Philippines at the Asian Games

The Philippines is a member of the South East Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Philippine Olympic Committee, established in 1911, and recognized in 1929 by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for Philippines.^[1]

Philippines at the Asian Games
IOC code	PHI
NOC	Philippine Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ph (in English)
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 71 Silver 116 Bronze 241 Total 428
Summer appearances
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Winter appearances
1990 1996–2003 2007 2011 2017

The Philippines was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on February 13, 1949, in New Delhi, the organization which was disbanded on November 26, 1981, and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia.^[2][3]

Membership of Olympic Council of Asia

The Philippines is a member of the South East Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the continental association recognized by the International Olympic Committee.^[4][5][a] Being a member of the Southeast Asian Zone, the Philippines also participates in the Southeast Asian Games, a regional games for Southeast Asian nations.^[6]

The OCA organizes five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (more commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events, specialised for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, the two events was merged to form a single event known as the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.^[7] As a member of OCA, the Philippines is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.

Asian Games Results

See also: Asian Games and Asian Games medal count

Philippines is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all editions of the Asian Games. The other six are Indonesia, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand.^[8] With a total of 428 medals, Philippines is currently ranked 12th at the all-time Asian Games medal table.

Asian Games
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Medal Rank	Rank
1951 New Delhi	59	5	6	8	19	-	5
1954 Manila	166	14	14	17	45	↑	2
1958 Tokyo	152	8	19	20	47	↓	2
1962 Jakarta	173	7	6	24	37	↓	5
1966 Bangkok	173	2	15	25	42	↓	10
1970 Bangkok	-	1	9	12	22	↓	11
1974 Tehran	-	0	2	12	14	↓	16
1978 Bangkok	-	4	4	6	14	↑	9
1982 New Delhi	-	2	3	9	14	↓	10
1986 Seoul	93	4	5	9	18	↑	6
1990 Beijing	-	1	2	7	10	↓	13
1994 Hiroshima	-	3	2	8	13	↑	14
1998 Bangkok	386	1	5	12	18	↓	21
2002 Busan	220	3	7	16	26	↑	18
2006 Doha	233	4	6	9	19	↑	18
2010 Guangzhou	188	3	4	9	16	↓	19
2014 Incheon	150	1	3	11	15	↓	22
2018 Jakarta / Palembang	271	4	2	15	21	↑	19
2022 Hangzhou	391	4	2	12	18	↑	17
2026 Nagoya	Future event
2030 Doha	Future event
2034 Riyadh	Future event
Total	-	71	116	241	428	-	12

Medalists by sport

Further information: List of Philippine Asian Games medalists

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	11	0	0	1	1
Athletics	13	12	10	29	51
Basketball	2	5	1	2	8
Board games	11	0	1	0	1
Bowling	5	7	8	8	23
Boxing	5	15	10	31	56
Cue sports	4	4	4	1	9
Cycling	12	1	2	9	16
Dancesport	4	0	0	2	2
Diving	13	0	0	1	1
Equestrian	9	1	1	1	3
Golf	4	3	4	8	15
Ju-jitsu	4	2	0	2	4
Judo	11	0	1	0	1
Karate	16	0	1	7	8
Pencak silat	7	0	0	4	4
Roler sports	5	1	0	0	1
Rowing	16	0	0	1	1
Sailing	13	0	1	0	1
Sepak takraw	11	0	0	2	2
Shooting	10	5	12	15	32
Swimming	5	10	31	54	95
Taekwondo	13	0	4	25	29
Tennis	8	3	9	16	28
Volleyball	9	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	15	1	5	3	9
Wrestling	14	0	2	2	4
Wushu	10	1	8	14	23
Total		71	116	241	428

Asian Para Games Results

Main article: Philippines at the Asian Para Games

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Asian Para Games
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Guangzhou 2010	35	0	4	3	7	21
Incheon 2014	40	0	5	5	10	24
Jakarta 2018	57	10	8	11	29	11
Hangzhou 2022	72	10	4	5	19	9
Total	204	20	21	24	65	14

Medalists

See also: Philippines at the 2010 Asian Para Games, Philippines at the 2014 Asian Para Games, Philippines at the 2018 Asian Para Games, and Philippines at the 2022 Asian Para Games

Asian Winter Games Results

See also: Asian Winter Games and Asian Winter Games medal count

The Philippines has never won a medal in the Asian Winter Games.^[9]

