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Philippines national athletics team

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Filipino Athletes in 1917 Tokyo Far Eastern Championship Games
Filipino athlete, Fortunato Catalon (left) has the most gold medal at the Far Eastern Games with 9 gold medals.

The Philippines national athletics team represents the Philippines at the international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or World Athletics Championships. Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA)[1] is the governing body of athletics in the Philippines. The first participation of the Philippines in an international competition was at the Far Eastern Games in 1913.[1] As for the olympics, their first participation began in 1924 and has continued every summer olympics except for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The first win that the Philippines national athletics team had won though was the olympic games, receiving a bronze medal in the Men's 200 meters breaststroke, won by Teófilo Yldefonso, in the 1928 Amsterdam summer Olympics.

Medal count

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Event Editions 1st edition Total Notes
Tot.
Olympic Games 20 1924 0 0 2 2 details
World Championships TBA 1983 0 1 1 2
Asian Athletics Championships 23 1973 13 11 18 42
Asian Games 18 1951 11 10 29 50

Asian Athletic Championship

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All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Philippines 1973 Manila - 4 3 3 10 3rd
South Korea 1975 Seoul - 0 0 0 0 -
Japan 1979 Tokyo - 0 0 1 1 10th
Japan 1981 Tokyo - 0 2 1 3 7th
Kuwait 1983 Kuwait City - 3 2 3 8 6th
Indonesia 1985 Jakarta - 1 0 3 4 8th
Singapore 1987 Singapore - 2 0 0 2 6th
India 1989 New Delhi - 0 1 0 1 11th
Malaysia 1991 Kuala Lumpur - 0 0 0 0 -
Philippines 1993 Manila - 0 0 1 1 17
Indonesia 1995 Jakarta - 0 0 1 1 18th
Japan 1998 Fukuoka - 0 0 0 0 -
Indonesia 2000 Jakarta 7 0 0 0 0 -
Sri Lanka 2002 Colombo - 0 1 1 2 15th
Philippines 2003 Manila - 0 0 2 2 18th
South Korea 2005 Incheon 14 0 1 0 1 16th
Jordan 2007 Ammata Sri - 0 0 0 0 -
China 2009 Guangzhou 5 1 0 0 1 11th
Japan 2011 Kobe 6 0 0 0 0 -
India 2013 Pune 14 0 0 0 0 -
China 2015 Wuhan 1 0 0 0 0 -
India 2017 Bhubaneswar 7 1 1 1 3 11th
Qatar 2019 Doha 13 1 0 1 2 12th
Thailand 2023 Bangkok 21 2 0 0 2 6th
Total 15 11 18 42 15

List of Asian Athletics Championships medalists

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Name Event Medal
Tokal Mokalam 1973 Manila Men's 200 metres Bronze Medal
Marcelo Benauro 1973 Manila Men's 110 metres hurdles Bronze Medal
Abdulkadir Guiapar 1973 Manila Men's 400 metres hurdles Gold Medal
Abdulkadir Guiapar, Clemente Lupangco, Santos Magno, Ernesto Tabayan 1973 Manila Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Silver Medal
Amelita Alanes 1973 Manila Women's 100 metres Gold Medal
Amelita Alanes 1973 Manila Women's 200 metres Silver Medal
Amelita Alanes, ?, ?, ? 1973 Manila Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Bronze Medal
Amelita Alanes, Aida Mantawel, Carmen Torres, Rosalinda Yumol 1973 Manila Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Gold Medal
Josephine de la Viñal 1973 Manila Women's Discus throw Gold Medal
Erlinda Lavandia 1973 Manila Women's Javelin throw Silver Medal
Lydia de Vega 1981 Tokyo Women's 200 metres Bronze Medal
Lydia de Vega 1981 Tokyo Women's 400 metres Silver Medal
Team Philippines 1981 Tokyo Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Silver Medal
Isidro del Prado 1983 Kuawait City Men's 400 metres Gold Medal
Hector Begeo 1983 Kuawait City Men's 3000 metre steeplechase Silver Medal
Team Philippines 1983 Kuawait City Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Bronze Medal
Lydia De Vega 1983 Kuawait City Women's 100 metres Gold Medal
Lydia De Vega 1983 Kuawait City Women's 200 metres Gold Medal
Lydia De Vega 1983 Kuawait City Women's 400 metres Bronze Medal
Agrifina de la Cruz 1983 Kuawait City Women's 400 metres hurdles Bronze Medal
Elma Muros 1983 Kuawait City Women's Long Jump Silver Medal
Isidro del Prado 1985 Jakarta Men's 400 metres Gold Medal
Team Philippines 1985 Jakarta Men's 4 x 400 metres Bronze Medal
Lydia De Vega 1985 Jakarta Women's 100 metres Bronze Medal
Agrifina de la Cruz 1985 Jakarta Women's 400 metres hurdles Bronze Medal
Lydia de Vega 1987 Singapore Women's 100 metres Gold Medal
Lydia de Vega 1987 Singapore Women's 200 metres Gold Medal
Elma Muros 1989 New Delhi Women's Long Jump Silver Medal
Elma Muros 1993 Manila Women's Long Jump Bronze Medal
Elma Muros 1995 Jakarta Women's Long Jump Bronze Medal
Lerma Gabito 2002 Colombo Women's Long Jump Silver Medal
Marestella Torres 2002 Colombo Women's Long Jump Bronze Medal
Eduardo Buenavista 2003 Manila Men's 10,000 metres Bronze Medal
Lerma Gabito 2003 Manila Women's Long Jump Bronze Medal
Marestella Torres 2005 Incheon Women's Long Jump Silver Medal
Marestella Torres 2009 Guangzhou Women's Long Jump Gold Medal
Eric Cray 2017 Bhubaneswar Men's 400 metres hurdles Gold Medal
Ernest Obiena 2019 Doha Men's Pole vault Gold Medal
Natalie Uy 2019 Doha Women's Pole vault Bronze Medal

