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, the nation's fifth appearance out of eight editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The all-male national team of 38 athletes competed in 22 events in 6 sports.^[1] This edition marked Chile's first Olympic medal in the silver category.

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	—		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Manuel Plaza	Men's marathon	—						2:33:23

Field events

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	—	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

Match races

Fencing

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

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			Valparaíso Ferroviarios
-	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	José Arias			The Comercial, city Talcahuano
-	1GK	Juan Ibacache Pizarro			Carioca FC Valparaíso
-	2DF	Jorge Linford			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)		La Cruz FC 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
-	3MF	Francisco Arellano

Preliminary round

27 May 1928

15:00

Portugal	4–2	Chile
Vítor Silva 38' Pepe 40', 50' Mota 63'	Report	Saavedra 14' Carbonell 30'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 2,309

Referee: Youssuf Mohamed (EGY)

Consolation tournament, First round

5 June 1928 (1928-06-05)

14:00

Chile	3–1	Mexico
Subiabre 24', 48', 89'	Report	Sota 15'

Monnikenhuize, Arnhem

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Johannes Mutters (Netherlands)

Consolation tournament, Final

8 June 1928 (1928-06-08)

14:00

Netherlands	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Chile
Ghering 59' Smeets 66'	Report	Bravo 55' Alfaro 89'

Stadion Spangen, Rotterdam

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Guillermo Comorera (Spain)

Swimming

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

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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