Medals by edition

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Sapporo 1990	1	0	0	0	0	−
Harbin 1996	did not participate
Gangwon 1999	did not participate
Aomori 2003	did not participate
Changchun 2007	5	0	0	0	0	−
Astana−Almaty 2011	3	0	0	0	0	−
Sapporo 2017	29	0	0	0	0	−
Harbin 2025	Future event
Trojena 2029	Future event
Total	38	0	0	0	0	−

Asian Beach Games Results

See also: Asian Beach Games

The Philippines has sent its delegations to both editions of the Asian Beach Games—a biennial multi-sport event which features sporting events played on seaside beach. At the 2008 Games in Bali, the Philippines won a total of 10 medals, leading to the country finishing 21st in the medal table.^[10] The Philippines sent a delegation composed of 23 athletes for the 2010 Asian Beach Games held in Muscat, Oman from December 8 to 16, 2010. The Philippines was one of the 18 National Olympic Committees that did not win any medal in the Games.^[11]

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Bali 2008	-	0	2	8	10	21
Muscat 2010	24	0	0	0	0	-
Haiyang 2012	33	0	2	2	4	11
Phuket 2014	80	3	2	7	12	13
Danang 2016	65	2	4	15	21	17
Sanya 2020	CANCELLED
Total	202	5	10	32	47	22

Medalists

See also: Philippines at the 2008 Asian Beach Games, Philippines at the 2012 Asian Beach Games, Philippines at the 2014 Asian Beach Games, and Philippines at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Results

See also: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Seoul 2013	40	1	0	2	3	18
Ashgabat 2017	121	2	14	14	30	19
Bangkok/Chonburi 2021	CANCELLED
Riyadh 2025[12]	Future event
Total	161	3	14	16	33	-

Medalists

See also: Philippines at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Philippines at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor Games Results

See also: Asian Indoor Games

The Philippines has sent athletes to all editions of the Asian Indoor Games. In the 2005 Asian Indoor Games, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 12 to 19, 2005, the Philippines won total four medals, including a gold.^[13] Total six medals were won by Filipino athletes during the 2007 Games in Macau, held from October 26 to November 3, 2007.^[14] Filipino contingents gave the best performance, in terms of the total number of medals earned, during the 2009 Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from October 30 to November 8, winning 10 medals overall.^[15]

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Bangkok 2005	-	1	0	2	3	15
Macau 2007	-	1	2	3	6	19
Hanoi 2009	23	1	4	5	10	20
Total	-	3	6	10	19	19

Medalists

See also: Philippines at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games and Philippines at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games

Asian Martial Arts Games Results

See also: Asian Martial Arts Games

The Philippines competed in the First Asian Martial Arts Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, from August 1 to 9, 2009. The Philippines won total 18 medals (with two gold), and finished in the 12th spot. Jeffrey Figueroa won a gold in the bantamweight class of taekwondo after defeating Rezai Hasan of Afghanistan by 10–7 in the final. Another gold was won by Mary Jane Estimar in the sanshou 52 kg event of wushu. Estimar defeated Si Si Sein of Myanmar in the final by two to nil points difference.^[16]

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Bangkok 2009	-	2	6	10	18	12
Total	-	2	6	10	18	12

Medalists

See also: Philippines at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games

Afro-Asian Games Results

See also: Afro-Asian Games

Medals by editions

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Hyderabad 2003	-	1	4	10	15	15
ALG Algiers 2007	Cancelled
Total	-	'1	4	10	15	15

Asian Youth Games Results

See also: Asian Youth Games

The Philippines participated in the 2009 Asian Youth Games held in Singapore from June 29 to July 7, 2009. The Philippines earned two medals in the Games, but no gold, and finished in the 18th spot in the medal table.^[17]

Medals by editions

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Singapore 2009	59	0	1	1	2	18
Nanjing 2013	55	2	3	0	5	12
Jakarta 2017	Cancelled
Shantou 2021	Cancelled
Tashkent 2025	Future event
Phnom Penh 2029[18]	Future event
Total	-	2	4	1	7	14

Asian Youth Para Games Results

See also: Asian Youth Para Games

Medals by editions

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Tokyo 2009	did not participate
Kuala Lumpur 2013	-	1	1	5	7	18
Dubai 2017	17	0	0	1	1	21
Manama 2021	20	1	6	2	9	17
Tashkent 2025	Future event
Total	-	2	7	8	17	24

See also

• Asia portal
• Sports portal

• Philippines at the Olympics
• Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games

Notes and references

Notes

• ^a The National Olympic Committees are all members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations: Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, Pan American Sports Organization, Olympic Council of Asia, European Olympic Committees, and Oceania National Olympic Committees.

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