Philippines at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Philippines competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.

Basketball

 * Men's team competition
 * Qualification Round (Group B)
 * Defeated Israel (57-47)
 * Defeated Hungary (48-35)


 * Main Round (Group C)
 * Lost to Argentina (59-85)
 * Lost to Brazil (52-71)
 * Defeated Canada (81-65) → did not advance, 9th place


 * Team roster:
 * Florentino Bautista
 * Ramon "Ramoncito" Campos Jr.
 * Antonio "Tony" Genato
 * José Gochangco
 * Rafael "Paing" Hechanova
 * Eduardo "Eddie" Lim
 * Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga
 * Antonio "Pocholo" Martínez (c)
 * Ponciano Saldaña
 * Meliton Santos
 * Antonio Tantay
 * Mariano "Nano" Tolentino


 * Head coach: Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo

Boxing
Men's Flyweight:
 * Al Asuncion
 * First Round – Defeated Basil Thompson of Burma (TKO 2R)
 * Second Round – Lost to Willie Toweel of South Africa (1 - 2)

Men's Bantamweight:
 * Alejandro Ortuoste
 * Second Round – Lost to John McNally of Ireland (0 - 3)

Men's Lightweight:
 * Benjamin Enriquez
 * First Round – Lost to Aleksy Antkiewicz of Poland (0 - 3)

Men's Light-Welterweight:
 * Ernesto Porto
 * First Round – Lost to Bruno Visintin of Italy (KO 2R)

Men's Welterweight:
 * Vicente Tuñacao
 * First Round – José Luis Dávalos of Mexico (TKO 3R)

Shooting
Three shooters represented the Philippines in 1952.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Martin Gison
 * Félix Cortes


 * 50 m pistol
 * Félix Cortes
 * Martin Gison


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Martin Gison
 * César Jayme