Chile at the 2012 Summer Olympics


Chile competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at every Olympic games, except the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott.
The Chile Olympic Committee sent a total of 35 athletes to the Games, 21 men and 14 women, to compete in 17 sports. There was only a single competitor in track cycling, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, swimming and taekwondo. Among the sports played by the athletes, Chile made its Olympics debut in artistic gymnastics and Greco-Roman wrestling. The Chilean team featured six athletes who competed at their fourth Olympics: archer Denisse van Lamoen, épée fencer Paris Inostroza, table tennis player Berta Rodríguez and three of its oldest members from the equestrian jumping team. Van Lamoen was also appointed by the committee to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.
With poor athletic performance and the absence of tennis players in the team, Chile failed to win a single medal for the first time in Olympic history since 1996. Gymnast Tomás González missed out on an Olympic medal in London, after finishing fourth in men's floor and vault exercises.

Archery

Chile has qualified one archer for the women's individual event.

Athletics

Chilean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events :
;Key
;Men
;Track & road events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
Gonzalo BarroilhetResult11.186.8014.492.0551.0714.1241.275.4057.254:48.23797213
Gonzalo BarroilhetPoints8217677588507669596901035697629797213

in women's marathon
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Cycling

Chile had qualified a quota place in the men's road race after Gonzalo Garrido finished second at the 2011 American Championships, and in the men's omnium.

Road

Track

;Omnium

Equestrian

Chile has qualified 4 riders.

Jumping

Fencing

Chile has qualified 2 fencers.
;Men
;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;Women

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Esteban Bustos has qualified for the Olympics, after winning the bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Rowing

Chile has qualified the following boat.
;Men
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Chile has so far qualified 2 boat for each of the following events
;Men
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

has ensured a berth in the women's skeet event.
;Women

Swimming

Swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ):
;Women

Table tennis

Chile has qualified 1 athlete.

Taekwondo

Chile has qualified one woman.

Triathlon

Chile has qualified two athletes.
AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2Run Total TimeRank
Felipe Van de WyngardMen's18:530:4158:520:3334:031:53:0250
Bárbara RiverosWomen's19:440:381:07:030:3534:152:02:1516

Weightlifting

Chile has qualified 1 woman and 1 man.

Wrestling

Chile has qualified in the following events.
;Key
;Men's Greco-Roman