Chile at the 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors	54 (50 men and 4 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Mario Recordón
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Chile at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England was the nation's eighth appearance out of eleven editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The nation was represented by a team of 54 athletes, 50 males and 4 females, that competed in 27 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated China (44-39)
  • Defeated Iraq (100-18)
  • Defeated Philippines (68-39)
  • Lost to Belgium (36-38)
  • Lost to South Korea (21-28)
• Quarterfinals
  • Lost to France (52-53)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (38-36)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Uruguay (32-50) → Sixth place

Boxing

Cycling

Four cyclists, all men, represented Chile in 1948.

Individual road race

• Rafael Iturrate
• Mario Masanés
• Exequiel Ramírez
• Rogelio Salcedo

Team road race

• Rafael Iturrate
• Mario Masanés
• Exequiel Ramírez
• Rogelio Salcedo

Sprint

• Mario Masanés

Diving

Fencing

Three fencers, all men, represented Chile in 1948.

Men's foil

• Enrique Accorsi

Men's épée

• Enrique Accorsi
• Ignacio Goldstein

Men's sabre

• Andrés Neubauer
• Ignacio Goldstein

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Chile in 1948.

• Nilo Floody
• Hernán Fuentes

Shooting

Four shooters represented Chile in 1948.

25 metre pistol

• Roberto Müller
• Ignacio Cruzat
• Pedro Peña y Lillo

50 metre pistol

• Ignacio Cruzat
• Luis Ruiz Tagle
• Roberto Müller

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Lost to India (4-7)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (0-14) → did not advance