In Boxing, Efren Tabanas (flyweight), Raymundo Suico (light-middleweight), Leopoldo Cantancio (featherweight) and Nelson Jamili (pinweight) gave the country a four gold medals.

Christine Jacob accounted for two more,[1] while the ageless Jairulla Jaitulla romped away with two golds to underscore the Filipino tankers' fruitful bid.

Weightlifting was highlighted by a sweep of Jaime Sebastian in the super-super heavyweight division as he confirmed his reputation as the strongest man in Southeast Asia.

[2] The Philippine men's basketball team, mentored by Larry Albano, swept the tournament, including a 72-66 victory over arch rival Malaysia, to retain the championship.

In some of the country's stinging setbacks, the most humiliating was the defeat of Lydia de Vega, Asia's sprint queen, to Thailand's Wallapa Pinij in the 100 meters.