The

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has competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since its debut in the 1924 edition, except when they participated in the

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. Filipino athletes have also competed at the

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on five occasions since 1972. The country has also participated in the Summer Youth Olympic Games as well as in the

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Participation

Participation of Filipino athletes in the Olympics is sanctioned by its National Olympic Committee (NOC). Its NOC since 1975 is the

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(POC). Prior to that date, the Philippines was represented by the POC's predecessor, the

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which was founded in 1911. The Philippines is a recognized member of the

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since 1929. Filipino athletes have won a total of fourteen Olympic medals (as of

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), with

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as the top medal-producing sport. On July 26, 2021, the Philippines clinched its first gold medal at the

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, with

Hidilyn Diaz Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino World and Olympic champion weightlifter and airwoman, the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. She is also an Olympic weightlifting reco ...

winning the Women's 55 kg event in

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. Furthermore, with a 1-2-1 haul in its best Olympics yet, the Philippines emerged as the best performing Southeast Asian nation, a title they last held coincidentally in 1964, in Tokyo and leaped to third in the all-time medal table for Southeast Asia behind Thailand and Indonesia.

Summer Olympic Games

The

first competed in the

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, making it the first

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from

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and, later in

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, win a

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. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the

. The Philippines also decided against participating at the 1940 Summer Olympics before the Games was ultimately cancelled due to the outbreak of

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Winter Olympic Games

The Philippines first participated at the

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, when it sent two alpine skiers.

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by sport

List of medalists

Twelve athletes have won 14 medals for the Philippines at the Summer Olympics (excluding those athletes that have won medals in demonstration sports, which were not counted in the official medal tally) while no medal has ever been won for the country at the Winter Olympics.

Summary by sport

Boxing

Golf

Gymnastics

Skateboarding

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Art competitions

The Philippines had representation in art competitions in the Summer Olympics participating in the 1948 games, the last edition of the games in when art competitions were held. Filipino sculptor Graciano Nepomuceno and painter Hernando Ocampo represented the Philippines in 1948.

References

External links

Philippines
– International Olympic Committee
Living Archive of Olympians
– Olympians Association of the Philippines * {{National sports teams of the Philippines