[2] Following the ouster of President Marcos due to the People Power Revolution in February 1986, the Gintong Alay program was effectively ended.
[3] In 1987, the program was revived albeit in a smaller scale to prepare and train the Philippine delegate which participated at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games.
According to former Executive Director, Michael Marcos Keon, the succeeding officials after him were able to continue the momentum made by the Gintong Alay project citing the overall performance of the Philippines at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games where the country won 91 gold medal-only one medal short from becoming the overall champions.
During the program's tenure, Keon discovered Lydia de Vega, eventually she became the "Asia's Sprint Queen" and Isidro del Prado, a two-time Olympian in track and field.
[8] Under Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippines was always within the top three at the overall standing of the Southeast Asian Games[9] (2nd in 1983, 3rd in 1985 and 1987[5])However the country's performance went plummeted the next editions finishing 5th ahead only of Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, and Brunei, which were considered minnows during that time and only receiving two brief success in 2005 when the country managed to become overall champions of the regional tournament[10] and finishing 2nd in 1991; both success were from editions hosted by the nation.