Peru at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Peru competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Peru at the
2004 Summer Olympics
IOC codePER
NOCPeruvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coperu.org (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors12 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Francisco Boza[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Comité Olímpico Peruano sent the nation's smallest ever team to the Games since the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. A total of twelve athletes, seven men and five women, competed in ten different sports. Two athletes from the Peruvian team had previously competed in Sydney: butterfly swimmer Juan Pablo Valdivieso and 1984 Olympic silver medalist Francisco Boza in men's trap shooting (who became the first Peruvian athlete to participate in seven Olympic Games, surpassing a single edition short of a historic record by fellow shooter Juan Giha). Being the oldest and most sophisticated member of the team, Boza was assigned by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] Peru, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Giha won the silver in the mixed skeet.

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).[2][3]

Key
  • Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Alfredo DezaHigh jump2.1035Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Inés Melchor5000 m17:08.0721Did not advance

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lorena BlancoWomen's singles  Wang C (HKG)
L 1–11, 4–11
Did not advance

Rowing

Peruvian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Gustavo SalcedoSingle sculls7:29.064 R7:05.083 SD/E7:09.061 FD7:03.2421

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Peruvian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Augusto NicoliniLaser3835163931283833DSQ333832938

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

One Peruvian shooter qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Francisco BozaTrap119=9Did not advance
Double trap12124Did not advance

Swimming

Peruvian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Juan Pablo Valdivieso100 m butterfly55.9847Did not advance
200 m butterfly2:02.7928Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Valeria Silva100 m breaststroke1:13.5237Did not advance

Table tennis

Peru qualified a single table tennis player.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marisol EspineiraWomen's singles  Miao (AUS)
L 2–4
Did not advance

Tennis

Peru nominated a male tennis player to compete in the tournament.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Luis HornaMen's singles  Grosjean (FRA)
L 2–6, 5–7
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Peru has qualified a single weightlifter.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Manuela RejasWomen's +75 kg95=10125=1022010

Wrestling

Key
  • VTVictory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sidney Guzman−60 kg  Sasamoto (JPN)
L 0–4 ST
 Štefanek (SCG)
W 3–1 PP
2Did not advance15

See also

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