1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics was held in Berlin, Germany from August 1 to 16 with 49 participating countries competing in 129 events in 19 sports. The games motto was "I Call the Youth of the World".

The Philippines was the sole participant from Southeast Asia with 31 athletes competing in 6 sports. These sports were athletics, basketball, boxing, shooting, swimming and wrestling.

The Philippines won its 5th Olympic medal courtesy of Miguel White in athletics. White won the bronze medal in the men's 400m hurdles. And this was the only medal won by the Philippines at this edition.

Below were the Philippine Olympians at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Athletics (6 athletes)

• Antonio Salcedo | Men's 100m & Men's 200m
• Nemesio de Guzman | Men's 100m (11.1s) & Men's 200m (22.9s)
• Miguel White | Men's 110m Hurdles | Men's 400m Hurdles (Finals Time: 52.8s) Bronze
• Teodoro Malasig | Men's 400m Hurdles
• Simeon Toribio | Men's High Jump (Finals: 1.85m | 12th Placer)
• Nino Ramirez | Men's Long Jump

Basketball (12 athletes)

Team Players: Borck, Charles |  Carillo, Antonio |  Cruz, Jacinto Ciria |  Marquicias, Franco |  Martinez, Primitivo |  Marzan, Jesus | Obordo, Amador | Ouano, Bibiano | Pardo, Miguel | Padilla, Ambrosio | Worrell, John | Yambao, Fortunato 

Results

• Preliminary | Second Round | Philippines 32-30 Mexico
• Preliminary | Third Round | Philippines 39-22 Estonia
• Quarter Finals | Philippines 23-56 United States of America
• Classification 5th-8th | Philippines 32-14 Italy
• Classification 5th-6th | Philippines 33-23 Uruguay

Boxing (5 athletes)

• Felipe Nunag | Flyweight | (W) Panaitescu (ROU) | (L) Degryse (BEL)
• Oscar de Larrazabal | Bantamweight | (W) Frederiksen (DEN) | (W) Stasch (GER) | Quarter Finals: (L) Wilson (USA)
• Felipe Gabuco | Featherweight | (L) Kara (USA)
• José Padilla, Jr. | Lightweight | (W) Schmedes (GER) | (W) Cyraniak (POL) | Quarter Finals: (L) Harangi (HUN)
• Simplicio de Castro | Welterweight | (W) Sancassiani (LUX) | Quarter Finals:  (L) Tritz (FRA)

Shooting (2 athletes)

• Martin Gison | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 50m Pistol | 50m Rifle Prone
• Otoniel Gonzaga | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 50m Pistol | 50m Rifle Prone

Swimming (5 athletes)

• Jikirum Adjaluddin

- 100m Freestyle | Heat - 1:01.0 | Semi Finals - 1:00.5
- 200m Breaststroke | Heat - 2:50.2 | Semi Finals - 2:54.0

• José Orbial | 100m Freestyle | Heat - 1:01.7
• Nils Christiansen | 100m Backstroke | Heat - 1:11.5 | Semi Finals - 1:11.1
• Teófilo Yldefonso | 200m Breaststroke | Heat - 2:47.4 | Semi Finals - 2:46.8
• Arsad Alpad | 200m Breaststroke | Heat - 2:52.6 | Semi Finals - 2:54.6

Wrestling 

• Enrique Jurado | Men's Freestyle