Asian Games

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All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
India 1951 New Delhi - 1 0 3 4 5
Philippines 1954 Manila - 0 1 7 8 8
Japan 1958 Tokyo - 3 4 4 11 4
Indonesia 1962 Jakarta - 4 1 4 9 3
Thailand 1966 Bangkok - 1 1 3 5 6
Thailand 1970 Bangkok - 0 1 3 4 10
Iran 1974 Tehran - 0 0 0 0 -
Thailand 1978 Bangkok - 0 0 1 1 11
India 1982 New Delhi - 1 0 1 2 7
South Korea 1986 Seoul - 1 2 1 4 5
China 1990 Beijing - 0 0 1 1 11
Japan 1994 Hiroshima - 0 0 1 1 13
Thailand 1998 Bangkok 1 0 0 0 0 -
South Korea 2002 Busan 13 0 0 0 0 -
Qatar 2006 Doha 11 0 0 0 0 -
China 2010 Guangzhou 7 0 0 0 0 -
South Korea 2014 Incheon 9 0 0 0 0 -
Indonesia 2018 Jakarta / Palembang 13 0 0 0 0 -
China 2022 Hangzhou 18 1 0 0 1 11
Japan 2026 Nagoya Future event
Qatar 2030 Doha Future event
Saudi Arabia 2034 Riyadh Future event
Total - 11 10 29 50 13

Athletics

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Athletics is one of the core sports of the Asian games. Mona Sulaiman has the most gold medal with three.

Year introduced: 1951
First medal : 1951
Last medal: 1994

100 meters

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Silver Genaro Cabrera Athletics Men's 100m 1954
 Gold Inocencia Solis Athletics Women's 100m 1958
 Bronze Isaac Gomez Athletics Men's 100m 1958
 Bronze Rogelio Onofre Athletics Men's 100m 1962
 Gold Mona Sulaiman Athletics Women's 100m 1962
 Gold Lydia de Vega Athletics Women's 100m 1982
 Gold Lydia de Vega Athletics Women's 100m 1986

200 meters

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Inocencia Solis Athletics Women's 200m 1954
 Bronze Enrique Bautista Athletics Men's 200m 1958
 Gold Mona Sulaiman Athletics Women's 200m 1962
 Silver Amelita Alanes Athletics Women's 200m 1970
 Silver Lydia de Vega Athletics Women's 200m 1986

400 meters

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Silver Pablo Somblingo Athletics Men's 400m 1958
 Silver Isidro del Prado Athletics Men's 400m 1986

800 meters

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Isabel Cruz Athletics Women's 800m 1970

4 × 100 m Relay

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Tito Almagro
Jovencio Ardina
Bernabe Lovina
Genaro Cabrera
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 1951
 Bronze Genaro Cabrera
Gaspar Azares
Eusebio Ensong
Pedro Subido
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 1954
 Bronze Inocencia Solis
Rogelia Ferrer
Manolita Cinco
Roberta Anore
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m Relay 1954
 Gold Remegio Vista
Isaac Gomez
Pedro Subido
Enrique Bautista
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 1958
 Silver Inocencia Solis
Rogelia Ferrer
Irene Penuela
Francisca Sanopal
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m Relay 1958
 Gold Remegio Vista
Isaac Gomez
Claro Pellosis
Rogelio Onofre
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 1962
 Gold Aida Molinos
Francisca Sanopal
Inocencia Solis
Mona Sulaiman
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m Relay 1962
 Bronze Rogelio Onofre
Remegio Vista
Arnulfo Valles
William Moderno
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 1966
 Bronze Amelita Saberon
Lucila Tolentino
Lorena Morcilla
Lydia Silva-Netto
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m Relay 1978

