Peru at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Peru at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PER
NOC	Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coperu.org (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors	16 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Gladys Tejeda (opening)[1] Inés Melchor (closing)
Medals Ranked 80th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Peru competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics, having only missed the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

The Comité Olímpico Peruano sent a total of 16 athletes, 9 men and 7 women, to compete in 9 sports, tying its record with Barcelona in 1992. Three athletes had competed in Beijing, including taekwondo jin Peter López, who narrowly missed out on a medal in Beijing in the bronze medal match. Marathon runner Gladys Tejeda, who competed at her first Olympics, became the nation's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2000. Peru, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal, continuing a drought that began at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Juan Giha won the silver for skeet shooting.

Peruvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[2][3]

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mario Bazán	3000 m steeplechase	8:51.95	11	Did not advance
Raúl Pacheco	Marathon	—		2:15:35	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Wilma Arizapana	Marathon	2:35:09	55
Inés Melchor		2:28:54	25
Gladys Tejeda		2:32:07	43

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rodrigo Pacheco	Men's singles	Lee H-i (KOR) L 12–21, 7–21	—	2	Did not advance
Claudia Rivero	Women's singles	Li Xr (CHN) L 5–21, 6–21	Marín (ESP) L 17–21, 7–21	3	Did not advance

Peru has qualified 1 judoka

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Postigos	Men's −60 kg	Verde (ITA) L 0001–1000	Did not advance

Peru has qualified the following boat.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Víctor Aspíllaga	Single sculls	7:13.79	5 R	7:10.54	3 SE/F	Bye		7:53.76	2 FE	7:35.88	27

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Peru has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Paloma Schmidt	Laser Radial	35	30	36	36	30	39	33	41	32	32	EL	310	39

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicolás Pacheco	Skeet	109	32	Did not advance

Peru qualified one athlete and has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mauricio Fiol Villanueva	200 m butterfly	1:59.02	25	Did not advance
Sebastián Jahnsen	200 m freestyle	1:52.36	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Cedrón	400 m freestyle	4:24.18	33	Did not advance

Peru has qualified one man.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter López	Men's −68 kg	Fejzić (SRB)[5] L 3–5	Did not advance

Peru has qualified 1 athlete.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Silvana Saldarriaga	Women's −63 kg	75	10	97	9	172	10