Philippines at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games
# Philippines at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games

The Philippines participated at the 19th Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 11–19 October 1997.

## SEA Games performance

The Philippines slipped from third place to fourth slot. Philippine officials had earlier predicted a third-place finish before the Games. The Philippines sent an 800-member delegation, the country's biggest SEA Games contingent ever. The Philippines surpassed their 33-gold mark in 1995 with a harvest of 43 golds, with 56 silvers and 108 bronzes.

Young gymnast Pia Adele Reyes was the only three-gold medal winner, winning individual titles in floor exercise and balance beam besides sharing the artistic team gold. She also bagged silver honors.

Elma Muros-Posadas ruled the heptathlon in a new SEA Games mark of 5,269 points. She captured her unprecedented seventh long jump title by clearing 6.45 meters. Swimmer Ryan Papa was the next best individual performer, winning two golds and three silvers.

The games that won golds for the country were Wushu, Fencing, Taekwondo, Golf and Archery. As expected, the Philippines won the gold in men's basketball.

## Medalists

### Gold

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gold | Philippines | Archery | Men's Team Recurve |
| 2 | Gold | Philippines | Archery | Women's Team Recurve |
| 3 | Gold | Elma Muros-Posadas | Athletics | Women's Heptathlon |
| 4 | Gold | Philippines | Basketball | Men's Team |
| 5 | Gold | Victor Arpilleda | Billiards | Men's 15-Ball Rotation |
| 6 | Gold | Richard de Guzman | Fencing | - |
| 7 | Gold | Pia Adele Reyes | Gymnastics | - |
| 8 | Gold | John Baylon | Judo | Men's 76kg |
| 9 | Gold | Carolino Gonzales | Shooting | Men's 50m Free Pistol |
| 10 | Gold | Raymond Papa | Swimming | Men's 100m Backstroke |
| 11 | Gold | Raymond Papa | Swimming | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| 12 | Gold | Roberto Cruz | Taekwondo | Men's Pinweight |
| 13 | Gold | Alesandro Lubiano | Taekwondo | Men's Middleweight |
| 14 | Gold | Alvin Taraya | Taekwondo | Men's Welterweight |
| 15 | Gold | Nelia Sy | Taekwondo | Women's Lightweight |
| 16 | Gold | Melchor Tumasis | Wrestling | Men's 58kg |
| 17 | Gold | Bobby Co | Wushu | Men's Taijiquan |
| 18 | Gold | Stephanie Lim | Wushu | - |
| 19 | Gold | Alfonso Que | Wushu | - |

### Silver

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Silver | Raymond Papa | Swimming | Men's 50m Freestyle |
| 2 | Silver | Raymond Papa | Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| 3 | Silver | Raymond Papa | Swimming | Men's 200m Freestyle |
| 4 | Silver | Kathy Echiverri | Swimming | Women's 100m Breaststroke |
| 5 | Silver | Joseph Lizardo | Tennis | Men's Singles |

### Bronze

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bronze | Christian Cubilla | Archery | Men's Individual Recurve |
| 2 | Bronze | Amparo Lim Kennie Asuncion | Badminton | Women's Doubles |
| 3 | Bronze | Kathy Echiverri | Swimming | Women's 50m Freestyle |
| 4 | Bronze | Kathy Echiverri | Swimming | Women's 100m Backstroke |
| 5 | Bronze | Robert Angelo Bryan Juinio Joseph Lizardo Michael John Misa | Tennis | Men's Team |
| 6 | Bronze | Jennifer Saret Pamela Floro Maricris Fernandez Marisue Jacutin | Tennis | Women's Team |
| 7 | Bronze | Philippines | Water Polo | Men's Team |
| 8 | Bronze | Ramon Solis | Weightlifting | Men's Weightlifting |

### Multiple

| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raymond Papa | Swimming | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Kathy Echiverri | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Joseph Lizardo | Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Medal summary

### By sports

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Taekwondo | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Fencing | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| Wushu | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Athletics | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Golf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Judo | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Swimming | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Rowing | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Shooting | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Archery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Karate | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Bowling | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Billiards and snooker | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Softball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pencak Silat | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Traditional boat race | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Squash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | 38 | 53 | 86 | 177 |