4 × 400 m Relay

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Bienvenido Llaneta
Bernabe Lovina
Tomas Bennet
Genaro Cabrera
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m Relay 1951
 Bronze Pablo Somblingo
Cipriano Niera
Mauricio Paubaya
Ernesto Rodriguez
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m Relay 1954
 Bronze Romeo Gido
Honesto Larce
Leopoldo Arnillo
Isidro del Prado
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m Relay 1986

Discus Throw

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Aurelio Amante Athletics Men's Discus Throw 1951
 Bronze Josephine de la Viña Athletics Women's Discus Throw 1962
 Gold Josephine de la Viña Athletics Women's Discus Throw 1966

High Jump

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Gold Andres Franco Athletics Men's High Jump 1951
 Bronze Andres Franco Athletics Men's High Jump 1954
 Silver Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's High Jump 1958
 Bronze Ciriaco Baronda Athletics Men's High Jump 1962
 Silver Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's High Jump 1966
 Bronze Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's High Jump 1970

Pole Vault

Hurdles

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Jaime Pimental Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles 1954
 Silver Francisca Sanopal Athletics Women's 80m Hurdles 1958
 Bronze Manolita Cinco Athletics Women's 80m Hurdles 1958
 Silver Francisca Sanopal Athletics Women's 80m Hurdles 1962
 Bronze Elma Muros Athletics Women's 400m Hurdles 1990

Javelin Throw

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Vivencia Subido Athletics Women's Javelin Throw 1954
 Bronze Marcelina Alonso Athletics Women's Javelin Throw 1966

Long Jump

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Gold Visitacion Badana Athletics Women's Long Jump 1958
 Bronze Elma Muros Athletics Women's Long Jump 1994

Pentathlon

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's Pentathlon 1966
 Bronze Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's Pentathlon 1970

Shot Put

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Mona Sulaiman Athletics Women's Shot Put 1962

Steeplechase

Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Hector Begeo Athletics Men's 3000m Steeplechase 1982

SEA Games

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All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Malaysia 1977 Kuala Lumpur - 1 6 5 12 6th
Indonesia 1979 Jakarta - - - - - -
Philippines 1981 Manila - - - - - -
Singapore 1983 Singapore - 11 11 10 32 1st
Thailand 1985 Bangkok - 10 4 5 19 2nd
Indonesia 1987 Jakarta - 6 11 2 19 4th
Malaysia 1989 Kuala Lumpur - - - - - -
Philippines 1991 Manila - - - - - -
Singapore 1993 Singapore - - - - - -
Thailand 1995 Chiang Mai - - - - -
Indonesia 1997 Jakarta - - - - - -
Brunei 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan - - - - - -
Malaysia 2001 Kuala Lumpur - 8 11 2 23 2nd
Vietnam 2003 Hanoi - 8 3 5 16 3rd
Philippines 2005 Manila - 9 11 9 291 2nd
Thailand 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima - 5 7 9 29 5th
Laos 2009 Vientiane - 7 3 4 14 4th
Indonesia 2011 Jakarta - 3 9 5 17 5th
Myanmar 2013 Napyidaw - 6 4 3 13 4th
Singapore 2015 Singapore 36 5 7 9 21 4th
Malaysia 2017 Kuala Lumpur 38 5 3 10 18 5th
Philippines 2019 Philippines - 11 8 8 27 3rd
Vietnam 2021 Hanoi - 5 7 14 26 3rd
Cambodia 2023 Phnom Penh - 4 10 8 22 5th
Thailand 2025 Chonburi Future event
Total - - - - -

Olympic Games

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Year introduced: 1896
First medal : 1932
Last medal: 1936

List of Olympic Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Year
 Bronze Simeon Toribio Athletics Men's high jump 1932
 Bronze Miguel White Athletics Men's 400 metre hurdles 1936

All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1924 Paris 1 0 0 0 0
1928 Amsterdam 2 0 0 0 - -
1932 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1 1 13
1936 Berlin 6 0 0 1 1 14
1948 London 1 0 0 0 0
1952 Helsinki 1 0 0 0 0
1956 Melbourne 4 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 7 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 11 0 0 0 0 -
1968 Mexico City 4 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 6 0 0 0 0
1976 Montreal 1 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 6 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 4 0 0 0 0 -
1992 Barcelona 3 0 0 0 0 -
1996 Atlanta 2 0 0 0 0 -
2000 Sydney 2 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 2 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 2 0 0 0 0
2012 London 2 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 0 0 0 0 -
2020 Tokyo 2 0 0 0 0 -
Total 0 0 2 2 96

Records

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Coaches

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These are the national team coaches who have been appointed by PATAFA.[1]

  • Dario de Rosas (Head Coach)
  • Jeoffrey Chua
  • Joebert Delicano
  • Arniel Ferrera
  • Danilo Fresnido
  • Sean Guevarra (Head Coach)
  • John Lozada
  • Emerson Obiena
  • George Noel Posadas
  • Julius Nierras
  • Eduardo Buenavista
  • Reymundo Ancero
  • Juvy Palma

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "History of Track and Field in the Philippines". Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association. Retrieved 15 October 2015.