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2012, July 27.   2012 Summer Olympics, London, UK

Litho Offset.  Amstar Company, Inc.  Perf 14

Se-tenant Blocks of 4, Miniature Sheets of 16

               

 

Se-tenant Blocks of Four  (25,200)

   7p  Athletics

   7p  Shooting

   7p  Swimming

   7p  Boxing

 

Miniature Sheets of 16  (6,300)

 

Designer:  Jay Javier R. Cahilig, Jr.

Layout Artist: Victorino Z. Serevo

Design Coordinator:  Elenita D.L. San Diego

Designs: Stylized designs of the four major games participated in by Filipino athletes in the 2012 London Olympic Games

 

 

First Day Covers:  Manila

 

      

PHILIPPINES AT THE 2012 LONDON SUMMER OLYMPICS

The Philippines competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which is being held in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012.  The country was represented by 11 athletes who competed in 8 sports:

Archery:  Mark Javier and Rachelle Anne Cabral.  

Mark Javier competed in the men's individual event. This was his second Olympic Games, having previously competed in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he placed 36th of 64 in the ranking round and was eliminated in first round of the tournament. In the ranking round held on July 28, he scored 649 of a possible 720.   This ranked him 55th of the 64 competitors.

Rachel Anne Cabral competed in the women's individual event. She scored 627 in the ranking round held on July 28, which placed her 48th out of 64 competitors. 

Athletics: Marestella Torres  and Rene Herrera

Marestella Torres competed in the  woman's long jump event, the only competitor from Southeast Asia in the event. This was her second Olympic Games, having previously competed in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her personal best in the long jump is 6.71 meters, a national record, achieved at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta where she won the gold.

Rene Herrera competed in the men's 5000 meters event, the only competitor from Southeast Asia.  Herrera is a specialist in the 3000 meter steeplechase, having won the gold at the previous five Southeast Asian Games, but was drafted to run the in the 5000 meters event in the Olympics

Boxing:  Boxing has traditionally been the Philippines' strongest sport at the Olympics. Five of the nine medals won by the Philippines in Olympic history came from boxing, including its only two silver medals.

Mark Anthony Barriga, from Panabo, Davao del Norte, was the Philippines' only representative in the sport of boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he competed in the light flyweight division.  He qualified for the Olympics after competing at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Cycling:  Filipino-American Daniel Caluag, who had reigned for four years as the number 1 ranked BMX rider in the United States, and qualified for a spot in the Olympic games by accumulating enough points in the international circuit.

Judo:  Filipino-Japanese judoka Tomohiko Hoshina was the sole representative of the Philippines in judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.  Hoshina, who carries dual citizenship, has candidly admitted that the reason he was part of the Philippine team in the Olympics was because he had a much higher chance of making it to the games as a Filipino rather than as a Japanese citizen.

Shooting:  Paul Brian Rosario competed in the men's skeet event. He was selected by the International Shooting Sport Federation as the wild card entry to represent the country following a string of impressive performances in international shooting tournaments in the previous four years.  Rosario hit the minimum qualifying score for the Olympics six times since 2008.

Swimming:  Jessie Lacuna and Jasmine Alkhaldi

18-year old Jessie Lacuna competed in the men's 200 meter freestyle event, On July 29, in the second of six heats of the men's 200 meter freestyle event, Jessie Lacuna finished with a time of 1:52.91, placing him fifth in a field of seven swimmers for the heat.

19-year old Jasmine Alkhaldi in the women's 100 meter freestyle event.  In the women's 100 meter freestyle event, Jasmine Alkhaldi finished with a time of 57.13 seconds in the heat, the fifth best finish among the eight starters in the third heat. This is slightly behind her submitted personal best of 56.92 seconds. Overall she ranked 34th among the 50 competitors in the event.

Weightlifting:  Hidilyn Diaz competed in the women's 58 kg event. She is the first Filipino weightlifter to represent the country in two consecutive Olympics.  She previously competed in the same event four years earlier at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she entered as a wildcard entry and placed 11th out of 12 competitors.  Diaz was the flag bearer of the Philippine delegation during the parade of nations at the Olympic opening ceremony on July 27.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics 

 

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