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Philippine Olympic Committee: Website: www.olympic.ph: in Seoul; Competitors: 31 (26 men, 5 women) in 11 sports: Flag bearer : Joseph Eric Buhain: Medals Ranked 46th: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1: Summer Olympics appearances
July 27 – Antonio Tantay, Olympic basketball player (b. 1920) August 21 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz, guitarist and composer (b. 1963) August 27 – Mario Montenegro, actor (b. 1928) September 12 – Mars Ravelo, graphic novelist (b. 1916) September 13 – Julian Banzon, biochemist and a National Scientist of the Philippines (b. 1908)
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.
The Philippines first competed in the Olympic Games in 1924 in Paris, [5] making it the first country from Southeast Asia to compete and, later in 1928, win a medal. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
"Seoul 1988". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. "Official Olympic Reports". LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. "Seoul Olympic Games Official Report Volume Two, 1988" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. pp. 513–534
The 1988 Summer Olympics (Korean: 1988년 하계 올림픽; RR: 1988-nyeon Hagye Ollimpik), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (제24회 올림픽경기대회; Je-24-hoe Ollimpik-Gyeonggidaehoe) and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (서울 1988), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the ...
How were the medals for the 2024 Paris Olympics made? Each gold, silver and bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics features an 18-gram hexagonal chunk of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower.
Philippines at the 1988 Summer Olympics; W. Philippines at the 1988 Winter Olympics This page was last edited on 18 September 2020, at 10:24 (UTC). Text is available ...