Chile at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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.

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

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

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