# Peru at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Peru competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 40 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 8 sports. Peru's participation in the Olympic Games forced the authorities to suspend the Peruvian football league for 1936.

## Football controversy

Austria played Peru in an astonishing game leading to a huge political row.
Time Magazine reported: In Lima President Oscar Benavides of Peru last week addressed an angry crowd: "I have just received cables from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico supporting the Peruvian attitude against the crafty Berlin decision." The crowd, which had already torn an Olympic flag, gathered to listen to more speeches at the Plaza San Martin. Later it threw stones to the German Consulate's windows until police arrived in trucks. At Callao, Lima's seaport, workmen on the docks refused to load two German vessels.
The "crafty Berlin decision" concerned a soccer game on the fortnight in which the Peruvians overturned a 2-goal deficit against Austria to take the tie into extra-time and win the match 4-2, with a goal scored in the last minute of extra-time. After the game, Austria argued that Peruvian players had manhandled them, and that spectators, one of them brandishing a revolver, had swarmed down on the field. FIFA ordered the game replayed behind closed doors, so Peru's whole Olympic team of 40 promptly withdrew from the Games in protest; the game was awarded to Austria by default. Said Miguel Dasso of the Peruvian Olympic Committee: "We've no faith in European athletics. We have come here and found a bunch of merchants."

## Athletics

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Antonio Cuba | Men's 100 metres | | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Francisco Valdez Bravo | Men's 800 metres | | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Marcerano | Men's 800 metres | 2:00:8 | 6 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Basketball

Roster:
Miguel Godoy, Luis Jacob, Roberto Rospigliosi, Koko Cárdenas, Fernando Ruiz, "Canon" Ore, Jose Carlos Godoy, Armando Rossi, Rolando Bacigalupo, Manuel Fiestas, Willy Dasso, Antuco Flecha (Coach: Pedro Vera)
First Round
* August 7 5:00 pm
* Game 3
| Peru | 35–22 | Egypt |
* Tennis Stadium, Berlin Referees: T. Suvoong (China)
Second Round
* August 9 5:00 pm
* Game 4
| Peru | 29–21 | China |
* Tennis Stadium, Berlin Referees: V. Ugolini (Italy)
Third Round
Peru was awarded a bye to the next round.
Fourth Round
Poland won by walkover and was awarded 2 points.
| Poland | 2–0 | Peru |
* Tennis Stadium, Berlin
Fifth Place Match
Uruguay won by walkover and was awarded 2 points.
| Uruguay | 2–0 | Peru |
* Tennis Stadium, Berlin

## Cycling
### Road
#### Team

Peru finished without a time during the team road race.

#### Men

| Rider | Event | Time |
| Manuel Bacigalupo | Road race | no time |
| Gregorio Caloggero | Road race | no time |
| José Mazzini | Road race | no time |
| César Peñaranda | Road race | no time |
Times were not recorded for any of the four competing athletes because they finished after the 16th place.

### Track
#### Sprints

| Athlete | Event | Round One | Round One | Round 1 (repechage) | Round 1 (repechage) | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinals | Final | Bronze medal race |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed | Rank | Opposition Time Speed | Opposition Time Speed | Opposition Time Speed | Opposition Time Speed | Opposition Time Speed |
| José Mazzini | Men's sprint | Karl Magnussen (DEN) L, L | 2 | Dunc Gray (AUS) L, L Ted Clayton (RSA) L, L | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Diving
### Men'

| Athlete | Events | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Alfredo Alvarez | 3 m springboard | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 24 |

## Football
### Quarter finals

Due to a pitch invasion, the match was declared null and void, and ordered to be replayed on August 10. Peru objected to the replay decision and withdrew from the tournament.
Replay

## Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Peru in 1936.

### Men

| Athlete | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Score | Rank | MP points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Total points | Final rank |
| José Escribens | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Shooting
### Men

Rifle
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Jorge Patiño | 50 m rifle prone | 287 | 51 |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Arturo Alvarez | 100 m freestyle | 1:04.9 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Paz | 100 m freestyle | 1:05.6 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Walter Ledgard | 400 m freestyle | 5:05.5 | 2 | DNF | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |