Peru at the Olympics

Peru at the Olympic Games is represented by the Peruvian Olympic Committee, created on October 9, 1924.

It made its debut at the Summer Olympic Games in the 1900 edition in the city of Paris, with a delegation made up of a single competitor who participated in fencing. Since the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, the country has participated in all game editions. In his record, he has 1 gold medal (in shooting) and 3 silver medals (one in volleyball and two in shooting).

Regarding the Winter Olympic Games, the country participated for the first time in the 2010 edition in the city of Vancouver with a team made up of three athletes who participated in alpine skiing and cross-country skiing.

Summer Olympic Games

The first Peruvian Olympian was fencer Carlos de Candamo at the 1900 Paris Games. Peru is one of the first South American nations to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, it happened at the 1948 London Olympics, when the country won its first and only gold medal in the shooting discipline, free pistol modality, with the shooter Edwin Vásquez Cam. This sport won three of the country's four Olympic medals: In 1948, in 1984 with Francisco Boza and in 1992 with Juan Giha, the latter two silver.

The other silver medal obtained in the Olympic Games corresponds to the discipline of volleyball, when in 1988 in Seoul, the Peruvian national team lost 3-2 against the Soviet Union. The women's volleyball team that went down in history For being the first Latin American team to win a medal in this sport, it was made up of Luisa Cervera, Alejandra de la Guerra, Denisse Fajardo, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Sonia Heredia, Katherine Horny, Natalia Málaga, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Cecilia Tait, Gina Torrealva and Cenaida Uribe.

Thanks to the four medals obtained in the sports disciplines of shooting and volleyball, Peru occupies 97th place in the historical medal table of the Olympic Games among the 206 affiliated members of the International Olympic Committee, and 12th place among the Ibero-American countries. Due to the total number of medals obtained, she ranks 16th in volleyball and 40th in shooting, in the historical medal tables of these sports. been the youngest Peruvian participant, while the shooter Pedro Puente, with 57 years and 159 days also in Tokyo 1964, the oldest Peruvian participant. Peruvian athletes have participated in 142 competitions in 24 summer Olympic sports.

Medal table

Headquarters	Athletes				Total	Position
Paris 1900	1	0	0	0	0	-
San Luis 1904	No.
London 1908	No.
Stockholm 1912	No.
Berlin 1916	Suspended by the First World War
Antwerp 1920	No.
Paris 1924	No.
Amsterdam 1928	No.
Los Angeles 1932	No.
Berlin 1936	40	0	0	0	0	-
Helsinki 1940	Suspended by the Second World War
London 1944	Suspended by the Second World War
London 1948	41	1	0	0	1	26
Helsinki 1952	No.
Melbourne 1956	8	0	0	0	0	-
Rome 1960	31	0	0	0	0	-
Tokyo 1964	31	0	0	0	0	-
Mexico 1968	28	0	0	0	0	-
Munich 1972	20	0	0	0	0	-
Montreal 1976	13	0	0	0	0	-
Moscow	28	0	0	0	0	-
Los Angeles 1984	35	0	1	0	1	37
Seoul 1988	21	0	1	0	1	36
Barcelona 1992	16	0	1	0	1	49
Atlanta 1996	29	0	0	0	0	-
Sydney 2000	21	0	0	0	0	-
Athens	12	0	0	0	0	-
Beijing 2008	13	0	0	0	0	-
London 2012	16	0	0	0	0	-
Rio de Janeiro 2016	29	0	0	0	0	-
Tokyo 2020	35	0	0	0	0	-
Paris 2024	Faraway event
Los Angeles 2028	Faraway event
Brisbane 2032	Faraway event
Total	468	1	3	0	4

Medals by sport

Sport				Total
Tyre	1	2	0	3
Volleyball	0	1	0	1

Winter Olympic Games

Those who participate in winter sports representing Peru, as in most of the tropical countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia, carry out their training abroad due to the lack of sports venues in the country for the practice of winter sports. themselves. The first winter Olympic team was made up of cross-country skier Roberto Carcelén and alpine skiers Manfred and Ornella Oettl Reyes who participated in the 2010 Vancouver Games. Manfred Oettl Reyes, with 16 years and 124 days in Vancouver 2010, has been the youngest Peruvian participant, while Roberto Carcelén, with 43 years and 160 days in Sochi 2014, the oldest Peruvian participant. Peruvian athletes have participated in 5 competitions in 2 winter Olympic sports.

Medal table

Headquarters	Athletes				Total	Position
Vancouver 2010	3	0	0	0	0	-
Sochi 2014	3	0	0	0	0	-
Pyeongchang 2018	No.
Beijing 2022	1	0	0	0	0	-
Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026	Faraway event
Total	6	0	0	0	0