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Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	58 in 24 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Francisca Crovetto Marco Grimalt
Flag bearer (closing)	María Mailliard
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Chile competed at the 2020 Summer OlympicsinTokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Since the nation's debut in 1896, Chilean athletes have appeared in all but five editions of the Summer Olympics of the modern era. Chile did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression and was also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Chile failed to win any Olympic medals in Tokyo, the third consecutive Olympic Games it has failed to do so.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

One Chilean archer qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Games by winning the silver medal and obtaining one of three available spots at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrés Aguilar	Men's individual	662	18	Wukie (USA) L 1–7	Did not advance

Chilean athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Chilean canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World ChampionshipsinSzeged, Hungary.^[5]

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Chile entered one rider to compete in the women's Olympic road race, by virtue of her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[6]

Chile entered one mountain biker to compete in the men's cross-country race by finishing in the top two of the under-23 division at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World ChampionshipsinMont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.

Chile entered one BMX rider to compete in the women's freestyle, by finishing in the top two at the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China.^[7]

Chile entered one equestrian rider into the Olympic competition by finishing among the top fifteen and securing the last of four available slots in the individual jumping at the 2019 Pan American GamesinLima, Peru.^[8] Meanwhile, one eventing rider was added to the Chilean roster by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group E (Central and South America).^[9] The eventing quota was later withdrawn.

With Bermuda failing to comply with the minimum eligibility requirements, Chile received an invitation from FEI to send a dressage rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation within the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central and South America).^[10]

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Chile entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Katina Proestakis claimed a spot in the women's foil by winning the final match at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Katina Proestakis	Women's foil	Jelińska (POL) L 12–15	Did not advance

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chile women's	Women's tournament	Great Britain L 0–2	Canada L 1–2	Japan L 0–1	4	Did not advance

Chile women's football team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by winning the CAF–CONMEBOL playoff against Cameroon.^[12]

Team roster

The final squad of 22 athletes was announced on 2 July 2021.^[13]

Head coach: José Letelier

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Christiane Endler (captain)	(1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 29)	80	0	Paris Saint-Germain
2	3MF	Yastin Jiménez	(2000-10-17)17 October 2000 (aged 20)	2	0	Colo-Colo
3	2DF	Carla Guerrero	(1987-12-23)23 December 1987 (aged 33)	71	5	Universidad de Chile
4	2DF	Francisca Lara	(1990-07-29)29 July 1990 (aged 30)	71	20	Le Havre
5	2DF	Fernanda Ramírez	(1992-08-30)30 August 1992 (aged 28)	1	0	Universidad de Chile
6	2DF	Nayadet López	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 26)	4	0	Santa Teresa
7	4FW	Yenny Acuña	(1997-05-18)18 May 1997 (aged 24)	3	0	Santiago Morning
8	3MF	Karen Araya	(1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 30)	67	7	Santiago Morning
9	4FW	María José Urrutia	(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 27)	22	2	Colo-Colo
10	4FW	Yanara Aedo	(1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 27)	70	10	Rayo Vallecano
11	3MF	Yessenia López	(1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 30)	40	5	Universidad de Chile
12	1GK	Natalia Campos	(1992-01-12)12 January 1992 (aged 29)	9	0	Universidad de Chile
13	2DF	Fernanda Pinilla	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 27)	19	0	Universidad de Chile
14	3MF	Daniela Pardo	(1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 33)	35	3	Santiago Morning
15	4FW	Daniela Zamora	(1990-11-13)13 November 1990 (aged 30)	51	5	Djurgårdens IF
16	2DF	Rosario Balmaceda	(1999-03-26)26 March 1999 (aged 22)	17	0	Santiago Morning
17	2DF	Javiera Toro	(1998-04-22)22 April 1998 (aged 23)	17	0	Sevilla
18	2DF	Camila Sáez	(1994-10-17)17 October 1994 (aged 26)	62	8	Rayo Vallecano
19	4FW	Javiera Grez	(2000-07-11)11 July 2000 (aged 21)	14	2	Colo-Colo
20	3MF	Francisca Mardones	(1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 32)	39	1	Santiago Morning
21	2DF	Valentina Díaz	(2001-03-30)30 March 2001 (aged 20)	4	0	Colo-Colo
22	1GK	Antonia Canales	(2002-10-16)16 October 2002 (aged 18)	0	0	Universidad Católica

