The Philippines is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's debut in the same city. Filipino athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1924 onwards, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the American-led boycott.
| Philippines at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PHI |
| NOC | Philippine Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France July 26, 2024 – August 11, 2024 | |
| Competitors | 20 in 9 sports |
| Flag bearers | Nesthy Petecio Carlo Paalam |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Background
editAdministration
editSamahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Al Panlilio would be initially appointed as the chef de mission for the Philippine delegation for the 2024 Summer Olympics back in 2022.[1] In February 2023, Panlilio would be replaced by Philippine Rowing Association honorary chairman and Cavite governor Jonvic Remulla for the role.[2]
Qualification
editThe Philippines aims to qualify as many as twenty athletes. They would hope to qualify more sportspeople in swimming, taekwondo, rowing, shooting, wrestling, cycling, and judo.[3] The national team also made a failed bid to qualify for women's football.[4] The Gilas Pilipinas men's basketball team is also set to participate in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia in July 2024.
Averted WADA sanction
editIn January 2024, the delegation was put at risk of facing a ban on using the Philippine flag at the Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tagged the Philippine Sports Commission for non-compliance with doping regulations.[5] The tagging would be disputed and referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[6] The issue would be resolved by March 2024 when WADA cleared the Philippines.[7][8]
Preparation
editThe Philippine delegation in late June 2024 started a one-month training camp in Metz in France, as opposed to prior editions where Filipino athletes would come to the host country a just a few days prior to the Games.[9][10] The training venue was secured in early 2024.[11]
Opening ceremony
editThe Philippine delegation originally proposed weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz as their flagbearer for the opening ceremony since in honor of her winning the country's first ever Olympic gold medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Since Diaz has failed to qualify and organizers insists that flagbearers should be competing athletes, Boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam were designated for the role instead by virtue of being the country's two silver medalists in the last edition.[12]
Competitors
editThe following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golf | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 14 | 20 |
Athletics
editFilipino track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[13] Obiena met the qualifying mark at the BAUHAUS-galan meet of the 2023 Diamond League on 2 July.[14][15]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Ernest John Obiena | Men's pole vault | ||||
Boxing
editThe Philippines entered five boxers (two men and three women) for Paris 2024. Eumir Marcial qualified for the games through reaching the final of middleweight division at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[16][17] Later on, Aira Villegas (women's flyweight) and Nesthy Petecio (women's featherweight) qualified themselves to the games, by winning the quota bouts round, in their respective division, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[18][19] Carlo Paalam and Hergie Bacyadan also qualified by winning the quota bouts round in men's featherweight and women's middleweight divisions, respectively, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.[20][21]
A formal appeal to the IOC was made so that retired professional boxer Manny Pacquiao could compete. This was denied with the IOC refusing to waive the age limit for competitors and requirement to participate in the qualifiers.[22]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Carlo Paalam | Men's featherweight | ||||||
| Eumir Marcial | Men's middleweight | ||||||
| Aira Villegas | Women's flyweight | ||||||
| Nesthy Petecio | Women's featherweight | ||||||
| Hergie Bacyadan | Women's middleweight | ||||||
Fencing
editFor the first time since 1992, the Philippines entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Samantha Catantan qualified for the games by winning the women's individual foil events at the 2024 Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[23][24]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Samantha Catantan | Women's foil | |||||||
Golf
editPhilippines entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament. Bianca Pagdanganan and Dottie Ardina qualified based on their ranking at the Olympic Golf Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank | ||
| Bianca Pagdanganan | Women's | |||||||
| Dottie Ardina | ||||||||
Gymnastics
editArtistic
editThe Philippines qualified four gymnasts to the games. Carlos Yulo earned his berth by being the highest ranked eligible athlete on floor exercise at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships;[25] Aleah Finnegan earned her berth by being one of the fourteen highest-ranked eligible athletes in the women's all-around at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships; Levi Ruivivar earned a berth via the World Cup series, in which she had the second highest accumulation of points on the uneven bars;[26] and Emma Malabuyo earned a berth after she won the bronze medal in the women's all-around at the 2024 Asian Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Finnegan, Malabuyo, and Ruivivar are the first Filipina gymnasts to qualify for the Summer Olympics since 1964 that featured Maria-Luisa Floro and Evelyn Magluyan.[27]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Carlos Yulo | All-around | ||||||||||||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
| Aleah Finnegan | All-around | ||||||||||||
| Emma Malabuyo | |||||||||||||
| Levi Ruivivar | |||||||||||||
Judo
editFilipino-Japanese judoka Kiyomi Watanabe qualified for the Olympics via the IJF World Ranking List and a continental quota in Asia.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Kiyomi Watanabe | Women's −63 kg | ||||||||
Rowing
editFilipino rowers qualified one boat for women's single sculls events, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea. Joanie Delgaco became the first female rower to represent the Philippines at the Olympics.[28]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Joanie Delgaco | Women's single sculls | ||||||||
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Swimming
editThe Philippines nominated two swimmers as a recipients of universality places from FINA. Kayla Sanchez and Jarod Hatch were the ones who received the nomination. The country requested for Hatch and Sanchez to be given a berth for the men's 100m freestyle and women's 100m backstroke respectively which is subject for approval from World Aquatics.[29][30]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jarod Hatch | Men's 100 m butterfly | ||||||
| Kayla Sanchez | Women's 100 m freestyle | ||||||
Weightlifting
editThe Philippines entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. John Ceniza (men's 61 kg), Elreen Ando (women's 59 kg), and Vanessa Sarno (women's 71 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings (OQR).[31][32][33]
Hidilyn Diaz, the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medalist, notably failed to qualify. Competing in the now scrapped women's 55 kg class back in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Diaz moved to 59 kg. Ando would qualify at her expense, since each country can only qualify one weightlifter per weight division through the OQR.[34]
Rosegie Ramos reportedly also qualified but would shortly after fall outside the top 10 of the IWF Olympic Qualification Ranking at eleventh place.[35] Her qualification is set to be confirmed or denied by the IWF.[36]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| John Ceniza[37] | Men's −61 kg | ||||||
| Elreen Ando | Women's −59 kg | ||||||
| Vanessa Sarno | Women's −71 kg | ||||||
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