Philippines at the 2024 Summer Olympics


Philippines at the 2024 Summer Olympics


The Philippines is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's debut in the same city. Filipino athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1924 onwards, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the American-led boycott.

Background

Administration

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Al Panlilio would be initially appointed as the chef de mission for the Philippine delegation for the 2024 Summer Olympics back in 2022. In February 2023, Panlilio would be replaced by Philippine Rowing Association honorary chairman and Cavite governor Jonvic Remulla for the role.

Qualification

The Philippines aims to qualify as many as twenty athletes. They would hope to qualify more sportspeople in swimming, taekwondo, rowing, shooting, wrestling, cycling, and judo. The national team also made a failed bid to qualify for women's football. The Gilas Pilipinas men's basketball team is also set to participate in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia in July 2024.

Averted WADA sanction

In January 2024, the delegation was put at risk of facing a ban on using the Philippine flag at the Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tagged the Philippine Sports Commission for non-compliance with doping regulations. The tagging would be disputed and referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The issue would be resolved by March 2024 when WADA cleared the Philippines.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics

Filipino track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): Obiena met the qualifying mark at the BAUHAUS-galan meet of the 2023 Diamond League on 2 July.

Field events

Boxing

The Philippines entered five boxers (two men and three women) for Paris 2024. Eumir Marcial qualified for the games through reaching the final of middleweight division at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Later on, Aira Villegas (women's flyweight) and Nesthy Petecio (women's featherweight) qualified themselves to the games, by winning the quota bouts round, in their respective division, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Carlo Paalam and Hergie Bacyadan also qualified by winning the quota bouts round in men's featherweight and women's middleweight divisions, respectively, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

A formal appeal to the IOC was made so that retired professional boxer Manny Pacquiao could compete. This was denied with the IOC refusing to waive the age limit for competitors and requirement to participate in the qualifiers.

Fencing

For the first time since 1992, the Philippines entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Samantha Catantan qualified for the games by winning the women's individual foil events at the 2024 Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Gymnastics

Artistic

The Philippines qualified four gymnasts, namely Carlos Yulo, by being the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's floor exercise at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Aleah Finnegan, as one of the 14 highest-ranked eligible athletes in the women’s all-around at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Levi Ruivivar, by competing at the World Cup series to earn an individual Olympic berth, in which she landed in second place in the women's uneven bars, and Emma Malabuyo, by earning a quota, in which she won a bronze medal in the women's all-around at the 2024 Asian Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Finnegan, Malabuyo, and Ruivivar are the first Filipina gymnasts to qualify for the Summer Olympics since 1964 that featured Maria-Luisa Floro and Evelyn Magluyan.

Men
Women

Rowing

Filipino rowers qualified one boat for women's single sculls events, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea. Joanie Delgaco became the first female rower to represent the Philippines at the Olympics.

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Weightlifting

The Philippines entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. John Ceniza (men's 61 kg), Elreen Ando (women's 59 kg), and Vanessa Sarno (women's 71 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings (OQR).

Hidilyn Diaz, the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medalist, notably failed to qualify. Competing in the now scrapped women's 55 kg class back in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Diaz moved to 59 kg. Ando would qualify at her expense, since each country can only qualify one weightlifter per weight division through the OQR.

Rosegie Ramos reportedly also qualified but would shortly after fall outside the top 10 of the IWF Olympic Qualification Ranking at eleventh place. Her qualification is set to be confirmed or denied by the IWF.

References


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