The Philippines first sent athletes to compete at the Olympic Games in 1924, making it the first country from Southeast Asia to compete and win a medal. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games since then except the 1980 Summer Olympics, when they joined the American-led boycott. Filipino athletes have also competed at the Winter Olympic Games on six different occasions since 1972. The Philippines is the first nation in the tropics to ever participate in the Winter Olympic Games.
Filipino athletes have won a total of fourteen Olympic medals, with boxing as the top medal-producing sport. After Mongolia claimed its first gold medal at Beijing 2008, the Philippines used to hold the record for the most medals without a gold, until weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz topped the podium with the country's first gold at Tokyo 2020.
The Philippine Olympic Committee was founded in 1911 and duly recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1929.[1]
Medal table[]
Medals by Summer Games[]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 1924 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Amsterdam 1928 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| Los Angeles 1932 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| Berlin 1936 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| London 1948 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Helsinki 1952 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Melbourne 1956 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rome 1960 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tokyo 1964 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Mexico City 1968 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Munich 1972 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montreal 1976 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Moscow 1980 | Did not participate | |||||
| Los Angeles 1984 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Seoul 1988 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| Barcelona 1992 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Atlanta 1996 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
| Sydney 2000 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Athens 2004 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beijing 2008 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| London 2012 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 50 |
| Total | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||
Medals by Winter Games[]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo 1972 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Innsbruck 1976 | Did not participate | |||||
| Lake Placid 1980 | ||||||
| Sarajevo 1984 | ||||||
| Calgary 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Albertville 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lillehammer 1994 | Did not participate | |||||
| Nagano 1998 | ||||||
| Salt Lake City 2002 | ||||||
| Torino 2006 | ||||||
| Vancouver 2010 | ||||||
| Sochi 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pyeongchang 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beijing 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Total | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||
Medals by Summer Sport[]
| Sports | 
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
Medal winners[]
| Games | Medal | Athlete | Sport | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam 1928 |
|
Teófilo Yldefonso | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke |
| Los Angeles 1932 |
|
Simeon Toribio | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Los Angeles 1932 |
|
José Villanueva | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Los Angeles 1932 |
|
Teófilo Yldefonso | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke |
| Berlin 1936 |
|
Miguel White | Athletics | Men's 400 m hurdles |
| Tokyo 1964 |
|
Anthony Villanueva | Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| Seoul 1988 |
|
Leopoldo Serantes | Boxing | Men's light flyweight |
| Barcelona 1992 |
|
Roel Velasco | Boxing | Men's light flyweight |
| Atlanta 1996 |
|
Mansueto Velasco | Boxing | Men's light flyweight |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Hidilyn Diaz | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Hidilyn Diaz | Weightlifting | Women's 55 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Carlo Paalam | Boxing | Men's flyweight |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Nesthy Petecio | Boxing | Women's featherweight |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Eumir Marcial | Boxing | Men's middleweight |
References[]
- ↑ IOC. Philippines. Retrieved on 12 August 2011.