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British rower Steve Redgrave, pictured here in 2011, won the men's coxless pair rowing competition, which was his fourth consecutive victory in the event and Great Britain's only gold medal at the 1996 Olympics. [39] [40] American sprinter Michael Johnson, pictured here in 1995, won two gold medals in the men's 200 metres and 400 metres events ...
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 12-athlete delegation to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics competed in athletics, badminton, boxing, equestrian, shooting and swimming. This was the last Olympic games where the Philippines brought home a medal, a silver by boxer Mansueto Velasco , until weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics , and eventually the ...
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC ...
Men's 3 metre springboard details: Xiong Ni China: Yu Zhuocheng China: Mark Lenzi United States: Women's 3 metre springboard details: Fu Mingxia China: Irina Lashko Russia: Annie Pelletier Canada: Men's 10 metre platform details: Dmitri Sautin Russia: Jan Hempel Germany: Xiao Hailiang China: Women's 10 metre platform details: Fu Mingxia China ...
The Olympic cauldron was re-lit in February 2020 for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. [47] The 1996 Olympics are the most recent edition of the Summer Olympics to be held in the United States. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics, 32 years after the Games were held in Atlanta. [48]
Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is a Filipino retired boxer, comedian and actor from Bago, Negros Occidental.Competing in the 48 kg category he won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games and a silver at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Philippines' only medal at those Games.
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]