| Noc: | CHI |
| Nocname: | Chilean Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Sports: | 16 |
| Flagbearer: | Érika Olivera (opening)[1] Bárbara Riveros (closing) |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Chile competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.
The Chilean Olympic Committee (es|Comité Olímpico de Chile, COCH)|link=no) fielded a team of 42 athletes, 25 men and 17 women, to compete in sixteen sports at the Games.[2] It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics without any association to the team-based sports for the first time. Nearly 25 percent of the Chilean team competed in the track and field, the largest by sport; there was only a single competitor in archery, equestrian, golf, judo, shooting, taekwondo, and triathlon.
The Chilean roster featured five sets of family members, including beach volleyball cousins Esteban and Marco Grimalt, race walking twins Edward and Yerko Araya, London 2012 yachtsman Benjamín Grez and his older brother Cristobal, and two other pairs of rookies sailing each other in the men's and women's 470 class, respectively: sisters Arantza and Begoña Gumucio and brothers Andrés and Francisco Ducasse.[3] Fifteen Chilean athletes previously competed in London, with Laser sailor Matías del Solar and distance freestyle swimmer Kristel Köbrich headed to their fourth Olympics. Meanwhile, marathon runner Érika Olivera, who served as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, reached a historic milestone as the first Chilean female to compete in five Olympic Games.[1] Other notable Chilean athletes included world-ranked triathlete Bárbara Riveros, artistic gymnast and London 2012 fourth-place finalist Tomás González, shot putter Natalia Duco, and 16-year-old archer Ricardo Soto.
For the second Olympics in a row, Chile failed to earn a single medal at the Games. Riveros, González, and weightlifter María Fernanda Valdés were the only athletes to achieve the most successful outcome for Chile in Rio de Janeiro, finishing among the top eight in their respective sporting events (fifth for Riveros and seventh each for González and Valdés).[4]
See main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. One Chilean archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by securing one of three available Olympic spots at the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Medellín, Colombia.[5]
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chilean athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[6] [7]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Víctor Aravena | Marathon | 2:17:49 | 42 | |
| Edward Araya | 50 km walk | |||
| Yerko Araya | 20 km walk | 1:22:23 | 25 | |
| Daniel Estrada | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:25:33 | 98 |
| Enzo Yáñez | 2:27:47 | 108 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Isidora Jiménez | 200 m | 23.29 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Érika Olivera | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:50:29 | 105 | |||
| Natalia Romero | 3:01:29 | 123 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Natalia Duco | Women's shot put | 18.18 | 9 q | 18.07 | 10 | |
| Karen Gallardo | Women's discus throw | 57.81 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Chile has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 20 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI America Tour.[8] One additional spot was awarded to the Chilean cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Luis Rodríguez | Men's road race | Did not finish | ||
| Paola Muñoz | Women's road race | Did not finish | ||
See main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile has entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top finish from Central & South America in the individual FEI Olympic rankings.[10] [11]
See main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chile has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Felipe Aguilar (world no. 248) qualified directly among the top 60 players for the men's singles based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.[12]
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Chile has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. London 2012 fourth-place finalist Tomás González and fellow Olympian Simona Castro had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[13] [14]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Tomás González | Floor | 15.066 | 15.066 | 14 | Did not advance | |||||||||||
| Vault | 15.149 | 15.149 | 8 Q | 15.137 | 15.137 | 7 | |||||||||||
See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Thomas Briceño earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region as highest-ranked Chilean judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016.[15] [16]
See main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's lightweight double sculls, respectively, at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso.[17] [18]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Felipe Cárdenas Bernardo Guerrero | Men's lightweight double sculls | 6:38.95 | 3 R | 7:11.38 | 4 SC/D | 7:24.71 | 3 FC | 6:47.67 | 17 | |
| Melita Abraham Josefa Vila | Women's lightweight double sculls | 7:20.63 | 4 R | 8:11.97 | 4 SC/D | 8:20.26 | 3 FC | 7:46.99 | 17 | |
See main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chilean sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and South American qualifying regattas.[19] [20]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
| Matías del Solar | Laser | 22 | 22 | 32 | 35 | 24 | 34 | 33 | 24 | 12 | EL | 238 | 30 | ||||
| Andrés Ducasse Francisco Ducasse | 470 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 14 | EL | 172 | 24 | ||||
| Benjamín Grez Cristóbal Grez | 49er | 12 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 15 | EL | 171 | 20 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
| Nadja Horwitz Sofía Middleton | 470 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 15 | EL | 100 | 11 | ||||
| Arantza Gumucio Begoña Gumucio | 49erFX | 16 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | EL | 168 | 18 | ||
See main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile has qualified one shooter in the women's skeet by virtue of her best finish at the seventh stop of the 2015 ISSF World Cup series in Gabala, Azerbaijan.[21]
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)See main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chilean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[22] [23]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Felipe Tapia | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 16:02.44 | 45 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Kristel Köbrich | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:16.07 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 800 m freestyle | 8:34.34 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Ignacio Morales secured a spot in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico.[24]
See main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Julio Peralta and Hans Podlipnik had claimed one of eight ITF Olympic men's doubles places, as Chile's top-ranked tennis pair outside of direct qualifying position in the ATP World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.[25]
See main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile has secured a quota in the women's triathlon event as a result of Barbara Riveros' triumph at the 2015 Pan American Games.[26] [27]
See main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Chile men's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the final match over Venezuela at the 2016 CSV Continental Cup in Rosario, Argentina, signifying the nation's Olympic debut to the sport.[28]
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chile has qualified one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top four national finish at the 2016 Pan American Championships. Meanwhile, an unused men's Olympic spot was added to the Chilean weightlifting team by IWF, as a response to the vacancy of women's quota places in the individual World Rankings and to the "multiple positive cases" of doping on several nations.[29] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.[30]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Julio Acosta | Men's −62 kg | 120 | 10 | 146 | 11 | 266 | 11 | |
| María Fernanda Valdés | Women's −75 kg | 107 | =6 | 135 | =6 | 242 | 7 | |