The Philippines participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The country won 21 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and 15 bronze) to finish 19th overall in the medal tally of the games; an improvement from 22nd place placement of the country in the previous 2014 edition. However this came short of the 15th place target set by officials who deemed the actual placement as acceptable. Two of the Philippines' gold medal came from golf, while the other two came from weightlifting and skateboarding.

Background

Wushu Federation of the Philippines President Julian Camacho is the chef de mission for the Philippines' stint at the 2018 Asian Games. The Philippine Olympic Committee approved a proposal from Camacho that only gold and silver medalists at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and medalist of any color from the previous edition of the continental competition would compete in the 2018 Asian Games. Camacho justifying the move stated that he wanted to make sure every athlete can contend for a medal but remained open in including bronze medalists and other athletes to the delegation who can prove their worth by "figuring prominently in Asian-level tournaments" until the deadline of the submission of lineups.

The Philippines plans to send around 200 athletes and it is expected the athletes in contact sports has the best chances of winning medals.

Camacho, who was appointed by the past POC President Peping Cojuangco, filed his courtesy resignation as Chef de Mission in February 2018, following the election of new POC President Ricky Vargas. He was replaced by Richard Gomez, President of the Philippine Fencing Association and then City Mayor of Ormoc, Leyte.

The Philippine Sports Commission on their part expressed willingness to provide around up to for the Philippines' participation in the games. The government agency has also stated that it is willing to financially support "young and potential athletes" who will compete in the games.

The POC has submitted the final list of competing entries by names. A total of 272 national athletes competing in 31 sports will be fielded in for the 2018 Asian Games. 63 officials will also form part of the delegation.

Large part of the delegation attended the send-off ceremony hosted at the Malacañang Palace by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 13, 2018. Basketball player Jordan Clarkson will serve as the flag bearer of the Philippine delegation at the opening ceremony of the games on August 18, 2018 while skateboarder Margielyn Didal will be the flag bearer for the country at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

The following Philippine competitors won medals at the Games. Gold No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Yuka Saso Golf Women's Individual 26 Aug2 Yuka SasoBianca PagdangananLois Kaye Go Golf Women's Team 26 Aug3 Margielyn Didal Roller sports Women's Street Skateboard 29 Aug4 Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifting Women's -53kg 21 Aug

Silver No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Rogen Ladon Boxing Men's Flyweight 52kg 01 Sep2 Kiyomi Watanabe Judo Women's 63kg 30 Aug

Bronze No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Carlo Paalam Boxing Men's Light Flyweight 49kg 31 Aug2 Eumir Felix Marcial Boxing Men's Middleweight 75kg 31 Aug3 Daniel Caluag Cycling Men's BMX Race 25 Aug4 Bianca Pagdanganan Golf Women's Individual 26 Aug5 Margarita Ochoa Jiu Jitsu Women's Newaza -49 kg 24 Aug6 Junna Tsukii Karate Women's Kumite 50kg 27 Aug7 Jefferson Rhey Loon Pencak Silat Men's Class D 60-65kg 26 Aug8 Dines Dumaan Pencak Silat Men's Class B 50-55kg 26 Aug9 Cherry May Regalado Pencak Silat Women's Individual 27 Aug10 Almohaidib Abad Pencak Silat Men's Singles 29 Aug11 Dustin MellaJeordan DominguezRodolfo Reyes Jr. Taekwondo Men's Team Poomsae 19 Aug12 Janna OlivaJuvenile CrisostomoRinna Babanto Taekwondo Women's Team Poomsae 19 Aug13 Pauline Lopez Taekwondo Women's -57kg 21 Aug14 Agatha Chrystenzen Wong Wushu Women's Taijiquan 20 Aug15 Divine Wally Wushu Women's Sanda 22 Aug

Multiple NameSport Gold Silver BronzeTotal Yuka Saso Golf 2 0 0 2 Bianca Pagdanganan Golf 1 0 1 2

