Philippines at the 1982 Asian Games
# Philippines at the 1982 Asian Games

The Philippines participated in the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi, India from November 19 to December 4, 1982. Ranked 10th with 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 9 bronze medals with a total of 14 over-all medals.

## Asian Games Performance

A year after emerging as the country's newest track sensation with a golden double at the 1981 Manila Southeast Asian Games, Lydia de Vega became Asia's sprint darling, winning the century dash in the 1982 Asian Games. The 17-year old De Vega bagged the 100-meter dash in 11.76 seconds to become Asia's fastest woman.

It was only one of the two gold medals won by the 114-man contingent, but it was enough to brighten another dismal performance by the Philippines in the quadrennial meet. A swimmer named William "Billy" Wilson maintained swimming's legacy as a perennial source of medals, winning the gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle.

## Medalists

The following Philippine competitors won medals at the Games.

### Gold

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gold | Lydia de Vega | Athletics | Women's 100m |
| 2 | Gold | William Wilson | Swimming | Men's 200m Freestyle |

### Silver

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Silver | Efren Tabanas | Boxing | Light flyweight 48kg |
| 2 | Silver | Policarpio Ortega | Sailing | Windglider |
| 3 | Silver | William Wilson | Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle |

### Bronze

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bronze | Hector Begeo | Athletics | Men's 3000m Steeplechase |
| 2 | Bronze | Fernando de Asis | Boxing | Lightweight 60kg |
| 3 | Bronze | Raymundo Suico | Boxing | Welterweight 67kg |
| 4 | Bronze | Rodolfo Guaves | Cycling | Track 1km time Trial |
| 5 | Bronze | Edgardo Pagarigan | Cycling | Track Points Race |
| 6 | Bronze | Deogracias Asuncion Jomel Lorenzo Renato Mier Diomedes Panton | Cycling | Track Team Pursuit |
| 7 | Bronze | Steven Virata Marielle Virata Fidelino Barba Jose Montilla | Equestrian | Team |
| 8 | Bronze | Jose Medina | Shooting | 50m Rifle Prone |
| 9 | Bronze | William Wilson | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |

### Multiple

| Name | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Wilson | Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

## Medal summary

### Medal by sports

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
