1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Peru)

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Peru took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital of Rome with a delegation of 31 male athletes in eight competitions in three sports.

It was Peru's fifth participation in the Summer Olympics since 1900 .

The youngest athlete was football player Eloy Campos at 18 years and 88 days , and the oldest athlete was shooter Pedro Puente (53 years and 116 days).

Participants by sport

Soccer

• Results

  Qualification: Round one, moved into the next round with two wins

  6-0 win against Uruguay

  3-2 win against Uruguay

  Qualification: Round two, 6: 2 points, 7: 3 goals, second place, qualified for the group stage

  1-0 win over Mexico

  3-1 win against Suriname

  1: 2 defeat against Argentina

  2-0 win against Brazil

  Group stage: Group D, two points, 6-9 goals, third place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  1: 2 defeat against France

  Goal scorers: Ángel Uribe

  2: 6 defeat against Hungary

  Goal scorers: Alberto Ramírez (2 ×)

  3-1 win against India

  Goal scorers: Nicolas Nieri (2 ×), Tomás Iwasaki

• Squad

  Gerardo Altuna

  Humberto Arguedas

  Juan Biselach

  Victor Boulanger

  Javier Caceres

  Eloy Campos

  Herminio Campos

  Hugo Carmona

  Hector de Guevara

  Daniel Eral

  Alberto Gallardo

  Alejandro Guzman

  Tomás Iwasaki

  Teodoro Luña

  Nicolas Nieri

  Alberto Ramírez

  Jaime Ruiz

  Carlos Salinas

  Ángel Uribe

rowing

Two without a helmsman

• Results

  Round one: failed in run three (fifth place), 7: 55.28 minutes

  Round one reunion: eliminated in run two (third place), 7: 45.15 minutes

• team

  Estuardo Masías

  Víctor Puente

shoot

• Luis Albornoz
  • Free rifle three position fight

  Qualification: Group two, 513 points, qualified for the final

  Kneeling: 168 points

  Prone: 187 points

  Standing: 158 points

  Final: 1,037 points, 33rd place

  Kneeling: 350 points, 32nd place

  Prone: 360 points, 36th place

  Standing: 327 points, rank 29

• Carlos Cedron
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Qualification: Group one, 528 points, 55th overall, did not qualify for the final

  Kneeling: 177 points

  Round one: 90 points

  Round two: 87 points

  Prone: 189 points

  Round one: 97 points

  Round two: 92 points

  Standing: 162 points

  Round one: 84 points

  Round two: 78 points

  • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: Group two, 378 points, rank 30, overall rank 57, not qualified for the final

  Round one: 92 points, rank 32

  Round two: 97 points, twelfth place

  Round three: 94 points, 28th place

  Round four: 95 points, rank 24

• Guillermo Cornejo
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 564 points, 36th place

  Round one: 290 points, 18th place

  Round two: 274 points, 46th place

• Eduard de Atzel
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Qualification: eliminated without evaluation

• Enrique Dibos
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Qualification: 88 points, rank 24

  Final: 155 points, 36th place

• Pedro García
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 557 points, rank 41

  Round one: 279 points, rank 38

  Round two: 278 points, 43rd place

• Carlos Lastarria
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Qualification: Group two, 524 points, 59th overall, did not qualify for the final

  Kneeling: 170 points

  Round one: 85 points

  Round two: 85 points

  Prone: 187 points

  Round one: 94 points

  Round two: 93 points

  Standing: 167 points

  Round one: 84 points

  Round two: 83 points

  • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: Group one, 390 points, fourth place, eighth overall, qualified for the final

  Round one: 96 points, tenth place

  Round two: 98 points, fifth place

  Round three: 96 points, 19th place

  Round four: 100 points, second place

  Final: 578 points, rank 29

  Round one: 94 points, 46th place

  Round two: 97 points, twelfth place

  Round three: 97 points, rank 26

  Round four: 98 points, 13th place

  Round five: 96 points, 31st place

  Round six: 96 points, 36th place

• Pedro Puente
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: Group one, 343 points, rank 19, overall rank 37, qualified for the final

  Round one: 83 points, rank 26

  Round two: 87 points, 17th place

  Round three: 87 points, 17th place

  Round four: 86 points, 18th place

  Final: 522 points, rank 37

  Round one: 88 points, rank 35

  Round two: 85 points, 31st place

  Round three: 90 points, 21st place

  Round four: 87 points, 35th place

  Round five: 85 points, 43rd place

  Round six: 87 points, 31st place

• Rubén Váldez
  • Free rifle three position fight

  Qualification: 505 points, qualified for the final

  Kneeling: 170 points

  Prone: 185 points

  Standing: 150 points

  Final: 1,028 points, rank 35

  Kneeling: 344 points, 36th place

  Prone: 372 points, 32nd place

  Standing: 312 points, 34th place

• Antonio Vita
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: group two, 337 points, rank 24, overall rank 47, qualified for the final

  Round one: 80 points, rank 27

  Round two: 84 points, 21st place

  Round three: 86 points, 21st place

  Round four: 87 points, 13th place

  Final: 535 points, 20th place

  Round one: 89 points, rank 24

  Round two: 83 points, 48th place

  Round three: 93 points, seventh place

  Round four: 93 points, fourth place

  Round five: 86 points, 34th place

  Round six: 91 points, eighth place

Web links

• Peruvian Olympic Team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )