Peru at the Olympics

Peru at the
Olympics
IOC codePER
NOCPeruvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coperu.org (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 98th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Peru has officially participated in 20 Summer Olympic Games and 3 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.

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 five medals, three in shooting, one in volleyball and one in sailing. Their only gold medal was won by Edwin Vásquez in the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Men's 50 metre pistol. 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. The first bronze medal was won by Stefano Peschiera at the 2024 Summer Olympics in sailing.

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

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Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
Kingdom of Greece 1896 Athens did not participate
France 1900 Paris
United States 1904 St. Louis
United Kingdom 1908 London
Sweden 1912 Stockholm
Belgium 1920 Antwerp
France 1924 Paris
Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam
United States 1932 Los Angeles
Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin 40 0 0 0 0 –
United Kingdom 1948 London 42 1 0 0 1 22
Finland 1952 Helsinki did not participate
Australia 1956 Melbourne 8 0 0 0 0 –
Italy 1960 Rome 31 0 0 0 0 –
Japan 1964 Tokyo 31 0 0 0 0 –
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 28 0 0 0 0 –
West Germany 1972 Munich 20 0 0 0 0 –
Canada 1976 Montreal 13 0 0 0 0 –
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 30 0 0 0 0 –
United States 1984 Los Angeles 35 0 1 0 1 33
South Korea 1988 Seoul 21 0 1 0 1 36
Spain 1992 Barcelona 16 0 1 0 1 49
United States 1996 Atlanta 29 0 0 0 0 –
Australia 2000 Sydney 22 0 0 0 0 –
Greece 2004 Athens 12 0 0 0 0 –
China 2008 Beijing 13 0 0 0 0 –
United Kingdom 2012 London 16 0 0 0 0 –
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 29 0 0 0 0 –
Japan 2020 Tokyo 35 0 0 0 0 –
France 2024 Paris 26 0 0 1 1 84
United States 2028 Los Angeles future event
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 1 3 1 5 98

Medals by Winter Games

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Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
France 1924 Chamonix did not participate
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz
United States 1932 Lake Placid
Nazi Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz
Norway 1952 Oslo
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
United States 1960 Squaw Valley
Austria 1964 Innsbruck
France 1968 Grenoble
Japan 1972 Sapporo
Austria 1976 Innsbruck
United States 1980 Lake Placid
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo
Canada 1988 Calgary
France 1992 Albertville
Norway 1994 Lillehammer
Japan 1998 Nagano
United States 2002 Salt Lake City
Italy 2006 Turin
Canada 2010 Vancouver 3 0 0 0 0 –
Russia 2014 Sochi 3 0 0 0 0 –
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang did not participate
China 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 –
Italy 2026 Milano Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by Summer Sport

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Sports  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
 Shooting 1 2 0 3 41
 Volleyball 0 1 0 1 17
 Sailing 0 0 1 1 46
Total 1 3 1 5 98

Medals by gender

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Gender  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Men 1 2 1 4
Women 0 1 0 1
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 1 3 1 5

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Edwin Vásquez United Kingdom 1948 London Shooting Men's 50 meter pistol
 Silver Francisco Boza United States 1984 Los Angeles Shooting Trap
 Silver
South Korea 1988 Seoul Volleyball Women's tournament
 Silver Juan Giha Spain 1992 Barcelona Shooting Skeet
 Bronze Stefano Peschiera France 2024 Paris Sailing Laser

Summary by sport

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Fencing

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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.

Games Fencers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 1 2/7 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Football (association)

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1936 Summer Olympics

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Main article: Football at the 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

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Main article: Football at the 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, 1972 and 1980 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Las épocas doradas del fútbol peruano y las Olimpiadas de 1936" (PDF). Beta.upc.edu.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  2. ^ a b c d "Controversia – Berlín 36. Un mito derrumbado". Larepublica.com.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Sport: Olympic Games (Concl'd)". Time.com. 1936-08-24. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  4. ^ "Berlin, 1936...¡Italia Campione!". Archived from the original on July 4, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Las Olimpiadas de Berlín". futbolperuano.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  6. ^ "Sport: Olympic Games (Concl'd)". Time. 1936-08-24. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  7. ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup - Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960 - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  8. ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup - Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960 - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  9. ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup - Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960 - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
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