Peru at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Peru at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Peru.svg
IOC code PER
NOC Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website www.coperu.org  (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors13 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Sixto Barrera (opening)
Peter López (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Peru competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by at least twelve athletes, who competed in the fields of athletics, badminton, swimming, taekwondo, shooting, wrestling, judo and fencing. [1]

Contents

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Constantino León Marathon 2:28:0461
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Louis Tristán Long jump 7.6232Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
María Portillo Marathon 2:35:19 NR 39

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Claudia Rivero Women's singles ByeFlag of France.svg  Pi  (FRA)
L 6–21, 9–21
Did not advance

Fencing

Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
María Luisa Doig Individual foil Flag of Germany.svg  Wächter  (GER)
L 4–15
Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carlos Zegarra Men's +100 kg ByeFlag of Argentina.svg  Lopez  (ARG)
W 1001–0001
Flag of Cuba.svg  Brayson  (CUB)
L 0000–1000
Did not advanceFlag of Lebanon.svg  Hachache  (LIB)
L 0100–0200
Did not advance

Sailing

Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Paloma Schmidt Laser Radial 92627281426221228CANEL16326

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Marco Matellini Skeet 9540Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Emmanuel Crescimbeni 200 m butterfly 2:02.1343Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Valeria Silva 100 m breaststroke 1:11.6438Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Peter López Men's −68 kg Flag of Australia.svg  Hasan  (AUS)
W 3–1
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Muhammad  (NGR)
W 3–0
Flag of the United States.svg  M López  (USA)
L 1–2
ByeFlag of Turkey.svg  Tazegül  (TUR)
L 0–1
Did not advance5

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Cristina Cornejo Women's +75 kg 971112892258

Wrestling

Key
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sixto Barrera −74 kg ByeFlag of Lithuania.svg  Venckaitis  (LTU)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chang Yx  (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceByeFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Yanakiev  (BUL)
L 0–3
Did not advance11

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