Philippines at the 1954 Asian Games explained

Noc:PHI
Nocname:Philippine Olympic Committee
Year:1954
Games:Asian Games
Location:Manila
Gold:14
Silver:14
Bronze:17
Rank:2
Appearances:auto
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The Philippines participated and hosted the 1954 Asian Games held in the capital city of Manila. The country ranked 2nd with 14 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 17 bronze medals with a total of 45 medals to secure its second spot in the medal tally.[1]

Asian Games performance

Boxing produced five gold medals, while swimming and shooting added four golds each. The basketball squad also won the gold medal.

Martin Gison bagged one gold medal in rapid fire pistol, two silvers in small bore rifle and free rifle, and one bronze medal in small bore rifle.

The gold medalists in boxing included Ernesto Sajo (flyweight), Alejandro Ortuoste (bantamweight), Celedonio Espinosa (lightweight), Ernesto Porto (light welterweight), and Vicente Tunacao (middleweight). Two female swimmers - Haydee Coloso and Jocelyn von Giese - made a sensational debut with golden performances in their respective events.[2]

Medalists

Gold

No.MedalNameSportEventDate
1Bayani Amador
Florentino Bautista
Jose Ma. Cacho
Napoleon Flores
Antonio Genato
Rafael Hechanova
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Ramon Manulat
Lauro Mumar
Francisco Rabat
Ignacio Ramos
Ponciano SaldaƱa
Mariano Tolentino
8 May
2Ernesto Sajo 8 May
38 May
48 May
58 May
68 May
7-
8-
9-
10-
11May 1954
12May 1954
13May 1954
14May 1954

Silver

No.MedalNameSportEventDate
1Genaro Cabrera -
2Mauro Dizon 8 May
3-
4-
5-
6-
7Amado Jimenez May 1954
8Norma Yldefonso May 1954
9May 1954
10Rodolfo Caparas -
11-
12Pedro del Mundo -
13Mansueto Napilay 3 May
143 May

Bronze

No.MedalNameSportEventDate
1Jaime Pimental -
2Genaro Cabrera
Gaspar Azares
Eusebio Ensong
Pedro Subido
-
3-
4-
5-
6Inocencia Solis
Rogelia Ferrer
Manolita Cinco
Roberta Anore
-
7Vivencia Subido -
8Simeon Lee -
9-
10Jose Zalvidea -
11-
12May 1954
13Robert Collins May 1954
14May 1954
15May 1954
16Joaquin Vasquez -
17Basilio Fabila 3 May

Multiple

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2 1 0 3
1 2 1 4
1 1 0 2
Genaro Cabrera 0 1 1 2
0 0 2 2
0 0 2 2

Medal summary

Medal by sports

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ocasia.org/2AG.asp 1954 Asian Games medal tally
  2. News: How RP has fared through the years. philstar.com.