Medal summary

Medals by sports Sport TotalGolf2013Weightlifting1001Roller sports1001Boxing0123Judo0101Pencak silat0044Taekwondo0033Wushu0022Cycling0011Ju-jitsu0011Karate0011Total 4 2 1521

Medals by Date DayDate Total1August 19 0 0 222August 20 0 0 113August 21 1 0 124August 22 0 0 115August 23 0 0 006August 24 0 0 117August 25 0 0 118August 26 2 0 359August 27 0 0 2210August 28 0 0 0011August 29 1 0 1212August 30 0 1 0113August 31 0 0 2214September 1 0 1 0115September 2 0 0 00Total 4 2 1521

Archery

Compound

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankTotal ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScorePaul Marton Dela CruzMen's individual compound69215colspan=7 rowspan=3 Joseph Benjamin Eduardo Vicencio69411Earl Benjamin Yap67740Paul Marton Dela CruzJoseph Benjamin Eduardo VicencioEarl Benjamin YapMen's team compound20637colspan=2 W 227–218 L 226–227colspan=3 Amaya Amparo CojuangcoWomen's individual compound6987colspan=7 Amaya Amparo CojuangcoPaul Marton Dela CruzMixed team compound13925 W 154–149 L 147–149colspan=3

Recurve

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankTotal ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreNicole Marie Tagle Women's individual recurve58952 W 6–5 L 2–6colspan=5

Athletics

Men's Track AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalHeatResultRankSFResultRankResultRankTrenten Anthony BeramMen's 200 metres121.143 121.264colspan="2" Men's 400 metres448.064 447.347colspan=2 Marco VilogMen's 800 metres11:50.75()7colspan="3" colspan="2" Clinton Kingsley BautistaMen's 110 metres hurdles214.384colspan="3" colspan="2" Eric CrayMen's 400 metres hurdlescolspan="3" 350.543 51.537Francis Medinacolspan="3" 151.684colspan="2" Anfernee LopenaEric CrayClinton Kingsley BautistaTrenten Anthony BeramMen's 4 × 100 metres relay139.595colspan="3" colspan="2"

Men's Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankJanry UbasMen's long jump7.3616colspan=2 Mark Harry DionesMen's triple jumpcolspan=2 15.7212Ernest John ObienaMen's pole vaultcolspan=2 5.307

Women's Track AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalHeatResultRankSFResultRankResultRankKristina Marie KnottWomen's 100 metres211.744 111.555colspan="2" Women's 200 metres223.45()3 223.654 23.517

Women's Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMarestella SunangWomen's long jumpcolspan=2 6.159

Marathon AthleteEventFinalResultRankMary Joy TabalWomen's marathon2:51:4111

Decathlon AthleteEvent100mLJSPHJ400 m110m HDTPVJV1500mTotalRank Aries ToledoDecathlon10.84 s8972nd7.21 m8644th11.07 m5508th1.88 m6966th49.07 s8583rd14.85 s8684th34.46 m5537thDNS––Did Not Finish

Basketball

The 2018 Philippines men's Asian Games basketball team, was a Filipino Asian Games team assembled for the basketball competition on 2018 Asian Games.

The basketball association of the Philippines, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) had to come up with an agreement with the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the top-tier league in the country so that the Philippines could participate in the men's basketball event of the Asian Games. The two organization had also to consider the national team's stint in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers.

The decided against forming a "PBA Selection" team since the PBA Board can't afford to suspend the league for a month and a half. They also considered sending a team of composed of Gilas Cadets or rookie national players along with Andray Blatche though they deemed such team as not competitive enough. They come to a consensus to send a national team largely composed of one PBA team; the TNT KaTropa to aid national team-related scheduling.

