The Philippines hosted the 11th Southeast Asian Games for the first time and held from 6 to 15 December 1981 in the city of Manila.
SEA Games performance The Philippine contingent, from the 24 golds which they won in the 1979 games in Jakarta, came through this time with 55 golds and a third place overall finish. Gintong Alay Project Director and Philippine Olympic Committee chairman Michael Keon was jubilant over the Philippines' impressive show of strength but told the delegations gathered during the closing rites that it was never the design of the host country to dominate the 11th SEA games.
The Philippines came through with a bumper harvest of golds in cycling, winning eight of the golds disputed. The host country also grabbed eight golds in athletics -track and field and bowling. Boxing and weightlifting had six golds each. Swimming produced four gold medals, with three credited to Billy Wilson, who came home from his studies and training in the US, and one to veteran Jairulla Jaitulla.
Lydia de Vega and Isidro del Prado were the country's two double gold medal winners and were cited with more honors. De Vega was cited as best female track performer for her record-breaking performances in the 200 meters and del Prado as the best male track performer for a record-breaking performances in the 400 meters.
It was World Champion Bong Coo of bowling, who emerged as the Philippines' most bemedalled campaigner winning four gold medals and two silver medals in six events disputed. The Filipinos were blanked in three events; archery, badminton and table tennis.
Medalists
Gold No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Philippines Basketball Men's team2 William Wilson Swimming Men's 200m freestyle3 William Wilson Swimming Men's 400m freestyle4 William Wilson Swimming Men's 1500m freestyle5 Jairulla Jaitulla Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke6 Alexander MarcialRudolf Gabriel Tennis Men's doubles7 Pia Tamayo Tennis Women's singles8 Pia TamayoAlexander Marcial Tennis Mixed doubles9 Philippines Volleyball Women's team10 Ramon Solis Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting
Silver No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Carlos Santos Jr. Archery Men's individual 30m recurve2 Carlos Santos Jr. Archery Men's individual 50m recurve3 Carla Ramos Archery Women's individual 30m recurve4 Philippines Basketball Women's team5 Richard Luna Swimming Men's 100m backstroke6 Francisco Guanco Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke7 Renato Padronia Swimming Men's 100m butterfly8 William Wilson Swimming Men's 200m butterfly9 Jairulla Jaitulla Swimming Men's 200m individual medley10 Philippines Swimming Men's team freestyle relay11 Philippines Swimming Men's team Medley Relay12 Dyan CastillejoGladys ImperialMarissa SanchezPia Tamayo Tennis Women's team
Bronze No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Carlos Santos Jr. Archery Men's individual 90m recurve2 Philippines Archery Men's recurve team3 Cherrie Valera Archery Women's individual recurve4 Cherrie Valera Archery Women's individual 70m recurve5 Philippines Archery Women's recurve team6 Vicente Cheng Swimming Men's 400m freestyle7 Richard Luna Swimming Men's 200m backstroke8 Francisco Guanco Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke9 Jairulla Jaitulla Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke10 William Wilson Swimming Men's 400m individual medley11 Philippines Swimming Men's team freestyle relay12 Christine Jacob Swimming Women's 100m freestyle13 Ma. Lourdes Samson Swimming Women's 200m breaststroke14 Philippines Swimming Women's team freestyle relay15 Philippines Swimming Women's team Medley Relay16 Manuel Valleramos Tennis Men's singles17 Manuel ValleramosRomeo Rafon Tennis Men's doubles18 Manuel ValleramosRomeo RafonAlexander MarcialRudolf Gabriel Tennis Men's team19 Philippines Volleyball Men's team
Multiple NameSportTotal William Wilson Swimming 3 1 1 5 Pia Tamayo Tennis 2 1 0 3 Alexander Marcial Tennis 2 0 1 3 Jairulla Jaitulla Swimming 1 1 1 3 Rudolf Gabriel Tennis 1 0 1 2 Carlos Santos Jr. Archery 0 2 1 3 Francisco Guanco Swimming 0 1 1 2 Richard Luna Swimming 0 1 1 2 Manuel Valleramos Tennis 0 0 3 3 Cherrie Valera Archery 0 0 2 2 Romeo Rafon Tennis 0 0 2 2
Medal summary
By sports
References