1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Philippines)

PHI

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The Philippines took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of 39 athletes, 35 men and four women, in 30 competitions in seven sports.

The youngest athlete was the swimmer Bana Sailani (19 years and 42 days), the oldest athlete was the marksman Hernando Castelo (50 years and 105 days). It was the country's seventh participation in the Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

basketball

Men's

• Results

  Main round: Group A, five points, 184: 226 points, second place, qualified for the quarter-finals

  94:55 win against Thailand

  77:61 win against Japan

  53: 121 defeat against the United States of America

  Quarter-finals: Group A, four points, 204: 225 points, fourth place, did not qualify for the semi-finals

  70:79 loss to Uruguay

  65:58 win against France

  69:88 loss to Chile

  Play for fifth to eighth

  70:80 loss to Bulgaria

  75:68 win against Chile

  Seventh place

• Squad

  Carlos Badion

  Rafael Barretto

  Ramon Campos

  Loreto Carbonell

  Tony Genato

  Eddie Lim

  Carlos Loyzaga

  Ramón Manulat

  Leonardo Marquicias

  Mariano Tolentino

  Martin Urra

  Antonio Villamor

Boxing

Men's

• Alberto Adem
  • Bantamweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: defeat Sun Cheon Song of South Korea on points

• Federico bonus
  • Flyweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: loss to Mircea Dobrescu from Romania on points

• Manuel de los Santos
  • Light welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: loss to Ui-Gyeong Hwang from South Korea due to disqualification

• Celedonio Espinosa
  • lightweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: defeat to Harry Kurschat from Germany on points

• Paulino Meléndres
  • Featherweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: defeat against Bernhard Schröter from Germany on points

Weightlifting

Men's

• Rodrigo del Rosario
  • Featherweight

  Final: 190.0 kg, competition not finished (DNF)

  Military press: 102.5 kg, fourth place

  Snatch: 87.5 kg, 18th place

  Push: not a valid attempt

• Pedro Landero
  • Bantamweight

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Military press: not a valid attempt

  Tear: not started

  Push: not started

athletics

Ladies

• Manolita Cinco
  • 80 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run three (seventh place), 12.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 12.20 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Francisca Sanopal
  • 80 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run four (fifth place), 11.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 12.15 seconds (automatically stopped)

Men's

• Ciriaco Baronda
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.92 meters, 21st place, qualified for the final

  1.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.78 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  1.82 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.88 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  1.92 meters: valid, a failed attempt

  Final: 1.92 meters, 17th place

  1.80 meters: omitted

  1.86 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.92 meters: valid, a failed attempt

  1.96 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Pablo Somblingo
  • 400 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in round one (fifth place), 54.5 seconds (hand-stopped), 54.66 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (sixth place), 49.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 49.50 seconds (automatically stopped)

Wrestling

Men's

• Nicolas Arcales
  • medium weight

  eliminated after round two with six minus points

  Round one: shoulder defeat against Johann Sterr from Germany , three minus points

  Round two: shoulder defeat against Giorgi Sergejewitsch Schirtladze from the Soviet Union , six minus points

• Ernesto Ramel
  • Bantamweight

  eliminated after round two with six minus points

  Round one: shoulder defeat against Sang-Gyun Lee from South Korea , three minus points

  Round two: shoulder defeat against Mykhailo Shakhov from the Soviet Union , six minus points

• Mateo Tanaquin
  • lightweight

  eliminated after round two with six minus points

  Round one: shoulder defeat against Mario Tovar González from Mexico , three minus points

  Round two: loss to James Taylor from Great Britain (0: 3), six minus points

shoot

Men's

• Enrique Beech
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 152 points, rank 24

• Hernando Castelo
  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 592 points, 34th place

  Round one: 97 points, rank

  Round two: 99 points, rank

  Round three: 98 points, rank

  Round four: 100 points, rank

  Round five: 98 points, rank

  Round six: 100 points, rank

• Martin Gison
  • Free rifle three position fight

  Final: 1,043 points, 13th place

  Kneeling: 368 points, seventh place

  Round one: 90 points

  Round two: 92 points

  Round three: 95 points

  Round four: 91 points

  Prone: 387 points, sixth place

  Round one: 96 points

  Round two: 98 points

  Round three: 97 points

  Round four: 96 points

  Standing: 288 points, 18th place

  Round one: 76 points

  Round two: 74 points

  Round three: 72 points

  Round four: 66 points

• • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 551 points, 60 hits, 22nd place

  Round one: 268 points, 30 hits, rank 26

  Round two: 283 points, 30 hits, 16th place

• Ricardo Hizon
  • Free target gun

  Final: 456 points, rank 32

  Round one: 71 points, 31st place

  Round two: 73 points, 31st place

  Round three: 81 points, rank 30

  Round four: 73 points, 33rd place

  Round five: 85 points, rank 25

  Round six: 73 points, 33rd place

• César Jayme
  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 594 points, 23rd place

  Round one: 99 points, 21st place

  Round two: 98 points, 36th place

  Round three: 99 points, 23rd place

  Round four: 99 points, 21st place

  Round five: 99 points, rank 29

  Round six: 100 points, rank 14

swim

Ladies

• Gertrude Lozada
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run three (seventh place), 1: 13.7 minutes

  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round one (sixth place), 5: 34.2 minutes

• Jocelyn von Giese
  • 100 meters back

  Round one: eliminated in run two (seventh place), 1: 20.0 minutes

Men's
4 × 200 meter freestyle relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run two (sixth place), 9: 05.7 minutes

• Season

  Dakula Arabani

  Ulfiano Babol

  Agapito Lozada

  Bana Sailani

singles

• Dakula Arabani
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round five (sixth place), 1: 00.2 minutes

• Ulfiano Babol
  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round one (sixth place), 4: 53.4 minutes

• Pedro Cayco
  • 100 meters back

  Round one: eliminated in run two (sixth place), 1: 11.6 minutes

• Agapito Lozada
  • 200 meter butterfly

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 2: 43.5 minutes

• Palsons Nabiula
  • 200 meters chest

  Round one: eliminated in round one, disqualified

  • 200 meter butterfly

  Round one: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 3: 03.2 minutes

• Bana Sailani
  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round four (seventh place), 4: 49.0 minutes

  • 1,500 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 19: 16.8 minutes

Web links

• Philippine Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).