Peru at the Olympics

Peru at the Olympic Games
Flag of Peru – Flag bearers IOC code  PER NOC Comité Olímpico Peruano
Olympic history
Summer Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
2010

Peru made its first official appearance at the Olympic Games at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. However, some sources consider Carlos de Candamo, a fencer who competed in the foil and épée events in the 1900 Summer Olympics, of Peruvian nationality, and therefore, Peru's first Olympic competitor. Since 1936, the nation has participated in all but one edition of the Summer Olympic Games (missing only the 1952 Games). Peru's first participation in the Winter Olympic Games occurred during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Peruvian athletes have won a total of four medals, three in shooting and one in women's volleyball.

The National Olympic Committee for Peru was created in 1924 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1936.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Edwin Vásquez	1948 London	Shooting	Men's 50 metre pistol
2 Silver	Francisco Boza	1984 Los Angeles	Shooting	Trap
2 Silver	National volleyball team Luisa Cervera, Denisse Fajardo, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Alejandra de la Guerra, Sonia Heredia, Katherine Horny, Natalia Málaga, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Cecilia Tait, Gina Torrealva, Cenaida Uribe	1988 Seoul	Volleyball	Women's competition
2 Silver	Juan Giha	1992 Barcelona	Shooting	Skeet

Association Football

Olympic Games Record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1900–1928 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 1936 Quarter-finals 5/16 2 2 0 0 11 5 1948–1956 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 1960 Round 1 11/16 3 1 0 2 6 9 1964–2008 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - Total 2/24 5 3 0 2 17 14

Olympic Games History Year Round Score Result 1936 Round of 16  Peru 7 – 3  Finland Win Quarter Finals  Peru 4 – 2  Austria Win(*) 1960 Round 1  Peru 1 – 2  France Loss Round 1  Peru 2 – 6  Hungary Loss Round 1  Peru 3 – 1  India Win

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 parcipation 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 re-scheduled 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

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 as Angel Uribe scored a 1st minute goal against France.^[7] Peru would go on to lose 2-1 against the French, and were later beaten by Hungary in a result of 6-2, with only Alberto Ramírez scoring goals for the Blanquirroja.^[8] The last match was played against India, and Peru won it with a 3-1 score with goals of 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 and 1980 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Olympic table (Summer)

Games	Athletes	Athletes by sport									Medals
		[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|20px|Athletics]
Berlin 1936	50	-	-	-	-	50	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
London 1948	18	-	-	17	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0
Helsinki 1952	did not compete
Melbourne 1956	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Rome 1960	24	1	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Tokyo 1964	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	0	0	0
Mexico City	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	0	0	0
Munich 1972	11	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	2	-	0	0	0
Montreal 1976	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	0	0	0
Moscow 1980	19	5	2	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	0	0	0
Los Angeles 1984	20	2	4	-	1	-	1	12	-	-	0	1	0
Seoul 1988	15	1	2	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	0	1	0
Barcelona 1992	6	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0	1	0
Atlanta 1996	24	5	2	-	3	-	-	12	1	1	0	0	0
Sydney 2000	19	2	3	-	2	-	-	12	-	-	0	0	0
Athens 2004	7	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	0
Bejiing 2008	6	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	0

Olympic medal table (Winter)

Games	Athletes by sport		Medals
2010 Vancouver	2	1	0	0	0

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Peru
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
• Peru at the Paralympics

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
• "Comité Olímpico Peruano". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=PER. Retrieved 2007-12-19.