1972 in Peru

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See also:	Other events of 1972 ; Timeline of Peruvian history ;

Last updated December 18, 2025

This article lists events from the year 1972 in Peru .

Incumbents

President: Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Vice President of Peru : Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín
Prime Minister : Ernesto Montagne Sánchez

Events

12 April – Carmen Amelia Ampuero is selected as Miss Peru Universe 1972.^[1]
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Peru is represented in seven sports, by 20 competitors, 17 men and 3 women.^[2]

Cinema

Cholo , starring football player Hugo Sotil ^[3]

Sport

1972 Copa Perú ^[4]

Births

18 March – Mario Rodríguez, footballer^[5]
6 December – Mónica Santa María, model and TV hostess (died 1994)^[6]

Deaths

12 March – César Atahualpa Rodríguez, poet (born 1889)^[7]

References

↑ "Misses con Historia | CARETAS ILUSTRACION PERUANA". www.caretas.com.pe. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
↑ "Peru at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
↑ Vilcachagua, Pablo (2019-07-09). "Cultura: El Perú en el cine: Un recorrido por esas películas que nos retratan como país" [Culture: Peru in cinema: A journey through those films that portray us as a country]. Peru21 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
↑ (in Spanish) Copa Peru 1972
↑ "Mario Rodríguez". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
↑ Vanessa Morales (2 July 2017). "Las últimas horas de Mónica Santa María: la dalina de 'Nubeluz' que perdió las ganas de vivir". Univision. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
↑ Kapsoli, W. (1984). "Prospecto del grupo "Los Zurdos" de Arequipa". Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana. 10 (20): 101–111. doi:10.2307/4530162. JSTOR 4530162.

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[1] "Misses con Historia | CARETAS ILUSTRACION PERUANA". www.caretas.com.pe. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[2] "Peru at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

[3] Vilcachagua, Pablo (2019-07-09). "Cultura: El Perú en el cine: Un recorrido por esas películas que nos retratan como país" [Culture: Peru in cinema: A journey through those films that portray us as a country]. Peru21 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[4] (in Spanish) Copa Peru 1972

[5] "Mario Rodríguez". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[6] Vanessa Morales (2 July 2017). "Las últimas horas de Mónica Santa María: la dalina de 'Nubeluz' que perdió las ganas de vivir". Univision. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[7] Kapsoli, W. (1984). "Prospecto del grupo "Los Zurdos" de Arequipa". Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana. 10 (20): 101–111. doi:10.2307/4530162. JSTOR 4530162.

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