Philippines at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PHI
Nocname:	Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Philippines
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	25
Sports:	7
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

The Philippines competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Qualification Round (Group B)

• Defeated Israel (57-47)

• Defeated Hungary (48-35)
• Main Round (Group C)

• Lost to Argentina (59-85)

• Lost to Brazil (52-71)

• Defeated Canada (81-65) → did not advance, 9th place
• Team roster:

• Florentino Bautista

• Ramon "Ramoncito" Campos Jr.

• Antonio "Tony" Genato

• José Gochangco

• Rafael "Paing" Hechanova

• Eduardo "Eddie" Lim

• Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga

• Antonio "Pocholo" Martínez (c)

• Ponciano Saldaña

• Meliton Santos

• Antonio Tantay

• Mariano "Nano" Tolentino
• Head coach: Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's Flyweight:

• Al Asuncion

1. First Round  - Defeated Basil Thompson of Burma (TKO 2R)

1. Second Round  - Lost to Willie Toweel of South Africa (1 - 2)

Men's Bantamweight:

• Alejandro Ortuoste

1. Second Round  - Lost to John McNally of Ireland (0 - 3)

Men's Lightweight:

• Benjamin Enriquez

1. First Round  - Lost to Aleksy Antkiewicz of Poland (0 - 3)

Men's Light-Welterweight:

• Ernesto Porto

1. First Round  - Lost to Bruno Visintin of Italy (KO 2R)

Men's Welterweight:

• Vicente Tuñacao

1. First Round  - José Luis Dávalos of Mexico (TKO 3R)

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Three shooters represented the Philippines in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Martin Gison
• Félix Cortes

50 m pistol

• Félix Cortes
• Martin Gison

50 m rifle, prone

• Martin Gison
• César Jayme

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Philippines at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093724/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PHI/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.