Philippines at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Philippines competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.

Athletics

Basketball

Men's team competition

• Qualification Round (Group B)

* Defeated Israel (57-47)

* Defeated Hungary (48-35)

• Main Round (Group C)

* Lost to Argentina (59-85)

* Lost to Brazil (52-71)

* Defeated Canada (81-65) → did not advance, 9th place

• Team roster:

*Florentino Bautista

*Ramon "Ramoncito" Campos Jr.

*Antonio "Tony" Genato

*José Gochangco

*Rafael "Paing" Hechanova

*Eduardo "Eddie" Lim

*Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga

*Antonio "Pocholo" Martínez (c)

*Ponciano Saldaña

*Meliton Santos

*Antonio Tantay

*Mariano "Nano" Tolentino

• Head coach: Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

• Al Asuncion

# First Round – Defeated Basil Thompson of Burma (TKO 2R)

# Second Round – Lost to Willie Toweel of South Africa (1 – 2)

Men's Bantamweight:

• Alejandro Ortuoste

# Second Round – Lost to John McNally of Ireland (0 – 3)

Men's Lightweight:

• Benjamin Enriquez

# First Round – Lost to Aleksy Antkiewicz of Poland (0 – 3)

Men's Light-Welterweight:

• Ernesto Porto

# First Round – Lost to Bruno Visintin of Italy (KO 2R)

Men's Welterweight:

• Vicente Tuñacao

# First Round – José Luis Dávalos of Mexico (TKO 3R)

Shooting

Three shooters represented the Philippines in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Martin Gison
• Félix Cortes

50 m pistol

• Félix Cortes
• Martin Gison

50 m rifle, prone

• Martin Gison
• César Jayme

Swimming

Men

<small>Rank given is within the heat.</small>

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports