The Philippines competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.

Athletics

Basketball

;Men's team competition

  • Qualification Round (Group B)

:* Defeated Israel (57-47)

:* Defeated Hungary (48-35)

  • Main Round (Group C)

:* Lost to Argentina (59-85)

:* Lost to Brazil (52-71)

:* Defeated Canada (81-65) → did not advance, 9th place

  • Team roster:

:*Florentino Bautista

:*Ramon "Ramoncito" Campos Jr.

:*Antonio "Tony" Genato

:*José Gochangco

:*Rafael "Paing" Hechanova

:*Eduardo "Eddie" Lim

:*Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga

:*Antonio "Pocholo" Martínez (c)

:*Ponciano Saldaña

:*Meliton Santos

:*Antonio Tantay

:*Mariano "Nano" Tolentino

  • Head coach: Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

  • Al Asuncion

:# First Round – Defeated Basil Thompson of Burma (TKO 2R)

:# Second Round – Lost to Willie Toweel of South Africa (1 – 2)

Men's Bantamweight:

  • Alejandro Ortuoste

:# Second Round – Lost to John McNally of Ireland (0 – 3)

Men's Lightweight:

  • Benjamin Enriquez

:# First Round – Lost to Aleksy Antkiewicz of Poland (0 – 3)

Men's Light-Welterweight:

  • Ernesto Porto

:# First Round – Lost to Bruno Visintin of Italy (KO 2R)

Men's Welterweight:

  • Vicente Tuñacao

:# First Round – José Luis Dávalos of Mexico (TKO 3R)

Shooting

Three shooters represented the Philippines in 1952.

;25 m pistol

  • Martin Gison
  • Félix Cortes

;50 m pistol

  • Félix Cortes
  • Martin Gison

;50 m rifle, prone

  • Martin Gison
  • César Jayme

Swimming

;Men

<small>Rank given is within the heat.</small>

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!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

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!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Sambiao Basanung

|align=left|1500 m freestyle

| 20:58.6

| 7

| colspan=2

| colspan=2 | Did not advance

|}

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  • Official Olympic Reports