Peru at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Peru at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PER
NOC	Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coperu.org  (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	29 (15 men and 14 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Juan Giha
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Peru competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	1	5
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	1	–	1
Shooting	3	0	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	0	2	2
Volleyball	0	10	10
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	15	14	29

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Javier Verne	100 m	10.91	91	Did not advance
Miguel Mallqui	Marathon	—	2:25:56	71
José Riesco	110 metres hurdles	14.29	54	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Hugo Muñoz	High jump	NM		Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marilú Salazar	Marathon	—	2:48:58	54

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mario Carulla	Singles	Wapp  (SUI) L 8–15, 15–10, 11–15	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alberto Rossel	Light flyweight	Yang  (CHN) L 7–16	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Esteban Boza	Skeet	116	38	Did not advance
Francisco Boza	Trap	114	49	Did not advance
	Double trap	135	12	Did not advance
Juan Giha	Skeet	115	42	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jorge Arias	100 m breaststroke	1:06.03	39	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maritza Chiaway	200 m freestyle	2:07.80	37	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:27.11	36	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	9:09.12	26	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eliana González	Singles	Tu  (PRK) L 0–2	Ryu  (KOR) L 0–2	Svensson  (SWE) L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Eliana González Milagritos Gorriti	Doubles	Chai / Chan  (HKG) L 0–2	Svensson / Pettersson  (SWE) L 0–2	Tu / Kim  (PRK) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peru women's	Women's tournament	Brazil L 0–3	Germany L 0–3	Cuba L 0–3	Russia L 0–3	Canada L 2–3	6	Did not advance

Team roster

• Sara Joya
• Iris Falcón
• Verónica Contreras
• Paola Ramos
• Milagros Cámere
• Milagros Moy
• Sandra Rodriguez
• Luren Baylon
• Yulissa Zamudio
• Yolanda Delgado
• Leyla Chihuán
• Marjorie Vilchez

Head coach: Park Jong-duk

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	121	1.967	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	217	140	1.550
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	196	156	1.256
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	163	191	0.853
5	Canada	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	156	239	0.653
6	Peru	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	129	252	0.512

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

20 July 1996	Brazil	3–0	Peru
	(15–7, 15–1, 15–5) Report

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22 July 1996	Germany	3–0	Peru
	(15–11, 15–6, 15–3) Report

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24 July 1996	Peru	0–3	Cuba
	(2–15, 5–15, 10–15) Report

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26 July 1996	Russia	3–0	Peru
	(15–11, 15–8, 15–1) Report

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28 July 1996	Peru	2–3	Canada
	(17–16, 6–15, 15–11, 9–15, 12–15) Report

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jorge Yllescas	–48 kg	Agatzanian  (GRE) L 0–10	Did not advance			Costantino  (ITA) L 0–10	Did not advance
Joel Basaldua	–52 kg	Paulson  (USA) L Fall	Did not advance			Valentin  (DOM) L Fall	Did not advance
Félix Isisola	–82 kg	Zander  (GER) L 0–10	Did not advance			Karila  (FIN) L 0–11	Did not advance
Lucio Vásquez	–90 kg	Konstantinidis  (GRE) L 0–10	Did not advance			Švec  (CZE) L 0–10	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Enrique Cubas	–62 kg	Krzesiak  (POL) W 7–7	Jang  (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance		—	Demeter  (HUN) L 1–11	Did not advance

See also

• Peru at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

1. Peru at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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