1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Philippines)

PHI

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The Philippines participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 25 male athletes in 14 competitions in seven sports.

Since 1924 it was the sixth participation of a Filipino team in the Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

basketball

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• Florentino Bautista , Ramón Campos , José Cochongco , Antonio Genato , Rafael Hechanova , Eduardo Lim , Carlos Loyzaga , Antonio Martínez  , Ponciano Saldaña , Meliton Santos , Antonio Tantay and Mariano Tolentino

  Qualifying round , group B : qualified for the main round with two wins

  

  Philippines-Argentina

  57:47 victory over Israel 

  48:35 win against Hungary 

  Main round , group 3 : with one win and two losses (192: 221 (−29) baskets) not qualified for the quarter- finals

  59: 85 defeat against Argentina 

  52:71 defeat against Brazil 

  81:65 win over Canada 

  Rank 9

Boxing

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Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

• Alfredo Asuncion

  Round 1: BYE

  Round 2: won against Basil Thompson from Burma by technical knockout in the second round

  Round 2 (repetition): Eliminated against Willie Toweel from South Africa by a judge's decision (1: 2)

  Rank 9

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

• Alejandro Ortuoste

  Round 1: BYE

  Round 2: Eliminated against John McNally from Ireland by a judge's decision (0: 3)

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

• Benjamin Enríquez

  Round 1: Eliminated against Aleksy Antkiewicz from Poland by a judge's decision (0: 3)

  Rank 17

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

• Ernesto Porto

  Round 1: knocked out against Bruno Visintin from Italy in the second round

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

• Vicente Tuñacao

  Round 1: against José Dávalos from Mexico technical knockout in the third round

Weightlifting

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Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

• Pedro Landero

  Final: 292.5 kg, 6th place

  Military press: 90.0 kg, rank 2

  Snatch: 87.5 kg, rank 6

  Push: 115.0 kg, rank 5

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

• Rodrigo del Rosario

  Final: 317.5 kg, 4th place

  Military press: 105.0 kg, rank 1

  Tear: 92.5 kg, rank 11

  Push: 120.0 kg, rank 8

athletics

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high jump

• Andrés Franco

  Qualification , Group A: 1.84 m, rank 16, overall 31, not for the final qualifies

  1.70 m: no unsuccessful attempt, valid

  1.80 m: one failed attempt, valid

  1.84 m: two failed attempts, valid

  1.87 m: three failed attempts, invalid

Wrestling

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Freestyle

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

• Gonzalo Monte-Manibog

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Henry Holmberg from Sweden

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Roger Bielle from France , did not qualify for the final

shoot

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Small caliber lying

• Martin Gison

  Final: 397 rings, 24 direct hits, 13th place

  Round 1: 100 rings, rank 09

  Round 2: 097 rings, rank 23

  Round 3: 100 rings, rank 15

  Round 4: 100 rings, rank 07

• César Jayme

  Final: 397 rings, 19 direct hits, 15th place

  Round 1: 099 points, 18th place

  Round 2: 099 points, 20th place

  Round 3: 099 points, 18th place

  Round 4: 100 points, rank 09

Free target gun

• Felix Cortes

  Final: 521 rings, rank 22

  Round 1: 87 rings, rank 23

  Round 2: 90 rings, rank 15

  Round 3: 84 rings, rank 34

  Round 4: 85 rings, rank 30

  Round 5: 88 rings, rank 24

  Round 6: 87 rings, rank 30

• Martin Gison

  Final: 515 rings, rank 32

  Round 1: 87 points, 20th place

  Round 2: 85 points, rank 30

  Round 3: 86 points, rank 28

  Round 4: 85 points, rank 29

  Round 5: 88 points, rank 27

  Round 6: 84 points, 39th place

Rapid fire pistol

• Felix Cortes

  Final: 537 points, 58 hits, 45th place

  Round 1: 270 rings, 29 hits, 35th place

  Round 2: 267 rings, 29 hits, rank 41

• Martin Gison

  Final: 550 rings, 59 hits, rank 36

  Round 1: 268 rings, 29 hits, rank 42

  Round 2: 282 rings, 30 hits, rank 20

swim

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1,500 m freestyle

• Zambia Basanung

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 7) with 20: 58.6 min. (+ 2: 22.6 min.) Not qualified for the final

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
• 1952 Philippine Olympic team in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).