Chile at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia (November 22, 1956 to December 8, 1956)
Opening Ceremony: November 22, 1956
Closing Ceremony: December 8, 1956

Events for Chile: 22 in 8 sports
Participants for Chile: 33 (31 men and 2 women)
Youngest Participant for Chile: Maximiliano Garafulic (18 years, 109 days)
Oldest Participant for Chile: Alejandro Díaz (36 years, 143 days)
Most Medals for Chile (Athlete): 4 athletes with 1 medal

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33 Athletes

Rk	Athlete	Gender	Age	Sport	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Marlene Ahrens	Female	23	Athletics	1		1
2	Ramón Tapia	Male	24	Boxing	1		1
3	Claudio Barrientos	Male	21	Boxing		1	1
4	Carlos Lucas	Male	26	Boxing		1	1
5	Pedro Araya	Male	31	Basketball
6	Rufino Bernedo	Male	29	Basketball
7	Héctor Carmona	Male		Modern Pentathlon
8	Juan Carmona	Male		Rowing
9	Jorge Contreras	Male		Rowing
10	Gerardo Cortes, Sr.	Male		Modern Pentathlon
11	Ignacio Cruzat	Male		Shooting
12	Alejandro Díaz	Male	36	Athletics
13	Rolando Etchepare	Male		Basketball
14	Orlando Etcheverre	Male		Basketball
15	Nilo Floody	Male	35	Modern Pentathlon
16	Eduardo Fontecilla	Male	27	Athletics
17	Rigoberto Fontt	Male		Shooting
18	Maximiliano Garafulic	Male	18	Basketball
19	Eliazar Guzmán	Male		Shooting
20	Hernán Haddad	Male	28	Athletics
21	Victor Mahaña	Male	34	Basketball
22	Hernán Masanés	Male	25	Cycling
23	Günther Mund	Male		Diving
24	Lilo Mund	Female		Diving
25	Eusebio Ojeda	Male		Rowing
26	Juan Ostoic	Male	25	Basketball
27	Juan Pérez	Male		Cycling
28	Hernán Raffo	Male	27	Basketball
29	Luis Salvadores	Male	24	Basketball
30	Ramón Sandoval	Male	25	Athletics
31	Juan Silva	Male	26	Athletics
32	Orlando Silva	Male	27	Basketball
33	Raúl Urra	Male		Basketball

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