Peru at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Peru participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of twenty athletes ( seventeen men and three women ) participated. These occurred in seven sports at twenty-five contests. The fencer Enrique Barza was selected as flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Carlos Burga Welterweight: 17th Place
  • Oscar Ludeña Heavyweight: 5th Place

Fencing

  • Enrique Barza Saber, Individual: 1st round

Athletics

Gentlemen

  • Fernando Acevedo 400 m: Flow

Women

  • María Luisa Vilca Women, 100 m: Flow Women, 200 m: Quarter-finals
  • Edith Noeding Women Pentathlon: 24th Place

Cycling

Road

  • Enrique Allyón Road Race: DNF
  • Gilberto Chocce Road Race: DNF Team time trial (100 km): 30th place
  • Fernando Cuenca Road Race: DNF Team time trial (100 km): 30th place
  • Carlos Espinoza Road Race: DNF Team time trial (100 km): 30th place
  • Bernardo Arias Team time trial (100 km): 30th place

Wrestling

  • Javier León Flyweight Greco- Roman: 2nd Round Flyweight freestyle: 2nd Round
  • Juan Velarde Bantamweight Greco- Roman: 2nd Round Bantamweight freestyle: 2nd Round
  • Carlos Hurtado Featherweight Greco- Roman: 2nd Round Featherweight freestyle: 2nd Round
  • Miguel Zambrano Super Heavyweight Greco- Roman: 2nd Round Super heavyweight freestyle: 2nd Round
  • Gladys Baldwin Small caliber lying: 75th
  • Juan Jorge Giha Trap: 49th place

Swimming

  • Guillermo Pacheco 400m freestyle: Flow 1500 m freestyle: Flow
  • Alfredo hunger 100 m breaststroke: Flow 200m breaststroke: Flow
  • Juan Carlos Bello 100m freestyle: DNS 200m freestyle: DNS 100 m butterfly: Semi-finals 200m Individual Medley: Finale 7th place
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