# Peru at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Peru competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 20 competitors, 17 men and 3 women, took part in 25 events in 7 sports.

## Athletics
### Men

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Fernando Acevedo | Men's 400 metres | 45.80 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| María Luisa Vilca | Women's 100 metres | 11.85 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| María Luisa Vilca | Women's 200 metres | 24.46 | 5 | 24.48 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women's pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | Final | Rank |
| Edith Noeding | Result | 14.24 | 1.55 | 10.43 | 24.41 | 5.25 | 3870 | 24 |
| Edith Noeding | Points | 836 | 781 | 618 | 899 | 736 | 3870 | 24 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Carlos Burga | Welterweight | Hodne (NOR) W 4–1 | Valdez (USA) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
| Oscar Ludeña | Heavyweight | BYE | Hussing (FRG) L KO | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

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

| Rider | Event | Time | Rank |
| Bernardo Arias Gilberto Chocce Fernando Cuenca Carlos Espinoza | Team time trial | 2-30:57.5 | 30 |

#### Individual

| Rider | Event | Time | Rank |
| Enrique Allyón | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Gilberto Chocce | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Fernando Cuenca | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Carlos Espinoza | Road race | DNF | DNF |

## Fencing

One fencer represented Peru in 1972. The tournament was played by pools where everyone faced everyone on the group and the top fencers moved on to the next round.
| Pool Seven | Pld | BW | BL | GF | GA |
| Tibor Pézsa (HUN) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 11 |
| Eddy Ham (NED) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 |
| Bernard Vallée (FRA) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 |
| Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 |
| Enrique Barúa (PER) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| Bob Foxcroft (CAN) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Enrique Barúa | Men's sabre |
| Enrique Barúa | Men's sabre | Pézsa (HUN) L 2–5 | 5 |
| Enrique Barúa | Men's sabre | Ham (NED) L 0–5 | 5 |
| Enrique Barúa | Men's sabre | Vallée (FRA) L 0–5 | 5 |
| Enrique Barúa | Men's sabre | Mikhaylov (BUL) L 2–5 | 5 |
| Enrique Barúa | Men's sabre | Foxcroft (CAN) W 5–4 | 5 |

## Shooting

Two shooters, one man and one woman, represented Peru in 1972.

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Gladys Baldwin

### Trap

* Juan Jorge Giha Sr.

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Juan Carlos Bello | 100 m freestyle | No Show | No Show | No Show | No Show | No Show | No Show |
| Juan Carlos Bello | 200 m freestyle | No Show | No Show | No Show | No Show | No Show | No Show | No Show |
| Juan Carlos Bello | 100 m butterfly | 57.54 | 3 Q | 57.51 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Carlos Bello | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.70 | 2 Q | — | — | 2:11.87 | 7 |
| Guillermo Pacheco | 400 m freestyle | 4:18.78 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guillermo Pacheco | 1500 m freestyle | 17:36.36 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alfredo Hunger | 100 m breaststroke | 1:11.44 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alfredo Hunger | 200 m breaststroke | 2:37.20 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |