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Philippines at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Philippines at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Amateur Athletic Federation
Websitewww.olympic.ph
in Munich
Competitors53 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Jimmy Mariano
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Philippines competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The Philippines sent its biggest delegation in the history of the Olympic Games with 53 athletes, 48 men and 5 women.[1]

Archery

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In the first postwar archery competition at the Olympics, the Philippines entered three men. Their highest placed competitor was Francisco Naranjilla, in 37th place.

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 11.02s (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

Basketball

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Men's Team Competition

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  • Pool Play (Group B)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (80-111)
  • Lost to Italy (81-101)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (76-117)
  • Lost to Puerto Rico (72-92)
  • Lost to West Germany (74-93)
  • Lost to Poland (75-90)
  • Defeated Senegal (68-72)
  • Semifinal Round
  • Defeated Egypt (2-0, forfeit)[2]
  • Final Round
  • Defeated Japan (80-73) → did not advance, 13th place

Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Cycling

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One cyclist represented the Philippines in 1972.

Individual road race
Individual pursuit

Judo

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Sailing

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Soling

Shooting

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Eight male shooters represented the Philippines in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

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Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:05.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:47.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 8:44.01 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

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Men's 56 kg

Men's 52 kg

Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Philippines at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ The Egyptian team forfeited as their entire team left the Games following the Munich massacre.
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