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