Philippines at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The Philippines competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.^[1]

Philippines at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Philippines
IOC code	PHI
NOC	Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation
Website	www.olympic.ph
in Berlin
Competitors	31 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Simeon Toribio
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Filipino delegates of the 1936 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Further information: 1936 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Miguel White	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	4 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Antonio Salcedo	100 m	Unknown	4	Did not advance
	200 m	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Nemesio de Guzman	100 m	11.1	3	Did not advance
	200 m	22.9	5	Did not advance
Miguel White	110 m hurdles	Unknown	5	Did not advance
	400 m hurdles	53.4	1 Q	N/A		53.4	2 Q	52.8
Teodoro Malasig		56.1	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Simeon Toribio	High jump	1.85	=1 Q	1.85	12
Nino Ramirez	Long jump	Unknown		Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The Philippines finished with a win–loss record of 4–1 and placed 5th overall.

Team roster

Philippines men's national basketball team – 1936 Summer Olympics roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C Charles Borck 19 – (1917-01-04)4 January 1917 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Antonio Carillo – Jacinto Ciria Cruz 25 – (1910-08-16)16 August 1910 Franco Marquicias 30 – (1905-12-17)17 December 1905 Primitivo Martinez 24 – (1911-09-24)24 September 1911 Jesús Marzan – Amador Obordo – Bibiano Ouano – Miguel Pardo – Ambrosio Padilla (C) 25 – (1910-12-07)7 December 1910 John Worrell – Fortunato Yambao 19 – (1916-10-12)12 October 1916	Head coach Dionisio Calvo

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Felipe Nunag	Flyweight	Panaitescu (ROU) W	Degryse (BEL) L	did not advance
Oscar de Larrazabal	Bantamweight	Frederiksen (DEN) W	Stasch (GER) W	Wilson (USA) L	did not advance
Felipe Gabuco	Featherweight	Kara (USA) L RSC 3	did not advance
José Padilla, Jr.	Lightweight	Schmedes (GER) W	Cyraniak (POL) W	Harangi (HUN) L	did not advance
Simplicio de Castro	Welterweight	—	Sancassiani (LUX) W	Tritz (FRA) L	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented the Philippines in 1936.

Men

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Martin Gison	25 m rapid fire pistol	Unknown
	50 m pistol	511	30
	50 m rifle, prone	296	4
Otoniel Gonzaga	25 m rapid fire pistol	Unknown
	50 m pistol	501	37
	50 m rifle, prone	291	32

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jikirum Adjaluddin	100 m freestyle	1:01.0	2 Q	1:00.5	=5	Did not advance
José Obial		1:01.7	4	Did not advance
Nils Christiansen	100 m backstroke	1:11.5	3 Q	1:11.1	5	Did not advance
Jikirum Adjaluddin	200 m breaststroke	2:50.2	4 q	2:54.0	5	Did not advance
Arsad Alpad		2:52.6	2 Q	2:54.6	6	Did not advance
Teófilo Yldefonso		2:47.4	2 Q	2:46.8	4 q	2:51.1	7
Jikirum Adjaluddin Arsad Alpad Nils Christiansen José Obial	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		9:45.8	4	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle

• Enrique Jurado