Peru at the Olympics

**Peru at the Olympics** is a history which includes 20 games in 15 countries and 300+ athletes.  Since 1900, the Peru has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Peru is PER.

## History

The Peru National Olympic Committee was formed in 1924.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1936.

Peru's team first competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Since 1936, the nation has been in all but one Summer Olympic Games. Peru was in the Winter Olympic Games in 2010.

## Medalists

|Medal|Name|style="width:10em"|Games|style="width:7em"|Sport|style="width:11em"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Edwin Vásquez|1948 London|Shooting|Men's 50 metre pistol||||
||Francisco Boza|1984 Los Angeles|Shooting|Trap||||
||National volleyball team <span class="nowraplinks" style="font-size:90%">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</span> || 1988 Seoul || Volleyball || Women's competition|||||||
||Juan Giha|1992 Barcelona|Shooting|Skeet||||

### Summer games

|rowspan=2|Games|rowspan=2|Athletes|colspan=9|Athletes by sport|colspan=3|Medals|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Berlin 1936|50|-|-|-|-|50|-|-|-|-|0|0|0|
|London 1948|18|-|-|17|2|-|-|-|-|-|1|0|0|
|align=left|Helsinki 1952|colspan=11|_did not compete_|||||||||||
|Melbourne 1956|1|1|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|0|0|0|
|Rome 1960|24|1|-|-|-|23|-|-|-|-|0|0|0|
|Tokyo 1964|1|-|-|-|-|-|1|-|-|-|0|0|0|
|Mexico City|9|-|-|-|-|-|-|9|-|-|0|0|0|
|Munich 1972|11|-|4|-|-|-|5|-|2|-|0|0|0|
|Montreal 1976|12|-|-|-|-|-|-|12|-|-|0|0|0|
|Moscow 1980|19|5|2|-|-|-|-|12|-|-|0|0|0|
|Los Angeles 1984|20|2|4|-|1|-|1|12|-|-|0|1|0|
|Seoul 1988|15|1|2|-|-|-|-|12|-|-|0|1|0|
|Barcelona 1992|6|2|2|-|2|-|-|-|-|-|0|1|0|
|Atlanta 1996|24|5|2|-|3|-|-|12|1|1|0|0|0|
|Sydney 2000|19|2|3|-|2|-|-|12|-|-|0|0|0|
|Athens 2004|7|2|2|-|2|-|-|-|-|1|0|0|0|
|Bejiing 2008|6|2|2|1|-|-|-|-|-|1|0|0|0|
|London 2012|||||-|-|-|-|-||0|0|0|

#### Association Football

|colspan=9|Olympic Games Record||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|
|1964–2008|Did Not Qualify|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|**Total**|2/24||5|3|0|2|17|14|

<div style="text-align:left">
|colspan=4|Olympic Games History||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1936|Round of 16|**7 – 3**|Win|
|Quarter Finals|**4 – 2**|Win(*)|||
|rowspan=3|1960|Round 1|**1 – 2**|Loss|
|Round 1|**2 – 6**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**3 – 1**|Win|||

### Winter games

|rowspan=2|Games|colspan=2|Athletes by sport|colspan=3|Medals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010 Vancouver|2|1|0|0|0|

## Related pages

- List of IOC country codes

## Other websites

- http://www.coperu.org/web/index.php
- Peru profile at London2012.com

## Infobox (country at games)

- **noc**: PER
- **nocname**: Peruvian Olympic Committee
- **games**: Olympics
- **website**:  
- **gold**: 1
- **silver**: 3
- **bronze**: 0