# Philippines national athletics team

The Philippines national athletics team represents the Philippines at the international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or World Athletics Championships. Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is the governing body of athletics in the Philippines. The first participation of the Philippines in an international competition was at the Far Eastern Games in 1913. As for the olympics, their first participation began in 1924 and has continued every summer olympics except for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The first win that the Philippines national athletics team had won though was the olympic games, receiving a bronze medal in the Men's 200 meters breaststroke, won by Teófilo Yldefonso, in the 1928 Amsterdam summer Olympics.

## Medal count

| Event | Editions | 1st edition | Total | Notes |
| Event | Editions | 1st edition | | Notes | | | Tot. |
| Olympic Games | 20 | 1924 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | details |
| World Championships | TBA | 1983 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Asian Athletics Championships | 23 | 1973 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 42 | |
| Asian Games | 18 | 1951 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 50 | |

## Asian Athletic Championship
### All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1973 Manila | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3rd |
| 1975 Seoul | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1979 Tokyo | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10th |
| 1981 Tokyo | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7th |
| 1983 Kuwait City | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6th |
| 1985 Jakarta | - | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8th |
| 1987 Singapore | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6th |
| 1989 New Delhi | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11th |
| 1991 Kuala Lumpur | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1993 Manila | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 1995 Jakarta | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18th |
| 1998 Fukuoka | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2000 Jakarta | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2002 Colombo | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15th |
| 2003 Manila | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18th |
| 2005 Incheon | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16th |
| 2007 Ammata Sri | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2009 Guangzhou | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11th |
| 2011 Kobe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Pune | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Wuhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Bhubaneswar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11th |
| 2019 Doha | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12th |
| 2023 Bangkok | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6th |
| Total | Total | 15 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 15 |

### List of Asian Athletics Championships medalists

| Name | Event | Medal |
| Tokal Mokalam | 1973 Manila Men's 200 metres | Bronze Medal |
| Marcelo Benauro | 1973 Manila Men's 110 metres hurdles | Bronze Medal |
| Abdulkadir Guiapar | 1973 Manila Men's 400 metres hurdles | Gold Medal |
| Abdulkadir Guiapar, Clemente Lupangco, Santos Magno, Ernesto Tabayan | 1973 Manila Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Silver Medal |
| Amelita Alanes | 1973 Manila Women's 100 metres | Gold Medal |
| Amelita Alanes | 1973 Manila Women's 200 metres | Silver Medal |
| Amelita Alanes, ?, ?, ? | 1973 Manila Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | Bronze Medal |
| Amelita Alanes, Aida Mantawel, Carmen Torres, Rosalinda Yumol | 1973 Manila Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Gold Medal |
| Josephine de la Viñal | 1973 Manila Women's Discus throw | Gold Medal |
| Erlinda Lavandia | 1973 Manila Women's Javelin throw | Silver Medal |
| Lydia de Vega | 1981 Tokyo Women's 200 metres | Bronze Medal |
| Lydia de Vega | 1981 Tokyo Women's 400 metres | Silver Medal |
| Team Philippines | 1981 Tokyo Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Silver Medal |
| Isidro del Prado | 1983 Kuawait City Men's 400 metres | Gold Medal |
| Hector Begeo | 1983 Kuawait City Men's 3000 metre steeplechase | Silver Medal |
| Team Philippines | 1983 Kuawait City Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Bronze Medal |
| Lydia De Vega | 1983 Kuawait City Women's 100 metres | Gold Medal |
| Lydia De Vega | 1983 Kuawait City Women's 200 metres | Gold Medal |
| Lydia De Vega | 1983 Kuawait City Women's 400 metres | Bronze Medal |
| Agrifina de la Cruz | 1983 Kuawait City Women's 400 metres hurdles | Bronze Medal |
| Elma Muros | 1983 Kuawait City Women's Long Jump | Silver Medal |
| Isidro del Prado | 1985 Jakarta Men's 400 metres | Gold Medal |
| Team Philippines | 1985 Jakarta Men's 4 x 400 metres | Bronze Medal |
| Lydia De Vega | 1985 Jakarta Women's 100 metres | Bronze Medal |
| Agrifina de la Cruz | 1985 Jakarta Women's 400 metres hurdles | Bronze Medal |
| Lydia de Vega | 1987 Singapore Women's 100 metres | Gold Medal |
| Lydia de Vega | 1987 Singapore Women's 200 metres | Gold Medal |
| Elma Muros | 1989 New Delhi Women's Long Jump | Silver Medal |
| Elma Muros | 1993 Manila Women's Long Jump | Bronze Medal |
| Elma Muros | 1995 Jakarta Women's Long Jump | Bronze Medal |
| Lerma Gabito | 2002 Colombo Women's Long Jump | Silver Medal |
| Marestella Torres | 2002 Colombo Women's Long Jump | Bronze Medal |
| Eduardo Buenavista | 2003 Manila Men's 10,000 metres | Bronze Medal |
| Lerma Gabito | 2003 Manila Women's Long Jump | Bronze Medal |
| Marestella Torres | 2005 Incheon Women's Long Jump | Silver Medal |
| Marestella Torres | 2009 Guangzhou Women's Long Jump | Gold Medal |
| Eric Cray | 2017 Bhubaneswar Men's 400 metres hurdles | Gold Medal |
| Ernest Obiena | 2019 Doha Men's Pole vault | Gold Medal |
| Natalie Uy | 2019 Doha Women's Pole vault | Bronze Medal |

