# Peru at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Peru competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 8 events in 3 sports. Peru returned to the football tournament once more after the controversial 1936 Olympics. Most of the athletes that represented Peru were part of the football squad. Peru also participated in shooting and rowing events.

## Football

Only the team with the most points advanced to the Semifinals. Peru lost its first two matches against France and Hungary but won its third match against India which gave them two points

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |

### Squad

Head coach: György Orth
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
| | Gerardo Altuna | 7 April 1939 | 21 | ? | |
| | Humberto Aguerdas | 31 October 1937 | 22 | ? | |
| | Juan Biselach | 7 August 1940 | 20 | ? | |
| | Victor Boulanger | 15 July 1940 | 20 | ? | |
| | Javier Caceres | 8 September 1939 | 20 | ? | |
| DF | Eloy Campos | 31 May 1942 | 18 | ? | |
| GK | Herminio Campos | 25 April 1937 | 22 | ? | |
| [MF] | Hugo Carmona | 1 April 1939 | 21 | ? | |
| | Héctor De Guevara | 20 March 1940 | 20 | ? | |
| | Daniel Eral | 17 October 1940 | 19 | ? | |
| FW | Alberto Gallardo | 28 November 1940 | 19 | ? | Sporting Cristal |
| | Alejandro Guzmán | 11 January 1941 | 19 | ? | |
| | Thomas Iwasaki | 13 November 1937 | 22 | ? | |
| | Teodoro Luna | 29 October 1938 | 21 | ? | |
| | Nicolas Nieri | 6 December 1939 | 20 | ? | |
| | Alberto Ramírez | 3 January 1941 | 19 | ? | |
| | Jaime Ruiz | 23 May 1935 | 25 | ? | |
| GK | Carlos Salinas | 12 October 1938 | 21 | ? | |
| FW | Ángel Uribe | 29 September 1943 | 16 | ? | Universitario de Deportes |

## Shooting

Pistol
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Guillermo Cornejo | 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 564 | 36 |
| Pedro Garcia | 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 557 | 41 |
| Antonio Vita | 50 metre | 535 | 20 |
| Pedro Puente | 50 metre | 522 | 37 |
Rifle
| Athlete | Event | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Rubén Váldez | 300 m rifle 3 positions | — | — | 1028 | 35 |
| Luis Albornoz | 300 m rifle 3 positions | — | — | 1037 | 33 |
| Carlos Cedron | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 528 | 55 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Lastarria | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 524 | 59 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Cedron | 50 m rifle prone | 378 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Lastarria | 50 m rifle prone | 390 | 5 | 578 | 29 |
| Enrique Dibos | Trap | 88 | | 155 | 36 |
| Eduard de Atzel | Trap | | | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rowing

Peru had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.
| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Estuardo Masías Víctor Puente | Coxless pair | 7:55.28 | 5 R | 7:45.15 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |