Peru at the Olympics

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Peru at the
Olympics
Flag of Peru.svg
IOC code PER
NOC Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website www.coperu.org  (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 101st
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
4
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Peru has officially participated in 17 Summer Olympic Games and 2 Winter Olympic Games. They did not send any athletes to the 1952 Summer Olympics. The Peruvian Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for Peru which was founded in 1924 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1936.

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Peru's first official appearance at the Olympic Games was at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. However, prior to the creation of the Peruvian Olympic Committee in 1924, the Peruvian Carlos de Candamo competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in two fencing events of foil and épée. Peru's first participation in the Winter Olympic Games occurred during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Peru has won a total of four medals, three in shooting events and one in volleyball. Their only gold medal was won by Edwin Vásquez in the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Men's 50 metre pistol. The remaining three medals were silver. The first silver medal was won by Francisco Boza in Trap at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The Peru women's national volleyball team won Peru's second silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and Juan Giha won their third silver and latest medal in skeet at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotalRank
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 1896 Athens did not participate
Flag of France.svg 1900 Paris
Flag of the United States.svg 1904 St. Louis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1908 London
Flag of Sweden.svg 1912 Stockholm
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1920 Antwerp
Flag of France.svg 1924 Paris
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1928 Amsterdam
Flag of the United States.svg 1932 Los Angeles
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936 Berlin 40 0000
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1948 London 42 1001 22
Flag of Finland.svg 1952 Helsinki did not participate
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1956 Melbourne 8 0000
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome 31 0000
Flag of Japan.svg 1964 Tokyo 31 0000
Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 Mexico City 28 0000
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Munich 20 0000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Montreal 13 0000
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 Moscow 30 0000
Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles 35 0101 33
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul 21 0101 36
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona 16 0101 49
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta 29 0000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney 21 0000
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens 12 0000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing 13 0000
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London 16 0000
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 29 0000
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo 35 0000
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris future event
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 Los Angeles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032 Brisbane
Total1304 99

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotalRank
Flag of France.svg 1924 Chamonix did not participate
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1928 St. Moritz
Flag of the United States.svg 1932 Lake Placid
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1948 St. Moritz
Flag of Norway.svg 1952 Oslo
Flag of Italy.svg 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Flag of the United States.svg 1960 Squaw Valley
Flag of Austria.svg 1964 Innsbruck
Flag of France.svg 1968 Grenoble
Flag of Japan.svg 1972 Sapporo
Flag of Austria.svg 1976 Innsbruck
Flag of the United States.svg 1980 Lake Placid
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1984 Sarajevo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1988 Calgary
Flag of France.svg 1992 Albertville
Flag of Norway.svg 1994 Lillehammer
Flag of Japan.svg 1998 Nagano
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Salt Lake City
Flag of Italy.svg 2006 Turin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver 3 0000
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 3 0000
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang did not participate
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 1 0000
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total0000 -

Medals by Summer Sport

SportsGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal Rank
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting 120349
Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball 010117
Total130499

Medals by gender

GenderGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
Men1203
Women0101
Mixed0000
Total1300

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Edwin Vásquez Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1948 London Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's 50 meter pistol
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Francisco Boza Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Trap
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Women's competition
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Juan Giha Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Skeet

Summary by sport

Fencing

Peru's 1900 Olympic debut included 1 fencer, Carlos de Candamo, who competed in each of the foil and épée individual amateur events and reached the repechage (18th to 24th place) in the foil. As of the 2016 Games, the nation has yet to win a medal in the sport.

GamesFencersEventsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1900 Paris 12/70000
Total0011

Football (association)

1936 Summer Olympics

Peru was invited to join the Olympics for its first time in 1936, [1] when they were to be held at Berlin. Among the line of players featured in this first participation of the Blanquirroja were Alejandro Villanueva, Teodoro Fernández, Juan Valdivieso, and Adelfo Magallanes. [2] The Peruvian players, after arriving to Germany by transport of an Italian ship, were awestruck by the modern stadiums and the German idolatry of Adolf Hitler. [1] The first match against Finland was played on August 6, 1936, and was won with great ease by the Peruvians with a 7–3 result. [2] Peru's next match was against Austria in the quarterfinals. The match was highly contested, and the game went into overtime when the Peruvians tied the Austrians after being two goals behind. Peru scored 5 goals during overtime, of which 3 were nulled by the referee, and won by the final score of 4–2. [1]

The Austrians demanded a rematch on the grounds that Peruvian fans had stormed the field, and because the field did not meet the requirements for a football game. [1] [2] Austria further claimed that the Peruvian players had manhandled the Austrian players and that spectators, one holding a revolver, had "swarmed down on the field." [3] Peru was notified of this situation, and they attempted to go to the assigned meeting but were delayed by a German parade. [1] At the end, the Peruvian defense was never heard, and the Olympic Committee and FIFA sided with the Austrians. The rematch was scheduled to be taken under close grounds on August 10, and later rescheduled to be taken on August 11. [2] [3]

As a sign of protest against these actions, which the Peruvians deemed as insulting and discriminatory, the complete Olympic delegations of Peru and Colombia left Germany. [4] [5] Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico expressed their solidarity with Peru. [3] Michael Dasso, a member of the Peruvian Olympic Committee, stated: "We've no faith in European athletics. We have come here and found a bunch of merchants." [6] The game was awarded to Austria by default. [3] In Peru, angry crowds protested against the decisions of the Olympic Committee by tearing down an Olympic flag, throwing stones at the German consulate, refusing to load German vessels in the docks of Callao, and listening to inflammatory speeches which included President Oscar Benavides Larrea's mention of "the crafty Berlin decision." [3] To this day, it is not known with certainty what exactly happened at Germany, but it is popularly believed that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi authorities might have had some involvement in this situation. [5]

1960 Summer Olympics

After 24 years, Peru once again qualified for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome with their U-23 football team. The team started out with a surprise 1st-minute goal against France, scored by Ángel Uribe. [7] Peru would go on to lose 2–1 against the French, and were later beaten by Hungary 6–2, with Alberto Ramírez earning a brace. [8] The last match was played against India, and Peru would win 3–1 with goals by Nicolas Nieri and Thomas Iwasaki. [9]

Peru has not qualified again to the tournament since 1960, but were close to qualifying again in the 1964 and 1980 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament.

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