Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games explained

Noc:PHI
Nocname:Philippine Olympic Committee
Year:1951
Games:Asian Games
Location:New Delhi
Gold:5
Silver:6
Bronze:8
Rank:5
Appearances:auto
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The Philippines participated in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India on 5 to 10 March 1951. With 5 golds, 6 silvers and 8 bronzes, this country was ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.[1]

Asian Games performance

The country's delegation of 39 athletes won its 19 medals in only four sports - swimming, basketball, athletics and weightlifting. There were no women athletes in the country's first Asian Games team.

Medalists

Gold

No.MedalNameSportEvent
1Men's High Jump
2Francisco Calilan
Andres dela Cruz
Genaro Fernandez
Jose Gochango
Rafael Hechanova
Moro Lorenzo
Carlos Loyzaga
Antonio Martinez (c)
Lauro Mumar
Ignacio Ramos
Meliton Santos
Mariano Tolentino

Coach: Dionisio Calvo
Men's team
3Artemio Salamat Men's 100m Backstroke
4Men's 200m Backstroke
5Artemio Salamat
Jacinto Cayco
Nurhatab Rajab
Men's 3x100m Medley Relay

Silver

No.MedalNameSportEvent
1Men's 200m Backstroke
2Mohammed Mala Men's 400m Freestyle
3Serafin Villanueva Men's 800m Freestyle
4Mohammed Mala Men's 1500m Freestyle
5Sotero Alcantara
Serafin Villanueva
Mohammed Mala
Nurhatab Rajab
Men's 4x100m Freestyle
6Featherweight 60kg

Bronze

No.MedalNameSportEvent
1Men's 4x100m Relay
2Bienvenido Llaneta
Bernabe Lovina
Tomas Bennet
Genaro Cabrera
Men's 4x400m Relay
3Aurelio Amante Men's Discus Throw
4Sotero Alcantara Men's 100m Freestyle
5Mohammed Mala Men's 800m Freestyle
6Serafin Villanueva Men's 1500m Freestyle
7Edilberto Bonus Men's 100m Backstroke
8Bantamweight 56kg

Multiple

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Artemio Salamat 2 0 0 2
2 0 0 2
Nurhatab Rajab 1 1 0 2
Mohammed Mala 0 3 1 4
Serafin Villanueva 0 2 1 3
Sotero Alcantara 0 1 1 2
Genaro Cabrera 0 0 2 2
0 0 2 2

Medal summary

Medal by sports

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp First Asian Games medal tally