Philippines national athletics team

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 expect 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.

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

Medal count
Event Editions 1st edition Men Women Total Notes
Tot. Tot. Tot.
Olympic Games 20 1924 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2details
World Championships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Olympic Games
Philippine delegation to the 2016 Summer Olympics
See also: Philippines at the Olympics

As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Philippines has only won seven bronze medals and three silver. The youngest member of the national team who participated in the Olympics was Gillian Thomson at 13 years old (1988); the oldest is Mario Almario at 58 years old (1992).[2] The most medals they have won has been in swimming and boxing.[3]

Edition Gold Silver Bronze Total
Amsterdam 1928 Men's 200 meters breaststroke

Teófilo Yldefonso[3]

 1
Los Angeles 1932 Men's High Jump
Simeon Toribio[3]

Men's Bantamweight

José Villanueva[3]

Men's 200 meters Breaststroke

Teófilo Yldefonso[3]

 3
Berlin 1936 Men's 400 meters hurdles
Miguel White[3]		 1
Tokyo 1964 Men's Light Featherweight

Anthony Villanueva[3]

 1
Seoul 1988 Men's Light Flyweight

Leopoldo Serantes[3]

 1
Barcelona 1992 Men's Light Flyweight

Roel Velasco[3]

 1
Atlanta 1996 Men's Light Flyweight

Mansueto Velasco[3]

 1
Rio 2016 Women's Weightlifting

Hidilyn Diaz[3]

 1
0 3 7 10

Records
Main article: List of Filipino records in athletics

Coaches

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

References
  1. "History of Track and Field in the Philippines". Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. "Philippines Athletics - Olympics". Sports Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. Lazaro, Chay. "Olympic medals won by the Philippines". Rappler. Rappler. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

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  1. Lazaro, Chay. "Olympic medals won by the Philippines". Rappler. Rappler. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. Tolentino, Abraham. "Philippine Olympic Committee". Olympic. Olympics. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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