Chile at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Chile at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	38 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Manuel Plaza
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Chile competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 38 competitors took part in 22 events in 6 sports.^[1]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Manuel Plaza	Athletics	Men's Marathon	August 5

Athletics[]

8 athletes, all men, represented Chile in 1928. It was the nation's 5th appearance in the sport, in which Chile had competed each time the nation appeared at the Games. Chile won its first Olympic medal—in any sport—when Manuel Plaza took silver in the men's marathon.

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Óscar Alvarado	Men's 100 metres	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Rodolfo Wagner		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Alejandro Hannig	Men's 200 metres	Unknown	5	Did not advance
Alejandro Hannig	Men's 400 metres	Unknown	5	Did not advance
José Vicente Salinas		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Alfredo Ugarte	Men's 110 metres hurdles	N/A		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Manuel Plaza	Men's marathon	N/A						2:33:23

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Óscar Alvarado	Men's long jump	6.51	8	Did not advance
Héctor Benaprés	Men's discus throw	38.18	8	Did not advance
Ricardo Bayer	Men's hammer throw	46.23	5	Did not advance

Boxing[]

4 boxers, all men, represented Chile in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Díaz matched Chile's best ever finish in boxing, reaching the quarterfinals.

Boxer	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Turra	Men's flyweight	Nikolaos Felix (GRE) L points	Did not advance				17
Osvaldo Sánchez	Men's bantamweight	Stefan Glon (POL) W points	John Daley (USA) L points	Did not advance			9
Jorge Díaz	Men's lightweight	William O'Shea (IRL) W points	Georges Carcagne (FRA) W points	Gunnar Berggren (SWE) L points	Did not advance		5
Sergio Ojeda	Men's light heavyweight	N/A	Víctor Avendaño (ARG) L points	Did not advance			9

Cycling[]

Five cyclists (all in track), all men, represented Chile in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport.

Track cycling[]

Time trial

Cyclist	Event	Time	Rank
Edmond Maillard	Men's time trial	1:20.1	14

Match races

Cyclist	Event	1st Round		Repechage 1		Repechage Final		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final / Bronze match
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jorge Gamboa	Men's team pursuit	Unknown	2	N/A				Did not advance
Edmond Maillard
Carlos Rocuant
Alejandro Vidal
Francisco Juillet	Men's sprint	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	2	Did not advance

Fencing[]

Six fencers, all men, represented Chile in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tomás Goyoaga	Men's épée	3 wins	8	Did not advance
Tomás Goyoaga	Men's foil	N/A		1 win	7	Did not advance
Abelardo Castro	Men's sabre	N/A		Bye		1 win	8	Did not advance
Efrain Díaz		N/A		2 wins	5	Did not advance
Tomás Goyoaga		N/A		2 wins	5	Did not advance
Abelardo Castro	Men's team sabre	N/A		0–2	3	Did not advance
Efrain Díaz
Jorge Garretón
Tomás Goyoaga
Oscar Novoa
Nemoroso Riquelme

Football[]

;Summary

Team	Event	Prelim.	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chile men's	Men's tournament	Portugal L 4–2	Did not advance				17

Men's tournament

Chile competed in men's football for the first time in 1928. The team lost its first match against Portugal, 4–2, and were eliminated from the single-elimination tournament. Chile also played in a consolation tournament, defeating Mexico before playing the Netherlands to a full-time draw. After a coin toss the Netherlands were declared winners and were handed the trophy which had been on offer (by the NVB), but gave it to Chile to take home as a 'memento' of the Netherlands, the Olympic Games and their Dutch football friends.^[2]

Team roster

Head coach: Frank Powell

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
-	4FW	Oscar Alfaro Saavedra			San Luis Quillota
-	4FW	Manuel Bravo Paredes	(1897-02-17)17 February 1897 (aged 31)		Santiago Wanderers
-	4FW	Alejandro Carbonell
-	2DF	Ernesto Chaparro	(1901-01-04)4 January 1901 (aged 27)		Colo-Colo
-	3MF	Humberto Contreras Canales			Unión Española
-	1GK	Roberto Cortés	(1905-02-02)2 February 1905 (aged 23)		Colo-Colo
-	4FW				The Comercial, city Talcahuano
-	1GK	Juan Ibacache Pizarro
-	2DF				Colo-Colo
-	2DF	Víctor Morales Sálas	(1905-05-10)10 May 1905 (aged 23)		Colo-Colo
-	4FW	José Miguel Olguin			Colo-Colo
-	3MF	Germán Reyes Opazo			Colo-Colo
-	2DF	Guillermo Riveros	(1902-02-10)10 February 1902 (aged 26)		city Quillota
-	3MF	Guillermo Saavedra Tapia	(1903-11-05)5 November 1903 (aged 24)		Colo-Colo
-	4FW	Carlos Schneeberger	(1902-06-21)21 June 1902 (aged 25)		Colo-Colo
-	4FW	Guillermo Subiabre	(1903-02-25)25 February 1903 (aged 25)		Colo-Colo
-	3MF	Arturo Torres	(1906-10-20)20 October 1906 (aged 21)		Everton de Viña del Mar
-		Francisco Arellano

Preliminary round

Consolation tournament, First round

Consolation tournament, Final

Swimming[]

4 swimmers, all men, represented Chile in 1928. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport.

Swimmer	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mario Astaburuaga	Men's 100 m freestyle	unknown	4	Did not advance
Hernán Schüler		unknown	5	Did not advance
Faelo Zúñiga		unknown	4	Did not advance
Hernán Téllez	Men's 400 m freestyle	unknown	5	Did not advance

References[]

External links[]

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database