# Peru at the Olympics

Peru has officially participated in 20 Summer Olympic Games and 3 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 five medals, three in shooting, one in volleyball and one in sailing. Their only gold medal was won by Edwin Vásquez in the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Men's 50 metre pistol. 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. The first bronze medal was won by Stefano Peschiera at the 2024 Summer Olympics in sailing.

## Medal tables
### Medals by Summer Games

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1896 Athens | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1900 Paris | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1904 St. Louis | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1908 London | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1912 Stockholm | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1920 Antwerp | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1924 Paris | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1928 Amsterdam | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1932 Los Angeles | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1936 Berlin | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1948 London | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 1952 Helsinki | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | 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 | future event |
| Total | Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 98 |

### Medals by Winter Games

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1924 Chamonix | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1928 St. Moritz | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1932 Lake Placid | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1948 St. Moritz | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1952 Oslo | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1964 Innsbruck | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1968 Grenoble | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1972 Sapporo | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1976 Innsbruck | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1980 Lake Placid | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1984 Sarajevo | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1988 Calgary | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1992 Albertville | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1994 Lillehammer | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1998 Nagano | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2006 Turin | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2010 Vancouver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2014 Sochi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2022 Beijing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026 Milano Cortina | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event |
| Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |

### Medals by Summer Sport

| 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 |

### Medals by gender

| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Men | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Women | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |

## List of medalists

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Edwin Vásquez | 1948 London | Shooting | Men's 50 meter pistol |
| Silver | Francisco Boza | 1984 Los Angeles | Shooting | Trap |
| 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 tournament |
| Silver | Juan Giha | 1992 Barcelona | Shooting | Skeet |
| Bronze | Stefano Peschiera | 2024 Paris | Sailing | Laser |

## 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.
| Games | Fencers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1900 Paris | 1 | 2/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 1936 | Quarter-finals | Peru 4 – 2 Austria | Win(*) |
| 1960 | Round 1 | Peru 1 – 2 France | Loss |
| 1960 | Round 1 | Peru 2 – 6 Hungary | Loss |
| 1960 | 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, 1972 and 1980 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament.