Philippines at the 1978 Asian Games
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The Philippines participated in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 9 to December 20, 1978. Ranked ninth with four gold medals, four silver medals and six bronze medals with a total of 14 medals.[1]
Asian Games performance
Bowling was played for the first time, and the women's team led by Bong Coo won three of the country's total output of four gold medals. Bong Coo of bowling was the most successful Filipino campaigner. She won the masters, where she set a 15-game finals record with a 210 average, semi finals and grand finals records; in the singles event she set the Asian Games record and was a member of the champion team of five with Rosario de Leon, Lolita Reformado, Lita de la Rosa, and Nellie Castillo. Bong Coo also topped the individual all events where she set an Asian Games record.
The other gold medalist was Ral Rosario, who ruled the 200-meter freestyle in a national record of 1:56.68
Medalists
The following Philippine competitors won medals at the Games.
Gold
| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Bong Coo | File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Women's Single |
| 2 | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Bong Coo | File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Women's Masters |
| 3 | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Lita dela Rosa Rosario de Leon Lolita Reformado Nellie Castillo Bong Coo |
File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Women's Team |
| 4 | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Gerardo Rosario | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 200m Freestyle |
Silver
| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Rosario de Leon | File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Women's Single |
| 2 | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Lita dela Rosa Lolita Reformado Bong Coo |
File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Women's Trios |
| 3 | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Rosario de Leon | File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Women's Masters |
| 4 | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Ruben Mares | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Lightweight 60kg |
Bronze
| No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Amelita Saberon Lucila Tolentino Lorena Morcilla Lydia Silva-Netto |
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's 4x100m Relay |
| 2 | File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Lita dela Rosa Nellie Castillo |
File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Women's Doubles |
| 3 | File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Tito Sotto Manny Sugatan Jose Santos |
File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling | Men's Trios |
| 4 | File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Gerardo Rosario | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| 5 | File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Mark Joseph | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| 6 | File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Vicente Cheng Mark Joseph Jairulla Jaitulla Gerardo Rosario |
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 4x200m Freestyle |
Multiple
| Name | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bong Coo | Bowling | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Rosario de Leon | Bowling | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Lita dela Rosa | Bowling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lolita Reformado | Bowling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerardo Rosario | Swimming | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Nellie Castillo | Bowling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Joseph | Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medal summary
Medal by sports
References
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