Philippines at the 1962 Asian Games explained

Noc:PHI
Nocname:Philippine Olympic Committee
Year:1962
Games:Asian Games
Location:Jakarta
Gold:7
Silver:6
Bronze:24
Rank:3
Appearances:auto
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The Philippines participated in the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 24 to September 4, 1962. Ranked 3rd with 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 16 bronze medals with a total of 27 over-all medals.[1]

Asian Games performance

Mona Sulaiman copped three gold medals when she topped the 100 and 200-meter dash and anchored the national squad in the women's 4x100-meter finals. Philippine boxing won their first gold medal when Filipino welterweight boxer Manfredo Alipala, a 24-year old National Open champion from Far Eastern University, outpunched Japan's Kichijiro Hamada in the finals.[2]

The Philippine basketball team captured its fourth championship in the Asian Games competitions. In tennis, Johnny Jose bagged the Asiad men's tennis singles gold medal.[3]

Medalists

Gold

No.MedalNameSportEvent
1Men's 4x100m Relay
2Women's 100m
3Women's 200m
4Women's 4x100m Relay
5Engracio Arazas
Kurt Bachmann
Narciso Bernardo
Geronimo Cruz
Manuel Jocson
Alfonso Marquez
Carlos Loyzaga (C)
Roel Nadurata
Eduardo Pacheco
Cristobal Ramas
Alberto Reynoso
Edgardo Roque
Joselino Roa
Coach: Enrique Crame
Men's Team
6Welterweight 67kg
7Men's Singles

Silver

No.MedalNameSportEvent
1Women's 80m Hurdles
250m Rifle 3
3Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
4Women's 4x100m Freestyle
5Men's Doubles
6Men's Team

Bronze

No.MedalNameSportEvent
1Men's 100m
2Men's High Jump
3Women's Shot Put
4Women's Discus Throw
5Jose Ramirez Bantamweight 54kg
6Egino Grafia Featherweight 57kg
7Catalino Arpon Lightweight 60kg
8Sampang Hassan Men's 100m Backstroke
9Men's 200m Breaststroke
10Men's 100m Butterfly
11Men's 200m Butterfly
12Roosevelt Abdulgafur
Bana Sailani
Haylil Said
Victorino Marcelino
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
13Women's 100m Freestyle
14Corazon Lozada Women's 200m Freestyle
15Corazon Lozada Women's 400m Freestyle
16Women's 100m Butterfly
17Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
18Men's Doubles
19Patricia Yngayo Women's Singles
20Desideria Ampon Women's Singles
21Desideria Ampon
Patricia Yngayo
Women's Doubles
22Desideria Ampon
Patricia Yngano
Women's Team
23Mixed Doubles
24Julius Baldesimo
Teofilo Benito
Guillermo Blanco
Domingo Cuenca
Agapito Custodio
Rodolfo Gonzales
Ruben Labay
Isaac Limosnero
Florencio Longakit
Rodolfo Manuel
Ildefonso Mariquit
Alfredo Mercado
Francisco Orante
Men's Volleyball Nine-a-side

Multiple

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3 0 1 4
1 2 0 3
1 1 0 2
1 0 1 2
0 2 0 2
0 1 2 3
Corazon Lozada 0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3
0 1 1 2
Sampang Hassan 0 1 1 2
0 1 1 2
Desideria Ampon 0 0 4 4
Patricia Yngayo 0 0 3 3

Medal summary

Medals by sports

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ocasia.org/4AG.asp 1962 Asian Games medal tally
  2. http://docbaloisin.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-am-dedicating-this-article-to-old.html The Doc is in
  3. http://www.philstar.com/cebu-sports/2013/07/20/992041/2-johnnys-be-honored-johnny-jose-arcilla-receive-breakthrough-awards The Freeman