Chile at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
in Helsinki
Competitors	59 (55 men and 4 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Adriana Millard
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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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.^[1] 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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Óscar Cristi	Equestrian	Jumping Individual Competition
Silver	Ricardo Echeverría Óscar Cristi César Mendoza	Equestrian	Jumping Team Competition

Athletics

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.^[2]

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