Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was the nation's tenth appearance out of thirteen editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The nation was represented by a team of 33 athletes, 31 males and 2 females, that competed in 22 events in 8 sports. This edition marked Chile's 4 through 7 medals, two each in the silver and bronze categories.

Athletics
Men's Marathon
 * Eduardo Fontecilla &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Eduardo Silva &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball

 * Preliminary Round, Group D


 * Quarter-finals, Group A


 * 5th–8th place classification

Cycling

 * Sprint
 * Hernán Masanés &mdash; 11th place


 * Time trial
 * Hernán Masanés &mdash; 1:14.7 (→ 14th place)


 * Individual road race
 * Juan Pérez &mdash; 5:25:38 (→ 21st place)

Diving
Men's 10m Platform
 * Günther Mund Borgs
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 63.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1956.


 * Individual
 * Gerardo Cortes, Sr.
 * Nilo Floody
 * Héctor Carmona


 * Team
 * Gerardo Cortes, Sr.
 * Nilo Floody
 * Héctor Carmona

Rowing
Chile had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.


 * Men's coxed pair
 * Juan Carmona
 * Jorge Contreras
 * Eusebio Ojeda (cox)

Shooting
Three shooters represented Chile in 1956.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Eliazar Guzmán
 * Ignacio Cruzat


 * 50 m pistol
 * Ignacio Cruzat
 * Rigoberto Fontt