Philippines at the Special Olympics World Games

Philippines at the Special Olympics World Games
IOC code	PHI
National federation	Special Olympics Pilipinas
Special Olympics World Games appearances (overview)
1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027

The Philippines has participated in the Special Olympics World Games in every edition since the 1991 edition. ^[1] The team won nine gold medals in the 2007 games, the most it ever had at that time. They have since surpassed that total during the 2015 games, when the team won a total of 64 medals, including 24 gold.

The delegation is backed by Special Olympics Pilipinas (Special Olympics Philippines prior to 2021) ^[2]

As of 2025, The Philippines became the first Asia-Pacific nation to join the Special Olympics Global Coalition for Inclusion, forging collaboration between DepEd and Special Olympics Pilipinas. The initiative aims to promote inclusive education across 500 schools and involve tens of thousands of students in Unified Sports.

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Athletes
1968 Chicago –1987 Notre Dame	Did not enter
1991 Minneapolis / St. Paul		1	1
1995 New Haven
1999 Chapel Hill
2003 Dublin
2007 Shanghai	9 [3]			53 [4]
2011 Athens	21	13	15	49	38
2015 Los Angeles	24	19	21	64	35 [5] [6]
2019 Abu Dhabi	9	10	10	29	39 [7] [8]
2023 Berlin	4	1	1	6	8 [9] [10]
Total

Best performances in bold.

References

1. "World Games: Then and Now". Special Olympics Pilipinas. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024. The Special Olympics team of the Philippines first participated in the World Games in 1991 in Minneapolis, USA, and we have been sending teams in every iteration of the Games since then. The most recent was in 2019 in Abu Dhabi with a delegation of 61.
2. "Special Olympics Pilipinas Fact Sheet" (PDF). Special Olympics Pilipinas. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
3. "P.S. Resolution 188" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
4. "Special Olympics". GMA News. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
5. Vergera, Benjie (22 July 2015). "Philippines sends 54-man team to Special Olympics". The Manila Times. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
6. "Philippine team takes gold in Special Olympics". The Philippine Star. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
7. Yalung, Brian (26 March 2019). "PH hauls in medals at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
8. "SO Philippines - Special Olympics World & National Games Results". World Games Abu Dhabi 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
9. "Investing in inclusive sports". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
10. "SO Pilipinas - Special Olympics World & National Games Results". World Games Berlin 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.