The Philippines participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar; for the 15th straight time in the same number of stagings of the Games. The country did not participate in Men's and Women's Basketball for the first time due to the continuing suspension by International Basketball Federation (Fédération Internationale de Basketball or FIBA).
The country was represented by 233 athletes participating in 31 sports, including boxing, cue sports, and taekwondo which brought the most medals to the country.
Medalists
Gold No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Violito Payla Boxing Flyweight 51kg2 Joan Tipon Boxing Bantamweight 54kg3 Antonio Gabica Cue sports Men's 9-Ball Singles4 Rene Catalan Wushu Men's Sanda 52kg
Silver No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Antonio Gabica Cue sports Men's 8-Ball Singles2 Jeff de Luna Cue sports Men's 9-Ball Singles3 Marne Pabillore Karate Women's Kumite -53kg4 Tshomlee Go Taekwondo Men's Bantamweight -62kg5 Toni Rivero Taekwondo Women's Welterweight -67kg6 Eduard Folayang Wushu Men's Sanda 70kg
Bronze No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Godfrey Castro Boxing Light flyweight 48kg2 Genebert Basadre Boxing Lightweight 60kg3 Michael Bibat Golf Men's Individual4 Noel Espinosa Karate Men's Kata5 Manuel Rivero Taekwondo Men's Featherweight -67kg6 Eunice Alora Taekwondo Women's Finweight -47kg7 Veronica Domingo Taekwondo Women's Lightweight -63kg8 Cecil Mamiit Tennis Men's Singles9 Cecil MamiitEric Taino Tennis Men's Doubles
Multiple NameSport Gold Silver BronzeTotal Antonio Gabica Cue sports 1 1 0 2 Cecil Mamiit Tennis 0 0 2 2
Medal summary
Medal by sports SportsTotalBoxing2024Cue sports1203Wushu1102Taekwondo0235Karate0112Tennis0022Golf0011
Participation details
Baseball
The 2005 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) gold medallists and Southeast Asian powerhouse competed in the Baseball competitions of this edition of the Asian Games, and went up against World Baseball Classic (WBC) champions Japan, Korea, China, Chinese Taipei, and Thailand.
The country finished last in the field after an upset by neighbor Thailand in their last match, 1–8.
Standings
RankWLPct.RSRADIRA/9DI6 Philippines05.00096731.119.25
Results
Match 2: vs Japan (JPN) Game time: November 29 13:30 (UTC+3) Venue: Al-Rayyan Sports Club
Match 4: vs China (CHN) Game time: November 30 13:30 (UTC+3) Venue: Al-Rayyan Sports Club
Match 7: vs Korea Republic (KOR) Game time: December 3 09:00(UTC+3) Venue: Al-Rayyan Sports Club
Match 12: vs Chinese Taipei (TPE) Game time: December 5 13:30(UTC+3) Venue: Al-Rayyan Sports Club
Match 13: vs Thailand (THA) Game time: December 6 09:00 (UTC+3) Venue: Al-Rayyan Sports Club
Boxing
Seven amateur boxers compete for 11 gold medals at stake in this edition of the Asiad. Two out of the eight boxers are gold medal winners in the last 2005 SEA Games. Four boxers qualified for the semifinals and two boxers reached the final bouts slated on 13 December.
Standings
RankGoldSilverBronzeTotal3 Philippines2024
Bout details
Quarterfinal bouts December 7, 2006 Weight division Corner-Name (NOC) Winner Points Time/DecisionFlyweightRED Violito Payla (PHI) BLUE Jitender Kumar (IND)RED27:7PTSFeatherweightRED Anthony Marcial (PHI) BLUE Galib Jafarov (KAZ)BLUE12:27PTSDecember 8, 2006Light Flyweight RED Godfrey Castro (PHI) BLUE Ali Saad Al Ahmry (KSA) RED 25:5 RSCOS-R2Bantamweight BLUE Joan Tipon (PHI) RED Won Guk Kim (PRK)BLUE22:15PTSDecember 9, 2006Lightweight RED Genebert Basadre (PHI) BLUE Serdar Hudayberdiyev (TKM) RED24:4RSCOS-R3Semifinals December 10, 2006Flyweight BLUE Violito Payla (PHI) RED Bo Yang (CHN)BLUE40:20RSCOS-R3December 11, 2006Light Flyweight RED Godfrey Castro (PHI) BLUE Suban Pannon (THA) BLUE 20:40 RSCOS-R3Bantamweight BLUE Joan Tipon (PHI) RED Worapoj Petchkoom (THA)BLUE+13:13PTSLightweight BLUE Genebert Basadre (PHI) RED Hu Qing (CHN) RED 29:18PTSFinals December 12, 2006FlyweightBLUE Violito Payla (PHI) RED Somjit Jongjohor (THA)BLUE31:15PTSDecember 13, 2006BantamweightRED Joan Tipon (PHI) BLUE Han Soon Chul (KOR) RED21:10PTS Legend: PTS - Points, RSCOS - Referee Stop Contest Outscored, R - Round
Gymnastics Artistic
The country was represented by a lone male gymnast, Roel Ramirez. He qualified for the Finals of Men's Vault Event, and finished sixth in the field.