The Philippines reportedly will not field a women's team, also will not participate in 3x3, a discipline in basketball that will debut in the 2018 Games. The SBP planned to send a 3x3 team led by AJ Edu and Kobe Paras. They could not send the same squad that participated in the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup since the 3x3 event is restricted to players aged 18 to 23 years old. The plan did not push through due to time constraints.

Summary TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalClassification RoundRank5−8 Semifinal5th Place MatchOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScorePhilippines men'sMen's tournamentW 96 – 59L 80 – 822 L 82 – 91W 113 – 80W 109 – 555

5x5 basketball The 12-man line-up of the national men's basketball team was released on June 18, 2018. The line-up is composed by 8 players from TNT KaTropa and 4 players from the Gilas Pilipinas/Gilas Cadets program led by Andray Blatche. However, it did not push through due to suspensions given to some of its players who were involved in the Philippines–Australia basketball brawl. The PBA gave the go signal to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters to represent the country instead of TNT KaTropa. On 5 August 2018, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas reversed its decision to withdraw from the Asian Games, as well as announcing their 14-man pool for the continental meet.

The national federation attempted to secure clearance for Cleveland Cavaliers player Jordan Clarkson to play in the Asian Games from the NBA. The NBA initially did not consent and only allowed Clarkson to play for the national team in FIBA-sanctioned tournaments such as the 2010 FIBA World Championship qualifiers. Don Trollano was proposed to be Clarkson's replacement in the official lineup. The NBA later gave Clarkson consent, and issued a statement that he along with two of China's player competing in the Asian Games, Zhou Qi of the Houston Rockets and Ding Yanyuhang of the Dallas Mavericks, were given one-time exception to play in the Asian Games.

Men's tournament

Roster The official lineup that will play at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

Preliminary Rounds - Group D

Quarter-Finals

5th–8th classification playoffs

5th place game

Bowling

Men's event

+AthleteEventQualification 1st BlockFinal 2nd BlockResultRankResultRankKenneth Chua Enrico Lorenzo Hernandez Merwin Matheiu TanMen's Trio205913th413410thJo Mar Roland Jumapao Angelo Kenzo Umali Raoul Miranda185627th377725thKenneth Chua Enrico Lorenzo Hernandez Merwin Matheiu Tan Jo Mar Roland Jumapao Angelo Kenzo Umali Raoul MirandaMen's Team of Six40548th80278th

Women's event

+AthleteEventQualification 1st BlockFinal 2nd BlockResultRankResultRankMaria Lourdes Arles Dyan Arcel Coronacion Rachelle LeonWomen's Trio184916th392310thMaria Liza Del Rosario Marian Lara Posadas Marie Alexis Sy190712th40267thMaria Lourdes Arles Dyan Arcel Coronacion Rachelle Leon Maria Liza Del Rosario Marian Lara Posadas Marie Alexis SyWomen's Team of Six39165th79514th

Masters

AthleteEventBlock 1Block 2Stepladder Final Round 1Stepladder Final Round 2ScoreRankScoreRankOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreEnrico Lorenzo HernandezMen's masters18071037589colspan=2 Kenneth Chua177514355016colspan=2 Marie Alexis SyWomen's masters1846837447colspan=2 Marian Lara Posadas181310359312colspan=2

Boxing

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultCarlo PaalamLight Flyweight (49 kg) W 5 – 0 W 4 – 1 L 2 – 3Rogen LadonFlyweight (52 kg) W 5 – 0 W 3 – 2 W 5 – 0 L 1 – 3Mario FernandezBantamweight (56 kg) L R2colspan=5 James PalicteLightweight (60 kg) L 0 – 5colspan=4 Joel BachoWelterweight (69 kg) L 1 – 4colspan=5 Eumir Felix MarcialMiddleweight (75 kg) W R2 W 5 – 0 L 2 – 3

Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultIrish MagnoFlyweight (51 kg) L 0 – 5colspan=4 Nesthy PetecioFeatherweight (57 kg) L 2 – 3colspan=4

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