Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

• Eduardo Fontecilla — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Eduardo Silva — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Preliminary Round, Group D

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23 November 1956 1	Chile	59–78	Brazil	Melbourne
20:00	Scoring by half: 34–39, 25–39
	Pts: Bernedo 23	Boxscore	Pts: Wlamir 27	Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

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26 November 1956 2	Chile	78–56	Australia	Melbourne
13:30	Scoring by half: 37–27, 41–29
	Pts: Bernedo 18	Boxscore	Pts: Dancis 19	Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

Quarter-finals, Group A

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27 November 1956 1	France	71–60	Chile	Melbourne
15:00	Scoring by half: 37–23, 34–37
	Pts: Beugnot 20	Boxscore	Pts: Etchepare 19	Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

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28 November 1956 2	Uruguay	80–73	Chile	Melbourne
15:00	Scoring by half: 40–25, 40–48
	Pts: Moglia 31	Boxscore	Pts: Ostoic 12	Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

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29 November 1956 3	Chile	88–69	Philippines	Melbourne
16:30	Scoring by half: 42–32, 46–37
	Pts: Silva 28	Boxscore	Pts: Genato 12	Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

5th–8th place classification

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30 November 1956 Semifinals	Chile	64–89	Brazil	Melbourne
15:00	Scoring by half: 33–55, 31–34
	Pts: Ostoic 13	Boxscore	Pts: dos Santos 27	Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

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1 December 1956 7th place match	Chile	68–75	Philippines	Melbourne
15:00	Scoring by half: 38–33, 30–42
	Pts: Bernedo 14	Boxscore	Pts: Loyzaga 27	Arena: Royal Exhibition Building

Sprint

• Hernán Masanés — 11th place

Time trial

• Hernán Masanés — 1:14.7 (→ 14th place)

Individual road race

• Juan Pérez — 5:25:38 (→ 21st place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Günther Mund Borgs
  • Preliminary Round — 63.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.

Individual

• Gerardo Cortes, Sr.
• Nilo Floody
• Héctor Carmona

Team

• Gerardo Cortes, Sr.
• Nilo Floody
• Héctor Carmona

Chile had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]

Men's coxed pair

• Juan Carmona
• Jorge Contreras
• Eusebio Ojeda (cox)

Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.

25 m pistol

• Eliazar Guzmán
• Ignacio Cruzat

50 m pistol

• Ignacio Cruzat
• Rigoberto Fontt

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database