# Peru at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Peru competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 28 competitors, 16 men and 12 women, took part in 21 events in 8 sports.

## Athletics

Peru qualified four athletes to the summer olympics.

### Track events

| Athletes | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Fernando Acevedo | Men's 200 m | 21.02 | 4 | 20.78 | 3 | 20.91 | 8 | did not advance | 12 |
| Alfredo Deza | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.38 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Fernando Abugattás | High jump | 2.03 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberto Abugattás | High jump | 2.00 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Luis Minami | Lightweight | — | — | Vujin (YUG) L 5–0 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Marcelo Quiñones | Middleweight | Jones (USA) L 5–0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 16 |

## Fencing
### Men's foil

* Enrique Barúa
| Pool Four | Pld | BW | BL | GF | GA |
| Mihai Ţiu (ROU) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 |
| Jean-Claude Magnan (FRA) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 |
| Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini (EGY) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 |
| Orlando Ruíz (CUB) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 21 |
| Enrique Barúa (PER) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| Orlando Nannini (ARG) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 |

## Rowing

Peru qualified the following boat.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lauro Pacussich Héctor Menacho Juan López | Men's coxed pair | 8:49.26 | 6 R | 8:25.90 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 14 |
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; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Shooting

Five shooter represented Peru during these Olympics. Gladys Baldwin Lopez was one of the first two women, the other being Eulalia Rolińska who competed for Poland, to compete in Olympic Shooting.
Pistol
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Víctor Tantalean | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 572 | 41 |
| Antonio Vita | 50 metre | 533 | 42 |
Rifle
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Gladys Baldwin López | 50 m rifle prone | 591 | 31 |
| Walter Perón | Trap | 175 | 48 |
| Pedro Gianella | Skeet | 194 | 5 |

## Swimming

Three swimmers competed in seven events.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Juan Carlos Bello | 200 m freestyle | 2:01.3 | 1 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Carlos Bello | 200 m individual medley | 2:17.5 | 2 | 2:13.7 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rosario de Vivanco | 100 m freestyle | 1:04.7 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rosario de Vivanco | 200 m freestyle | 2:22.2 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Consuelo Changanaqui | 200 m freestyle | 2:20.7 | 4 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Consuelo Changanaqui | 400 m freestyle | 5:02.9 | 4 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Consuelo Changanaqui | 200 m individual medley | 2:40.0 | 3 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Consuelo Changanaqui | 400 m individual medley | 5:52.2 | 4 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Team Roster

   * Olga Asato
   * Irma Cordero
   * Luisa Fuentes
   * Esperanza Jiménez
   * Teresa Nuñez
   * Ana María Ramírez
   * Aida Reyna
   * Alicia Sánchez
   * Norma Velarde

### Results

All times are Mexico Central Zone (UTC−5)

### Women's Team Competition

Peru's women's volleyball team made its first appearance at the olympics where it finished fourth.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 333 | 193 | 1.725 | 21 | 3 | 7.000 |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 318 | 147 | 2.163 | 19 | 4 | 4.750 |
| 3 | Poland | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 323 | 304 | 1.063 | 15 | 12 | 1.250 |
| 4 | Peru | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 306 | 324 | 0.944 | 12 | 15 | 0.800 |
| 5 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 276 | 305 | 0.905 | 12 | 14 | 0.857 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 307 | 308 | 0.997 | 12 | 15 | 0.800 |
| 7 | Mexico | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 215 | 338 | 0.636 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 |
| 8 | United States | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 155 | 356 | 0.435 | 4 | 21 | 0.190 |

## Weightlifting

Peru had one athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Military Press | Military Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Efrain Gusquiza | Men's - 90 kg | 142.5 | 14 | 120 | 20 | 167.5 | 15 | 430 | 15 |