Peru at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Peru at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of Peru.svg
IOC code PER
NOC Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website www.coperu.org  (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors8 in 1 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Peru competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. They sent eight athletes to the shooting competition. The youngest was Oscar Caceres who was 24 and the oldest was Guillermo Cornejo who was 37. The whole team was composed of male competitors. [1]

Contents

Shooting

Pistol

AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Guillermo Cornejo 25 metre rapid fire pistol 56017
Armando López-Torres 54026
Antonio Vita 50 metre 51922
Francisco Otayza 50329

Rifle

AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Rubén Váldez 50 m rifle 3 positions 104412
Guillermo Baldwin 104014
Oscar Caceres 300 m rifle prone 59421
Luis Coquis 59328
Oscar Caceres 50 m rifle prone 113525
Luis Coquis 112429

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References

  1. "Peru at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2015.