Philippines at the SEA Games

Philippines at the
Southeast Asian Games
Philippines at the; Southeast Asian Games
IOC code	PHI
NOC	Philippine Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ph
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 1,180 Silver 1,346 Bronze 1,703 Total 4,229
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1985; 1987; 1989; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2021; 2023; 2025; 2027; 2029;

The Philippines first sent athletes to the Southeast Asian Games in 1977. Prior to 1977, the Southeast Asian Games were known as the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games. The country has hosted the games four times; in 1981, 1991, 2005, and 2019.^[1] The Philippines were the overall champions of the SEA Games in 2005 and 2019, breaking their own 2005 record for the most gold medals in the latter.^[2] Excluding games they hosted, their best finish was in 1983, ranking second behind Indonesia.^[1]

The Philippines competed in the 33rd SEA Games in Bangkok & Chonburi (December 9–20, 2025) with its largest ever delegation (1,168 athletes), winning multiple medals across sports.^[3]

The Philippines will host the 2033 Southeast Asian Games, fourteen years after they hosted the 2019 edition in several locations.


Games	Year	Host city	Opened by	Date	Sports	Events	Nations	Competitors	Top-ranked team	Rank
Southeast Asian Games
11	1981	Manila	Ferdinand Marcos (President)	6 December – 15 December	18	242	7	≈1,800	Indonesia (INA)	3rd Place
16	1991	Manila	Corazon Aquino (President)	24 November – 3 December	28	327	9	≈3,000	Indonesia (INA)	2nd Place
23	2005	Manila	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (President)	27 November – 5 December	40	443	11	5,336	Philippines (PHI)	Champions
30	2019	Philippines ^[a]	Rodrigo Duterte (President)	30 November – 11 December	56	530	11	5,630	Philippines (PHI)	Champions
37	2033	TBA, Philippines	Future event

Southeast Asian Games

All-time medal tally

The country ranks 5th in the all-time Medal Tally of the Southeast Asian Games and the 4th in the region to have hit 1,000-mark in the 3 tiers of medals.^[4]^[5]

Southeast Asian Games
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Medal Rank	Rank
1977 Kuala Lumpur	91	31	30	30	91	–	3
1979 Jakarta	–	24	31	38	93	↑	4
1981 Manila	–	55	55	77	187	↑	3
1983 Singapore	267	49	48	53	150	↓	2
1985 Bangkok	–	43	54	32	129	↓	3
1987 Jakarta	–	59	78	69	206	↑	3
1989 Kuala Lumpur	–	26	37	64	127	↓	5
1991 Manila	681	91	62	84	237	↑	2
1993 Singapore	580	57	59	72	188	↓	3
1995 Chiang Mai	490	33	48	64	145	↓	3
1997 Jakarta	583	43	57	109	209	↑	4
1999 Bandar Seri Begawan	258	20	26	41	87	↓	5
2001 Kuala Lumpur	542	31	65	67	163	↑	5
2003 Hanoi	600	49	55	75	179	↑	4
2005 Manila	892	112	84	94	290	↑	1
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima	620	41	91	96	228	↓	6
2009 Vientiane	251	38	35	51	124	↓	5
2011 Jakarta	512	37	55	77	169	↑	6
2013 Naypyidaw	219	29	34	38	101	↓	7
2015 Singapore	466	29	36	66	131	↑	6
2017 Kuala Lumpur	497	24	33	64	121	↓	6
2019 Philippines	1,115	149	117	121	387	↑	1
2021 Vietnam	656	52	70	105	227	↓	4
2023 Phnom Penh	840	58	85	117	260	↑	5
2025 Thailand	1,168	50	73	154	277	↓	6
2027 Kuala Lumpur	Future event
2029 Singapore	Future event
2031 Laos	Future event
2033 Philippines	Future event
Total		1,180	1,346	1,703	4,229	–	5th

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Gold
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Bronze

