Philippines at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## 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
