Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	26 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Fernando González
Medals Ranked 70th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Medalists

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roberto Echeverría	Marathon	—						2:23:54	49
Cristián Reyes	200 m	21.20	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ignacio Guerra	Javelin throw	73.03	24	Did not advance
Marco Antonio Verni	Shot put	17.96	39	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Gonzalo Barroilhet	Result	11.33	7.08	13.23	1.93	51.91	14.26	46.07	NM	DNS	—	DNF
	Points	789	833	681	740	729	941	789	0	0	—

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Natalia Duco	Shot put	17.40	22	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Patricio Almonacid	Men's road race	Did not finish
Gonzalo Garrido		6:36:48	70

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Marco Arriagada	Men's points race	1	0	18

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cristóbal Silva	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	36
Francisca Campos	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	25

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Sergio Iturriaga	Lago Rupanco	Individual	63.00	60	Eliminated			Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paris Inostroza	Individual épée	Nishida (JPN) W 15–11	Fernández (VEN) L 10–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Felipe Novoa	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Casale (ITA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Cristián Bustos	Men's	178	21	1072	12–23	33	688	2:15.26	35	1180	296	23	904	9:19.01	6	1164	5008	27

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Óscar Vásquez	Single sculls	7:39.58	3 QF	7:06.61	4 SC/D	7:17.17	2 FC	7:07.02	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Soraya Jadué	Single sculls	8:04.08	5 QF	7:51:52	4 SC/D	8:13.67	2 FC	7:48.35	17

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Matías del Solar	Laser	3	34	30	25	21	9	25	23	DNF	CAN	EL	170	25

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oliver Elliot[1]	50 m freestyle	22.75	41	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristel Köbrich[2]	800 m freestyle	8:34.25	20	Did not advance
	10 km open water	—		DNF

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Chile had qualified places in both men's singles and men's doubles. After winning the gold medal in Athens, Nicolás Massú received and accepted an invitation from the International Tennis Federation to compete at these Olympic games.^[2][3][4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fernando González	Men's singles	Sun P (CHN) W 6–4, 6–4	Čilić (CRO) W 6–4, 6–2	Rochus (BEL) W 6–0, 6–3	Mathieu (FRA) W 6–4, 6–4	Blake (USA) W 4–6, 7–5, 11–9	Nadal (ESP) L 3–6, 6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Nicolas Massú		Darcis (BEL) W 6–4, 7–5	Nalbandian (ARG) L 6–7^(0–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Fernando González Nicolas Massú	Men's doubles	—	Tursunov / Youzhny (RUS) L 6–7^(5–7), 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Bárbara Riveros	Women's	20:21	0:28	1:26:52	0:34	36:16	2:03:42.56	25

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elizabeth Poblete	Women's −75 kg	91	12	106	12	197	8

See also

• Chile at the 2007 Pan American Games

References

1. "With swimmer Oliver Elliot Chile sum classified 27" Archived 2008-07-30 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)Xinhuanet July 12, 2008
2. 26 chileans in Beijing Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine(Spanish), ADO Chile, July 10, 2008
3. "Massu granted special place in Olympic tennis", Seattle Times, June 30, 2008
4. "Tennis: Chile's “Vampire” rising from the dead"^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Patagonia Times, May 14, 2008