| Peru at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PER |
| NOC | Peruvian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 98th |
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| Winter appearances | |
Peru has officially participated in 20Summer Olympic Games and 3Winter Olympic Games. They did not send any athletes to the1952 Summer Olympics. ThePeruvian Olympic Committee is theNational Olympic Committee for Peru which was founded in 1924 and recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee in 1936.
Peru's first official appearance at the Olympic Games was at the1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. However, prior to the creation of thePeruvian Olympic Committee in 1924, the PeruvianCarlos de Candamo competed in the1900 Summer Olympics in twofencing events offoil andépée. Peru's first participation in theWinter Olympic Games occurredduring the2010 Winter Olympics.
Peru has won a total of five medals, three inshooting, one involleyball and one insailing. Their only gold medal was won byEdwin Vásquez in the1948 Summer Olympics in theMen's 50 metre pistol. The first silver medal was won byFrancisco Boza inTrap at the1984 Summer Olympics. ThePeru women's national volleyball team won Peru's second silver medal in the1988 Summer Olympics, andJuan Giha won their third silver and latest medal inskeet at the1992 Summer Olympics. The first bronze medal was won byStefano Peschiera at the2024 Summer Olympics insailing.
| Games | Athletes |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total | Rank |
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 1896 Athens | did not participate | |||||
 1900 Paris | ||||||
 1904 St. Louis | ||||||
 1908 London | ||||||
 1912 Stockholm | ||||||
 1920 Antwerp | ||||||
| 1924 Paris | ||||||
 1928 Amsterdam | ||||||
| 1932 Los Angeles | ||||||
 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 | 22 | 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 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| 2028 Los Angeles | future event | |||||
| 2032 Brisbane | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 98 | |
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank | ||
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| 1924 Chamonix | did not participate | |||||||
 1928 St. Moritz | ||||||||
| 1932 Lake Placid | ||||||||
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ||||||||
| 1948 St. Moritz | ||||||||
 1952 Oslo | ||||||||
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||||
| 1960 Squaw Valley | ||||||||
 1964 Innsbruck | ||||||||
| 1968 Grenoble | ||||||||
| 1972 Sapporo | ||||||||
| 1976 Innsbruck | ||||||||
| 1980 Lake Placid | ||||||||
 1984 Sarajevo | ||||||||
| 1988 Calgary | ||||||||
| 1992 Albertville | ||||||||
| 1994 Lillehammer | ||||||||
| 1998 Nagano | ||||||||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | ||||||||
| 2006 Turin | ||||||||
| 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 Milano Cortina | future event | |||||||
| 2030 French Alps | ||||||||
| 2034 Salt Lake City | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 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 |
| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Men | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Women | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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| Gold | Edwin Vásquez | 1948 London |  Shooting | Men's 50 meter pistol |
| Silver | Francisco Boza | 1984 Los Angeles | Shooting | Trap |
| Silver | 1988 Seoul | _pictogram.svg) Volleyball | Women's tournament | |
| Silver | Juan Giha | 1992 Barcelona | Shooting | Skeet |
| Bronze | Stefano Peschiera | 2024 Paris |  Sailing | Laser |
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 |
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| 1900 Paris | 1 | 2/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Peru was invited to join the Olympics for its first time in 1936,[1] when they were to beheld at Berlin. Among the line of players featured in this first participation of theBlanquirroja wereAlejandro Villanueva,Teodoro Fernández,Juan Valdivieso, andAdelfo 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 ofAdolf Hitler.[1] The first match againstFinland 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 againstAustria 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 andFIFA 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 anddiscriminatory, the complete Olympic delegations of Peru andColombia 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 ofCallao, and listening to inflammatory speeches which included PresidentOscar 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 thatAdolf Hitler and theNazi authorities might have had some involvement in this situation.[5]
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After 24 years, Peru once again qualified for the football tournament at the1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome with their U-23 football team. The team started out with a surprise 1st-minute goal againstFrance, scored byÁngel Uribe.[7] Peru would go on to lose 2–1 against the French, and were later beaten byHungary 6–2, withAlberto Ramírez earning a brace.[8] The last match was played againstIndia, and Peru would win 3–1 with goals byNicolas Nieri andTomás Iwasaki.[9]
Peru has not qualified again to the tournament since 1960, but were close to qualifying again in the 1964, 1972 and 1980CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament.
