Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Chile at the Olympic Games

Flag of Chile – Flag bearers
IOC code  CHI
NOC Comité Olímpico de Chile
Website www.coch.cl (Spanish)
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors 27 in 16 sports
Flag bearer Fernando González
Medals
Rank: 70		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
1
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Chile competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Fernando González Tennis Men's singles

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Track and road events

Athlete Events Heat Round 1 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cristián Reyes Men's 200 metres 21.20
7
 Did not advance
Roberto Echeverria Men's marathon
N/A
2:23:54
49

Field events

Athlete Events Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ignacio Guerra Men's javelin throw 73.03
13
 Did not advance
Marco Antonio Verni Men's shot put 17.96
19
 Did not advance
Natalia Duco Women's shot put 17.40
13
 Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon Event Gonzalo Barroilhet
Results Points Rank
100 m
11.33
789
6
Long jump
7.08
833
7
Shot put
13.23
681
16
High jump
1.93
740
16
400 m
51.91
729
6
110 m hurdles
14.26
941
7
Discus throw
46.07
789
4
Pole vault No Mark
Javelin throw Did not finish
1500 m
Final

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Slalom

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Total Rank
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pablo McCandless K-1 88.24
17
 88.40
14
 176.64
16
 Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Cristóbal Silva Cross-country Lapped with 2 laps remaining

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Francisca Campos Cross-country Lapped with 2 laps remaining

Road

Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Patricio Almonacid Road race Did not finish
Gonzalo Garrido Road race 6:36:48 (+12:59) 70th

Track

Athlete Event Points/Laps Rank
Marco Arriagada Men's points race
1
18th

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Sergio Iturriaga Lago Rupanco Individual 63.0 60th Eliminated
Ricardo Stangher Literal Individual Did not participate

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Paris Inostroza Individual épée  S Nishida (JPN)
W 15-11		  S Fernández (VEN)
L 10-15		 Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals First Repechage Round Repechage Quarterfinals Repechage Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Felipe Novoa −66 kg  G Casale (ITA)
L by Ippon		 Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Shoot Fence Swim Ride Run Total Points Rank
Pnt. Rank Pnt. Rank Pnt. Rank Pnt. Rank Pnt. Rank
Cristián Bustos
1072
21st
688
33rd
1180
35th
904
23rd
1164
6th
5008
27th

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete(s) Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals C/D Final C Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Óscar Vásquez Single sculls 7:39.58
3rd
 7:06.61
4th
 7:17.17
2nd
 7:07.02
4th
16th

Women

Athlete(s) Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals C/D Final C Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Soraya Jadue Single sculls 8:04.08
5th
 7:51:52
4th
 8:13.67
2nd
 7:48.35
5th
17th

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Matías del Solar Laser
3
(34)
30
25
21
9
25
23
 Disqualified

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank
Jorge Atalah Skeet 111 28th Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Oliver Elliot[2] Men's 50 m freestyle 22.75 41 Did not advance
Kristel Köbrich [1] Women's 800 m freestyle 8:34.25 20 Did not advance
Women's 10 km open water N/A DNF –

Key: DNF=Did not finish

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
Fernando González Singles  S Peng (CHN) W 6-4, 6-4  M Čilić (CRO) W 6-4, 6-2  O Rochus (BEL) W 6-0, 6-3  P-H Mathieu (FRA) W 6-4, 6-4  J Blake (USA) W 4-6, 7-5, 11-9  R Nadal (ESP) L 3-6, 6-7(2), 3-6
Nicolas Massú Singles  S Darcis (BEL) W 6-4, 7-5  D Nalbandian (ARG) L 6-7(0), 1-6 Did not advance
Fernando González
Nicolas Massú		 Doubles  D Tursunov (RUS)
 M Youzhny (RUS)		 L 6-7(5), 4-6 Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bárbara Rivero Individual
20:21
38
1:26:52
26
36:16
18
2:03:42.56
25

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Elizabeth Poblete -75 kg
91
12
106
12
197
12

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 26 chileans in Beijing(Spanish), ADO Chile, July 10, 2008
  2. ^ "With swimmer Oliver Elliot Chile sum classified 27" (Spanish)Xinhuanet July 12, 2008
  3. ^ "Massu granted special place in Olympic tennis", Seattle Times, June 30, 2008
  4. ^ "Tennis: Chile's “Vampire” rising from the dead", Patagonia Times, May 14, 2008