Philippines at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The Philippines competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The Philippines sent its biggest delegation in the history of the Olympic Games with 53 athletes, 48 men and 5 women.[1]

Philippines at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Amateur Athletic Federation
Websitewww.olympic.ph
in Munich
Competitors53 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Jimmy Mariano
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

In the first postwar archery competition at the Olympics, the Philippines entered three men. Their highest placed competitor was Francisco Naranjilla, in 37th place.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Francisco Naranjilla — 2288 points (→ 37th place)
  • Carlos Santos, Jr. — 2183 points (→ 50th place)
  • Ramon Aldea — 2102 points (→ 54th place)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 11.02s (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition
  • Pool Play (Group B)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (80-111)
  • Lost to Italy (81-101)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (76-117)
  • Lost to Puerto Rico (72-92)
  • Lost to West Germany (74-93)
  • Lost to Poland (75-90)
  • Defeated Senegal (68-72)
  • Semifinal Round
  • Defeated Egypt (2-0, forfeit)[2]
  • Final Round
  • Defeated Japan (80-73) → did not advance, 13th place

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Reynaldo Fortaleza

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 0:5

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

One cyclist represented the Philippines in 1972.

Individual road race
Individual pursuit

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eight male shooters represented the Philippines in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Skeet

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:05.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:47.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 8:44.01 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Philippines at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. The Egyptian team forfeited as their entire team left the Games following the Munich massacre.
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