Chile at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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	N/A		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Manuel Plaza	Men's marathon	N/A						2:33:23

Field events

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	N/A	Víctor Avendaño (ARG) L points	Did not advance			9

Five cyclists (all in track), all men, represented Chile in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport.

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

;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 del 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

Preliminary round

May 27, 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)

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

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database