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Philippines at the 1991 SEA Games

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Philippines at the
1991 Southeast Asian Games
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ph (in English)
in Manila
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
91
Silver
62
Bronze
84
Total
237
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)

The 16th Southeast Asian Games were held in Manila, the Philippines from 24 November - 5 December 1991. This was the second time that the country hosted the biennial regional sporting event. It was officially opened by President Corazon Aquino at the Rizal Memorial track and football field in Manila through a colorful opening ceremony.

Opening highlights and sidelights

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Brass bands, spirited and gaily-dancing college and high school students from varied schools; UST, CEU, Miriam College, etc., attired in colorful Ati-Atihan garb. The Philippine Air Force parachutists, with one unfolded the Philippine flag as he glided to the football field, march-past of participating athletes from different countries in the region, 30,000 or more spectators, including the President Corazon Aquino, were thrilled by the spectacular musical extravaganza with thousands of student-performers.

The welcome song was "One Under an Asian Sun", the song's lyrics were beamed in a huge electronic board. The trio of Lydia de Vega-Mercado, Carlos 'Caloy' Loyzaga and golfer Gerard Cantada puts emphasis on the past, present and the future. Lydia lit the flame in the cauldron. The march-past of foreign athletes, sports officials and delegates from the participating countries in the region earned a lot of cheers and applause from the crowd.

Medalists

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Gold

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Gold Philippines Basketball Men's team
2  Gold Leo Najera Swimming Men's 200m backstroke
3  Gold Eric Buhain Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke
4  Gold Lee Patrick Concepcion Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke
5  Gold Eric Buhain Swimming Men's 100m butterfly
6  Gold Eric Buhain Swimming Men's 200m butterfly
7  Gold Eric Buhain Swimming Men's 200m individual medley
8  Gold Eric Buhain Swimming Men's 400m individual medley
9  Gold Philippines Swimming Men's 4x100m medley relay
10  Gold Akiko Thomson Swimming Women's 100m backstroke
11  Gold Akiko Thomson Swimming Women's 200m backstroke
12  Gold Felix Barrientos Tennis Men's singles
13  Gold Felix Barrientos
Roland So
Tennis Men's doubles
14  Gold Felix Barrientos
Jennifer Saberon
Tennis Mixed doubles
15  Gold Ramon Solis Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting
16 Gold Robert Layug Vargas Taekwondo Men's sparring Lightweight

Silver

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Silver Philippines Archery Men's team
2  Silver Philippines Archery Women's team
3  Silver Leo Najera Swimming Men's 100m backstroke
4  Silver Akiko Thomson Swimming Women's 50m freestyle
5  Silver Akiko Thomson Swimming Women's 100m freestyle
6  Silver Felix Barrientos
Roland So
Sofronio Palahang
Danilo Pila
Tennis Men's team
7  Silver Jennifer Saret
Joanna Feria
Francesca Maria La'o
Jennifer Saberon
Tennis Women's team

Bronze

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Bronze Michael Focundo Archery Men's individual
2  Bronze Jennifer Chan Archery Women's individual
3  Bronze Raymond Papa Swimming Men's 50m freestyle
4  Bronze Raymond Papa Swimming Men's 100m backstroke
5  Bronze Lee Patrick Concepcion Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke
6  Bronze Philippines Swimming Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
7  Bronze Philippines Swimming Men's 4x200m freestyle relay
8  Bronze Joan Rae Sanchez Table Tennis Women's singles
9  Bronze Roland So Tennis Men's singles
10  Bronze Jennifer Saret
Jennifer Saberon
Tennis Women's doubles
11  Bronze Roland So
Jennifer Saret
Tennis Mixed doubles
12  Bronze Philippines Volleyball Men's team
13  Bronze Philippines Volleyball Women's team
14  Bronze Philippines Water Polo Men's team

Multiple

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Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Eric Buhain Swimming 5 0 0 5
Felix Barrientos Tennis 3 1 0 4
Akiko Thomson Swimming 2 2 0 4
Roland So Tennis 1 1 2 4
Jennifer Saberon Tennis 1 1 1 3
Leo Najera Swimming 1 1 0 2
Lee Partick Concepcion Swimming 1 0 1 2
Jennifer Saret Tennis 0 1 2 3

Demonstration sport

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Medals earned in a Demonstration Sport is not counted on the medal haul.

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Arnis103114
Totals (1 entries)103114

Medal summary

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By sports

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Shooting1051025
 Wushu103821
 Swimming94518
 Athletics86620
 Taekwondo82515
 Boxing82212
 Karatedo54615
 Bowling49215
 Billiards and snooker4206
 Tennis4037
 Cycling3205
 Gymnastics31610
 Golf3014
 Judo24410
Yachting/Sailing2125
 Softball2002
 Bodybuilding1405
 Fencing1337
 Weightlifting12811
 Basketball1001
 Archery0224
 Squash0033
 Volleyball0022
 Badminton0011
 Table tennis0011
Traditional Boat Race0011
Totals (26 entries)895681226

Gold medalists

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  • In Swimming, Eric Buhain garnered a record six golds to emerge the biennial meet's most bemedalled athlete. Akiko Thomson, losing one gold on a finishing touch technicality, settled for two record-smashing golds.
  • Boxing surpassed its target, drawing eight golds from pinweight Mansueto Velasco Jr, light flyweight Elias Recaido Jr, bantamweight Roberto Jalnaiz, featherweight Julito Lopez, lightweight Ronald Chavez, light welterweight Arlo Chavez, welterweight Victor Vicera and light heavyweight Raymundo Suico.[1]
  • Bea Lucero enshrined herself in the record book when she ruled the bantamweight division in taekwondo, becoming the meet's first athlete to triumph in two different sports.
  • Lydia de Vega-Mercado regain her fastest woman tag, she topped the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.44 seconds at the expense of new track sensation Goldivasamy Shanti of Malaysia and Elma Muros. She failed to repeat over Shanti in the 200m and consoled herself with a silver finish.[2]
  • The record-setting triumph of Elma Muros in the 100m hurdles and her epic victory in the long jump, the first woman to rule the event four times in a row, paved the way for seven golds in athletics - the most for Filipinos in the event since 1987.
  • Tennis player Felix Barrientos, the top Filipino netter in his first SEAG stint, won the individual gold and figuring in the doubles and mixed doubles finals with Roland So and Jennifer Saberon.[3]
  • Golfer Mary Grace Estuesta reaffirmed her billing as the region's best amateur golfer when she kept her individual title and powered the Philippines to the team crown.[4]
  • The Philippine men's national basketball team regain the cage supremacy, defeating Thailand, 77–72, in front of a crowd of 20,000 at the close of basketball competitions at the Araneta Coliseum.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "RP fighters snare eight boxing golds". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Lydia gets back on glory road". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Barrientos-So adds doubles golf to haul". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "3 golf golds for RP". Manila Standard.
  5. ^ "Pinoys whip Thais, regain cage title". Manila Standard.
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