| Peru at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PER |
| NOC | Peruvian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Mexico City | |
| Competitors | 28 in 8 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Peru competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 28 competitors, 16 men and 12 women, took part in 21 events in 8 sports. [1]
Peru qualified four athletes to the summer olympics.
| Athletes | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | |||
| Fernando Acevedo | Men's 200 m [2] | 21.02 | 4 | 20.78 | 3 | 20.91 | 8 | did not advance | 12 |
| Alfredo Deza | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.38 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Fernando Abugattás | High jump [3] | 2.03 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Roberto Abugattás | 2.00 | 17 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Luis Minami | Lightweight | — |  Vujin (YUG)L 5–0 | did not advance | 5 | ||
| Marcelo Quiñones | Middleweight |  Jones (USA)L 5–0 | did not advance | 16 | |||
| Pool Four | Pld | BW | BL | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mihai Ţiu (ROU) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 |
 Jean-Claude Magnan (FRA) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 |
 Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini (EGY) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 |
 Orlando Ruíz (CUB) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 21 |
 Enrique Barúa (PER) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
 Orlando Nannini (ARG) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
Peru qualified the following boat. [5]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lauro Pacussich Héctor Menacho Juan López | Men's coxed pair | 8:49.26 | 6 R | 8:25.90 | 4 | did not advance | 14 | ||||
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Five shooter represented Peru during these Olympics. [6] Gladys Baldwin Lopez was one of the first two women, the other being Eulalia Rolińska who competed for Poland, to compete in Olympic Shooting. [7]
Pistol
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Víctor Tantalean | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 572 | 41 |
| Antonio Vita | 50 metre | 533 | 42 |
Rifle
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Gladys Baldwin López | 50 m rifle prone | 591 | 31 |
| Walter Perón | Trap | 175 | 48 |
| Pedro Gianella | Skeet | 194 | 5 |
Three swimmers competed in seven events. [8]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Juan Carlos Bello | 200 m freestyle | 2:01.3 | 1 | did not advance | |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:17.5 | 2 | 2:13.7 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Rosario de Vivanco | 100 m freestyle | 1:04.7 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:22.2 | 5 | — | did not advance | |||
| Consuelo Changanaqui | 2:20.7 | 4 | — | did not advance | |||
| 400 m freestyle | 5:02.9 | 4 | — | did not advance | |||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:40.0 | 3 | — | did not advance | |||
| 400 m individual medley | 5:52.2 | 4 | — | did not advance | |||
All times are Mexico Central Zone (UTC−5)
Peru's women's volleyball team made its first appearance at the olympics where it finished fourth.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 333 | 193 | 1.725 | 21 | 3 | 7.000 |
| 2 |  Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 318 | 147 | 2.163 | 19 | 4 | 4.750 |
| 3 |  Poland | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 323 | 304 | 1.063 | 15 | 12 | 1.250 |
| 4 |  Peru | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 306 | 324 | 0.944 | 12 | 15 | 0.800 |
| 5 |  South Korea | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 276 | 305 | 0.905 | 12 | 14 | 0.857 |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 307 | 308 | 0.997 | 12 | 15 | 0.800 |
| 7 |  Mexico | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 215 | 338 | 0.636 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 |
| 8 |  United States | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 155 | 356 | 0.435 | 4 | 21 | 0.190 |
| 1968-10-13 19:00 | Peru | 3–2 | Mexico | |
| (15–17, 15–5, 10–15, 15–2, 15–7) Report | ||||
| 1968-10-14 10:00 | Peru | 3–0 | South Korea | |
| (15–13, 15–6, 15–9) Report | ||||
| 1968-10-15 12:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Peru | |
| (15–3, 15–11, 15–9) Report | ||||
| 1968-10-17 12:00 | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Peru | |
| (15–4, 15–9, 15–9) Report | ||||
| 1968-10-20 10:00 | Czechoslovakia | 3–2 | Peru | |
| (7–15, 13–15, 15–9, 15–2, 15–3) Report | ||||
| 1968-10-23 17:00 | Peru | 3-1 | United States | |
| (15–11, 15–0, 14–16, 15–12) Report | ||||
| 1968-10-25 10:00 | Poland | 3–1 | Peru | |
| (15–10, 14–16, 15–9, 15–8) Report | ||||
Peru had one athlete. [10]
| Athlete | Event | Military Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Efrain Gusquiza | Men's - 90 kg | 142.5 | 14 | 120 | 20 | 167.5 | 15 | 430 | 15 |
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