Olympic history of Peru

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Peru , whose NOK , the Comité Olímpico Peruano , was founded in 1924, sent an athlete to the Summer Olympics as early as 1900. Since 1936, with the exception of the 1952 Games, athletes have been sent to all summer games. In 2010 Peru took part in the Winter Games for the first time. Young athletes have taken part in the Summer Youth Olympic Games that have been held to date and in the 2012 Winter Youth Games.

Overview

Summer games

The fencer Carlos de Candamo was the first Olympian in Peru on May 14, 1900 in Paris. The first woman in Peru to attend the Olympic Games was the swimmer Rosario de Vivanco in Tokyo on October 12, 1964.

In addition to fencing, Peruvian athletes have also been involved in the sports of track and field, basketball, soccer, shooting, swimming, cycling, modern pentathlon and diving (since 1936), boxing and weightlifting (since 1948), rowing (since 1960), volleyball (since 1968) , Wrestling (since 1972), horse riding and judo (since 1984), table tennis (since 1988), canoeing and tennis (since 1992), badminton (since 1996), sailing (since 2000), taekwondo (since 2008) and gymnastics ( since 2016) active.

The soccer teams of Peru, which competed in the Olympic tournament in 1936, ensured their first success and also caused a scandal. After beating Finland 7-3, Peru had reached the quarter-finals against Austria and won the game 4-2 after extra time. However, since Peruvian supporters had stormed the pitch and attacked an Austrian player, the game was canceled after a protest by the Austrians. A replay was scheduled, but the Peruvian NOK withdrew its entire team.

It was the Peruvian shooting team that celebrated success in London in 1948. In addition to a sixth place with the small bore rifle in the prone position by Enrique Baldwin, Edwin Vásquez won the gold medal with the free pistol. He was Peru's first medalist and first Olympic champion at the same time. After Peru did not take part in the Helsinki Games in 1952, the team for Melbourne was formed exclusively from shooters in 1956.

1964 in Tokyo it was again a shooter who could achieve a front placement. Antonio Vita finished sixth with the free pistol. In 1968, Pedro Gianella took fifth place in skeet shooting. By 0.4 seconds, swimmer Juan Carlos Bello missed a medal in the final over 200 meters medley with fourth place. The women's volleyball team took fourth place in the tournament with three wins in seven preliminary round matches. In 1972 in Munich, Bello was seventh again in the 200 meter medley.

Peru had a peculiarity in 1976 in Montreal. The country's 13-man Olympic team consisted only of women. In 1984 the second Peruvian medal win could be celebrated. Another shooter was successful, Francisco Boza won silver in trap shooting. The women's volleyball team was able to reach the semi-finals after two wins in three preliminary rounds. Here they lost 3-0 to the USA. The bronze game was also lost. Peru was beaten 1: 3 by Japan. In 1988 in Seoul the women were even more successful. All three preliminary round matches were won, including defeating the defending champions from China. In the semifinals, the revenge against Japan was successful with a 3-2 victory. The Peruvians lost the final 2: 3 against the Soviet Union. Francisco Boza took 4th place in trap shooting.

In 1992 in Barcelona it was again reserved for a shooter to win a medal for Peru. Juan Jorge Giha won the silver medal in skeet shooting. In 2004 in Athens, Francisco Boza competed in the Olympic Trap tournament for the seventh time. He was seventh again. In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, he was able to qualify again. In his eighth Olympic participation, however, he failed in the qualifying round.

Winter games

Alpine ski racers and cross-country skiers have been used in winter sports since 2010. The first Olympic winter athlete in Peru was cross-country skier Roberto Carcelen on February 15, 2010 . On February 24, 2010, the German-born alpine ski racer Ornella Oettl Reyes became the first woman in Peru to take part in the Winter Olympics.

Youth games

26 young athletes, six boys and 20 girls, competed in ten different sports at the first 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore . The girls' volleyball team won the bronze medal with a 3-1 win over Japan. The judoka Lesly Cano won gold in the team competition with a mixed team. This medal is not listed in the medal table of Peru. In the individual ranking of the flyweight she was fifth. The walker Kimberly García was seventh over five kilometers. The weightlifter Silvana Saldarriaga was fifth in the middleweight division, the freestyle wrestler Robinson Rios sixth in the flyweight division.

