Peru at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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| NOC = PER
| NOCname = Peruvian Olympic Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1936
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| website = {{url|www.coperu.org }} {{in lang|es}}
| location = Berlin
| competitors = 40 (all men)
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = Víctor Flores{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1800174 |title=Víctor Flores |website=olympedia.org |access-date=5 January 2024}}
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| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
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Peru competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936spart6.pdf|title=1936 Berlin Summer Games Report |access-date=2012-07-24 |work=la84foundation.org}} Germany. 40 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PER/summer/1936/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PER/summer/1936/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Peru at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games |access-date=2012-07-12 |work=sports-reference.com}} Peru's participation in the Olympic Games forced the authorities to suspend the Peruvian football league for 1936.
Football controversy
File:Peru Football 1936 Olympics.png, Teodoro Fernández, José Morales, and Alejandro Villanueva. Back: Carlos Tovar, Víctor Guarderas Lavalle, Juan Valdivieso, Arturo Fernández, Segundo Castillo, and Orestes Jordán.]]
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197041/overview.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001150727/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197041/overview.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |title=Berlin, 1936 |access-date=2012-07-12 |work=FIFA}} 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
{{main|Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
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| Result
!Rank !Result !Rank !Result !Rank !Result |
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| Antonio Cuba
|align=center| |align=center|5 |align=center colspan=6|did not advance |
| Francisco Valdez Bravo
|align=center| |align=center|7 |colspan=2 {{n/a}} |align=center colspan=4|did not advance |
| Carlos Marcerano
|align=center|2:00:8 |align=center|6 |colspan=2 {{n/a}} |align=center colspan=4|did not advance |
Basketball
{{main|Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
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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| date = August 7
| time = 5:00 pm
| report =[https://web.archive.org/web/20100203044835/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/6/rid/290/sid/2931/_/1936_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Game 3]
| teamA = Peru {{flagicon|PER}}
| scoreA = 35
| scoreB = 22
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| teamB = {{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} Egypt
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Second Round
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| date = August 9
| time = 5:00 pm
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100203045407/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/4/rid/291/sid/2931/_/1936_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Game 4]
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| scoreA = 29
| scoreB = 21
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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.
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Cycling
{{main|Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
=Road=
;Team
Peru finished without a time during the team road race.
;Men
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| Rider
!Event !Time !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left|Manuel Bacigalupo |align=left|Road race |no time | |
| align=center
|align=left|Gregorio Caloggero |align=left|Road race |no time | |
| align=center
|align=left|José Mazzini |align=left|Road race |no time | |
| align=center
|align=left|César Peñaranda |align=left|Road race |no time | |
Times were not recorded for any of the four competing athletes because they finished after the 16th place.
= Track=
;Sprints
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| rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Round One !colspan=2|Round 1 !Round 2 !Round 3 !Semifinals !Final !Bronze medal race |
|---|
| Opposition Time Speed (km/h) !Rank !Opposition !Rank !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition |
| José Mazzini
|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|Karl Magnussen|DEN|1936 Summer}} |align=center|2 |align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|Dunc Gray|AUS|1936 Summer}} |align=center|3 |align=center colspan=7 |did not advance |
Diving
{{main|Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
;Men'
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| rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Events !colspan=2|Preliminary !colspan=2|Semifinal !colspan=2|Final |
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| Points
!Rank !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| align=center
|align=left|Alfredo Alvarez |align=left rowspan=2|3 m springboard |align=center colspan=5 |DNF |24 |
Football
{{main|Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
;First Round
{{football box
|date = August 6, 1936
17:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER|1825}}
|score = 7–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080624140907/http://fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197041/matches/match=32343/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}
|goals1 = Fernández {{goal|17}} {{goal|33}} {{goal|47}} {{goal|49}} {{goal|70}}
Villanueva {{goal|21}} {{goal|67}}
|goals2 = Kanerva {{goal|42|pen.}}
Grönlund {{goal|75}}
Larvo {{goal|80}}
|stadium = Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz
|referee = Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)
|attendance = 2.500
}}
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;Quarter finals
{{football box
|date = August 8, 1936
17:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER|1825}}
|score = 4–2
|aet = yes
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080909223529/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197041/matches/match=32348/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 = Alcalde {{goal|75}}
Villanueva {{goal|81}} {{goal|117}}
Fernández {{goal|119}}
|goals2 = Wergin {{goal|23}}
Steinmetz {{goal|37}}
|stadium = Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz
|referee = Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR)
|attendance = 5.000
}}
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
{{football box
|date = August 10, 1936
17:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER|1825}}
|score = Walkover
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|stadium = Berlin Poststadion
|referee = Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)
|attendance = 0
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{{Peru Squad 1936 Summer Olympics}}
Modern pentathlon
{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
One male pentathlete represented Peru in 1936.
;Men
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!colspan=3|Shooting !colspan=3|Fencing !colspan=3|Swimming !colspan=3|Riding !colspan=3|Running !rowspan=2|Total points !rowspan=2|Final rank |
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| Score
!Rank !MP points !Results !Rank !MP points !Time !Rank !MP points !Penalties !Rank !MP points !Time !Rank !MP points |
| José Escribens
|align=center colspan=17|DNF |
Shooting
{{main|Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| colspan=1|Athlete
!colspan=1|Event !colspan=1|Score !colspan=1|Rank |
|---|
| Jorge Patiño
|rowspan=2|50 m rifle prone |align=center|287 |align=center|51 |
Swimming
{{main|Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
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| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Heat !colspan="2"|Semifinal !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Arturo Alvarez
|align="center"|1:04.9 |align="center"|7 |colspan=4 align="center"|did not advance |
| Juan Paz
|align="center"|1:05.6 |align="center"|7 |colspan=4 align="center"|did not advance |
| rowspan=2|Walter Ledgard
|align="center"|5:05.5 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|7 |colspan=2 align="center"|did not advance |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612020125/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
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