| Philippines at the 1932 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | PHI |
| NOC | Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation |
| Website | www |
| in Los Angeles | |
| Competitors | 8 in 3 sports |
| Medals Ranked 25th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The Philippines competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Until the 2020 Summer Olympics, this was the first and only games where Filipinos won more than one medal and also earned its highest medal haul.
| Medal | Name | Discipline | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Simeon Toribio | Athletics | Men's High Jump |
| Bronze | José Villanueva | Boxing | Men's Bantamweight |
| Bronze | Teófilo Yldefonso | Swimming | 200 m Breaststroke |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | ||
| Simeon Toribio | High jump | 1.97 | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| John Gray | Flyweight |  Rodriguez (ITA)L | Did not advance | |||
| José Villanueva | Bantamweight | — |  Nakao (JPN)W |  Gwynne (CAN)L |  Lang (USA)W w/o | |
| José Padilla, Jr. | Lightweight |  Stevens (RSA)L | Did not advance | |||
| Carlos Padilla | Welterweight |  Laplace (FRA)L | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Abdurahman Ali | 100 m freestyle | 1:02.2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Teófilo Yldefonso | 200 m breaststroke | 2:53.7 | 1 Q | 2:48.4 | 2 Q | 2:47.1 | |
| Jikirum Adjaluddin | 2:49.9 | 2 Q | 2:50.2 | 3 Q | 2:49.2 | 5 | |
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