Chile at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# Chile at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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 in the silver category.

## Medalists

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

## 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

## 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
