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Philippines at the 1978 Asian Games

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Philippines at the
1978 Asian Games
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ph (in English)
in Bangkok
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
14
Asian Games appearances (overview)

The Philippines participated in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 9 to December 20, 1978. Ranked ninth with four gold medals, four silver medals and six bronze medals with a total of 14 medals.[1]

Asian Games performance

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Bowling was played for the first time, and the women's team led by Bong Coo won three of the country's total output of four gold medals. Bong Coo of bowling was the most successful Filipino campaigner. She won the masters, where she set a 15-game finals record with a 210 average, semi finals and grand finals records; in the singles event she set the Asian Games record and was a member of the champion team of five with Rosario de Leon, Lolita Reformado, Lita de la Rosa, and Nellie Castillo. Bong Coo also topped the individual all events where she set an Asian Games record.

The other gold medalist was Ral Rosario, who ruled the 200-meter freestyle in a national record of 1:56.68

Medalists

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The following Philippine competitors won medals at the Games.

Gold

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Gold Bong Coo Bowling Women's Single
2  Gold Bong Coo Bowling Women's Masters
3  Gold Lita dela Rosa
Rosario de Leon
Lolita Reformado
Nellie Castillo
Bong Coo
Bowling Women's Team
4  Gold Gerardo Rosario Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle

Silver

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Silver Rosario de Leon Bowling Women's Single
2  Silver Lita dela Rosa
Lolita Reformado
Bong Coo
Bowling Women's Trios
3  Silver Rosario de Leon Bowling Women's Masters
4  Silver Ruben Mares Boxing Lightweight 60kg

Bronze

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No. Medal Name Sport Event
1  Bronze Amelita Saberon
Lucila Tolentino
Lorena Morcilla
Lydia Silva-Netto
Athletics Women's 4x100m Relay
2  Bronze Lita dela Rosa
Nellie Castillo
Bowling Women's Doubles
3  Bronze Tito Sotto
Manny Sugatan
Jose Santos
Bowling Men's Trios
4  Bronze Gerardo Rosario Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle
5  Bronze Mark Joseph Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle
6  Bronze Vicente Cheng
Mark Joseph
Jairulla Jaitulla
Gerardo Rosario
Swimming Men's 4x200m Freestyle

Multiple

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Name Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bong Coo Bowling 3 1 0 4
Rosario de Leon Bowling 1 2 0 3
Lita dela Rosa Bowling 1 1 1 3
Lolita Reformado Bowling 1 1 0 2
Gerardo Rosario Swimming 1 0 2 3
Nellie Castillo Bowling 1 0 1 2
Mark Joseph Swimming 0 0 2 2

Medal summary

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Medal by sports

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Bowling3328
 Swimming1034
 Boxing0101
 Athletics0011
Totals (4 entries)44614

References

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