Philippines at the 1958 Asian Games
# Philippines at the 1958 Asian Games

The Philippines participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan from May 24 to June 1, 1958. The country ranked 2nd with 9 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 21 bronze medals. This edition of the Asiad has been the most fruitful for the Philippines in terms of the total number of medals garnered.

## Asian Games performance

148 athletes participated and they joined in 12 sports. Inocencia Solis was crowned Asia's fastest woman with a 12.5 second clocking, she also won the silver medal as part of the 4x100 near relay squad of Rogelia Ferrer, Francisca Sanopal and Irene Penuela.

The basketball squad won its third consecutive Asian Cage title.

## Medalists

### Gold

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gold | Remegio Vista Isaac Gomez Pedro Subido Enrique Bautista | Athletics | Men's 4x100m Relay |
| 2 | Gold | Inocencia Solis | Athletics | Women's 100m |
| 3 | Gold | Visitacion Badana | Athletics | Women's Long Jump |
| 4 | Gold | Emilio Achacoso Kurt Bachmann Carlos Badion Loreto Carbonell Francisco Lagarejos Eduardo Lim Carlos Loyzaga Ramon Manulat Leonardo Marquicias Constancio Ortiz Mariano Tolentino Antonio Villamor Martin Urra Francis Wilson Coach: Valentin Eduque | Basketball | Men's Team |
| 5 | Gold | Adolfo Feliciano | Shooting | 300m Rifle 3 |
| 6 | Gold | Jocelyn von Giese Victoria Cagayat Sandra von Giese Haydee Coloso-Espino | Swimming | Women's 4x100m Medley Relay |
| 7 | Gold | Raymundo Deyro | Tennis | Men's Singles |
| 8 | Gold | Felicisimo Ampon Raymundo Deyro | Tennis | Men's Doubles |

### Silver

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Silver | Pablo Somblingo | Athletics | Men's 400m |
| 2 | Silver | Francisca Sanopal | Athletics | Women's 80m Hurdles |
| 3 | Silver | Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Irene Penuela Francisca Sanopal | Athletics | Women's 4x100m Relay |
| 4 | Silver | Lolita Lagrosas | Athletics | Women's High Jump |
| 5 | Silver | Dionisio Guevarra | Boxing | Featherweight 57kg |
| 6 | Silver | Martin Gison | Shooting | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol |
| 7 | Silver | Cesar Jayme | Shooting | 50m Rifle Prone |
| 8 | Silver | Agapito Lozada Ulpiano Babol Bana Sailani Dakula Arabani | Swimming | Men's 4x200m Freestyle |
| 9 | Silver | Rodolfo Agustin Jacinto Cayco Freddie Elizalde Dakula Arabani | Swimming | Men's 4x100m Medley Relay |
| 10 | Silver | Haydee Coloso-Espino | Swimming | Women's 100m Freestyle |
| 11 | Silver | Haydee Coloso-Espino | Swimming | Women's 200m Fresstyle |
| 12 | Silver | Gertrudes Lozada | Swimming | Women's 400m Freestyle |
| 13 | Silver | Sandra von Giese | Swimming | Women's 100m Butterfly |
| 14 | Silver | Victoria Cullen Corazon Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Haydee Coloso-Espino | Swimming | Men's 4x100m Freestyle |
| 15 | Silver | Felicisimo Ampon | Tennis | Men's Singles |
| 16 | Silver | Johnny Jose Miguel Dungo | Tennis | Men's Doubles |
| 17 | Silver | Desideria Ampon | Tennis | Women's Singles |
| 18 | Silver | Desideria Ampon Patricia Yngayo | Tennis | Women's Doubles |
| 19 | Silver | Miguel Dungo Patricia Yngayo | Tennis | Mixed Doubles |
| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| 1 | Bronze | Isaac Gomez | Athletics | Men's 100m |
| 2 | Bronze | Enrique Bautista | Athletics | Men's 200m |
| 3 | Bronze | Erasma Arellano Aparicio Mequl Antonio Suplido Pablo Somblingo | Athletics | Men's 4x400m Relay |
| 4 | Bronze | Manolita Cinco | Athletics | Women's 80m Hurdles |
| 5 | Bronze | Jacinto Diaz | Boxing | Bantamweight 54kg |
| 6 | Bronze | Celedonio Espinosa | Boxing | Lightweight 60kg |
| 7 | Bronze | Adolfo Feliciano | Shooting | 50m Rifle 3 |
| 8 | Bronze | Enrique Beech | Shooting | Trap |
| 9 | Bronze | Bana Sailani | Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle |
| 10 | Bronze | Bana Sailani | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| 11 | Bronze | Rodolfo Agustin | Swimming | Men's 100m Backstroke |
| 12 | Bronze | Lorenzo Cortez | Swimming | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| 13 | Bronze | Walter Brown | Swimming | Men's 100m Butterfly |
| 14 | Bronze | Freddie Elizalde | Swimming | Men's 200m Butterfly |
| 15 | Bronze | Sylvia von Giese | Swimming | Women's 100m Backstroke |
| 16 | Bronze | Victoria Cagayat | Swimming | Women's 200m Breaststroke |
| 17 | Bronze | Johnny Jose | Tennis | Men's Singles |
| 18 | Bronze | Miguel Dungo | Tennis | Men's Singles |
| 19 | Bronze | Felicisimo Ampon Desideria Ampon | Tennis | Mixed Doubles |
| 20 | Bronze | Alberto Nogar | Weightlifting | Bantamweight 56kg |

### Multiple

| Name | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raymundo Deyro | Tennis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Haydee Coloso-Espino | Swimming | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Felicisimo Ampon | Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Inocencia Solis | Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sandra von Giese | Swimming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Adolfo Feliciano | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Enrique Bautista | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Isaac Gomez | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victoria Cagayat | Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bana Sailani | Swimming | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Desideria Ampon | Tennis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Miguel Dungo | Tennis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Dakula Arabani | Swimming | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Francisca Sanopal | Athletics | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gertrudes Lozada | Swimming | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Patricia Yngayo | Tennis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddie Elizalde | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Johnny Jose | Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pablo Somblingo | Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rodolfo Agustin | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Medal summary

### Medals by sports

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Tennis | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Swimming | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| Shooting | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 19 | 20 | 47 |