Results
Qualified for the Finals Finals Event Score Rank Remarks Team Final and Individual Qualification - PHI 78.10020 Team Team Final and Individual Qualification 78.233 All-around Team Final and Individual Qualification - Floor 14.25023 Individual Men's Team Final and Individual Qualification - Horizontal Bar 12.60050 Individual Team Final and Individual Qualification - Parallel Bars 11.25067 Individual Team Final and Individual Qualification - Rings 10.75064 Individual Team Final and Individual Qualification - Vault 15.7506 Individual Team Final and Individual Qualification - Pommel Horse 13.60035 Individual Men's Vault Final - Vault 15.7006 Individual
Sepaktakraw
As released by the DAGOC at the same date at the Games website, the Philippines will be joined by Southeast Asian neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia in Group C in Men's Regu, and Thailand, Myanmar, and Japan in Group A in Women's Regu. The nation competes also with Thailand and Indonesia in Group A of Men's Doubles, and Thailand, Vietnam, and China in Women's Doubles.
Swimming
Ten swimmers represented the country in the competitions in this edition of the Games.
Entry list
UY Kendrick COAKLEY Daniel MOLINA Miguel AGUILAR Johansen Benedict ARABEJO Ryan Paolo WALSH James
DEE Ernest Lorenzo BORDADO Gerard TOTTEN Erica GANDIONCO Maria Giorgina CORDERO Denjylie
Results
Qualified for FinalsFinals December 2, 2006 Event No. Event Phase Rank Lane Swimmer Time1 Women's 200m Free Heat 15 2 GANDIONCO Maria Giorgina 2:09:72 Heat 25 3 TOTTEN Erica 2:08:83 2 Men's 400m IMHeat 12 4MOLINA Miguel 4:28.99 Finals4 6 MOLINA Miguel4:28.443 Women's 100m Fly Heat 15 2 TOTTEN Erica 1:08.044 Women's 50m Breast Heat 25 2 CORDERO Denjylie 36.02 5Men's 200m FlyHeat 14 6WALSH James 2:01.94 Finals8 7 WALSH James 2:01.95December 3, 2006 Event No. Event Phase Rank Lane Swimmer Time7 Men's 100m Fly Heat 26 7 DEE Ernest Lorenzo 57.18 Heat 45 7 WALSH James 55.919 Men's 200m Free Heat 34 3 MOLINA Miguel 1:54.62 Heat 48 8 UY Kendrick2:04.8011 Men's 50m Breast Heat 33 8 MOLINA Miguel 29.44 Heat 46 7 BORDADO Gerard 30.15December 4, 2006 Event No. Event Phase Rank Lane Swimmer/s Time14 Men's 50m Free Heat 35 2 COAKLEY Daniel 23.98 Heat 48 1 UY Kendrick 24.5415 Women's 400m FreeHeat 34 3 TOTTEN Erica 4:27:98 5 2 GANDIONCO, Maria Giorgina 4:28:6816 Men's 100m Breast Heat 56 7 BORDADO Gerard 1:05.4717 Women's 200m Fly Heat 14 2 GANDIONCO, Maria Giorgina 2:22.70 Heat 2 6 2 TOTTEN Erica 2:24.8919 Men's 4 × 200 m Free RelayHeat 14 4MOLINA MiguelDEE Ernest LorenzoWALSH JamesARABEJO Ryan Paolo 7:44.98Finals 6 7MOLINA MiguelARABEJO Ryan PaoloDEE Ernest LorenzoWALSH James 7:44.93 December 5, 2006 Event No. Event Phase Rank Lane Swimmer/s Time20 Men's 50m Fly Heat 22 2 DEE Ernest Lorenzo 26.13 Heat 55 1 WALSH James 26.02 21 Women's 100m Breast Heat 15 2 CORDERO Denjylie 1:17.3322 Men's 400m Free Heat 35 2 ARABEJO, Ryan Paolo 4:05.6023 Women's 50m Free Heat 47 1 TOTTEN Erica 27.9124 Men's 100m Back Heat 47 7 ARABEJO, Ryan Paolo 1:01.5726 Men's 4 × 100 m Free RelayHeat 24 3UY KendrickCOAKLEY DanielWALSH JamesMOLINA Miguel 3:31.91 Finals 6 2MOLINA MiguelCOAKLEY DanielWALSH JamesUY Kendrick 3:31.00 December 6, 2006 Event No. Event Phase Rank Lane Swimmer/s Time27 Women's 100m Free Heat 25 7 TOTTEN Erica 59.44 28 Men's 100m Free Heat 55 7 UY Kendrick 52.8329 Women's 200m Breast Heat 16 7 CORDERO Denjylie 2:41.4130 Men's 200m IMHeat 33 3MOLINA Miguel 2:08.18 Finals57 MOLINA Miguel2:05.1832 Women's 800m Free Finals 23 6GANDIONCO Maria Giorgina 9:14.80
Taekwondo
Twelve taekwondo jins represented the country in the competitions for this edition of the Asiad. The team accumulated five medals: two silvers and three bronzes, marking the best showing of the country (so far) in the sport in this quadrennial event.
Standings
RankGoldSilverBronzeTotal9 Philippines 0235
Withdrawn events
Softball: The 2005 SEA Games gold medallists and Southeast Asian powerhouse was reported to participate in the Games, however current revisions on the schedule reflect otherwise. Water Polo: As released by the Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (DAGOC) on September 7, 2006, at the Games website, the 2005 SEA Games silver medallists was supposed to compete in this sport; however, the country was not able to send a team due to priority given to the baseball team, as the lone team sport contingent to the Games. The supposed-to-be opponents of the team in Group A will be awarded automatic wins (with a score of 5-0).
See also 2006 Asian Games FESPIC Games
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