1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Peru)

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Peru took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 41 male athletes in 26 competitions in seven sports.

In sport shooting, Edwin Vásquez was Olympic champion with the free pistol . The weightlifter Carlos Domínguez was the standard bearer at the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

basketball

• 10th place

  Juan Vizcarra

  Rodolfo Soracco

  Luis Sánchez

  Rodolfo Salas

  Eduardo fiestas

  Arturo Ferreyros

  Alberto Fernández

  Virgilio Drago

  David Descalso

  Carlos Alegre

  Guillermo Ahrens

Boxing

• Carlomagno Meneses

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Salvador Rivera

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Pedri García

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

fencing

• Hugo Higueras

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

• Carlos Iturri

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

• Jorge Sarria

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

Weightlifting

• Gonzalo Alvarado

  Lightweight: 16th place

• Carlos Bisiak

  Light heavyweight: 15th place

• Carlos Domínguez

  Heavyweight: 10th place

athletics

Men

• Máximo Reyes

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Triple jump: 15th place

• Santiago Ferrando

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Antero Mongrut

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Hernán Alzamora

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Luis Ganoza

  Pole vault: 16th place

• Jaime Piqueras

  Pole vault: 17th place

• Leonello Patiño

  Shot put: without a valid distance

• Manuel Consiglieri

  Discus throw: 17th place

• Eduardo Julve

  Discus throw: 12th place

  Decathlon: competition not finished

Cycling

• Luis Poggi

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team classification: race not finished

• Pedro Mathey

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team classification: race not finished

• Hernán Llerena

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team classification: race not finished

shoot

• Froilán Tantaleán

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 35th place

• Raúl Valderrama

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 37th place

• Enrique Mendizábal

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 48th place

• Edwin Vásquez

  Free pistol 50 m: gold

• Wenceslao Salgado

  Free pistol 50 m: 27th place

• César Injoque

  Free pistol 50 m: 34th place

• Enrique Baldwin

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 20th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 6th place

• Augusto Larrabure

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 35th place

• Luis Mantilla

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 41st place

Web links

• Peruvian Olympic team from 1948 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )