Peru at the 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PER
NOC	Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coperu.org (in Spanish)
in Berlin
Competitors	40 (all men) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Víctor Flores [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
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Peru competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, ^[2] Germany. 40 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 8 sports. ^[3] Peru's participation in the Olympic Games forced the authorities to suspend the Peruvian football league for 1936.

Football controversy

Austria played Peru in an astonishing game leading to a huge political row.

Time Magazine reported: In Lima President Oscar Benavides of Peru last week addressed an angry crowd: "I have just received cables from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico supporting the Peruvian attitude against the crafty Berlin decision." The crowd, which had already torn an Olympic flag, gathered to listen to more speeches at the Plaza San Martin. Later it threw stones to the German Consulate's windows until police arrived in trucks. At Callao, Lima's seaport, workmen on the docks refused to load two German vessels.

The "crafty Berlin decision" concerned a soccer game on the fortnight in which the Peruvians overturned a 2-goal deficit against Austria to take the tie into extra-time and win the match 4-2, with a goal scored in the last minute of extra-time. After the game, Austria argued that Peruvian players had manhandled them, and that spectators, one of them brandishing a revolver, had swarmed down on the field. FIFA ordered the game replayed behind closed doors, so Peru's whole Olympic team of 40 promptly withdrew from the Games in protest; the game was awarded to Austria by default. ^[4] Said Miguel Dasso of the Peruvian Olympic Committee: "We've no faith in European athletics. We have come here and found a bunch of merchants."

Athletics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result
Antonio Cuba	Men's 100 metres		5	did not advance
Francisco Valdez Bravo	Men's 800 metres		7	—		did not advance
Carlos Marcerano	Men's 800 metres	2:00:8	6	—		did not advance

Basketball

Roster:

Miguel Godoy, Luis Jacob, Roberto Rospigliosi, Koko Cárdenas, Fernando Ruiz, "Canon" Ore, Jose Carlos Godoy, Armando Rossi, Rolando Bacigalupo, Manuel Fiestas, Willy Dasso, Antuco Flecha (Coach: Pedro Vera)

First Round

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Second Round

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Third Round

Peru was awarded a bye to the next round.

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Fourth Round

Poland won by walkover and was awarded 2 points.

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Fifth Place Match

Uruguay won by walkover and was awarded 2 points.

Cycling

Road

Team

Peru finished without a time during the team road race.

Men

Rider	Event	Time	Rank
Manuel Bacigalupo	Road race	no time
Gregorio Caloggero	Road race	no time
José Mazzini	Road race	no time
César Peñaranda	Road race	no time

Times were not recorded for any of the four competing athletes because they finished after the 16th place.

Track

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Round One		Round 1 (repechage)		Round 2	Round 3	Semifinals	Final	Bronze medal race
		Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed
José Mazzini	Men's sprint	Karl Magnussen ( DEN)  L, L	2	Dunc Gray ( AUS)  L, L   Ted Clayton ( RSA)  L, L	3	did not advance

Diving

Men'

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alfredo Alvarez	3 m springboard	DNF					24

Football

First Round

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Quarter finals

Due to a pitch invasion, the match was declared null and void, and ordered to be replayed on August 10. Peru objected to the replay decision and withdrew from the tournament.

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Replay

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Peru in 1936.

Men

Athlete	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
	Score	Rank	MP points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
José Escribens	DNF

Shooting

Men

Rifle ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Jorge Patiño	50 m rifle prone	287	51

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arturo Alvarez	100 m freestyle	1:04.9	7	did not advance
Juan Paz	100 m freestyle	1:05.6	7	did not advance
Walter Ledgard	400 m freestyle	5:05.5	2	DNF	7	did not advance

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports