Philippines at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PHI
Nocname:	Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Philippines
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	53
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Jimmy Mariano
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

The Philippines competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The Philippines sent its biggest delegation in the history of the Olympic Games with 53 athletes, 48 men and 5 women.^[1]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

In the first postwar archery competition at the Olympics, the Philippines entered three men. Their highest placed competitor was Francisco Naranjilla, in 37th place.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Francisco Naranjilla - 2288 points (→ 37th place)
• Carlos Santos, Jr. - 2183 points (→ 50th place)
• Ramon Aldea - 2102 points (→ 54th place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100 metres

• Tukal Mokalam

• First Heat - 11.02s (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Josephine de la Viña
  • Qualifying Round - 53.29 m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Pool Play (Group B)

• Lost to Soviet Union (80-111)

• Lost to Italy (81-101)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (76-117)

• Lost to Puerto Rico (72-92)

• Lost to West Germany (74-93)

• Lost to Poland (75-90)

• Defeated Senegal (68-72)
• Semifinal Round

• Defeated Egypt (2-0, forfeit)^[2]
• Final Round

• Defeated Japan (80-73) → did not advance, 13th place
• Team Roster
  • William "Bogs" Adornado
  • Narciso Bernardo
  • Ricardo "Joy" Cleofas
  • Danny Florencio
  • Jaime "Jimmy" Mariano
  • Rosalio "Yoyong" Martirez
  • Rogelio "Tembong" Melencio
  • Edgardo "Ed" Ocampo (c)
  • Manny Paner
  • Jun Papa
  • Marte Samson
  • Freddie Webb
  • Head Coach: Ignacio "Ning" Ramos
  • Team Manager: Domingo Itchon

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• First Round - Lost to James Odwori (UGA), TKO-2

Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Reynaldo Fortaleza

• First Round - Lost to Fujio Nagai (JPN), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight ( - 71 kg)

• Nicolas Aquilino

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Lost to Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 0:5

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. One cyclist represented the Philippines in 1972.

Individual road race

• Maximo Junta - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Individual pursuit

• Maximo Junta

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

• Geronimo Dyogi
• Renato Repuyan

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Soling

• Mario Almario
• Alfonso Qua
• Ambrosio Santos

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Eight male shooters represented the Philippines in 1972.

25 m pistol

• Rafael Recto
• Tom Ong

50 m pistol

• Arturo Macapagal
• Teodoro Kalaw

50 m rifle, three positions

• Lodovico Espinosa

50 m rifle, prone

• Lodovico Espinosa

Trap

• Manuel Valdes

Skeet

• Melchor Yap
• Raymundo Quitoriano

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Luis Ayesa

• Heat - DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Luis Ayesa

• Heat - 2:05.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Heat - 3:47.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Dae Imlani, Edwin Borja, Carlos Brosas, and Jairulla Jaitulla

• Heat - 8:44.01 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 56 kg

• Arturo del Rosario

Men's 52 kg

• Nigel Trance
• Salvador del Rosario

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Philippines at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093721/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PHI/summer/1972/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 October 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. The Egyptian team forfeited as their entire team left the Games following the Munich massacre.