## Asian Games
### All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1951 New Delhi | - | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1954 Manila | - | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 1958 Tokyo | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| 1962 Jakarta | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| 1966 Bangkok | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 1970 Bangkok | - | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 1974 Tehran | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1978 Bangkok | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 1982 New Delhi | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 1986 Seoul | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1990 Beijing | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 1994 Hiroshima | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1998 Bangkok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2002 Busan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 Doha | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Guangzhou | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Incheon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Jakarta / Palembang | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Hangzhou | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2026 Nagoya | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| 2030 Doha | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| 2034 Riyadh | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| Total | - | 11 | 10 | 29 | 50 | 13 |

### Athletics

Athletics is one of the core sports of the Asian games. Mona Sulaiman has the most gold medal with three.
Year introduced: 1951
First medal : 1951
Last medal: 1994
100 meters
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Silver | Genaro Cabrera | Athletics | Men's 100m | 1954 |
| Gold | Inocencia Solis | Athletics | Women's 100m | 1958 |
| Bronze | Isaac Gomez | Athletics | Men's 100m | 1958 |
| Bronze | Rogelio Onofre | Athletics | Men's 100m | 1962 |
| Gold | Mona Sulaiman | Athletics | Women's 100m | 1962 |
| Gold | Lydia de Vega | Athletics | Women's 100m | 1982 |
| Gold | Lydia de Vega | Athletics | Women's 100m | 1986 |
200 meters
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Inocencia Solis | Athletics | Women's 200m | 1954 |
| Bronze | Enrique Bautista | Athletics | Men's 200m | 1958 |
| Gold | Mona Sulaiman | Athletics | Women's 200m | 1962 |
| Silver | Amelita Alanes | Athletics | Women's 200m | 1970 |
| Silver | Lydia de Vega | Athletics | Women's 200m | 1986 |
400 meters
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Silver | Pablo Somblingo | Athletics | Men's 400m | 1958 |
| Silver | Isidro del Prado | Athletics | Men's 400m | 1986 |
800 meters
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Isabel Cruz | Athletics | Women's 800m | 1970 |
4 × 100 m Relay
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Tito Almagro Jovencio Ardina Bernabe Lovina Genaro Cabrera | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1951 |
| Bronze | Genaro Cabrera Gaspar Azares Eusebio Ensong Pedro Subido | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1954 |
| Bronze | Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Manolita Cinco Roberta Anore | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1954 |
| Gold | Remegio Vista Isaac Gomez Pedro Subido Enrique Bautista | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1958 |
| Silver | Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Irene Penuela Francisca Sanopal | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1958 |
| Gold | Remegio Vista Isaac Gomez Claro Pellosis Rogelio Onofre | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1962 |
| Gold | Aida Molinos Francisca Sanopal Inocencia Solis Mona Sulaiman | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1962 |
| Bronze | Rogelio Onofre Remegio Vista Arnulfo Valles William Moderno | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1966 |
| Bronze | Amelita Saberon Lucila Tolentino Lorena Morcilla Lydia Silva-Netto | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m Relay | 1978 |
4 × 400 m Relay
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Bienvenido Llaneta Bernabe Lovina Tomas Bennet Genaro Cabrera | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m Relay | 1951 |
| Bronze | Pablo Somblingo Cipriano Niera Mauricio Paubaya Ernesto Rodriguez | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m Relay | 1954 |
| Bronze | Romeo Gido Honesto Larce Leopoldo Arnillo Isidro del Prado | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m Relay | 1986 |
Discus Throw
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Aurelio Amante | Athletics | Men's Discus Throw | 1951 |
| Bronze | Josephine de la Viña | Athletics | Women's Discus Throw | 1962 |
| Gold | Josephine de la Viña | Athletics | Women's Discus Throw | 1966 |
High Jump
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Gold | Andres Franco | Athletics | Men's High Jump | 1951 |
| Bronze | Andres Franco | Athletics | Men's High Jump | 1954 |
| Silver | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's High Jump | 1958 |
| Bronze | Ciriaco Baronda | Athletics | Men's High Jump | 1962 |
| Silver | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's High Jump | 1966 |
| Bronze | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's High Jump | 1970 |
Pole Vault
Hurdles
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Jaime Pimental | Athletics | Men's 400m Hurdles | 1954 |
| Silver | Francisca Sanopal | Athletics | Women's 80m Hurdles | 1958 |
| Bronze | Manolita Cinco | Athletics | Women's 80m Hurdles | 1958 |
| Silver | Francisca Sanopal | Athletics | Women's 80m Hurdles | 1962 |
| Bronze | Elma Muros | Athletics | Women's 400m Hurdles | 1990 |
Javelin Throw
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Vivencia Subido | Athletics | Women's Javelin Throw | 1954 |
| Bronze | Marcelina Alonso | Athletics | Women's Javelin Throw | 1966 |
Long Jump
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Gold | Visitacion Badana | Athletics | Women's Long Jump | 1958 |
| Bronze | Elma Muros | Athletics | Women's Long Jump | 1994 |
Pentathlon
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's Pentathlon | 1966 |
| Bronze | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's Pentathlon | 1970 |
Shot Put
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Mona Sulaiman | Athletics | Women's Shot Put | 1962 |
Steeplechase
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Hector Begeo | Athletics | Men's 3000m Steeplechase | 1982 |

