The Philippines closed the 2026 Asian Games with 29 medals—four gold, nine silver and 16 bronze—its biggest overall haul in six decades. Held Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, the Games saw Team Philippines finish 17th overall, with athletes reaching the podium across traditional and emerging sports.
The 29-medal haul was 11 more than the 18 won at the 2022 Hangzhou Games. The Philippines matched its four-gold total while raising its silver haul from two to nine and bronze medals from 12 to 16.
EJ Obiena retained his men’s pole vault title with a 5.91-meter clearance that set a new Asian Games record. Jeus Gabriel Derick Yape won the mixed individual virtual taekwondo title and added bronze in men’s individual poomsae. Carlos Yulo won two golds in men’s floor exercise and vault.
Silver medals came from Jean Claude Saclag in men’s traditional MMA (65kg), Carlo Paalam in men’s 55kg boxing, Amaya Amparo Cojuangco in women’s compound archery, and taekwondo athletes Juliana Mykhail Candelaria, Tachiana Mangin and Kurt Barbosa. Alexandria Enriquez took silver in women’s 63kg jiu-jitsu. Gilas Pilipinas Women’s Kacey Dela Rosa, Amyah Espanol, Kennan Ka and Maria Pasilang earned silver in women’s 3×3 basketball, while Abegail Sinogbuhan, Jean Marie Sucalit and Nelly Jay Saron won silver in women’s sepak takraw doubles.
Bronze medals came across gymnastics, weightlifting, athletics, tennis, surfing, MMA, karate, jiu-jitsu, beach volleyball, soft tennis and sepak takraw. Eldrew Yulo, Albert Ian Delos Santos, John Cabang Tolentino, Victoria Bossong, Alex Eala, Jayuard Alciso, Carlos Alvarez, Marie June Adriano and Kaila Napolis were among the individual medalists.
Philippine esports also added two bronzes, with SIBOL’s Pokémon UNITE and Honor of Kings squads reaching the podium.
