[2] Three athletes had competed in Beijing, including weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who became the nation's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

[3] Before the games, he said that he was looking to boxing's Mark Anthony Barriga and BMX racing's Daniel Caluag as the two athletes with the most potential to end the country's Olympic medal drought.

[6] Beginning in 2013, the Southeast Asian Games will shift its focus to the staging of traditional Olympic sports, rather than the indigenous events which have not gained wide recognition outside the region.

The Olympic uniform worn by the athletes during the opening ceremony was a modern take on the barong Tagalog, a distinct form of formal wear featuring embroidered translucent fabric.

[7] His rendition of the barong Tagalog has a more tapered fit, slightly cropped length, and small fabrication changes while paying great respect to tradition.

[7] This is paired with weight wool flat front trousers, and a salakot with a golf leaf designed to catch the light as the athletes march into the stadium.

As part of their final preparations in the build-up to the Olympics, the two archers underwent 10 days of training in South Korea under Korean coach Chung Jae Yun.

Despite being a member of the Canadian team at the games, he had previously received offers, and had considered, to join the Philippine delegation.

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.

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.

Though he lost to Zou Shiming of China in the third round of the competition, the International Boxing Association announced in a qualification quirk that Barriga would qualify for the Olympics for losing to the eventual tournament champion.

[16] In the opening match of the light flyweight division, Barriga scored a convincing 17-7 victory over Manuel Cappai of Italy.

[17] In the next match, against Birzhan Zhakypov of Kazakhstan, Barriga lost by a single point, with a bout resulting in a score of 17-16.

[18] Immediately after the bout, the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines filed a protest, saying that Barriga should have instead been given a "caution" which normally precedes a warning.

[4] The Philippines was represented in cycling by Filipino-American Daniel Caluag, who had reigned for four years as the number one ranked BMX rider in the United States, and qualified for a spot in the Olympic Games by accumulating enough points on the international circuit.

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.

[3] Hoshina entered the Olympic tournament as a heavy underdog against his first competitor, Kim Sung-Min of South Korea.

[22] At the men's skeet event of the ISSF World Cup in Belgrade, he set a new Philippine record of 120, which is one point shy of the gold medal winning performance by Vincent Hancock at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

[23] Rosario was quoted by his coach as saying that he was "terribly disappointed" by his score of 19 in the second round, which was marred by three consecutive misses in the middle of the string.

[9] 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 27 July.