Peru at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PER
NOC	Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coperu.org (in Spanish)
inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	35 in 17 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Daniella Rosas Lucca Mesinas
Flag bearer (closing)	Alexandra Grande
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904–1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Peru competed at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Since the nation's official debut in1936, Peruvian athletes have appeared in every edition of theSummer Olympic Games, except the1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Peruvian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2][3]

Track & road events

Men

Women

Peru entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Former Youth OlympianDaniela Macías accepted a spare berth from the injured Olympic championCarolina Marín of Spain, as the next highest-ranked shuttler vying for qualification in the women's singles, based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings as of June 15, 2021. This signifies the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1996.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniela Macías	Women's singles	Ongbamrungphan (THA) L (4–21, 9–21)	Kuuba (EST) L (19–21, 13–21)	3	Did not advance

Peru entered two male boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes in the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament inBuenos Aires,Argentina, Leodan Pezo finished among the top five in the men's lightweight category to secure his place in the Peruvian squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. Meanwhile, José Maria Lucar completed the nation's sporting lineup by topping the field of boxers vying for qualification from the Americas in the men's heavyweight category through the same system.^[5] This signifies the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1996.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leodan Pezo	Men's lightweight	Safiullin (KAZ) L 0–5	Did not advance
José María Lúcar	Men's heavyweight	Bye	Abduljabbar (GER) L 0–5	Did not advance

Peru entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race for the first time sinceLos Angeles 1984, by finishing in the top two but not yet qualifying, at the 2019 Pan American Championships inMexico.^[6] This signifies the country's debut in the sport.

Peru entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Beijing 2008 OlympianMaría Luisa Doig claimed a spot in the women's épée by winning the final match at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier inSan José, Costa Rica.^[7] This signifies the country's return to the sport for the first time since 2008.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
María Luisa Doig	Women's épée	Bye	Kong (HKG) L 11–15	Did not advance

Peru entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 OlympianAriana Orrego received a spare berth from the women's apparatus events, as one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts who were neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the2019 World Championships inStuttgart,Germany. This signifies the country's debut in the sport.

Women

Peru qualified one judoka for the men's half-lightweight category (66 kg) at the Games. Rio 2016 OlympianJuan Postigos accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of a direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Postigos	Men's −66 kg	Katz (AUS) L 00–10	Did not advance

Peru entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament.Alexandra Grande secured a place in the women's kumite 61-kg category, as the highest-ranked karateka vying for qualification from the Americas based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round Robin					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandra Grande	Women's –61 kg	Serogina (UKR) L 1–6	Farouk (EGY) L 0–2	Preković (SRB) L 0–1	Sadini (MAR) W 3–1	4	Did not advance

Peru qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing fifth in the A-final and securing the second of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta inRio de Janeiro,Brazil.^[10]

Qualification Legend:FA=Final A (medal);FB=Final B (non-medal);FC=Final C (non-medal);FD=Final D (non-medal);FE=Final E (non-medal);FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B;SC/D=Semifinals C/D;SE/F=Semifinals E/F;QF=Quarterfinals;R=Repechage

Peruvian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, the2019 Pan American Games, and the continental regattas.^[11]

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Peruvian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by their best finishes at the2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the2019 Pan American Games, and the Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[12]

Peru entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament.Ángelo Caro was automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's street category based on theWorld Skate Olympic Rankings as of June 30, 2021.^[13]

Peru sent four surfers (two per gender) to compete in their respective races at the Games. Lucca Mesinas, Miguel Tudela, and Daniella Rosas secured the places on the Peruvian roster in the men's and women's shortboard races, respectively, with a top-two finish of their preliminary heats at the2021 ISA World Surfing Games inEl Salvador, while 2004 world championSofía Mulánovich accepted a spare berth previously allocated by Japan's Shino Matsuda, as the next highest-ranked surfer in the overall provisional rankings at the2019 ISA World Surfing Games.^[14][15]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lucca Mesinas	Men's shortboard	11.40	1Q	Bye		Fioravanti (ITA) W 10.77–8.86	Wright (AUS) L 7.83–12.74	Did not advance
Miguel Tudela		10.67	2Q	Bye		Ohhara (JPN) L 10.00–9.63	Did not advance
Sofía Mulánovich	Women's shortboard	7.80	3q	9.36	3Q	Moore (USA) L 10.34–9.90	Did not advance
Daniella Rosas		7.50	4q	8.14	5	Did not advance

Peru received a universal invitation fromFINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.^[16][17]

Peru entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament for the first time since the2004 Athens. Following the late withdrawals of several tennis players,Juan Pablo Varillas (world no. 133) accepted a spare berth previously allocated by one of the original top 56 entrants to compete in the men's singles based on theATP Entry Rankings of June 14, 2021.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Juan Pablo Varillas	Men's singles	Schwartzman (ARG) L 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance

Peru entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Marcos Rojas accepted a spare berth unused by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's 61 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.^[19][20]

Peru qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg division in the Olympic competition by progressing to the top two finals at the2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament inOttawa,Canada.^[21]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pool Ambrocio	Men's −86 kg	Lin Zs (CHN) L 0–4ST	Did not advance				15

• Peru at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Peru at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

• Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Peru at the Summer Olympics by year
• 2021 in Peruvian sport

• CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Use dmy dates from May 2016
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles with Spanish-language sources (es)