Philippines at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Philippines at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codePHI
NPCParalympic Committee of the Philippines
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Flag bearers Agustina Bantiloc
Ernie Gawilan
OfficialsRal Rosario (chef de mission)
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

The Philippines are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September. The country qualified six athletes in four sports.[1]

Background

The Philippine delegation would arrive in France by August 12, ahead of the opening ceremony to train in Nimes.[2] Gerardo Rosario will be the chef de mission of the delgation.[3]

At the opening ceremony the athletes will wear outfits was designed by women's fashion brand Ditta.[4] Owner Ditta Sandico herself was involved and was assisted by Janinna Santos. The men, would wear black jackets adorned with traditional textile or habol handwoven individually by members of the Mangyan people. The women would wear a wrap or a pañuelo made of banana and abaca fibers with a design and colors inspired from the Philippine flag and a sun-motif brooch. The women will wear yellow hats while the men will wear blue.[5][6] Ernie Gawilan and Agustina Bantiloc will be the opening ceremony flagbearers.[7]

Competitors

Philippine delegation in France.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 1 1 2
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Total 3 3 6

Archery

The Philippines entered one archer into the games after Agustina Bantiloc qualified through Bipartite Commission (BPC) Invitation in the women's compound event. Bantiloc also qualified by achieving the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS).[8] Bantiloc is the oldest competitor of the delegation at 55 years old.[9]

Bantiloc scored 618 in the open ranking round, her season best but placed last among 28 competitors pitting her against fifth seed Jane Karla Gögel of Brazil in the round of 32.[10] Bantiloc ended her campaign after losing 127–143 to Gögel.[11]

Women
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Agustina Bantiloc Individual compound 618 28  Gögel (BRA)
L 127–143 		Did not advance

Athletics

The Philippines qualified two athletes in the Games. Jerrold Mangliwan was qualified after winning a gold medal in the men’s 400 meter-T52 and silver in the men’s 100 meter-T52 in the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Meanwhile, Filipina javelin thrower, Cendy Asusano will make her Paralympic debut and will represent the country in the Games. In the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships held in Kobe, Japan, Asusano finished in fourth place in the biennial event.[12][13]

Men's track

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Jerrold Mangliwan Men's 400 m T52 1:05.79 7 q 1:04.55 8
Men's 100 m T52

Women's field

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Cendy Asusano Women's javelin throw F54

Swimming

The Philippines qualified two swimmers (one man and one woman) to compete at the games, by achieving the MQS allocation slots.[14][15] This will be Gawilan's third consecutive Paralympics participation having taken part in the 2016 and 2020 editions.[16]

Gawilan did not advance from the 200 m individual medley SM7 his first event at Paris 2024. He finished last among eleven swimmers. His time is slower than the 2:50.49 record he set in the 2020 Paralympics. He is still to compete in the 400 m freestyle S7, his best event.[17]

Men
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Ernie Gawilan 400 m freestyle S7
200 m individual medley SM7 2:56.39 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Angel Otom 200 m freestyle S5
50 m backstroke S5
50 m butterfly S5

Taekwondo

Philippines entered one athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition. Allain Ganapin qualified for Paris 2024, after winning the gold medal results in his class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[18] Ganapin have qualified previously for Tokyo 2020 but was unable to compete due to contracting COVID-19.[9]

Ganapin won his first bout over Hadi Hassanzada of the Refugee Paralympic Team before ending his Olympic campaign to Abulfaz Abuzarli of Azerbaijan[19]

Athlete Event Preliminary round First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Allain Ganapin Men's –80 kg  Hassanzada (RPT)
W 22–13 		 Abuzarli (AZE)
L 9–12 		Did not advance

See also

References

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