Juan Bascuñán

Juan de Dios Jorquera Bascuñán (8 July 1894 – 29 August 1973) was a Chilean middle-distance and long-distance runner. At the first unofficial South American Championships in Athletics in Buenos Aires, he had won gold medals in the marathon (Course had measured below the standard marathon distance of .) There, he had set championship records in both of the distances. Though he remained active in the sport, he could not compete at the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics as he had begun receiving money for races and was deemed as a professional athlete and not an amateur one.

He later died on 29 August 1973 in Quilicura, Chile.