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 silver medals in the individual and team show jumping competition of the equestrian event.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Equestrian Jumping Individual Competition Óscar Cristi César Mendoza Equestrian Jumping Team Competition
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGustavo Ehlers200 mDNSDid not advanceGustavo Ehlers400 mDNSDid not advanceHugo Nutini800 mDNS colspan="2" Did not advanceHugo Nutini1500 mDNS colspan="2" Did not advanceGuillermo SoláDNS colspan="2" Did not advanceRaúl Inostroza5000 mDNS colspan="4" Did not advanceRaúl Inostroza10,000 m colspan="6" 31:28.623Edmundo Ohaco110 m hurdles15.45 colspan="2" Did not advanceJörn Gevert15.23 colspan="2" Did not advanceJörn Gevert400 m hurdles56.15Did not advancePedro Yoma56.84Did not advanceGuillermo Solá3000 msteeplechase9:32.210 colspan="4" Did not advanceLuis CeledónMarathon colspan="6" 2:33:45.814Raúl Inostroza colspan="6" DNF
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankErnesto LagosHigh jump1.8032Did not advanceCarlos VeraLong jump7.0714Did not advanceHernán HaddadDiscus throw42.8928Did not advanceArturo MelcherHammer throw45.5532Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankHernán FigueroaResult11.736.3812.871.6052.816.438.083.5051.224:58.2559217Points678608660555654523574516550274Carlos VeraResult11.286.969.521.75DNFDNFPoints870773387711Edmond OhacoResultDNSDNSPoints
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAdriana Millard100 mDNSDid not advanceAdriana Millard200 m25.44 colspan="2" Did not advanceMarion Huber80 m hurdlesDNF colspan="2" Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankAdriana MillardLong jump5.49155.5913Gerda MartínJavelin throw36.9418Did not advanceEdith ThomasNo markDid not advance
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 events in 1952.
Men's single sculls Carlos Adueza
Shooting
Two shooters represented Chile in 1952.
50 m pistol Enrique Ojeda
50 m rifle, three positions Juan Bizama
50 m rifle, prone Juan Bizama
Swimming
Men Rank given is within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHernán Avilés100 m freestyle 1:02.8 6 Did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database