Peru at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Peru at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	12 (7 men, 5 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Francisco Boza
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Peru competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

Athletics

Both Peruvian athletes finished well behind the position needed to qualify from the opening rounds of their events.

Men's High Jump:

• Alfredo Deza
  • Heat: 2.10 m (→ 18th in Group A, did not advance, 35th overall)

Women's 5.000 metres:

• Ines Melchor
  • Round 1: 17:08.07 (→ 21st in heat 2, did not advance, 38th overall)

Badminton

Blanco lost her opening round match in just 20 minutes, one of the shortest matches of the women's tournament.

Women's Singles:

• Lorena Blanco
  • Round of 32: Lost to (5) Wang Chen of Hong Kong (1 - 11, 4 - 11)

Rowing

Gustavo Salcedo did win a race at the Olympics, though it was a D/E semifinal.

Men's Single Sculls:

• Gustavo Salcedo
  • Heat: 7:29.06 (4th in heat 2, advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage: 7:05.08 (3rd in repechage 1, advanced to semifinal D/E)
  • Semifinal D/E: 7:09.06 (1st in semifinal D/E 1, advanced to final D)
  • Final D: 7:03.24 (→ 3rd in final D, 21st overall)

Sailing

Nicolini's best performance in any race was a 16th place.

Open Laser:

• Augusto Nicolini
  • 329 points (→ 38th overall)

Shooting

Francisco Boza came just two shots short of qualifying for the final in the Trap, but struggled in the double trap, finishing second-last.

Men's Trap:

• Francisco Boza
  • Qualification: 119 points (→ T-9th overall, did not advance)

Men's Double Trap:

• Francisco Boza
  • Qualification: 121 points (→ 24th overall, did not advance)

Swimming

Neither of the Peruvian swimmers managed to advance beyond their opening heats.

Men's 100 metre Butterfly:

• Juan Pablo Valdivieso
  • Heat: 55.98s (→ 47th overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Butterfly:

• Juan Pablo Valdivieso
  • Heat: 2:02.79 (→ 28th overall, did not advance)

Women's 100 metre Breaststroke:

• Valeria Silva
  • Heat: 1:13.52 (→ 37th overall, did not advance)

Table Tennis

Espineira took a two-set lead, but then lost four straight to go out in the opening round.

Women's Singles:

• Marisol Espineira
  • Round 1: Lost to Miao Miao of Australia (11 - 8, 11 - 9, 5 - 11, 4 - 11, 6 - 11, 6 - 11)

Tennis

Horna was beaten in straight sets in his first round match.

Men's Singles:

• Luis Horna
  • First Round: Lost to (8) Sébastien Grosjean of France (2 - 6, 5 - 7)

Weightlifting

Rejas finished ahead of two other lifters, but was lifted 50 kilograms less than the 9th place lifter.

Women's +75 kg:

• Manuela Rejas
  • 220.0 kg (→ Snatch: 95.0 kg, Clean & Jerk: 125.0 kg, 10th overall)

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Peru's only wrestler won one match, but lost decisively in his second and failed to advance.

Men's 60 kg:

• Sidney Guzman
  • Pool 4
    • Defeated Davor Stefanek of Serbia and Montenegro (3 - 1; 6:19)
    • Lost to Makoto Sasmoto of Japan (0 - 11; 2:31)
  • 2nd in pool, did not advance (→ 3 TP, 3 CP, 15th overall)

Officials

• President: Mr. Carlos Paz Soldán
• Secretary General: Mr. Alfredo Deza Fuller

See also

• Peru at the 2003 Pan American Games

References

• sports-reference
• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad

• Wallechinsky, David; Jamie Loucky (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics : 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-84513-330-6.