Chile at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England was the nation's eighth appearance out of eleven editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The nation was represented by a team of 54 athletes, 50 males and 4 females, that competed in 27 events in 8 sports.
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankCarlos Silva100 m11.084Did not advanceAlberto Labarthe11.03Did not advanceGustavo Ehlers400 m49.53Did not advanceJaime Hitelman51.54Did not advanceMario Recordón110 m hurdles15.33 colspan="2" Did not advanceSergio Guzmán400 m hurdles55.94 colspan="2" Did not advanceGustavo EhlersSergio GuzmánJaime HitelmanCarlos Silva4 × 400 m relay3:23.84 colspan="4" Did not advanceEnrique InostrozaMarathon colspan="6" 2:47:48.015
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankCarlos VeraTriple jump13.85023Did not advanceAlfredo JadresicHigh jump1.87 Q11.909Edmundo ZúñigaHammer throw44.0321Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankBetty Kretschmer100 mUnknown5Did not advanceBetty Kretschmer200 m26.36Did not advanceAnnegret Weller-Schneider26.44Did not advanceMarion Huber80 m hurdlesUnknown5Did not advanceMarion HuberBetty KretschmerAdriana MillardAnnegret Weller-Schneider4 × 100 m relay51.53 colspan="2" Did not advance
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated China (44–39) Defeated Iraq (100–18) Defeated Philippines (68–39) Lost to Belgium (36–38) Lost to South Korea (21–28) Quarterfinals Lost to France (52–53) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (38–36) 5th/6th place: Lost to Uruguay (32–50) → Sixth place
Boxing
Cycling
Four cyclists, all men, represented Chile in 1948.
Individual road race Rafael Iturrate Mario Masanés Exequiel Ramírez Rogelio Salcedo
Team road race Rafael Iturrate Mario Masanés Exequiel Ramírez Rogelio Salcedo
Sprint Mario Masanés
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankGünther Mund3 m springboard68.0826
Fencing
Three fencers, all men, represented Chile in 1948.
Men's foil Enrique Accorsi
Men's épée Enrique Accorsi Ignacio Goldstein
Men's sabre Andrés Neubauer Ignacio Goldstein
Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Chile in 1948.
Nilo Floody Hernán Fuentes
Shooting
Four shooters represented Chile in 1948.
25 metre pistol Roberto Müller Ignacio Cruzat Pedro Peña y Lillo
50 metre pistol Ignacio Cruzat Luis Ruiz Tagle Roberto Müller
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group C) Lost to India (4–7) Lost to the Netherlands (0–14) → did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Reports