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Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games

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Philippines at the
1951 Asian Games
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ph (in English)
in New Delhi
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
8
Total
19
Asian Games appearances (overview)

The Philippines participated in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India on 5 to 10 March 1951. With 5 golds, 6 silvers and 8 bronzes, this country was ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.[1]

Asian Games performance

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The country's delegation of 39 athletes won its 19 medals in only four sports - swimming, basketball, athletics and weightlifting. There were no women athletes in the country's first Asian Games team.[citation needed]

Medalists

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Gold

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Gold Andres Franco Athletics Men's High Jump
2  Gold Francisco Calilan
Andres dela Cruz
Genaro Fernandez
Jose Gochango
Rafael Hechanova
Moro Lorenzo
Carlos Loyzaga
Antonio Martinez (c)
Lauro Mumar
Ignacio Ramos
Meliton Santos
Mariano Tolentino
Coach: Dionisio Calvo
Basketball Men's team
3  Gold Artemio Salamat Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke
4  Gold Jacinto Cayco Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke
5  Gold Artemio Salamat
Jacinto Cayco
Nurhatab Rajab
Swimming Men's 3x100m Medley Relay

Silver

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Silver Rene Amabuyok Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke
2  Silver Mohammed Mala Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle
3  Silver Serafin Villanueva Swimming Men's 800m Freestyle
4  Silver Mohammed Mala Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle
5  Silver Sotero Alcantara
Serafin Villanueva
Mohammed Mala
Nurhatab Rajab
Swimming Men's 4x100m Freestyle
6  Silver Rodrigo del Rosario Weightlifting Featherweight 60kg

Bronze

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Bronze Genaro Cabrera
Tito Almagro
Jovencio Ardina
Bernabe Lovina
Athletics Men's 4x100m Relay
2  Bronze Bienvenido Llaneta
Bernabe Lovina
Tomas Bennet
Genaro Cabrera
Athletics Men's 4x400m Relay
3  Bronze Aurelio Amante Athletics Men's Discus Throw
4  Bronze Sotero Alcantara Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle
5  Bronze Mohammed Mala Swimming Men's 800m Freestyle
6  Bronze Serafin Villanueva Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle
7  Bronze Edilberto Bonus Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke
8  Bronze Pedro Landero Weightlifting Bantamweight 56kg

Multiple

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Name Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Artemio Salamat Swimming 2 0 0 2
Jacinto Cayco Swimming 2 0 0 2
Nurhatab Rajab Swimming 1 1 0 2
Mohammed Mala Swimming 0 3 1 4
Serafin Villanueva Swimming 0 2 1 3
Sotero Alcantara Swimming 0 1 1 2
Genaro Cabrera Athletics 0 0 2 2
Bernabe Lovina Athletics 0 0 2 2

Medal summary

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Medal by sports

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Swimming35412
 Athletics1034
 Basketball1001
 Weightlifting0112
Totals (4 entries)56819

References

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