1928 Summer Olympics


The 1928 Summer Olympics was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from July 28 to August 12 with 46 participating countries competing in 109 events in 14 sports. 

The Philippines was the sole nation from Southeast Asian that competed at this edition of the Summer Olympics and its second appearance in Summer Olympics. The country sent four athletes in two sports:
1. Teófilo Yldefonso in swimming (men's 200m breaststroke)
2. Tuburan Tamse in swimming (men's 400m and 1500m freestyle) *
3. Anselmo Gonzaga in Athletics (100m & 200m)
4. Simeon Toribio in Athletics (High Jump | 4th Place | 1.91m)

Teófilo Yldefonso
The Philippines won its first Olympic medal courtesy of Teófilo Yldefonso in Swimming. Yldefonso finished third place with a time of 2:56.4 in the men's 200m breaststroke event. Enough for him to win the country's first bronze and Olympic medal.

It is also the historic first medal for Southeast Asia.

* Tuburan Kontong Tamse was the first Muslim Filipino Olympian and first Muslim athlete from Southeast Asia in Summer Olympics.

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