# Philippines at the 1966 Asian Games

The Philippines participated in the 1966 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 9 to December 20, 1966. Ranked 10th with 2 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 25 bronze medals with a total of 42 over-all medals.

## Asian Games performance

The Philippines won only two gold medals, courtesy of all-around athlete Josephine de la Vina and boxer Rodolfo Arpon, who was the lone gold medalist of the four-man boxing team, ruling the lightweight class.
The Philippine delegation of 147 athletes that competed in 12 sports also won 15 silvers and 25 bronzes. The Games also saw the end of the country's reign as Asia's basketball king, with the RP nationals managing a poor sixth behind champion Israel.

## Medalists

The following Philippine competitors won medals at the Games.

### Gold

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| 1 | Gold | Josephine de la Viña | Athletics | Women's Discus Throw |
| 2 | Gold | Rodolfo Arpon | Boxing | Lightweight 60kg |

### Silver

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| 1 | Silver | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's High Jump |
| 2 | Silver | Claudio Romeo | Cycling | 1600m Mass Start |
| 3 | Silver | Edgar Bond | Shooting | 25m Center Fire Pistol |
| 4 | Silver | Nestor de Castro Horacio Miranda Paterno Miranda Raymundo Quitoriano | Shooting | 30m Rapid Fire Pistol Team |
| 5 | Silver | Leopoldo Ang Roberto del Castillo Adolfo Feliciano Bernardo San Juan | Shooting | 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team |
| 6 | Silver | Adolfo Feliciano | Shooting | 50m Standard Rifle 3 |
| 7 | Silver | Leopoldo Ang Roberto del Castillo Adolfo Feliciano Lodovico Espinosa | Shooting | 50m Standard Rifle 3 Positions Team |
| 8 | Silver | Leroy Goff Haylil Said Tony Asamli Roosevelt Abdulgafur | Swimming | Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay |
| 9 | Silver | Helen Elliott | Swimming | Women's 100m Freestyle |
| 10 | Silver | Helen Elliott | Swimming | Women's 200m Freestyle |
| 11 | Silver | Helen Elliott | Swimming | Women's 400m Freestyle |
| 12 | Silver | Helen Elliott Tessie Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Corazon Lozada | Swimming | Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay |
| 13 | Silver | Rosalina Abreu Hedy Garcia Gertrudes Lozada Helen Elliott | Swimming | Women's 4x100m Medley Relay |
| 14 | Silver | Desideria Ampon Patricia Yngayo | Tennis | Women's Doubles |
| 15 | Silver | Federico Deyro Patricia Yngayo | Tennis | Mixed Doubles |

### Bronze

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| 1 | Bronze | Marcelina Alonso | Athletics | Women's Javelin Throw |
| 2 | Bronze | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's Pentathlon |
| '3 | Bronze | Rogelio Onofre Remegio Vista Arnulfo Valles William Moderno | Athletics | Men's 4x100m Relay |
| 4 | Bronze | Rodolfo Diaz | Boxing | Light flyweight 48kg |
| 5 | Bronze | Felix Ocampo | Boxing | Light middleweight 71kg |
| 6 | Bronze | Bernardo Belleza | Boxing | Middleweight 75kg |
| 7 | Bronze | Claudio Romeo | Cycling | Track 10000m Mass Start |
| 8 | Bronze | Connie Paredes | Diving | Women's 3m Springboard |
| 9 | Bronze | Antonio Arguelles Edgar Bond Moises Gines Horacio Miranda | Shooting | 25m Center Fire Pistol Team |
| 10 | Bronze | Paterno Miranda | Shooting | 50m Rapid Fire Pistol |
| 11 | Bronze | Leopoldo Ang Roberto del Castillo Adolfo Feliciano Lodovico Espinosa | Shooting | 10m Air Rifle Team |
| 12 | Bronze | Adolfo Feliciano | Shooting | 50m Rifle Prone |
| 13 | Bronze | Adolfo Feliciano | Shooting | 50m Rifle 3 Positions |
| 14 | Bronze | Roosevelt Abdulgafur | Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| 15 | Bronze | Roosevelt Abdulgafur | Swimming | Men's 200m Freestyle |
| 16 | Bronze | Tony Asamli | Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle |
| 17 | Bronze | Tony Asamli | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| 18 | Bronze | Amman Jalmaani | Swimming | Men's 100m Breaststroke |
| 19 | Bronze | Leroy Goff | Swimming | Men's 200m Butterfly |
| 20 | Bronze | Tony Asamli | Swimming | Men's 400m Individual Medley |
| 21 | Bronze | Eduardo Abreu Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Roosevelt Abdulgafur | Swimming | Men's 4x100m Medley Relay |
| 22 | Bronze | Gertrudes Lozada | Swimming | Women's 100m Butterfly |
| 23 | Bronze | Jesus Hernandez | Tennis | Men's Singles |
| 24 | Bronze | Delfin Contreras Federico Deyro Jesus Hernandez Augusto Villanueva | Tennis | Men's Team |
| 25 | Bronze | Desideria Ampon Patricia Yngayo | Tennis | Women's Team |

### Multiple

| Name | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Helen Elliott | Swimming | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Adolfo Feliciano | Shooting | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Gertrudes Lozada | Swimming | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Leopoldo Ang | Shooting | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Patricia Yngayo | Tennis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Roberto del Castillo | Shooting | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Roosevelt Abdulgafur | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Tony Asamli | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Leroy Goff | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Claudio Romero | Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Desideria Ampon | Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Edgar Bond | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Federico Deyro | Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Horacio Miranda | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lodovico Espinosa | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Paterno Miranda | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Amman Jalmaani | Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jesus Hernandez | Tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Medal summary
### Medals by sports

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Swimming | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Shooting | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diving | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 2 | 15 | 25 | 42 |