Noc: | PER |
Nocname: | Peruvian Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2020 |
Website: | |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
Competitors: | 35 |
Sports: | 17 |
Flagbearer Close: | Alexandra Grande |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
Peru competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Peruvian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Athletics | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Karate | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Sailing | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Skateboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Surfing | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 19 | 16 | 35 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peruvian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2] [3]
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | |||
Cristhian Pacheco | Marathon | 2:22:12 | 60 | |
Luis Henry Campos | align=left rowspan=2 | 20 km walk | 1:30:58 | 43 |
César Rodríguez | 1:24:40 | 21 |
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | |||
Jovana de la Cruz | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:36:38 | 40 |
Gladys Tejeda | 2:34:21 | 27 | ||
Mary Luz Andía | align=left rowspan=3 | 20 km walk | 1:35:25 | 24 |
Kimberly García | ||||
Leyde Guerra | 1:38:10 | 36 |
See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Former Youth Olympian Daniela Macías accepted a spare berth from the injured Olympic champion Carolina Marín of Spain, as the next highest-ranked shuttler vying for qualification in the women's singles, based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings of June 15, 2021. This signifies the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1996.[4]
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru entered two male boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Leodan Pezo finished among the top five of the men's lightweight category to secure his place in the Peruvian squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. Meanwhile, José Maria Lucar completed the nation's sporting lineup by topping the field of boxers vying for qualification from the Americas in the men's heavyweight category through the same system.[5] This signifies the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1996.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Leodan Pezo | Men's lightweight | L 0–5 | Did not advance | |||||
José María Lúcar | Men's heavyweight | L 0–5 | Did not advance |
See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Peru entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race for the first time since Los Angeles 1984, by finishing in the top two, not yet qualified, at the 2019 Pan American Championships in Mexico.[6] This signifies the country's debut in the sport.
See main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Beijing 2008 Olympian María Luisa Doig claimed a spot in the women's épée by winning the final match at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.[7] This signifies the country's return to the sport for the first time since 2008.
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Peru entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Ariana Orrego received a spare berth from the women's apparatus events, as one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. This signifies the country's debut in the sport.
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru qualified one judoka for the men's half-lightweight category (66 kg) at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Juan Postigos accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[8]
See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Alexandra Grande secured a place in the women's kumite 61-kg category, as the highest-ranked karateka vying for qualification from the Americas based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.[9]
See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing fifth in the A-final and securing the second of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10]
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=RepechageSee main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peruvian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, the 2019 Pan American Games, and the continental regattas.[11]
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
Stefano Peschiera | Men's Laser | 12 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 14 | EL | 177 | 25 | ||||
María Belén Bazo | Women's RS:X | 14 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 14 | EL | 130 | 13 | ||
Paloma Schmidt | Women's Laser Radial | 17 | 37 | 38 | 29 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 11 | EL | 265 | 36 | ||||
Diana Tudela María Pia van Oordt | Women's 49erFX | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 11 | EL | 174 | 20 |
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peruvian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[12]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
align=left rowspan=2 | Marko Carrillo | Men's 10 m air pistol | 569 | 29 | Did not advance | |
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | 572 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
Alessandro de Souza Ferreira | Men's trap | 118 | 27 | Did not advance | ||
Nicolás Pacheco | Men's skeet | 122 | 8 | Did not advance |
See main article: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Ángelo Caro was automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's street based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021.[13]
See main article: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru sent four surfers (two per gender) to compete in their respective races at the Games. Lucca Mesinas, Miguel Tudela, and Daniella Rosas secured the places on the Peruvian roster in the men's and women's shortboard races, respectively, with a top-two finish of their preliminary heats at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador, while 2004 world champion Sofía Mulánovich accepted a spare berth previously allocated by Japan's Shino Matsuda, as the next highest-ranked surfer in the overall provisional rankings at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games.[14] [15]
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Lucca Mesinas | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's shortboard | 11.40 | 1 Q | W 10.77–8.86 | L 7.83–12.74 | Did not advance | ||||
Miguel Tudela | 10.67 | 2 Q | L 10.00–9.63 | Did not advance | |||||||
Sofía Mulánovich | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's shortboard | 7.80 | 3 q | 9.36 | 3 Q | L 10.34–9.90 | Did not advance | |||
Daniella Rosas | 7.50 | 4 q | 8.14 | 5 | Did not advance |
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[16] [17]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
align=left rowspan=2 | Joaquín Vargas | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:49.93 | 35 | Did not advance | |||
Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:52.94 | 25 | Did not advance | |||||
align=left rowspan=2 | McKenna DeBever | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:02.09 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:15.86 | 24 | Did not advance |
See main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Athens 2004. Following the late withdrawals of several tennis players, Juan Pablo Varillas (world no. 133) accepted a spare berth previously allocated by one of the original top 56 entrants to compete in the men's singles based on the ATP Entry Rankings of June 14, 2021.[18]
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Marcos Rojas accepted a spare berth unused by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's 61 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.[19] [20]
See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Peru qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.[21]