| Npc: | PHI |
| Npcname: | Paralympic Committee of the Philippines |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 6 |
| Sports: | 4 |
| Officials: | Ral Rosario (chef de mission) |
| Appearances: | auto |
The Philippines is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September. The country qualified six athletes in four sports.[1]
The delegation would arrive in France by August 12, ahead of the opening ceremony to train in Nimes.[2]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 6 |
See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. The Philippines entered one archer into the games after Agustina Bantiloc qualified through Bipartite Commission (BPC) Invitation in the women's compound event. Bantiloc also qualified by achieving the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS).[3] Bantiloc is the oldest competitor of the delegation at 55 years old.[4]
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.
The Philippines qualified two athletes in the Games. Jerrold Mangliwan was qualified after winning a gold medal in the men’s 400 meter-T52 and silver in the men’s 100 meter-T52 in the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Meanwhile, Filipina javelin thrower, Cendy Asusano will make her Paralympic debut and will represent the country in the Games. In the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships held in Kobe, Japan, Asusano finished in fourth place in the biennial event.[5] [6]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jerrold Mangliwan | Men's 400 m T52 | ||||
| Men's 100 m T52 | |||||
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. The Philippines qualified two swimmers (one man and one woman) to compete at the games, by achieving the MQS allocation slots.[7] [8] This will be Gawilan's third consecutive Paralympics participation having taken part in the 2016 and 2020 editions.[9]
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ernie Gawilan | 400 m freestyle S7 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley SM7 | ||||||
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Angel Otom | 200 m freestyle S5 | ||||
| 50 m backstroke S5 | ||||||
| 50 m butterfly S5 | ||||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Philippines entered one athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition. Allain Ganapin qualified for Paris 2024, after winning the gold medal results in his class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[10] Ganapin have qualified previously for Tokyo 2020 but was unable to compete due to contracting COVID-19.[4]