1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Philippines)

PHI

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The Philippines participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 26 male athletes in 18 competitions in eight competitions.

None of the athletes managed to win a medal. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the basketball player Francisco Vestil .

Participants by sport

basketball

• 12th place

  Francisco Vestil

  Lauro Mumar

  Primitivo Martínez

  Eduardo Fulgencio

  Gabriel Fajardo

  Felicisimo Fajardo

  Eddie Decena

  Andy de la Cruz

  Ramon Campos

  Manuel Araneta

Boxing

• Ricardo Adolfo

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Bonifacio Zarcal

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Leon Trani

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Ernesto Porto

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Mariano Velez

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Rodrigo del Rosario

  Featherweight: 5th place

Art competitions

• Hernando Ocampo
• Graciano Nepomuceno

athletics

• Bernabe Lovina

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Wrestling

• Francisco Vicera

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

shoot

• Martin Gison

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 40th place

  Free pistol 50 m: 25th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 43rd place

• Albert von Einsiedel

  Free pistol 50 m: 26th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 22nd place

• César Jayme

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 17th place

swim

• Zambia Basanung

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• René Amabuyok

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

• Jacinto Cayco

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

Web links

• 1948 Filipino Olympic Team in Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )