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."Peru to send at least 12 athletes to Beijing Olympic Games", Xinhua, April 3, 2008

Athletics

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 AthleteEventFinalResultRankConstantino LeónMarathon2:28:0461

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLouis TristánLong jump7.6232Did not advance

Women Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankMaría PortilloMarathon2:35:19 NR39

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankClaudia RiveroWomen's singlesL 6–21, 9–21Did not advance

Fencing

Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankMaría Luisa DoigIndividual foilL 4–15Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankCarlos ZegarraMen's +100 kgW 1001–0001L 0000–1000Did not advanceL 0100–0200Did not advance

Sailing

Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Paloma SchmidtLaser Radial92627281426221228CANEL16326 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMarco MatelliniSkeet9540Did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEmmanuel Crescimbeni 200 m butterfly2:02.1343Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankValeria Silva 100 m breaststroke1:11.6438Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPeter LópezMen's −68 kgW 3–1W 3–0L 1–2L 0–1Did not advance5

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankCristina CornejoWomen's +75 kg971112892258

Wrestling

Key - Victory by Fall. - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSixto Barrera−74 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advanceL 0–3 Did not advance11

See also Peru at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Peru at the 2007 Pan American Games

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