Philippines at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games

Philippines at the
1981 Southeast Asian Games
IOC code PHI
NOC Philippine Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.ph (English)
in Manila
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold Silver Bronze Total
55 55 77 187
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)

The Philippines participated at the 11th Southeast Asian Games and were the host country.

SEA Games performance

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 track and field and Bowling. In Boxing and Weightlifting, it had six golds for each event. Swimming produced four golds, with three credited to Billy Wilson, who came home from his studies and training in the US, and one to veteran Jairulla Jaitulia.[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.[2]

It was World Cup Bowling champ Bong Coo who emerged as the Philippines' most bemedalled campaigner among the members of its female contingent. The Filipinos were blanked in three events; Archery, Badminton and Table Tennis.

Medal table

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery0459
Athletics891229
Badminton0011
Basketball1102
Bowling86418
Boxing61310
Cycling84012
Gymnastics3306
Judo24410
Lawn Tennis3137
Shooting3131026
Softball2002
Swimming471021
Volleyball1012
Weightlifting621321
TOTAL 5555

References

  1. "Defying the odds". Philstar.com.
  2. "Lydia de Vega Asia's Sprint Queen". Pinoyathletics.info.
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