Chile at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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Chile
competed at the Winter Olympic Games
for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics
in St. Moritz
, Switzerland
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Men
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For atlethes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
competed at the Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...
in St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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Alpine skiing
Men| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Gonzalo Domínguez | Downhill | 4:08.3 | 83 | ||||
| Jaime Errázuriz | 3:56.4 | 78 | |||||
| Arturo Hammersley | 3:54.1 | 74 | |||||
| Hernán Oelckers | 3:40.2 | 59 | |||||
| Jaime Errázuriz | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Arturo Hammersley | 1:49.2 | 54 | 1:26.9 | 52 | 3:16.1 | 54 | |
| Hernán Oelckers | 1:44.2 | 52 | 1:24.8 | 50 | 3:09.0 | 52 | |
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For atlethes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Gonzalo Domínguez | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Arturo Hammersley | 2:02.5 (+0:05) | 1:35.5 (+0:05) | 63 | 69.32 | 57 |
| Jaime Errázuriz | 1:41.1 | 1:34.6 | 57 | 60.91 | 52 |
| Hernán Oelckers | 1:33.6 | 1:21.6 | 39 | 42.83 | 38 |