Philippines (PHI)

Overview

NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
Flagbearers58

Participants

Olympic Games 408
Youth Olympic Games 27

Description

The Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation was formed in January 1911, when the country was still under American occupation. This organization, which later became the National Olympic Committee, was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1929. The Philippines first competed at the Olympic Games in 1924, and it has since missed only the 1980 Moskva Olympics.

The Philippines has won 14 Olympic medals in boxing, swimming, track & field athletics, and weightlifting. Until 2020, the country had not yet won a gold medal, and was, from 2008-2015, the nation with the most medals without an Olympic title, since surpassed by Malaysia, with 13 medals. However, Arianne Cerdeña won the women’s bowling event in that exhibition sport at the 1988 Olympics, and Willy Wang won the 2008 men’s Wushu Nanquan & Nangun demonstration event.

At Tokyo 2020, female weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the nation’s first true gold medal ever, in the featherweight class. Diaz had already won a silver medal in the same weight class four years earlier. The only other Philippine athlete with two medals is swimmer Teófilo Yldefonso, who won two bronzes from 1928-1932.

The Philippines has competed at the Olympic Winter Games in 1972, 1988, 1992, 2014, 2018, and 2022 (in Alpine skiing, figure skating, and luge). The Philippines has had six Winter Olympians, all men. Until 2020, Michael Christian Martinez was the only Filipino to compete at two Olympic Winter Games, appearing in men’s figure skating in 2014 and 2018, achieving the nation’s top Winter Olympic finish when he placed 19th in 2014. In 2022, Alpine skier Asa Miller became the Philippines second Winter Olympian with more than one appearance at the Olympics, having previously competed in 2018.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1924 Summer Olympics Philippines 1 0 1 Results
1928 Summer Olympics Philippines 4 0 4 Results
1932 Summer Olympics Philippines 8 0 8 Results
1936 Summer Olympics Philippines 28 0 28 Results
1948 Summer Olympics Philippines 26 0 26 Results
1952 Summer Olympics Philippines 25 0 25 Results
1956 Summer Olympics Philippines 35 4 39 Results
1960 Summer Olympics Philippines 36 4 40 Results
1964 Summer Olympics Philippines 40 7 47 Results
1968 Summer Olympics Philippines 45 4 49 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Philippines 48 5 53 Results
1972 Winter Olympics Philippines 2 0 2 Results
1976 Summer Olympics Philippines 13 1 14 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Philippines 15 4 19 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Philippines 26 5 31 Results
1988 Winter Olympics Philippines 1 0 1 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Philippines 24 2 26 Results
1992 Winter Olympics Philippines 1 0 1 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Philippines 8 4 12 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Philippines 11 9 20 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Philippines 12 4 16 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Philippines 10 5 15 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Philippines 7 4 11 Results
2014 Winter Olympics Philippines 1 0 1 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Philippines 7 6 13 Results
2018 Winter Olympics Philippines 2 0 2 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Philippines 9 10 19 Results
2022 Winter Olympics Philippines 1 0 1 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Philippines 7 2 9 Results
2012 Winter Youth Olympics Philippines 2 0 2 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Philippines 2 5 7 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Philippines 4 3 7 Results
2020 Winter Youth Olympics Philippines 1 1 2 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 4 0 4 Results
Archery 5 4 9 Results
Art Competitions 2 0 2 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 5 1 6 Results
Athletics 34 21 55 Results
Badminton 0 1 1 Results
Basketball (Basketball) 63 0 63 Results
Boxing 68 2 70 Results
Cycling BMX Racing (Cycling) 1 0 1 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 7 0 7 Results
Cycling Track (Cycling) 9 0 9 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 2 1 3 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 0 2 2 Results
Fencing 2 0 2 Results
Figure Skating (Skating) 1 0 1 Results
Golf 2 2 4 Results
Judo 12 1 13 Results
Luge 1 0 1 Results
Rowing 3 0 3 Results
Sailing 14 0 14 Results
Shooting 35 1 36 Results
Skateboarding (Roller Sports) 0 1 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 48 15 63 Results
Table Tennis 0 1 1 Results
Taekwondo 4 4 8 Results
Weightlifting 14 2 16 Results
Wrestling 15 0 15 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
3x3 Basketball (Basketball) 4 0 4 Results
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 1 1 2 Results
Archery 1 2 3 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 0 1 1 Results
Athletics 0 1 1 Results
Fencing 1 0 1 Results
Figure Skating (Skating) 1 0 1 Results
Golf 1 1 2 Results
Sailing 1 0 1 Results
Shooting 1 0 1 Results
Short Track Speed Skating (Skating) 1 0 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 1 3 4 Results
Table Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Taekwondo 1 0 1 Results
Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Triathlon 0 1 1 Results
Weightlifting 0 1 1 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2020 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 2 1 4
1964 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
1996 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
1932 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 3 3
1928 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
1936 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
1988 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting 1 1 0 2
Boxing 0 4 4 8
Athletics 0 0 2 2
Swimming 0 0 2 2

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sailing 0 1 0 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hidilyn Diaz PHI 1 1 0 2
Mansueto Velasco PHI 0 1 0 1
Anthony Villanueva PHI 0 1 0 1
Nesthy Petecio PHI 0 1 0 1
Carlo Paalam PHI 0 1 0 1
Teófilo Yldefonso PHI 0 0 2 2
Leopoldo Serantes PHI 0 0 1 1
Roel Velasco PHI 0 0 1 1
José Luis Villanueva PHI 0 0 1 1
Simeon Toribio PHI 0 0 1 1
Miguel White PHI 0 0 1 1
Eumir Marcial PHI 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Luis Gabriel Moreno PHI 1 0 0 1
Christian Tio PHI 0 1 0 1

IOC Members

Jorge Vargas 1936—1980
Francisco Elizalde 1985—2012
Francisco Elizalde 2013—
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski 2013—