Philippines at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Philippines competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The 12-athlete delegation to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics competed in athletics, badminton, boxing, equestrian, shooting and swimming. This was the last Olympic games where the Philippines brought home a medal, a silver by boxer Mansueto Velasco, until weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Mansueto Velasco	Boxing	Light flyweight	August 3

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Roy Vence — 2:37.10 (→ 100th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Elma Muros

• Qualification — 6.04m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Amparo "Weena" Lim became the only Filipino badminton player to qualify and compete in the sport of badminton in the Olympics. She lost in the first round 11-6, 11-6 to Katarzyna Krasowska of Poland.

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Mansueto Velasco → Silver Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Chih-Hsiu Tsai (Chinese Taipei), referee stopped contest in first round (02:27)
  2. Second Round — Defeated Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba), 14-5
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 20-10
  4. Semi Finals — Defeated Rafael Lozano (Spain), 22-10
  5. Final — Lost to Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria), 6-19

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Elias Recaido
  1. First Round — Defeated Arson Mapfumo (Zimbabwe), 13-2
  2. Second Round — Defeated Igor Samoilenco (Moldova), 12-8
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 3-18

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Virgilio Vicera
  1. First Round — Lost to Ki-Woong Bae (South Korea) on points (4-8)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Romeo Brin
  1. First Round — Lost to Julio Gonzalez Valladares (Cuba), 13-24

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Reynaldo Galido
  1. First Round — Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany), 2-19

Equestrian

Jumping Individual

• Denise Cojuangco

Shooting

Men's Trap

• George Earnshaw

Men's Double Trap

• George Earnshaw

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Raymond Papa
  1. Heat — 57.67 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Raymond Papa
  1. Heat — 2:05.09 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Gillian Akiko Thomson
  1. Heat — 2:21.36 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

References

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
• Philippine Sports Commission