Philippines at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Philippines at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Philippines
IOC code	PHI
NOC	Philippine Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ph
in Seoul
Competitors	31 (26 men, 5 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Joseph Eric Buhain
Medals Ranked 46th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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The Philippines competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 31 competitors, 26 men and 5 women, took part in 40 events in 11 sports. ^[1]

Medalists

Further information: 1988 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Discipline	Event	Date
Bronze	Leopoldo Serantes	Boxing	Light flyweight	29 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	1	3	4
Boxing	6	–	6
Cycling	3	0	3
Fencing	1	0	1
Judo	3	–	3
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	2	0	2
Swimming	3	1	4
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	26	5	31

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Eighth-final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Rowel Merto	Individual	1162	68	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Eighth-final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Basilisa Ygnalaga	Individual	1182	49	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Hector Begeo	3000m Steeplechase	8:46.60	24	8:35.09	22	Did not advance

Women

Track Events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Lydia de Vega	100m	11.67	35	Did not advance
Agrippina de la Cruz	100m Hurdles	14.36	31	Did not advance
Nenita Adan	400m	61.92	35			Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Leopoldo Serantes	Light Flyweight		Hassan  (EGY) W RSCH	Stewart  (LBR) W 5-0	M'jirih  (MAR) W RSCH	Hristov  (BUL) L 5-0	Did not advance
Roberto Jalnaiz	Flyweight		Váradi  (HUN) L 4-1	Did not advance
Michael Hormillosa	Bantamweight	Julio  (COL) L RSCH	Did not advance
Orlando Dollente	Featherweight	Seymour  (BAH) L DISQ	Did not advance
Leopoldo Cantancio	Lightweight	Tszyu  (URS) L KOH	Did not advance
Emmanuel Legaspi	Middleweight		Marcus  (CAN) L KOH	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male cyclists represented the Philippines in 1988.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Domingo Villanueva	Road race	4:45:20 (+13:58)	103
Norberto Oconer	Road race	DNF	-

Track

Time Trial

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Bernardo Rimarim	Men's track time trial	1:11.647	26

Points races

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bernardo Rimarim	Men's points race	-	AB	did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Elimination Round	Round I	Repechage Round I	Round II	Repechage Round II	Round III	Repechage Round III	Round IV	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Percival Alger	Individual sabre	0–6	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jerry Dino	Men's −60 kg	Zhang  (CHN) L IPO	did not advance
John Baylon	Men's −78 kg	Bye	Bréchôt  (GDR) L IPO	did not advance
Benjamin McMurray	Men's +95 kg	Bye	Stöhr  (GDR) L IPO	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Edgardo Maerina	Men's single sculls	8:54.90	6 R	8:27.02	5	did not advance					22

Qualification Legend: R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Richard Paz	Division II	42	41	39	32	23	28	29	192.0	26
Nestor Soriano	Finn	40	40	36	36	40	40	40	232.0	33

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joseph Eric Buhain	50 m freestyle	24.26	=33	did not advance
René Concepcion	100 m freestyle	53.84	51	did not advance
René Concepcion	200 m freestyle	1:55.58	40	did not advance
Joseph Eric Buhain		1:56.84	44	did not advance
Lee Concepcion	100 m breaststroke	1:06.74	50	did not advance
Lee Concepcion	200 m breaststroke	2:29.62	46	did not advance
Joseph Eric Buhain	100 m butterfly	57.17	31	did not advance
Joseph Eric Buhain	200 m butterfly	2:05.32	32	did not advance
René Concepcion	200 m IM	2:10.37	30	did not advance
Lee Concepcion		-	DNS	did not advance
René Concepcion	400 m IM	4:48.00	30	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gillian Thomson	50 m freestyle	27.43	30	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.41	39	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:06.51	28	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	-	DNS	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 54 kilograms

• Gregorio Colonia

Men's 56 kilograms

• Samuel Alegada

Men's 90 kilograms

• Ramon Solis

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco Roman (– 52 kg)

• Florentino Tirante

Men's Freestyle (– 52 kg)

• Florentino Tirante

Men's Freestyle (– 60 kg)

• Dean Manibog

Demonstration Sports

Bowling

Arianne Cerdeña won the gold medal. Because bowling was a demonstration sport and not an official event, Cerdena's gold medal is not included in the medal tally.

Taekwondo

Men's Flyweight

• Stephen Fernandez

Men's Lightweight

• Monsour del Rosario

References

1. "Philippines at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
2. Philippines at the 1988 Summer Olympics

External links

• Philippine Olympic Committee
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database