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 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.

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.

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
  1973 Manila - 4 3 3 10 3rd
  1975 Seoul - 0 0 0 0 -
  1979 Tokyo - 0 0 1 1 10th
  1981 Tokyo - 0 2 1 3 7th
  1983 Kuwait City - 3 2 3 8 6th
  1985 Jakarta - 1 0 3 4 8th
  1987 Singapore - 2 0 0 2 6th
  1989 New Delhi - 0 1 0 1 11th
  1991 Kuala Lumpur - 0 0 0 0 -
  1993 Manila - 0 0 1 1 17
  1995 Jakarta - 0 0 1 1 18th
  1998 Fukuoka - 0 0 0 0 -
  2000 Jakarta 7 0 0 0 0 -
  2002 Colombo - 0 1 1 2 15th
  2003 Manila - 0 0 2 2 18th
  2005 Incheon 14 0 1 0 1 16th
  2007 Ammata Sri - 0 0 0 0 -
  2009 Guangzhou 5 1 0 0 1 11th
  2011 Kobe 6 0 0 0 0 -
  2013 Pune 14 0 0 0 0 -
  2015 Wuhan 1 0 0 0 0 -
  2017 Bhubaneswar 7 1 1 1 3 11th
  2019 Doha 13 1 0 1 2 12th
  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
  1951 New Delhi - 1 0 3 4 5
  1954 Manila - 0 1 7 8 8
  1958 Tokyo - 3 4 4 11 4
  1962 Jakarta - 4 1 4 9 3
  1966 Bangkok - 1 1 3 5 6
  1970 Bangkok - 0 1 3 4 10
  1974 Tehran - 0 0 0 0 -
  1978 Bangkok - 0 0 1 1 11
  1982 New Delhi - 1 0 1 2 7
  1986 Seoul - 1 2 1 4 5
  1990 Beijing - 0 0 1 1 11
  1994 Hiroshima - 0 0 1 1 13
  1998 Bangkok 1 0 0 0 0 -
  2002 Busan 13 0 0 0 0 -
  2006 Doha 11 0 0 0 0 -
  2010 Guangzhou 7 0 0 0 0 -
  2014 Incheon 9 0 0 0 0 -
  2018 Jakarta / Palembang 13 0 0 0 0 -
  2022 Hangzhou 18 1 0 0 1 11
  2026 Nagoya Future event
  2030 Doha Future event
  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
  1977 Kuala Lumpur - 1 6 5 12 6th
  1979 Jakarta - - - - - -
  1981 Manila - - - - - -
  1983 Singapore - 11 11 10 32 1st
  1985 Bangkok - 10 4 5 19 2nd
  1987 Jakarta - 6 11 2 19 4th
  1989 Kuala Lumpur - - - - - -
  1991 Manila - - - - - -
  1993 Singapore - - - - - -
  1995 Chiang Mai - - - - -
  1997 Jakarta - - - - - -
  1999 Bandar Seri Begawan - - - - - -
  2001 Kuala Lumpur - 8 11 2 23 2nd
  2003 Hanoi - 8 3 5 16 3rd
  2005 Manila - 9 11 9 291 2nd
  2007 Nakhon Ratchasima - 5 7 9 29 5th
  2009 Vientiane - 7 3 4 14 4th
  2011 Jakarta - 3 9 5 17 5th
  2013 Napyidaw - 6 4 3 13 4th
  2015 Singapore 36 5 7 9 21 4th
  2017 Kuala Lumpur 38 5 3 10 18 5th
  2019 Philippines - 11 8 8 27 3rd
  2021 Hanoi - 5 7 14 26 3rd
  2023 Phnom Penh - 4 10 8 22 5th
  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.