Peru at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Peru
games=2004 Summer
competitors=12 (7 men, 5 women)
sports=10
flagbearer=Francisco Boza
officials=

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) Sebastien 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

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PER/summer/2004/ sports-reference]
* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/ Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad]

*cite book
last = Wallechinsky
first = David
authorlink = David Wallechinsky
coauthors = Jamie Loucky
title = The Complete Book of the Olympics : 2008 Edition
publisher = Aurum Press
year = 2008
location = London
pages =
isbn = 978-1845133306