Peru at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Peru at the Olympics
IOC code	PER
NOC	Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website
Medals Ranked 101st	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 0 4
Summer appearances
1900 1904–1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
2010 2014 2018

Peru has officially participated in 17 Summer Olympic Games and 2 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 four medals, three in shooting events and one in volleyball. Their only gold medal was won by Edwin Vásquez in the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Men's 50 metre pistol. The remaining three medals were silver. 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.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1936 Berlin	40	0	0	0	0	–
1948 London	42	1	0	0	1	22
1952 Helsinki	did not participate
1956 Melbourne	8	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Rome	31	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Tokyo	31	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	28	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	20	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	13	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	30	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	35	0	1	0	1	33
1988 Seoul	21	0	1	0	1	36
1992 Barcelona	16	0	1	0	1	49
1996 Atlanta	29	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	21	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	12	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	13	0	0	0	0	–
2012 London	16	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	29	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	35	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles
Total		1	3	0	4	99

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2010 Vancouver	3	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	3	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	did not participate
2022 Beijing	1	0	0	0	0	–
2026 Milan/Cortina	future event
Total		0	0	0	0	-

Medals by sport

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Edwin Vásquez	1948 London	Shooting	Men's 50 meter 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

Summary by sport

Fencing

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.

Football (association)

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 1964–2012 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, 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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." Peru was notified of this situation, and they attempted to go to the assigned meeting but were delayed by a German parade. 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.

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. Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico expressed their solidarity with Peru. 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." The game was awarded to Austria by default. 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." 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.

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. 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. The last match was played against India, and Peru would win 3–1 with goals by Nicolas Nieri and Thomas Iwasaki.

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.

See also

In Spanish: Perú en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Peru at the Olympics