Peru (PER)

Overview

NOC	Comité Olímpico Peruano
Flagbearers	44

Participants

Olympic Games	376
Youth Olympic Games	81

Description

The National Olympic Committee of Peru was formed on 9 October 1924. But their first Olympian was Carlos de Candamo, who competed as a fencer in the 1900 Olympic Games. In 1905 he also became Peru’s first International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. Peru’s next Olympic appearance was in 1936. It has since missed only the 1952 Games in Helsinki. The Andes nation sent its first athletes to the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver (2010), also competing at Sochi in 2014. Peru has won four Olympic medals, with one gold medal. Three of these were won in shooting, including the only gold medal won by Edwin Vásquez in the men’s free pistol 50 metres in 1948, and one in women’s volleyball. Oddly the nation has won one medal each in 1948, 1984, 1988, and 1992.

Participations by edition

Edition	As	Competition Type	Men	Women	Total
1900 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	1	0	1	Results
1932 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	2	0	2	Results
1936 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	40	0	40	Results
1948 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	41	0	41	Results
1956 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	8	0	8	Results
1960 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	31	0	31	Results
1964 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	30	1	31	Results
1968 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	16	12	28	Results
1972 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	17	3	20	Results
1976 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	0	13	13	Results
1980 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	14	14	28	Results
1984 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	19	16	35	Results
1988 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	7	14	21	Results
1992 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	12	4	16	Results
1996 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	15	14	29	Results
2000 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	8	13	21	Results
2004 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	7	5	12	Results
2008 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	7	6	13	Results
2010 Summer Youth Olympics	Peru	Youth Olympic Games	6	20	26	Results
2010 Winter Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	2	1	3	Results
2012 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	9	7	16	Results
2012 Winter Youth Olympics	Peru	Youth Olympic Games	0	1	1	Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics	Peru	Youth Olympic Games	28	10	38	Results
2014 Winter Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	2	1	3	Results
2016 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	17	12	29	Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics	Peru	Youth Olympic Games	6	10	16	Results
2020 Summer Olympics	Peru	Olympic Games	19	16	35	Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport)	Men	Women	Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing)	1	1	2	Results
Art Competitions	2	0	2	Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)	0	1	1	Results
Athletics	48	15	63	Results
Badminton	2	3	5	Results
Basketball (Basketball)	32	0	32	Results
Boxing	10	0	10	Results
Canoe Slalom (Canoeing)	1	0	1	Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing)	1	0	1	Results
Cycling Road (Cycling)	15	0	15	Results
Cycling Track (Cycling)	2	0	2	Results
Diving (Aquatics)	2	0	2	Results
Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian)	0	1	1	Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian)	1	0	1	Results
Fencing	5	1	6	Results
Football (Football)	31	0	31	Results
Judo	4	0	4	Results
Karate	0	1	1	Results
Modern Pentathlon	2	0	2	Results
Rowing	12	1	13	Results
Sailing	3	4	7	Results
Shooting	40	2	42	Results
Skateboarding (Roller Sports)	1	0	1	Results
Surfing	2	2	4	Results
Swimming (Aquatics)	24	13	37	Results
Table Tennis	2	5	7	Results
Taekwondo	1	1	2	Results
Tennis	4	0	4	Results
Volleyball (Volleyball)	0	49	49	Results
Weightlifting	9	4	13	Results
Wrestling	15	1	16	Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport)	Men	Women	Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing)	0	1	1	Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)	1	1	2	Results
Athletics	3	6	9	Results
Badminton	1	3	4	Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball)	2	2	4	Results
Football (Football)	17	0	17	Results
Judo	0	3	3	Results
Rowing	2	0	2	Results
Sailing	3	4	7	Results
Shooting	1	0	1	Results
Swimming (Aquatics)	2	5	7	Results
Taekwondo	1	0	1	Results
Tennis	3	0	3	Results
Triathlon	0	1	1	Results
Volleyball (Volleyball)	0	12	12	Results
Weightlifting	2	3	5	Results
Wrestling	2	0	2	Results

Medals by Games

Edition	Competition Type	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2014 Summer Youth Olympics	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	2
1948 Summer Olympics	Olympic Games	1	0	0	1
1984 Summer Olympics	Olympic Games	0	1	0	1
1988 Summer Olympics	Olympic Games	0	1	0	1
1992 Summer Olympics	Olympic Games	0	1	0	1
2010 Summer Youth Olympics	Youth Olympic Games	0	0	1	1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Shooting	1	2	0	3
Volleyball	0	1	0	1

Youth Olympic Games

Sport	Gold	Bronze	Total
Football	1	0	1
Sailing	0	1	1
Volleyball	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Total
Edwin Vásquez	PER	1	0	1
Francisco Boza	PER	0	1	1
Juan Jorge Giha, Jr.	PER	0	1	1
Luisa Cervera	PER	0	1	1
Alejandra de la Guerra	PER	0	1	1
Denisse Fajardo	PER	0	1	1
Miriam Gallardo	PER	0	1	1
Rosa García	PER	0	1	1
Sonia Heredia	PER	0	1	1
Natalia Málaga	PER	0	1	1
Gaby Pérez	PER	0	1	1
Cecilia Tait	PER	0	1	1
Gina Torrealva	PER	0	1	1
Cenaida Uribe	PER	0	1	1
Kathy Horny	PER	0	1	1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Total
Lesly Cano	PER	1	1
Rodolfo Ángeles	PER	1	1
Fabrián Caytuiro	PER	1	1
Ray Contreras	PER	1	1
Iván Cruz	PER	1	1
Franklin Gil	PER	1	1
Junior Huerto	PER	1	1
José Inga	PER	1	1
Quillian Meléndez	PER	1	1
Alessandro Milesi	PER	1	1
Christopher Olivares	PER	1	1
Fernando Pacheco	PER	1	1
Anthony Quijano	PER	1	1
Fabio Rojas	PER	1	1
Christian Sánchez	PER	1	1
Marco Saravia	PER	1	1
Gerald Távara	PER	1	1
Brayan Velarde	PER	1	1

IOC Members

Carlos de Candamo	1905—1922
Alfredo Benavides	1923—1957
Alfredo Benavides	1957—1967
Eduardo Dibós	1958—1982
Eduardo Dibós	1982—1987
Iván Dibós	1982—2019
Iván Dibós	2019—