2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Philippines)

PHI

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In 2008, the Philippines participated in the Summer Olympics for the 19th time since 1924 . So far, two silver and seven bronze medals have been won. The standard bearer was the professional boxer Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao .

Archery

Men:

• Mark Javier (singles)

Boxing

• Harry Tañamor ( light flyweight)

Weightlifting

Women:

• Hidilyn Díaz (class up to 58 kg)

athletics

Women:

• Marestella Torres (long jump)

Men:

• Henry Dagmil (long jump)

shoot

Men:

• Eric Ang (Trap)

swim

Women:

• Christel Simms (50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle)

Men:

• Ryan Arabejo (1500 m freestyle)
• Daniel Coakley (50 m freestyle)
• Miguel Molina (200 m medley, 200 m chest)
• James Walsh (200 m butterfly)

Taekwondo

Women:

• Mary Antoinette Rivero (class up to 67 kg)

Men:

• Tshomlee Go (class up to 58 kg)

Diving

Women:

• Sheila Mae Pérez (artificial jumping)

Men:

• Rexel Fabriga ( high diving )

Web links

• The Philippines at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pacquiao Records Another First" ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Inquirer.net, August 9, 2008