender	1 Gold	2 Silver	3 Bronze	Total
Men	2	7	4	13
Women	1	1	0	2
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	3	8	4	15

Chilean Olympic Medal Winners

A total of 32 athletes have won 15 Olympic medals for Chile. Some athletes have won more than one medal. For example, Óscar Cristi won two silver medals. Fernando Gonzalez won one gold, one silver, and one bronze. Nicolás Massú won two gold medals!

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Plaza, ManuelManuel Plaza	1928 Amsterdam	Athletics	Men's marathon
2 Silver	Cristi, ÓscarÓscar Cristi	1952 Helsinki	Equestrian	Individual jumping
2 Silver	Cristi, ÓscarÓscar Cristi Ricardo Echeverría César Mendoza		Equestrian	Team jumping
2 Silver	Ahrens, MarleneMarlene Ahrens	1956 Melbourne	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
3 Bronze	Barrientos, ClaudioClaudio Barrientos		Boxing	Men's bantamweight
2 Silver	Tapia, RamónRamón Tapia		Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 Bronze	Lucas, CarlosCarlos Lucas		Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
2 Silver	Iruarrizaga, Alfonso deAlfonso de Iruarrizaga	1988 Seoul	Shooting	Mixed skeet
3 Bronze	National U-23 football team Pedro Reyes Nelson Tapia Héctor Tapia Iván Zamorano Javier di Gregorio Cristián Álvarez Francisco Arrué Pablo Contreras Sebastián González David Henríquez Manuel Ibarra Claudio Maldonado Reinaldo Navia Rodrigo Núñez Rafael Olarra Patricio Ormazábal David Pizarro Rodrigo Tello Mauricio Rojas	2000 Sydney	Football	Men's competition
1 Gold	González, FernandoFernando González Nicolás Massú	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's doubles
1 Gold	Massú, NicolásNicolás Massú		Tennis	Men's singles
3 Bronze	González, FernandoFernando González		Tennis	Men's singles
2 Silver	González, FernandoFernando González	2008 Beijing	Tennis	Men's singles
1 Gold	Crovetto, FranciscaFrancisca Crovetto	2024 Paris	Shooting	Women's skeet
2 Silver	Acosta, YasmaniYasmani Acosta		Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Top Results in Other Sports

Even in sports where Chile didn't win a medal, many athletes achieved great results. This table shows some of their best performances.

See also

In Spanish: Chile en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Chile at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Chile
• Chile at the Paralympics