Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games

The Philippines participated in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India on 5 to 10 March 1951. With 5 golds, 6 silvers and 8 bronzes, this country was ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.

Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games
IOC code	PHI
NOC	Philippine Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ph (in English)
in New Delhi
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 8 Total 19
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Asian Games performance

The country's delegation of 39 athletes won its 19 medals in only four sports - swimming, basketball, athletics and weightlifting. There were no women athletes in the country's first Asian Games team.

Medalists

Gold

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1	Gold	Andres Franco	Athletics	Men's High Jump
2	Gold	Francisco Calilan Andres dela Cruz Genaro Fernandez Jose Gochango Rafael Hechanova Moro Lorenzo Carlos Loyzaga Antonio Martinez (c) Lauro Mumar Ignacio Ramos Meliton Santos Mariano Tolentino Coach: Dionisio Calvo	Basketball	Men's team
3	Gold	Artemio Salamat	Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke
4	Gold	Jacinto Cayco	Swimming	Men's 200m Backstroke
5	Gold	Artemio Salamat Jacinto Cayco Nurhatab Rajab	Swimming	Men's 3x100m Medley Relay

Silver

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1	Silver	Rene Amabuyok	Swimming	Men's 200m Backstroke
2	Silver	Mohammed Mala	Swimming	Men's 400m Freestyle
3	Silver	Serafin Villanueva	Swimming	Men's 800m Freestyle
4	Silver	Mohammed Mala	Swimming	Men's 1500m Freestyle
5	Silver	Sotero Alcantara Serafin Villanueva Mohammed Mala Nurhatab Rajab	Swimming	Men's 4x100m Freestyle
6	Silver	Rodrigo del Rosario	Weightlifting	Featherweight 60kg

Bronze

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1	Bronze	Genaro Cabrera Tito Almagro Jovencio Ardina Bernabe Lovina	Athletics	Men's 4x100m Relay
2	Bronze	Bienvenido Llaneta Bernabe Lovina Tomas Bennet Genaro Cabrera	Athletics	Men's 4x400m Relay
3	Bronze	Aurelio Amante	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw
4	Bronze	Sotero Alcantara	Swimming	Men's 100m Freestyle
5	Bronze	Mohammed Mala	Swimming	Men's 800m Freestyle
6	Bronze	Serafin Villanueva	Swimming	Men's 1500m Freestyle
7	Bronze	Edilberto Bonus	Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke
8	Bronze	Pedro Landero	Weightlifting	Bantamweight 56kg

Multiple

Name	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Artemio Salamat	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Jacinto Cayco	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Nurhatab Rajab	Swimming	1	1	0	2
Mohammed Mala	Swimming	0	3	1	4
Serafin Villanueva	Swimming	0	2	1	3
Sotero Alcantara	Swimming	0	1	1	2
Genaro Cabrera	Athletics	0	0	2	2
Bernabe Lovina	Athletics	0	0	2	2

Medal summary

Medal by sports

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	3	5	4	12
Athletics	1	0	3	4
Basketball	1	0	0	1
Weightlifting	0	1	1	2
Totals (4 entries)	5	6	8	19