Medals by sport

Sport	Rank				Total
Arnis	1	23	9	6	38
Archery	3	28	28	38	94
Athletics	5	141	154	161	456
Badminton	8	0	0	6	6
Basketball	1	23	12	6	41
Baseball	1	3	1	0	4
Billiards and snooker	1	38	26	34	98
Bodybuilding	3	47	68	12	–
Bowling	4	12	17	29	–
Boxing	–	38*	32*	37*	97*	Boxing Record tentative due to insufficient records.
Chess	–	–	–	–	–
Cricket	–	–	–	–	–
Cycling	–	–	–	–	–
Diving	–	–	–	–	–
Duathlon	1	1	1	1	3
eSports	1	7	4	4	15
Equestrian	–	–	–	–	–
Fencing	–	–	–	–	–
Field hockey	–	–	–	–	–
Figure skating	3	0	3	1	4
Floorball	3	0	1	1	2
Football	6	1	0	2	3
Futsal	6	0	0	1	1
Golf	–	–	–	–	–
Gymnastics	–	–	–	–	–
Handball		0	1	1	2
Ice hockey	2	1	0	1	2
Indoor hockey	2	1	0	1	2
Judo	–	–	–	–	–
Karate	–	–	–	–	–
Kickboxing	2	3	2	1	6
Kurash	3	1	2	5	8
Lawn bowls	–	3	11	11	25
Modern pentathlon	2	2	1	2	5
Muaythai	–	8	17	13	38
Netball	–	–	–	–	–
Obstacle racing	1	10	5	1	16
Pencak silat	–	–	–	–	–
Pétanque	–	–	–	–	–
Polo	4	1	0	1	2
Rowing	–	–	–	–	–
Rugby sevens	2	2	1	1	4
Sailing	–	–	–	–	–
Sepaktakraw	–	–	–	–	–
Short track speed skating	5	0	0	1	1
Shooting	–	–	–	–	–
Softball	1	9	1	0	10
Squash	–	–	–	–	–
Swimming	–	–	–	–	–
Synchronised swimming	–	–	–	–	–
Table tennis	7	0	3	7	10
Taekwondo	–	–	–	–	–
Tennis	3	21	35	55	111
Triathlon	1	15	12	8	35
Volleyball	3	6	5	9	20
Waterskiing	–	–	–	–	–
Water polo	–	–	–	–	–
Weightlifting	–	–	–	–	–
Wushu	2	48	34	36	118	Medal table was from 1997 to 2023
Total	5	1,180	1215	1612	4076

ASEAN Para Games

All-time medal tally

Ranking is based on total gold medals earned.

ASEAN Para Games
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2001 Kuala Lumpur	–	5	6	10	21	7
2003 Hanoi	–	2	15	24	41	8
2005 Manila	–	19	39	37	95	6
2008 Nakhon Ratchasima	–	17	21	21	59	5
2009 Kuala Lumpur	60	24	24	26	74	5
2011 Surabaya	46	23	23	18	64	6
2014 Naypyidaw	79	20	19	21	60	6
2015 Singapore	64	16	17	26	59	7
2017 Kuala Lumpur	115	20	20	29	69	5
2019 Philippines	274	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Surakarta	144	28	31	46	105	5
2023 Phnom Penh	174	33	33	50	116	5
2026 Nakhon Ratchasima	211	45	37	52	134	4
Total		253	285	359	897	5th

ASEAN University Games

All-time medal tally

Ranking is based on total gold medals earned.

ASEAN University Games
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1981 Chiang Mai	−	−	−	−	−
1982 Jakarta	−	−	−	−	−
1984 Bangi	−	−	−	−	−
1986 Singapore	−	−	−	−	−
1988 Pattaya	−	−	−	−	−
1990 Bandung	−	−	−	−	−
1993 Shah Alam	−	−	−	−	−
1994 Singapore	−	−	−	−	−
1996 Bandar Seri Begawan	−	−	−	−	−
1999 Bangkok	2	16	21	47	4
2002 Manila	–	–	–	–	-
2004 Surabaya	10	9	11	30	4
2006 Hanoi	5	7	6	18	5
2008 Kuala Lumpur	8	12	21	41	6
2010 Chiang Mai	5	4	24	33	5
2012 Vientiane	2	12	16	30	7
2014 Palembang	10	11	21	42	5
2016 Singapore	5	12	18	36	6
2018 Naypyidaw	1	0	0	1	10
2022 Ubon Ratchathani	5	4	4	13	7
2024 Surabaya-Malang	3	3	9	15	6
2026 Kuala Lumpur	Future event
Total	-	-	-	-	-

ASEAN School Games

All-time medal tally

Ranking is based on total gold medals earned.

