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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.
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]
* Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop). The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually ...
Tabulated below are the medals and overall rankings for host nations in each Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, based on individual Games medals tables. Summer Olympics [ edit ]
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.
At the 2008 Games in Bali, the Philippines won a total of 10 medals, leading to the country finishing 21st in the medal table. [10] The Philippines sent a delegation composed of 23 athletes for the 2010 Asian Beach Games held in Muscat, Oman from December 8 to 16, 2010. The Philippines was one of the 18 National Olympic Committees that did not ...
Philippines gymnast won’t just be walking away from this summer’s Games with a medal—he also won a fully furnished $550,000 condo, over $300,000 in cash and colonoscopies for life.
The Philippines left Tokyo with its best Olympic performance ever, bringing home four medals (a record later surpassed in Paris 2024). This surpassed the three medals the country won at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The first-ever gold medal for the Philippines was won by weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz.