Peru at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Peru competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by at least twelve athletes, who competed in the fields of athletics, badminton, swimming, taekwondo, shooting, wrestling, judo and fencing.[1]

Peru at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codePER
NOCPeruvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coperu.org (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors13 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Sixto Barrera (opening)
Peter López (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletics

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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
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Constantino León Marathon 2:28:04 61
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Louis Tristán Long jump 7.62 32 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
María Portillo Marathon 2:35:19 NR 39

Badminton

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Claudia Rivero Women's singles Bye   Pi (FRA)
L 6–21, 9–21
Did not advance

Fencing

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Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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María Luisa Doig Individual foil   Wächter (GER)
L 4–15
Did not advance

Judo

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Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
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Carlos Zegarra Men's +100 kg Bye   Lopez (ARG)
W 1001–0001
  Brayson (CUB)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance   Hachache (LIB)
L 0100–0200
Did not advance

Sailing

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Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Paloma Schmidt Laser Radial 9 26 27 28 14 26 22 12 28 CAN EL 163 26

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

Shooting

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Marco Matellini Skeet 95 40 Did not advance

Swimming

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Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emmanuel Crescimbeni 200 m butterfly 2:02.13 43 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Valeria Silva 100 m breaststroke 1:11.64 38 Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
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Peter López Men's −68 kg   Hasan (AUS)
W 3–1
  Muhammad (NGR)
W 3–0
  M López (USA)
L 1–2
Bye   Tazegül (TUR)
L 0–1
Did not advance 5

Weightlifting

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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Cristina Cornejo Women's +75 kg 97 11 128 9 225 8

Wrestling

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  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
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Sixto Barrera −74 kg Bye   Venckaitis (LTU)
W 3–1 PP
  Chang Yx (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance Bye   Yanakiev (BUL)
L 0–3
Did not advance 11

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