IOC code PER | Competitors 16 in 9 sports | |
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Website www.coperu.org (Spanish) MedalsRanked 80th GoldSilverBronzeTotal0000 | ||
Peru competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics, having only missed the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
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The Comité Olímpico Peruano sent a total of 16 athletes, 9 men and 7 women, to compete in 9 sports, tying its record with Barcelona in 1992. Three athletes had competed in Beijing, including taekwondo jin Peter López, who narrowly missed out on a medal in Beijing in the bronze medal match. Marathon runner Gladys Tejeda, who competed at her first Olympics, became the nation's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2000. Peru, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal, continuing a drought that began at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Juan Giha won the silver for skeet shooting.
Athletics
Peruvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):
Judo
Peru has qualified 1 judoka
Rowing
Peru has qualified the following boat.
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; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Peru has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Shooting
Swimming
Peru qualified one athlete and has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA.
Taekwondo
Peru has qualified one man.
Weightlifting
Peru has qualified 1 athlete.