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Manila, Philippines 2.18 m Leonard Grospe: 3 June 2023 PinoyAthletics Summer Series Meet Lingayen, Philippines [19] 2.20 m Leonard Grospe: 20 December 2023 Philippine National Games: Manila, Philippines [20] 2.21 m Leonard Grospe: 14 June 2024 Thai International Open Championships Bangkok, Thailand [21] Pole vault: 5.93 m Ernest John Obiena: 11 ...
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 ...
Teófilo Yldefonso, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines Hidilyn Diaz, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. The Philippines made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France [1] [2] with David Nepomuceno as the sole participant, competing in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres athletic events.
Participation of Filipino athletes in the Olympics is sanctioned by its National Olympic Committee (NOC). Its NOC since 1975 is the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Prior to that date, the Philippines was represented by the POC's predecessor, the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation which was founded in 1911.
Obiena currently holds the Asian record with his clearance of 6.00 meters at the 2023 World Athletics Championships where he won the silver medal. [7] He also holds the Philippine national record with a clearance of 5.93 meters at the Golden Rooftop Challenge in Innsbruck , Austria on September 11, 2021. [ 8 ]
Philippines 8 December 2019 2019 SEA Games: New Clark City, Philippines [23] Long jump: 6.71 m Marestella Torres Philippines 12 November 2011 2011 SEA Games: Palembang, Indonesia [24] Triple jump: 14.17 m (-0.7 m/s) NR: Maria Natalia Londa Indonesia 17 December 2013 2013 SEA Games: Naypyidaw, Myanmar [25] Shot put: 18.20 m Du Xianhui Singapore ...
The Philippines has produced 67 gold, 114 silver and 229 bronze medals in the Asian Games since 1951. The Asian Games is a multi-nation, multi sports event held every four years and is the most prestigious games in Asia next to the Olympics.
He holds the Philippine record for multiple long-distance events. His best marathon time is 2:18:44 hours. He also holds the Philippine 5000 metres record of 13 minutes, 58 seconds, and performed the 10,000 metres in 29:02.36 minutes. "Vertek", as called by his friends and the media, finished 67th in the 2004 Athens Olympic marathon.