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 EventEditions1st edition TotalNotesTot. Olympic Games201924 0 0 2 2 details World Championships — 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) GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 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 2025 Gumi 17 1 0 0 1 8th Total 16 11 18 45 15
Medalists NameEventMedal 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)
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 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 2030 Doha Future event 2034 Riyadh Future event Total - 11 10 29 50 13
Medalists
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 MedalNameSportEventYear Genaro Cabrera Athletics Men's 100m 1954 Inocencia Solis Athletics Women's 100m 1958 Isaac Gomez Athletics Men's 100m 1958 Rogelio Onofre Athletics Men's 100m 1962 Mona Sulaiman Athletics Women's 100m 1962 Lydia de Vega Athletics Women's 100m 1982 Lydia de Vega Athletics Women's 100m 1986
200 meters MedalNameSportEventYear Inocencia Solis Athletics Women's 200m 1954 Enrique Bautista Athletics Men's 200m 1958 Mona Sulaiman Athletics Women's 200m 1962 Amelita Alanes Athletics Women's 200m 1970 Lydia de Vega Athletics Women's 200m 1986
400 meters MedalNameSportEventYear Pablo Somblingo Athletics Men's 400m 1958 Isidro del Prado Athletics Men's 400m 1986
800 meters MedalNameSportEventYear Isabel Cruz Athletics Women's 800m 1970
Relay MedalNameSportEventYear Tito AlmagroJovencio ArdinaBernabe LovinaGenaro Cabrera Athletics Men's Relay 1951 Genaro CabreraGaspar AzaresEusebio EnsongPedro Subido Athletics Men's Relay 1954 Inocencia SolisRogelia FerrerManolita CincoRoberta Anore Athletics Women's Relay 1954 Remegio VistaIsaac GomezPedro SubidoEnrique Bautista Athletics Men's Relay 1958 Inocencia SolisRogelia FerrerIrene PenuelaFrancisca Sanopal Athletics Women's Relay 1958 Remegio VistaIsaac GomezClaro PellosisRogelio Onofre Athletics Men's Relay 1962 Aida MolinosFrancisca SanopalInocencia SolisMona Sulaiman Athletics Women's Relay 1962 Rogelio OnofreRemegio VistaArnulfo VallesWilliam Moderno Athletics Men's Relay 1966 Amelita SaberonLucila TolentinoLorena MorcillaLydia Silva-Netto Athletics Women's Relay 1978
Relay MedalNameSportEventYear Bienvenido LlanetaBernabe LovinaTomas BennetGenaro Cabrera Athletics Men's Relay 1951 Pablo SomblingoCipriano NieraMauricio PaubayaErnesto Rodriguez Athletics Men's Relay 1954 Romeo GidoHonesto LarceLeopoldo ArnilloIsidro del Prado Athletics Men's Relay 1986
Discus Throw MedalNameSportEventYear Aurelio Amante Athletics Men's Discus Throw 1951 Josephine de la Viña Athletics Women's Discus Throw 1962 Josephine de la Viña Athletics Women's Discus Throw 1966
High Jump MedalNameSportEventYear Andres Franco Athletics Men's High Jump 1951 Andres Franco Athletics Men's High Jump 1954 Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's High Jump 1958 Ciriaco Baronda Athletics Men's High Jump 1962 Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's High Jump 1966 Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's High Jump 1970
Pole Vault
Hurdles MedalNameSportEventYear Jaime Pimental Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles 1954 Francisca Sanopal Athletics Women's 80m Hurdles 1958 Manolita Cinco Athletics Women's 80m Hurdles 1958 Francisca Sanopal Athletics Women's 80m Hurdles 1962 Elma Muros Athletics Women's 400m Hurdles 1990
Javelin Throw MedalNameSportEventYear Vivencia Subido Athletics Women's Javelin Throw 1954 Marcelina Alonso Athletics Women's Javelin Throw 1966
Long Jump MedalNameSportEventYear Visitacion Badana Athletics Women's Long Jump 1958 Elma Muros Athletics Women's Long Jump 1994
Pentathlon MedalNameSportEventYear Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's Pentathlon 1966 Lolita Lagrosas Athletics Women's Pentathlon 1970
Shot Put MedalNameSportEventYear Mona Sulaiman Athletics Women's Shot Put 1962
Steeplechase MedalNameSportEventYear Hector Begeo Athletics Men's 3000m Steeplechase 1982
SEA Games All-time medal tally (athletics) GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 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 Naypyidaw - 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 61 5 7 19 31 4th Total - - - - -
Olympic Games
Year introduced: 1896 First medal : 1932 Last medal: 1936 List of Olympic medalists MedalNameEventYear Simeon Toribio Men's high jump 1932 Miguel White Men's 400 metre hurdles 1936
All-time medal tally (athletics) GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 - - 1 0 0 1 1 13 6 0 0 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 – 7 0 0 0 0 – 11 0 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 0 0 - Total 0 0 2 2 96
Records
Coaches These are the national team coaches who have been appointed by PATAFA.
See also Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association
References