| Noc: | PHI |
| Nocname: | Philippine Olympic Committee |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Games: | Southeast Asian Games |
| Location: | Manila |
| Gold: | 55 |
| Silver: | 55 |
| Bronze: | 77 |
| Rank: | 3 |
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The Philippines hosted the 11th Southeast Asian Games for the first time and held from 6 to 15 December 1981 in the city of Manila.
The Philippine contingent, from the 24 golds which they won in the 1979 games in Jakarta, came through this time with 55 golds and a third place overall finish. Gintong Alay Project Director and Philippine Olympic Committee chairman Michael Keon was jubilant over the Philippines' impressive show of strength but told the delegations gathered during the closing rites that it was never the design of the host country to dominate the 11th SEA games.
The Philippines came through with a bumper harvest of golds in cycling, winning eight of the golds disputed. The host country also grabbed eight golds in athletics -track and field and bowling. Boxing and weightlifting had six golds each. Swimming produced four gold medals, with three credited to Billy Wilson, who came home from his studies and training in the US, and one to veteran Jairulla Jaitulla.[1]
Lydia de Vega and Isidro del Prado were the country's two double gold medal winners and were cited with more honors. De Vega was cited as best female track performer for her record-breaking performances in the 200 meters and del Prado as the best male track performer for a record-breaking performances in the 400 meters.
It was World Champion Bong Coo of bowling, who emerged as the Philippines' most bemedalled campaigner winning four gold medals and two silver medals in six events disputed. The Filipinos were blanked in three events; archery, badminton and table tennis.
| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippines | Men's team | |||
| 2 | Men's 200m freestyle | ||||
| 3 | Men's 400m freestyle | ||||
| 4 | Men's 1500m freestyle | ||||
| 5 | Men's 100m breaststroke | ||||
| 6 | Alexander Marcial Rudolf Gabriel | Tennis | Men's doubles | ||
| 7 | Pia Tamayo | Tennis | Women's singles | ||
| 8 | Tennis | Mixed doubles | |||
| 9 | Philippines | Women's team | |||
| 10 | Men's Weightlifting |
| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Santos Jr. | Men's individual 30m recurve | |||
| 2 | Carlos Santos Jr. | Men's individual 50m recurve | |||
| 3 | Carla Ramos | Women's individual 30m recurve | |||
| 4 | Philippines | Women's team | |||
| 5 | Richard Luna | Men's 100m backstroke | |||
| 6 | Men's 200m breaststroke | ||||
| 7 | Renato Padronia | Men's 100m butterfly | |||
| 8 | Men's 200m butterfly | ||||
| 9 | Men's 200m individual medley | ||||
| 10 | Philippines | Men's team freestyle relay | |||
| 11 | Philippines | Men's team Medley Relay | |||
| 12 | Dyan Castillejo Gladys Imperial Marissa Sanchez Pia Tamayo | Tennis | Women's team |
| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Santos Jr. | Men's individual 90m recurve | |||
| 2 | Philippines | Men's recurve team | |||
| 3 | Cherrie Valera | Women's individual recurve | |||
| 4 | Cherrie Valera | Women's individual 70m recurve | |||
| 5 | Philippines | Women's recurve team | |||
| 6 | Vicente Cheng | Men's 400m freestyle | |||
| 7 | Richard Luna | Men's 200m backstroke | |||
| 8 | Men's 100m breaststroke | ||||
| 9 | Men's 200m breaststroke | ||||
| 10 | Men's 400m individual medley | ||||
| 11 | Philippines | Men's team freestyle relay | |||
| 12 | Women's 100m freestyle | ||||
| 13 | Ma. Lourdes Samson | Women's 200m breaststroke | |||
| 14 | Philippines | Women's team freestyle relay | |||
| 15 | Philippines | Women's team Medley Relay | |||
| 16 | Tennis | Men's singles | |||
| 17 | Manuel Valleramos Romeo Rafon | Tennis | Men's doubles | ||
| 18 | Manuel Valleramos Romeo Rafon Alexander Marcial Rudolf Gabriel | Tennis | Men's team | ||
| 19 | Philippines | Men's team |
| Name | Sport | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Pia Tamayo | Tennis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Alexander Marcial | Tennis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Rudolf Gabriel | Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Carlos Santos Jr. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Richard Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tennis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Cherrie Valera | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Romeo Rafon | Tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |