Philippines at the Asian Games

The Philippines is a member of the South East Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the continental association recognized by the International Olympic Committee.[4][5]^[a] Being a member of the Southeast Asian Zone, the Philippines also participates in the Southeast Asian Games, a regional games for Southeast Asian nations.[6]

The OCA organizes five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (more commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events, specialised for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, the two events was merged to form a single event known as the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.[7] As a member of OCA, the Philippines is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.

Philippines is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all editions of the Asian Games. The other six are Indonesia, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand.[8] With a total of 428 medals, Philippines is currently ranked 12th at the all-time Asian Games medal table.

Asian Games
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Medal Rank	Rank
1951 New Delhi	59	5	6	8	19	-	5
1954 Manila	166	14	14	17	45	↑	2
1958 Tokyo	152	8	19	20	47	↓	2
1962 Jakarta	173	7	6	24	37	↓	5
1966 Bangkok	173	2	15	25	42	↓	10
1970 Bangkok	-	1	9	12	22	↓	11
1974 Tehran	-	0	2	12	14	↓	16
1978 Bangkok	-	4	4	6	14	↑	9
1982 New Delhi	-	2	3	9	14	↓	10
1986 Seoul	93	4	5	9	18	↑	6
1990 Beijing	-	1	2	7	10	↓	13
1994 Hiroshima	-	3	2	8	13	↑	14
1998 Bangkok	386	1	5	12	18	↓	21
2002 Busan	220	3	7	16	26	↑	18
2006 Doha	233	4	6	9	19	↑	18
2010 Guangzhou	188	3	4	9	16	↓	19
2014 Incheon	150	1	3	11	15	↓	22
2018 Jakarta / Palembang	271	4	2	15	21	↑	19
2022 Hangzhou	391	4	2	12	18	↑	17
2026 Nagoya	Future event
2030 Doha	Future event
2034 Riyadh	Future event
Total	-	71	116	241	428	-	12

The Philippines has never won a medal in the Asian Winter Games.[9]

Medals by edition

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Sapporo 1990	1	0	0	0	0	−
Harbin 1996	did not participate
Gangwon 1999	did not participate
Aomori 2003	did not participate
Changchun 2007	5	0	0	0	0	−
Astana−Almaty 2011	3	0	0	0	0	−
Sapporo 2017	29	0	0	0	0	−
Harbin 2025	Future event
Trojena 2029	Future event
Total	38	0	0	0	0	−

The Philippines has sent its delegations to both editions of the Asian Beach Games—a biennial multi-sport event which features sporting events played on seaside beach. At the 2008 Games in Bali, the Philippines won a total of 10 medals, leading to the country finishing 21st in the medal table.[10] The Philippines sent a delegation composed of 23 athletes for the 2010 Asian Beach Games held in Muscat, Oman from December 8 to 16, 2010. The Philippines was one of the 18 National Olympic Committees that did not win any medal in the Games.[11]

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Bali 2008	-	0	2	8	10	21
Muscat 2010	24	0	0	0	0	-
Haiyang 2012	33	0	2	2	4	11
Phuket 2014	80	3	2	7	12	13
Danang 2016	65	2	4	15	21	17
Sanya 2020	Future event
Total	202	5	10	32	47	22

The Philippines has sent athletes to all editions of the Asian Indoor Games. In the 2005 Asian Indoor Games, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 12 to 19, 2005, the Philippines won total four medals, including a gold.[13] Total six medals were won by Filipino athletes during the 2007 Games in Macau, held from October 26 to November 3, 2007.[14] Filipino contingents gave the best performance, in terms of the total number of medals earned, during the 2009 Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from October 30 to November 8, winning 10 medals overall.[15]

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Bangkok 2005	-	1	0	2	3	15
Macau 2007	-	1	2	3	6	19
Hanoi 2009	23	1	4	5	10	20
Total	-	3	6	10	19	19

The Philippines competed in the First Asian Martial Arts Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, from August 1 to 9, 2009. The Philippines won total 18 medals (with two gold), and finished in the 12th spot. Jeffrey Figueroa won a gold in the bantamweight class of taekwondo after defeating Rezai Hasan of Afghanistan by 10–7 in the final. Another gold was won by Mary Jane Estimar in the sanshou 52 kg event of wushu. Estimar defeated Si Si Sein of Myanmar in the final by two to nil points difference.[16]

Medals by edition

Ranking is based on the Total Gold medals earned.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Bangkok 2009	-	2	6	10	18	12
Total	-	2	6	10	18	12

The Philippines participated in the 2009 Asian Youth Games held in Singapore from June 29 to July 7, 2009. The Philippines earned two medals in the Games, but no gold, and finished in the 18th spot in the medal table.[17]

Medals by editions

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Singapore 2009	59	0	1	1	2	18
Nanjing 2013	55	2	3	0	5	12
Jakarta 2017	Cancelled
Shantou 2021	Cancelled
Tashkent 2025	Future event
Phnom Penh 2029[18]	Future event
Total	-	2	4	1	7	14

• Philippines at the Olympics
• Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games

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