Chile at the Olympics Facts for Kids

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Chile at the
Olympics

CHI

Chilean Olympic Committee

Website

Medals
Ranked 79th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	7	4	13

Summer appearances

Winter appearances

Chile was first at the Olympic Games at the first 1896 Summer Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Chile is CHI.

History

A team from Chile has been in most Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.

Chilean athletes have won a total of thirteen medals, with tennis as the top medal-producing sport.

The National Olympic Committee for Chile was formed in 1934.

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	1952 Helsinki	Equestrian	Team jumping
2 Silver	Ahrens, MarleneMarlene Ahrens	1956 Melbourne	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
3 Bronze	Barrientos, ClaudioClaudio Barrientos	1956 Melbourne	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
2 Silver	Tapia, RamónRamón Tapia	1956 Melbourne	Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 Bronze	Lucas, CarlosCarlos Lucas	1956 Melbourne	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
2 Silver	Iruarrizaga, Alfonso deAlfonso de Iruarrizaga	1988 Seoul	Shooting	Mixed skeet
3 Bronze	National football team	2000 Sydney	Football	Men's competition
1 Gold	González, FernandoFernando González Nicolás Massú	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's doubles
1 Gold	Massú, NicolásNicolás Massú	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
3 Bronze	González, FernandoFernando González	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
2 Silver	González, FernandoFernando González	2008 Beijing	Tennis	Men's singles