Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was the nation's tenth appearance out of thirteen editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The nation was represented by a team of 33 athletes, 31 males and 2 females, that competed in 22 events in 8 sports. This edition marked Chile's 4 through 7 medals, two each in the silver and bronze categories. Medalists Athletics Men's Marathon Eduardo Fontecilla — did not finish (→ no ranking) Eduardo Silva — did not finish (→ no ranking) Basketball Preliminary Round, Group D Quarter-finals, Group A 5th–8th place classification Boxing Cycling Sprint Hernán Masanés — 11th place Time trial Hernán Masanés — 1:14.7 (→ 14th place) Individual road race Juan Pérez — 5:25:38 (→ 21st place) Diving Men's 10m Platform Günther Mund Borgs Preliminary Round — 63.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956. Individual Gerardo Cortes, Sr. Nilo Floody Héctor Carmona Team Gerardo Cortes, Sr. Nilo Floody Héctor Carmona Rowing Chile had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956. Men's coxed pair Juan Carmona Jorge Contreras Eusebio Ojeda (cox) Shooting Three shooters represented Chile in 1956. 25 m pistol Eliazar Guzmán Ignacio Cruzat 50 m pistol Ignacio Cruzat Rigoberto Fontt References External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1956 1956 in Chilean sport