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Peru at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Peru at the 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PER
NOC	Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coperu.org (in Spanish)
inBerlin
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 OlympicsinBerlin,^[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.

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."

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

Peru

35–22

Egypt

Second Round

Peru

29–21

China

Third Round

Peru was awarded a bye to the next round.

Fourth Round

Poland won by walkover and was awarded 2 points.

Poland

2–0

Peru

Fifth Place Match

Uruguay won by walkover and was awarded 2 points.

Uruguay

2–0

Peru

Team

Peru finished without a time during the team road race.

Men

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

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

Men'

First Round

Peru	7–3	Finland
Fernández 17' 33' 47' 49' 70' Villanueva 21' 67'	Report	Kanerva 42' (pen.) Grönlund 75' Larvo 80'

Attendance: 2.500

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

Quarter finals

Peru	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Austria
Alcalde 75' Villanueva 81' 117' Fernández 119'	Report	Wergin 23' Steinmetz 37'

Attendance: 5.000

Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR)

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.

Replay

Peru	Walkover	Austria

Attendance: 0

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

One male pentathlete represented Peru in 1936.

Men

Men

Rifle^[5]

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