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Japan (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Great Britain	2–0	Chile
White 18', 73'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

Attendance: 0^[14]

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Chile	1–2	Canada
Araya 57' (pen.)	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Beckie 39', 47'

Attendance: 0^[14]

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Chile	0–1	Japan
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Tanaka 77'

Attendance: 1,326^[14]

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Chile entered two male golfers into the Olympic tournament. Joaquín Niemann (world no. 31) and Mito Pereira (world no. 146) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings.^[15]

Chile entered two artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Set to compete at her third straight Games, Simona Castro received a spare berth from the women's apparatus events, as one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World ChampionshipsinStuttgart, Germany.

Men

Women

Chile qualified one judoka for the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) at the Games. Mary Dee Vargas accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mary Dee Vargas	Women's –48 kg	Menz (GER) W 01–00	Mönkhbatyn (MGL) L 00–10	Did not advance

Chilean athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. London 2012 Olympian Esteban Bustos secured a selection in men's event by winning the silver medal and finishing among the top two for Latin America at the 2019 Pan American GamesinLima.^[17]

Chile qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the first of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[18]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Chilean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.^[19]

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Chilean shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.^[20]

Chile entered one skateboarder to compete in the women's park at the Games. With the cancellation of the 2021 World Park Championships, Josefina Varas accepted an invitation from the World Skate, as one of the top-four skateboarders outside the World Rankings of June 30, 2021.^[21]

Chile sent one surfer to compete in the men's shortboard race at the Games. Manuel Selman finished among the top two of his preliminary heat to secure one of the five available places at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in El Sunzal and La Bocana, El Salvador.^[22]

Chilean swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[23][24]

Chile entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time since London 2012. Making her Olympic comeback after her debut in Athens 2004, María Paulina Vega scored the initial-stage final match triumph to book one of the available places in the women's singles at the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Rosario, Argentina.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
María Paulina Vega	Women's singles	Bye	Batmönkh (MGL) W 4–0	Sawettabut (THA) L 0–4	Did not advance

Chile entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2019 Pan American Games bronze medalist Fernanda Aguirre secured a spot in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 Pan American Qualification TournamentinSan José, Costa Rica.^[26] However, Aguirre was forced to withdraw from the Games after testing positive for COVID-19.^[27]

Chile entered one tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Tomás Barrios secured an outright berth in the men's singles by advancing to the final match at the 2019 Pan American GamesinLima.^[28]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomás Barrios	Men's singles	Chardy (FRA) L 1–6, 6–7(4–7)	Did not advance

Chile entered two triathletes (one per gender) to compete at the Olympics. Remarkably going to her fourth straight Games, Bárbara Riveros was selected among the top 26 triathletes vying for qualification in the women's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021, with rookie Diego Moya topping the field of triathletes from the Americas on the men's side.^[29]

Chile men's beach volleyball pair qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings of 13 June 2021.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Repechage	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Esteban Grimalt Marco Grimalt	Men's	Evandro / Schmidt (BRA) L (15–21, 21–16, 12–15)	Bryl / Fijałek (POL) L (17–21, 18–21)	Abicha / El Graoui (MAR) W (21–14, 21–12)	3R	Gerson / Heidrich (SUI) W (21–17, 21–18)	Leshukov / Semenov (ROC) L (16–21, 16–21)	Did not advance

Chile entered two weightlifters (one per gender) into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian María Fernanda Valdés finished sixth of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the women's 87 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with rookie Arley Méndez topping the field of weightlifters from the American zone in the men's 81 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.^[31]

Chile qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2020 Pan American Qualification TournamentinOttawa, Canada.^[32][33]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yasmani Acosta	Men's −130 kg	Guennichi (TUN) W 3–1 PP	Abdullaev (UZB) W 3–0 PO	Kajaia (GEO) L 1–3 PP	Bye	Semenov (ROC) L 1–3 PP	5

• Chile at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Chile at the 2020 Summer Paralympics