Philippines at the 1981 SEA Games

The Philippines hosted the 11th Southeast Asian Games for the first time and held from 6 to 15 December 1981 in the city of Manila.

Philippines at the
1981 Southeast Asian Games
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ph (in English)
in Manila
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
55
Silver
55
Bronze
77
Total
187
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)

SEA Games performance

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The Philippine contingent, from the 24 golds which they won in the 1979 games in Jakarta, came through this time with 55 golds and a third place overall finish. Gintong Alay Project Director and Philippine Olympic Committee chairman Michael Keon was jubilant over the Philippines' impressive show of strength but told the delegations gathered during the closing rites that it was never the design of the host country to dominate the 11th SEA games.

The Philippines came through with a bumper harvest of golds in cycling, winning eight of the golds disputed. The host country also grabbed eight golds in athletics -track and field and bowling. Boxing and weightlifting had six golds each. Swimming produced four gold medals, with three credited to Billy Wilson, who came home from his studies and training in the US, and one to veteran Jairulla Jaitulla.[1]

Lydia de Vega and Isidro del Prado were the country's two double gold medal winners and were cited with more honors. De Vega was cited as best female track performer for her record-breaking performances in the 200 meters and del Prado as the best male track performer for a record-breaking performances in the 400 meters.[citation needed]

It was World Champion Bong Coo of bowling, who emerged as the Philippines' most bemedalled campaigner winning four gold medals and two silver medals in six events disputed. The Filipinos were blanked in three events; archery, badminton and table tennis.

Medalists

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Gold

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1   Gold Philippines   Basketball Men's team
2   Gold William Wilson   Swimming Men's 200m freestyle
3   Gold William Wilson   Swimming Men's 400m freestyle
4   Gold William Wilson   Swimming Men's 1500m freestyle
5   Gold Jairulla Jaitulla   Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke
6   Gold Alexander Marcial
Rudolf Gabriel
  Tennis Men's doubles
7   Gold Pia Tamayo   Tennis Women's singles
8   Gold Pia Tamayo
Alexander Marcial
  Tennis Mixed doubles
9   Gold Philippines   Volleyball Women's team
10   Gold Ramon Solis   Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting

Silver

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1   Silver Carlos Santos Jr.   Archery Men's individual 30m recurve
2   Silver Carlos Santos Jr.   Archery Men's individual 50m recurve
3   Silver Carla Ramos   Archery Women's individual 30m recurve
4   Silver Philippines   Basketball Women's team
5   Silver Richard Luna   Swimming Men's 100m backstroke
6   Silver Francisco Guanco   Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke
7   Silver Renato Padronia   Swimming Men's 100m butterfly
8   Silver William Wilson   Swimming Men's 200m butterfly
9   Silver Jairulla Jaitulla   Swimming Men's 200m individual medley
10   Silver Philippines   Swimming Men's team 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
11   Silver Philippines   Swimming Men's team 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
12   Silver Dyan Castillejo
Gladys Imperial
Marissa Sanchez
Pia Tamayo
  Tennis Women's team

Bronze

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1   Bronze Carlos Santos Jr.   Archery Men's individual 90m recurve
2   Bronze Philippines   Archery Men's recurve team
3   Bronze Cherrie Valera   Archery Women's individual recurve
4   Bronze Cherrie Valera   Archery Women's individual 70m recurve
5   Bronze Philippines   Archery Women's recurve team
6   Bronze Vicente Cheng   Swimming Men's 400m freestyle
7   Bronze Richard Luna   Swimming Men's 200m backstroke
8   Bronze Francisco Guanco   Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke
9   Bronze Jairulla Jaitulla   Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke
10   Bronze William Wilson   Swimming Men's 400m individual medley
11   Bronze Philippines   Swimming Men's team 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
12   Bronze Christine Jacob   Swimming Women's 100m freestyle
13   Bronze Ma. Lourdes Samson   Swimming Women's 200m breaststroke
14   Bronze Philippines   Swimming Women's team 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
15   Bronze Philippines   Swimming Women's team 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
16   Bronze Manuel Valleramos   Tennis Men's singles
17   Bronze Manuel Valleramos
Romeo Rafon
  Tennis Men's doubles
18   Bronze Manuel Valleramos
Romeo Rafon
Alexander Marcial
Rudolf Gabriel
  Tennis Men's team
19   Bronze Philippines   Volleyball Men's team

Multiple

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Name Sport       Total
William Wilson Swimming 3 1 1 5
Pia Tamayo Tennis 2 1 0 3
Alexander Marcial Tennis 2 0 1 3
Jairulla Jaitulla Swimming 1 1 1 3
Rudolf Gabriel Tennis 1 0 1 2
Carlos Santos Jr. Archery 0 2 1 3
Francisco Guanco Swimming 0 1 1 2
Richard Luna Swimming 0 1 1 2
Manuel Valleramos Tennis 0 0 3 3
Cherrie Valera Archery 0 0 2 2
Romeo Rafon Tennis 0 0 2 2

Medal summary

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By sports

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Athletics891229
  Bowling86418
  Cycling84012
  Weightlifting621321
  Boxing61310
  Swimming471021
  Shooting3131026
  Gymnastics3306
  Lawn tennis3137
  Judo24410
  Softball2002
  Basketball1102
  Volleyball1012
  Archery0459
  Badminton0011
Totals (15 entries)555566176

References

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  1. ^ "Defying the odds". Philstar.com.