ASEAN School Games
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2009 Suphanburi	Did not participate
2010 Kuala Lumpur	0	2	3	5	6
2011 Singapore	1	0	2	3	6
2012 Surabaya	0	2	1	3	7
2013 Hanoi	0	0	3	3	8
2014 Marikina	11	14	22	47	4
2015 Bandar Seri Begawan	3	3	11	17	6
2016 Chiang Mai	Did not participate
2017 Singapore	13	8	21	42	6
2018 Kuala Lumpur	9	7	20	36	6
2019 Semarang	4	7	22	33	6
2022 Dumaguete	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2024 Da Nang	2	8	20	30	6
2025 Bandar Seri Begawan	11	10	23	43	4
Total	52	53	127	232	6

Notes

^ The 2019 SEA Games was officially decentralized. Events were held in various cities around the Philippines, mostly in the Clark City, the Metro Manila region, and the Subic Bay areas, however there was no single designated host city. The games were known as "Philippines 2019".

References

^ ^a ^b Santos, Reynaldo Jr. (6 June 2015). "FAST FACTS: Philippines in the SEA Games". Rappler. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
^
- 2005: "Medals tally in 2005 SEA Games". GMA News. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- 2019: "Best ever! Philippines tops 2005 gold total for SEA Games record". ABS-CBN News. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ INQUIRER.net (10 December 2025). "SEA Games 2025: Medal Tally". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
^ "How PH fared in last 5 SEA Games".
^ "After 14 years, Team Philippines is SEA Games overall champion anew". 11 December 2019.

[4] The 2019 SEA Games was officially decentralized. Events were held in various cities around the Philippines, mostly in the Clark City, the Metro Manila region, and the Subic Bay areas, however there was no single designated host city. The games were known as "Philippines 2019".

[facts-1] Santos, Reynaldo Jr. (6 June 2015). "FAST FACTS: Philippines in the SEA Games". Rappler. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

[2] 
2005: "Medals tally in 2005 SEA Games". GMA News. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

2019: "Best ever! Philippines tops 2005 gold total for SEA Games record". ABS-CBN News. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[4] 2005: "Medals tally in 2005 SEA Games". GMA News. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

[5] 2019: "Best ever! Philippines tops 2005 gold total for SEA Games record". ABS-CBN News. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[3] INQUIRER.net (10 December 2025). "SEA Games 2025: Medal Tally". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

[5] "How PH fared in last 5 SEA Games".

[6] "After 14 years, Team Philippines is SEA Games overall champion anew". 11 December 2019.

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National sports teams of the Philippines
Men's teams	American football Tackle football Flag football Australian rules football Baseball U-18 Basketball U-19 U-17 3x3 Cricket Floorball Football U-23 U-21 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach soccer CP Goalball Handball Beach U-20 Ice hockey U-20 Lacrosse Rugby league Rugby union Sevens Sepak takraw Softball Squash Tennis Volleyball U-23 (defunct) U-19 Beach volleyball Sitting volleyball Water polo Wheelchair basketball
Women's teams	American football Flag football Baseball Basketball U-18 U-16 3x3 Cricket Floorball Football U-20 U-17 Futsal Handball Beach handball Ice hockey Lacrosse Netball Rugby league Rugby union Sevens Softball Tchoukball Tennis Volleyball U-23 (defunct) U-21 U-19 Beach volleyball Water polo
Mixed teams	Athletics Badminton Baseball5 Boxing Dragon boat Esports Korfball Slow-pitch softball
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Southeast Asian Games

All-time medal tally

Medals by sport

ASEAN Para Games

All-time medal tally

ASEAN University Games

All-time medal tally

ASEAN School Games

All-time medal tally

See also

Notes

References