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After a long medal drought in four Summer Olympics, from 2000 to 2012, [15] the Philippines won another medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics when Hidilyn Diaz finished second at the women's 53 kg weightlifting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [16] Four years later, Diaz won the country's first ever gold medal in the Olympic Games. [17]
This is the second consecutive Olympic Games where the Philippines earned at least one gold medal, winning its first-ever gold in Tokyo 2020. Carlos Yulo won two golds in the men's floor and vault events, becoming the first-ever Filipino and Southeast Asian double Olympic gold medalist, and the first from gymnastics.
Filipino athletes have won a total of eighteen Olympic medals (as of 2024 Summer Olympics), with boxing as the top medal-producing sport. [1] On July 26, 2021, the Philippines clinched its first gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with Hidilyn Diaz winning the Women's 55 kg event in Weightlifting. [2]
At the 2024 Olympics, Yulo has won two gold medals. In addition to the furnished condo, the Philippine government will give Yulo 10 million Philippine pesos, or $172,519 USD.
The 24-year-old cemented his legendary status after he took the top spot in the men’s floor and vault events, making him the first male athlete in the Philippines' history to win a gold medal.
Here's who "won" the 2024 Paris Olympics in terms of overall medal count and number of golds.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
The United States won the 2024 Olympics overall medal count with 126. China was second with 91, and Great Britain was third with 65. Host nation France finished with 64 total medals.