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The Philippines competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's debut in the same city.Filipino athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1924 onwards, except for Moscow 1980 when the nation was part of the American-led boycott.
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 ]
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.
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 Philippines is treated as both singular and plural in the lead "competing in the Men's 100 metres" - no reason for capital M in the middle of a sentence "In the next Olympic Games at Amsterdam, Netherlands" => "In the next Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands"
2024 is marked by the scheduled participation of the Philippine national team in the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga in Latvia [2] and the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. [3] Prior to their departure for Latvia for the Olympic qualifier, played a tune-up with the Taiwan Mustangs at home. [4]
The Philippines competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September. The country qualified six athletes in four sports. [1] This was the second consecutive Paralympiad wherein the Philippines failed to win a medal. Its best finish was 4th in Women's Javelin Throw F54 courtesy of Cendy Asusano.
A 20-player roster was announced on June 19, 2024. [7] Andrew Wiggins and Zach Edey withdrew on June 29 and 30 respectively. [8] Oshae Brissett and Kyle Alexander were released on July 3, 2024. [9]