Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games
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{{Infobox country at games
| NOC = PHI
| NOCname = Philippine Olympic Committee
| oldcode =
| year = 1951
| date =
| games = Asian Games
| location = New Delhi
| competitors =
| sports =
| flagbearer =
| officials =
| gold = 5
| silver = 6
| bronze = 8
| rank = 5
| appearances = auto
| seealso =
| website = {{URL|www.olympic.ph}} {{in lang|en}}
}}
The Philippines participated in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India, on 5 to 10 March 1951. With 5 golds, 6 silvers and 8 bronzes, this country was ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.[http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp First Asian Games medal tally] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008024647/http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp |date=2008-10-08 }}
Asian Games performance
The country's delegation of 39 athletes won its 19 medals in only four sports: swimming, basketball, athletics and weightlifting. There were no women athletes in the country's first Asian Games team.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
Medalists
=Gold=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" | |||
| width="10"|No.
! width="70"|Medal ! width="160"|Name ! width="140"|Sport ! width="180"|Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1
| {{gold medal}} | align=left|Andres Franco | 20px Athletics | Men's High Jump |
| 2
| {{gold medal}} | align=left|Francisco Calilan Andres dela Cruz Genaro Fernandez Jose Gochango Rafael Hechanova Moro Lorenzo Carlos Loyzaga Antonio Martinez (c) Lauro Mumar Ignacio Ramos Meliton Santos Mariano Tolentino Coach: Dionisio Calvo | 20px Basketball | Men's team |
| 3
| {{gold medal}} | align=left|Artemio Salamat | 20px Swimming | Men's 100m Backstroke |
| 4
| {{gold medal}} | align=left|Jacinto Cayco | 20px Swimming | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| 5
| {{gold medal}} | align=left|Artemio Salamat Jacinto Cayco Nurhatab Rajab | 20px Swimming | Men's 3x100m Medley Relay |
=Silver=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" | |||
| width="10"|No.
! width="70"|Medal ! width="160"|Name ! width="140"|Sport ! width="180"|Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1
| {{silver medal}} | align=left|Rene Amabuyok | 20px Swimming | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| 2
| {{silver medal}} | align=left|Mohammed Mala | 20px Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle |
| 3
| {{silver medal}} | align=left|Serafin Villanueva | 20px Swimming | Men's 800m Freestyle |
| 4
| {{silver medal}} | align=left|Mohammed Mala | 20px Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| 5
| {{silver medal}} | align=left|Sotero Alcantara Serafin Villanueva Mohammed Mala Nurhatab Rajab | 20px Swimming | Men's 4x100m Freestyle |
| 6
| {{silver medal}} | align=left|Rodrigo del Rosario | 20px Weightlifting | Featherweight 60kg |
=Bronze=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" | |||
| width="10"|No.
! width="70"|Medal ! width="160"|Name ! width="140"|Sport ! width="180"|Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Genaro Cabrera Tito Almagro Jovencio Ardina Bernabe Lovina | 20px Athletics | Men's 4x100m Relay |
| 2
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Bienvenido Llaneta Bernabe Lovina Tomas Bennet Genaro Cabrera | 20px Athletics | Men's 4x400m Relay |
| 3
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Aurelio Amante | 20px Athletics | Men's Discus Throw |
| 4
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Sotero Alcantara | 20px Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| 5
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Mohammed Mala | 20px Swimming | Men's 800m Freestyle |
| 6
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Serafin Villanueva | 20px Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| 7
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Edilberto Bonus | 20px Swimming | Men's 100m Backstroke |
| 8
| {{bronze medal}} | align=left|Pedro Landero | 20px Weightlifting | Bantamweight 56kg |
===Multiple===
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||
| width=120|Name
! width=80|Sport |bgcolor=gold width=60|Gold || bgcolor=silver width=60|Silver || bgcolor=#cc9966 width=60|Bronze ! width=60|Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left| Artemio Salamat | Swimming | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 2 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 0 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 0 | 2 |
| align=left| Jacinto Cayco | Swimming | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 2 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 0 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 0 | 2 |
| align=left| Nurhatab Rajab | Swimming | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 1 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 1 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 0 | 2 |
| align=left| Mohammed Mala | Swimming | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 0 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 3 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 1 | 4 |
| align=left| Serafin Villanueva | Swimming | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 0 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 2 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 1 | 3 |
| align=left| Sotero Alcantara | Swimming | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 0 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 1 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 1 | 2 |
| align=left| Genaro Cabrera | Athletics | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 0 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 0 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 2 | 2 |
| align=left| Bernabe Lovina | Athletics | bgcolor=#fffcaf| 0 | bgcolor=#e5e5e5| 0 | bgcolor=#eecc99| 2 | 2 |
Medal summary
=Medal by sports=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| team = Sport
| hide_rank = yes
| leading =
| gold_1 = 1 | silver_1 = 0 | bronze_1 = 3 | name_1 = {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}
| gold_2 = 1 | silver_2 = 0 | bronze_2 = 0 | name_2 = {{GamesSport|Basketball|Format=d}}
| gold_3 = 3 | silver_3 = 5 | bronze_3 = 4 | name_3 = {{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}
| gold_4 = 0 | silver_4 = 1 | bronze_4 = 1 | name_4 = {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Format=d}}
}}