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Philippines at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
PHI

Competitors
  
12 in 6 sports

Website
  
www.olympic.ph

Flag bearer
  
Reynaldo Galido

Philippines at the 1996 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Philippine Olympic Committee

Medals Ranked 61st
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1

The Philippines competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The 12-athlete delegation to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics competed in athletics, badminton, boxing, equestrian, shooting and swimming. This was the last Olympic games where the Philippines brought home a medal, a silver by boxer Mansueto Velasco, until weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Roy Vence — 2:37.10 (→ 100th place)
  • Women's Long Jump

  • Elma Muros
  • Qualification — 6.04m (→ did not advance)
  • Badminton

    Amparo "Weena" Lim became the only Filipino badminton player to qualify and compete in the sport of badminton in the Olympics. She lost in the first round 11-6, 11-6 to Katarzyna Krasowska of Poland.

    Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Mansueto Velasco → Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Chih-Hsiu Tsai (Chinese Taipei), referee stopped contest in first round (02:27)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba), 14-5
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 20-10
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Rafael Lozano (Spain), 22-10
    5. Final — Lost to Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria), 6-19
  • Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Elias Recaido
    1. First Round — Defeated Arson Mapfumo (Zimbabwe), 13-2
    2. Second Round — Defeated Igor Samoilenco (Moldova), 12-8
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 3-18
  • Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Virgilio Vicera
    1. First Round — Lost to Ki-Woong Bae (South Korea) on points (4-8)
  • Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Romeo Brin
    1. First Round — Lost to Julio Gonzalez Valladares (Cuba), 13-24
  • Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • Reynaldo Galido
    1. First Round — Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany), 2-19
  • Equestrian

    Jumping Individual

  • Denise Cojuangco
  • Shooting

    Men's Trap

  • George Earnshaw
  • Men's Double Trap

  • George Earnshaw
  • Swimming

    Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Raymond Papa
    1. Heat — 57.67 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
  • Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Raymond Papa
    1. Heat — 2:05.09 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
  • Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Gillian Akiko Thomson
    1. Heat — 2:21.36 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
  • References

    Philippines at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wikipedia