In 2014 in Nanjing , 40 Peruvian athletes, 30 boys and 10 girls, took part. They competed in twelve sports. The boys' soccer team won the gold medal after beating South Korea 2-1. The sailor Jarian Brandes won bronze in the Byte CII class . Another bronze medal was won by Judoka Brillith Gamarra with the mixed team Xian . However, this medal is not listed in the medal table of Peru. In athletics, walker César Rodríguez was fourth over ten kilometers.

The Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012 in Innsbruck an alpine ski racer was launched.

Art competitions

In the Olympic art competitions in 1932 in Los Angeles two artists submitted three works. Because of the poor sources, it is not clear in which categories the works were rated. Julio Berrocal was represented with Hunting Condor , Romano Espinosa with Chasqui Runner and Indian Hunter .

IOC members

Iván Dibós has been a member of the IOC since 1982 . He is a member of the Women's Sports and Olympic Heritage and Culture Commissions.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports																								Medals				rank
	total	Men	Women																													Total
1896	not participated
1900	1	1	0		1
1904-1928	not participated
1932	Participation in the Olympic arts competitions
1936	40	40	0	Victor Flores		9	9	12	1	3	4th	1	1
1948	40	40	0	Carlos Domínguez	3	9	11		9		3			3	3														1			1	22nd
1952	not participated
1956	8th	8th	0						8th
1960	31	31	0					19th	10							2
1964	31	30th	1			3	12		9		1
1968	28	16	12		1	4th			5	3				2	1	3	9
1972	20th	17th	3	Enrique Barza	1	3			2	3	5			2				4th
1976	13	0	13			1											12
1980	28	14th	14th	Walter Perón		5			7th	4th							10	2
1984	35	19th	16	Edwin Vásquez		2			7th	5	1				2	3	11	2	1	1										1		1	33
1988	21st	7th	14th	Rodrigo Ranguna		1			3	2					1		12	1			1									1		1	36
1992	16	12	4th	Francisco Boza		2			2	2	1	1			1						4th	1	2							1		1	49
1996	29	15th	14th	Juan Jorge Giha		5			3	2				1			10	5			2			1
2000	21st	8th	13	Rosa García		2			2	3			1				11			1					1
2004	12	7th	5	Francisco Boza		2			1	2					1	1		1			1		1	1	1
2008	13	7th	6th	Sixto Barrera	1	3			1	2					1			1		1				1	1	1
2012	16	9	7th	Gladys Tejeda		5			1	3					1	1				1				2	1	1
2016	29	17th	12	Francisco Boza		14th			2	2					2	2		1	1	1					2	1	1
total																													1	3	0	4th	77

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports		Medals
	total	m	w							total	rank
1924-2006	not participated
2010	3	2	1	Roberto Carcelen	1	2
2014	3	2	1	Roberto Carcelen	1	2
2018	not participated
total							0	0	0	0	-

Youth Summer Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports														Medals
	total	m	w																			total	rank
2010	26th	6th	20th	Kimberly García	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	12	1	1							1	1	85
2014	40	30th	10		5	1	1	3	2		2		2	1	2	18th	2	1	1		1	2	48
total																			1	0	2	3	61

Youth Winter Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
2012	1	0	1	Isabella Todd	1
2016	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

Medalist

Gold medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Edwin Vásquez	1948 London	shoot	Free pistol	first medal and Olympic victory

Silver medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Francisco Boza	1984 Los Angeles	shoot	Trap
National volleyball team	1988 Seoul	volleyball	Women's tournament
Juan Jorge Giha	1992 Barcelona	shoot	Skeet

Bronze medals

So far (as of 2017) no medal winners

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
shoot	1	2	0	3
volleyball	0	1	0	1
total	1	3	0	4th

Medal table

Olympic games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	1	3	0	4th	77
winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	-
total	1	3	0	4th	78

Youth Olympic Games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	1	0	2	3	61
winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	-
total	1	0	2	3	63

Web links

• Peru in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Peru on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• Official website of the Peruvian NOK (span.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article in The Guardian of July 20, 2012 (Eng.)