Chile competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, after debuting in 1896. 17 competitors, 16 men and 1 woman, took part in 14 events in 6 sports. Alfonso de Iruarrizaga's silver in skeet shooting was Chile's only medal at the 1988 Games.
Medalists
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
!Date
|-
| || || Shooting || Skeet || 24 September
|}
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|Athletics
| 5 || 0 || 5
|-
| align=left|Modern pentathlon
| 3 || – || 3
|-
| align=left|Rowing
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|Sailing
| 3 || 0 || 3
|-
| align=left|Shooting
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|Table tennis
| 2 || 1 || 3
|-
! Total || 16 || 1 || 17
|}
Athletics
;Men
;Track and road events
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heat Round 1
!colspan=2|Heat Round 2
!colspan=2|Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|Carlos Bernardo Moreno
|align=left|100 metres
|10.70
|45
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|200 metres
|22.13
|59
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Pablo Squella
|align=left|800 metres
|1:48.99
|27 Q
|1:46.45
|17
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Omar Aguilar
|align=left|Marathon
|colspan=6
|colspan=2|
|-align=center
|align=left|Emilio Ulloa
|align=left|3000 metres steeplechase
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
;Field events
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|Gert Weil
|align=left|Shot put
|20.18
|7 q
|20.38
|6
|}
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Chile in 1988.
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=3|Riding<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(show jumping)</span>
!colspan=3|Fencing<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(épée one touch)</span>
!colspan=3|Swimming<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(300 m freestyle)</span>
!colspan=3|Shooting<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(Rapid fire pistol)</span>
!colspan=3|Running<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(4000 m)</span>
!rowspan=2|Total points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Penalties
!Rank
!MP points
!Results
!Rank
!MP points
!Time
!Rank
!MP points
!Points
!Rank
!MP Points
!Time
!Rank
!MP Points
|-align=center
|align=left|Gerardo Cortés
|align=left rowspan=3|Individual
|150
|31
|950
|31
|30
|762
|3:41.34
|52
|1104
|167
|63
|406
|14:37.63
|52
|934
|4156
|57
|-align=center
|align=left|Ricardo Falconi
|120
|24
|980
|20
|62
|575
|3:40.46
|50
|1112
|182
|60
|736
|14:44.71
|54
|913
|4316
|55
|-align=center
|align=left|Julio Fuentes
|318
|51
|782
|19
|63
|548
|3:34.52
|42
|1156
|192
|17
|956
|14:54.52
|58
|883
|4325
|54
|-align=center
|align=left|Gerardo Cortés<br>Ricardo Falconi<br>Julio Fuentes
|align=left|Team
|588
|11
|2712
|70
|18
|1885
|10:56.32
|16
|3372
|541
|18
|2098
|44:16.86
|17
|2730
|12797
|18
|}
Rowing
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Alejandro Rojas<br>Marcelo Rojas
|align=left|Double sculls
|6:33.23
|5 R
|6:48.72
|4
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
Sailing
;Open
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=7|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
|-align=center
|align=left|Germán Schacht<br>Manuel González<br>Rodrigo Zuazola
|align=left|Soling
|24
|20
|25
|25
|<s>27</s>
|24
|27
|145
|20
|}
Shooting
;Mixed
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Alfonso de Iruarrízaga
|align=left|Skeet
|198
|1 Q
|221
|
|}
Table tennis
;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="8"|Group Stage
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|-
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Jorge Gambra
|align=left rowspan=2|Singles
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 2–3
|<br>L 1–3
|<br>W 3–0
|<br>L 1–3
|7
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Marcos Núñez
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>W 3–1
|<br>L 0–3
|7
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|Jorge Gambra<br>Marcos Núñez
|align=left|Doubles
|<br>L 0–2
|<br>L 0–2
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–2
|<br>L 0–2
|<br>W 2–1
|<br>L 0–2
|7
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}
;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="6"|Group Stage
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|-
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Jacqueline Díaz
|align=left|Singles
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>L 0–3
|<br>W 3–1
|<br>L 0–3
|5
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}
See also
- Chile at the 1987 Pan American Games