Chile at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Chile
competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles
, United States
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The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Athletics
Men's 5,000 metres
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's Marathon
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
Men's Shot Put
Women's 800 metres
Women's 1,500 metres
Women's 3,000 metres
Women's Marathon
Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
Football (soccer)
Men's Team Competition:
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 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan...
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AthleticsAthletics at the 1984 Summer OlympicsAt the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...
Men's 5,000 metres
- Omar AguilarOmar AguilarDomingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988....
- Heat — 13:51.53
- Semifinals — 13:51.13 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Omar AguilarOmar AguilarDomingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988....
- Heat — 28:29.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon
These are the official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started on 17.00h local time. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race, with Dieudonné LaMothe from Haiti finishing in last position in...
- Alejandro Silva
- Final — 2:29:53 (→ 57th place)
- Omar AguilarOmar AguilarDomingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988....
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
- Emilio UlloaEmilio UlloaEmilio Ulloa Valenzuela is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:* * *...
- Heat — 8:29.71
- Semifinals — 8:28.99 (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
- Gert WeilGert WeilGert Michael Weil is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global event was a sixth place at the 1988 Olympic Games...
- Qualifying Round — 19.94 m
- Semifinals — 18.69 m (→ 10th place)
Women's 800 metres
- Alejandra RamosAlejandra RamosAlejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in...
- Heat — 2:05.773 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
- Alejandra RamosAlejandra RamosAlejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in...
- Heat — 4:22.03 (→ did not advance)
Women's 3,000 metres
- Monica RegonesiMonica RegonesiMónica Patricia Regonesi Muranda is female long-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 32nd place in the women's marathon. Regonesi set her personal best in the classic distance in 1988...
- Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Marathon
- Monica RegonesiMonica RegonesiMónica Patricia Regonesi Muranda is female long-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 32nd place in the women's marathon. Regonesi set her personal best in the classic distance in 1988...
- Final — 2:44:44 (→ 32nd place)
CyclingCycling at the 1984 Summer OlympicsThe cycling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of three road cycling events and five track cycling events. For the first time, women's cycling events were included in the Olympic program, with a single event, the individual road race...
Men's Individual Road Race
- Manuel Aravena — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Roberto Muñoz — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Football (soccer)Football at the 1984 Summer OlympicsThe football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. It featured only a men's tournament, as women's football had yet to become an Olympic event. It was the first Olympic football competition in which professionals were allowed...
Men's Team Competition:
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- ChileChile national football teamThe Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...
– Norway 0-0 - ChileChile national football teamThe Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...
– Qatar 1-0 - ChileChile national football teamThe Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...
– France 1-1 - Quarter Finals
- ChileChile national football teamThe Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...
– Italy 0-1 [after extra time] - Team Roster:
- ( 1.) Eduardo FournierEduardo FournierEduardo Antonio Fournier Arriagada is a Chilean former footballer who played at both professional and international levels before becoming a coach.-Playing career:...
- ( 2.) Daniel Ahumada
- ( 3.) Luis Mosquera
- ( 4.) Alex MartinezÁlex MartínezAlejandro 'Álex' Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis as a left defender.-External links:* ** * *...
- ( 5.) Leonel Contreras
- ( 6.) Alejandro Hisis
- ( 7.) Alfredo Nuñez
- ( 8.) Jaime VeraJaime VeraJaime Andrés Vera Rodríguez is a former Chilean footballer and currently works as a head coach of Universidad de Concepción.-Club career:...
- ( 9.) Fernando Santis
- (10.) Sergio Marchant
- (11.) Juvenal OlmosJuvenal OlmosJuvenal Olmos is an Chilean football manager who coached the Chile national football team between 2003 and 2005...
- (12.) Patricio Toledo
- (13.) Luis Pérez
- (14.) Sergio Pacheco
- (15.) Carlos Ramos
- (16.) Jaime Baeza
- (17.) Marco Antonio FigueroaMarco Antonio FigueroaMarco Antonio Figueroa Montero is a Chilean football manager and former striker who played for several clubs in Latin America, including Cobreloa, Monarcas Morelia and Club América. During his playing career he was known as "el Fantasma" or "the Phantom." He is remembered among fans of Morelia...
- Head Coach: Pedro Morales Torres