## SEA Games
### All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1977 Kuala Lumpur | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6th |
| 1979 Jakarta | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1981 Manila | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1983 Singapore | - | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 1st |
| 1985 Bangkok | - | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 2nd |
| 1987 Jakarta | - | 6 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 4th |
| 1989 Kuala Lumpur | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 Manila | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 Chiang Mai | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 Jakarta | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | - | 8 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 2nd |
| 2003 Hanoi | - | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3rd |
| 2005 Manila | - | 9 | 11 | 9 | 291 | 2nd |
| 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima | - | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 5th |
| 2009 Vientiane | - | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4th |
| 2011 Jakarta | - | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 5th |
| 2013 Napyidaw | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4th |
| 2015 Singapore | 36 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 4th |
| 2017 Kuala Lumpur | 38 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 5th |
| 2019 Philippines | - | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 3rd |
| 2021 Hanoi | - | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 3rd |
| 2023 Phnom Penh | - | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 5th |
| 2025 Chonburi | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| Total | Total | - | - | - | - | - |

## Olympic Games

Year introduced: 1896
First medal : 1932
Last medal: 1936

### List of Olympic Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Year |
| Bronze | Simeon Toribio | Athletics | Men's high jump | 1932 |
| Bronze | Miguel White | Athletics | Men's 400 metre hurdles | 1936 |

### All-time Medal Tally (Athletics)

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1924 Paris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1928 Amsterdam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 1932 Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1936 Berlin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 1948 London | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1952 Helsinki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1956 Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1960 Rome | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1964 Tokyo | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1968 Mexico City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1972 Munich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1976 Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1984 Los Angeles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1988 Seoul | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1992 Barcelona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1996 Atlanta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2000 Sydney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004 Athens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2008 Beijing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2012 London | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Tokyo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 96 |

## Coaches

These are the national team coaches who have been appointed by PATAFA.
* Dario de Rosas (Head Coach)
* Jeoffrey Chua
* Joebert Delicano
* Arniel Ferrera
* Danilo Fresnido
* Sean Guevarra (Head Coach)
* John Lozada
* Emerson Obiena
* George Noel Posadas
* Julius Nierras
* Eduardo Buenavista
* Reymundo Ancero
* Juvy Palma