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Largest banga dance in the world, which was participated by 4,681 people in Tabuk, Kalinga in February 2023. The dance uses ‘bangas’ or clay pots, which is used to carry water and balanced in the head [36] Highest attendance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup, which was attended by 38,115 spectators at the Philippine Arena on August 25, 2023 [37]
Set a world record time of 4:13.260 in the qualification: 12 August 2016: Cycling – Women's team sprint: Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi China: Set a world record time of 31.928 in the first round: 12 August 2016: Cycling – Men's team pursuit: Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins Great Britain: Set a world record time of 3:50.570 in ...
Philippine Championships Pasig, Philippines [15] [16] 400 m hurdles: 48.98 Eric Cray: 23 June 2016 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid: Madrid, Spain [17] 2000 m steeplechase: 5:45.72 Hector Begeo: 18 March 1983 Australian Junior Championships Melbourne, Australia [18] 3000 m steeplechase: 8:35.09 Hector Begeo: 28 September 1988 Olympic Games: Seoul ...
The Philippines is the first tropical nation to compete at the Winter Olympic Games when it sent two alpine skiers at the 1972 winter games in Sapporo. [7] It then went on to participate on some of the subsequent winter games, participating in the sports of alpine skiing and luge .
The Philippines entered a single golfer into the Olympic tournament. Miguel Tabuena (world no. 140) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. [23] Angelo Que and Dottie Ardina also qualified for the Olympics but chose not to participate, citing the Zika virus ...
Teófilo Yldefonso, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines Hidilyn Diaz, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. The Philippines made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France [1] [2] with David Nepomuceno as the sole participant, competing in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres athletic events.
May 28 – The Philippines won the 2016 SEABA Cup and a slot in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. June 25–26 – Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant visits the Philippines for the Nike's Mamba Mentality Tour. [7] July 5–10 – The Philippines co-hosts the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. [8]
A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Philippines is one of the oldest teams and has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. The team won a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship for men, the best finish by any team outside the Americas and Europe.