Philippines at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games

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Philippines at the 11th Southeast Asian Games
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1981 Southeast Asian Games in Manila
Competitors
Medals Rank: 3	Gold 55	Silver 55	Bronze 77	Total 187
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The Philippines participated at the 11th Southeast Asian Games and were the host country.

SEA Games performance

The Philippine Contingent, from the 24 golds which they won in the 1979 games in Jakarta, came through this time with 55 golds and a third place overall finish. Gintong Alay Project Director and Philippine Olympic Committee chairman Michael Keon was jubilant over the Philippines' impressive show of strength but told the delegations gathered during the closing rites that it was never the design of the host country to dominate the 11th SEA games.

The Philippines came through with a bumper harvest of golds in Cycling, winning eight of the golds disputed. The host country also grabbed eight golds in track and field and Bowling. In Boxing and Weightlifting, it had six golds for each event. Swimming produced four golds, with three credited to Billy Wilson, who came home from his studies and training in the US, and one to veteran Jairulla Jaitulia.^[1]

Lydia de Vega and Isidro del Prado were the country's two double gold medal winners and were cited with more honors. De Vega was cited as best female track performer for her record-breaking performances in the 200 meters and del Prado as the best male track performer for a record-breaking performances in the 400 meters. ^[2]

It was World Cup Bowling champ Bong Coo who emerged as the Philippines' most bemedalled campaigner among the members of its female contingent. The Filipinos were blanked in three events; Archery, Badminton and Table Tennis.

Medal table

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	0	4	5	9
Athletics	8	9	12	29
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Basketball	1	1	0	2
Bowling	8	6	4	18
Boxing	6	1	3	10
Cycling	8	4	0	12
Gymnastics	3	3	0	6
Judo	2	4	4	10
Lawn Tennis	3	1	3	7
Shooting	3	13	10	26
Softball	2	0	0	2
Swimming	4	7	10	21
Volleyball	1	0	1	2
Weightlifting	6	2	13	21
TOTAL	55	55

References

1. "Defying the odds". Philstar.com.
2. "Lydia de Vega Asia's Sprint Queen". Pinoyathletics.info.

External links

• SEA games 1981 complete results @pinoyathletics.info
• Results