Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games
# Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games

The Philippines participated in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India on 5 to 10 March 1951. With 5 golds, 6 silvers and 8 bronzes, this country was ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.

## Asian Games performance

The country's delegation of 39 athletes won its 19 medals in only four sports - swimming, basketball, athletics and weightlifting. There were no women athletes in the country's first Asian Games team.

## Medalists

### Gold

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gold | Andres Franco | Athletics | Men's High Jump |
| 2 | Gold | Francisco Calilan Andres dela Cruz Genaro Fernandez Jose Gochango Rafael Hechanova Moro Lorenzo Carlos Loyzaga Antonio Martinez (c) Lauro Mumar Ignacio Ramos Meliton Santos Mariano Tolentino| Coach: Dionisio Calvo | Basketball | Men's team |
| 3 | Gold | Artemio Salamat | Swimming | Men's 100m Backstroke |
| 4 | Gold | Jacinto Cayco | Swimming | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| 5 | Gold | Artemio Salamat Jacinto Cayco Nurhatab Rajab | Swimming | Men's 3x100m Medley Relay |

### Silver

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Silver | Rene Amabuyok | Swimming | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| 2 | Silver | Mohammed Mala | Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle |
| 3 | Silver | Serafin Villanueva | Swimming | Men's 800m Freestyle |
| 4 | Silver | Mohammed Mala | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| 5 | Silver | Sotero Alcantara Serafin Villanueva Mohammed Mala Nurhatab Rajab | Swimming | Men's 4x100m Freestyle |
| 6 | Silver | Rodrigo del Rosario | Weightlifting | Featherweight 60kg |

### Bronze

| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bronze | Genaro Cabrera Tito Almagro Jovencio Ardina Bernabe Lovina | Athletics | Men's 4x100m Relay |
| 2 | Bronze | Bienvenido Llaneta Bernabe Lovina Tomas Bennet Genaro Cabrera | Athletics | Men's 4x400m Relay |
| 3 | Bronze | Aurelio Amante | Athletics | Men's Discus Throw |
| 4 | Bronze | Sotero Alcantara | Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| 5 | Bronze | Mohammed Mala | Swimming | Men's 800m Freestyle |
| 6 | Bronze | Serafin Villanueva | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| 7 | Bronze | Edilberto Bonus | Swimming | Men's 100m Backstroke |
| 8 | Bronze | Pedro Landero | Weightlifting | Bantamweight 56kg |

### Multiple

| Name | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artemio Salamat | Swimming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacinto Cayco | Swimming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nurhatab Rajab | Swimming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mohammed Mala | Swimming | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Serafin Villanueva | Swimming | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sotero Alcantara | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Genaro Cabrera | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bernabe Lovina | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Medal summary

### Medal by sports

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Swimming | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
