page_title: Philippines national athletics team
section_title: Olympic Games
hierarchical_section_title: Philippines national athletics team / Olympic Games
caption_attribution_description: English: President Rodrigo Duterte with the Philippine delegation to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The official description is as follows: “ President Rodrigo R. Duterte as well as athletes and coaches who will represent the country in Rio Olympics do the fist gesture as they pose during the Send-off Ceremony for the Philippines' delegation to the Rio Olympics 2016 at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace on Monday, July 18, 2016. KING RODRIGUEZ/PPD ”
context_page_description: 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 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 expect 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.
context_section_description: As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Philippines has only won seven bronze medals and three silver. The youngest member of the national team who participated in the Olympics was Gillian Thomson at 13 years old (1988); the oldest is Mario Almario at 58 years old (1992). The most medals they have won has been in swimming and boxing.
caption: Philippine delegation to the 2016 Summer Olympics
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