Sporting event delegation
Peru
has officially participated in 19
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
epee
. Peru's first participation in the
Winter Olympic Games
occurred
during the
2010 Winter Olympics
.
Peru has won a total of four medals, three in
shooting
events and one in
volleyball
. Their only gold medal was won by
Edwin Vasquez
in the
1948 Summer Olympics
in the
Men's 50 metre pistol
. The remaining three medals were silver. 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
.
Medal tables
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Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by Summer Sport
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Medals by gender
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Gender
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
Men
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
Women
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Mixed
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Total
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
List of medalists
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Summary by sport
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Fencing
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Peru's 1900 Olympic debut included 1 fencer,
Carlos de Candamo
, who competed in each of the foil and epee 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
|
1
|
1
|
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
|
|
|
1936 Summer Olympics
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Peru was invited to join the Olympics for its first time in 1936,
[1]
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 Fernandez
,
Juan Valdivieso
, and
Adelfo Magallanes
.
[2]
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
.
[1]
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.
[2]
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.
[1]
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.
[1]
[2]
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."
[3]
Peru was notified of this situation, and they attempted to go to the assigned meeting but were delayed by a German parade.
[1]
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.
[2]
[3]
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.
[4]
[5]
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico expressed their solidarity with Peru.
[3]
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."
[6]
The game was awarded to Austria by default.
[3]
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."
[3]
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.
[5]
1960 Summer Olympics
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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
Angel Uribe
.
[7]
Peru would go on to lose 2?1 against the French, and were later beaten by
Hungary
6?2, with
Alberto Ramirez
earning a brace.
[8]
The last match was played against
India
, and Peru would win 3?1 with goals by
Nicolas Nieri
and
Thomas Iwasaki
.
[9]
Peru has not qualified again to the tournament since 1960, but were close to qualifying again in the 1964 and 1980
CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament
.
See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
c
d
e
"Las epocas doradas del futbol peruano y las Olimpiadas de 1936"
(PDF)
.
Beta.upc.edu.pe
(in Spanish). Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2011-04-27
. Retrieved
2009-02-14
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
"Controversia ? Berlin 36. Un mito derrumbado"
.
Larepublica.com.pe
(in Spanish). Archived from
the original
on 2009-03-22
. Retrieved
2009-02-15
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
"Sport: Olympic Games (Concl'd)"
.
Time.com
. 1936-08-24. Archived from
the original
on December 15, 2008
. Retrieved
2010-01-24
.
- ^
"Berlin, 1936...¡Italia Campione!"
. Archived from
the original
on July 4, 2007
. Retrieved
February 16,
2009
.
- ^
a
b
"Las Olimpiadas de Berlin"
.
futbolperuano.com
(in Spanish). Archived from
the original
on 2007-08-23
. Retrieved
2007-08-21
.
- ^
"Sport: Olympic Games (Concl'd)"
.
Time
. 1936-08-24. Archived from
the original
on December 15, 2008
. Retrieved
2010-05-22
.
- ^
"FIFA Confederations Cup - Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960 - FIFA.com"
. Archived from
the original
on December 19, 2013
. Retrieved
December 18,
2013
.
- ^
"FIFA Confederations Cup - Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960 - FIFA.com"
. Archived from
the original
on December 19, 2013
. Retrieved
December 18,
2013
.
- ^
"FIFA Confederations Cup - Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960 - FIFA.com"
. Archived from
the original
on December 19, 2013
. Retrieved
December 18,
2013
.
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