The Philippines competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Men's team competition

• Qualification Round (Group B)

• Defeated Israel (57-47)
• Defeated Hungary (48-35)

• Main Round (Group C)

• Lost to Argentina (59-85)
• Lost to Brazil (52-71)
• Defeated Canada (81-65) → did not advance, 9th place

• Team roster:

• Florentino Bautista
• Ramon "Ramoncito" Campos Jr.
• Antonio "Tony" Genato
• José Gochangco
• Rafael "Paing" Hechanova
• Eduardo "Eddie" Lim
• Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga
• Antonio "Pocholo" Martínez (c)
• Ponciano Saldaña
• Meliton Santos
• Antonio Tantay
• Mariano "Nano" Tolentino

• Head coach: Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo

Men's Flyweight:

• Al Asuncion

1. First Round – Defeated Basil Thompson of Burma (TKO 2R)
2. Second Round – Lost to Willie Toweel of South Africa (1 - 2)

Men's Bantamweight:

• Alejandro Ortuoste

1. Second Round – Lost to John McNally of Ireland (0 - 3)

Men's Lightweight:

• Benjamin Enriquez

1. First Round – Lost to Aleksy Antkiewicz of Poland (0 - 3)

Men's Light-Welterweight:

• Ernesto Porto

1. First Round – Lost to Bruno Visintin of Italy (KO 2R)

Men's Welterweight:

• Vicente Tuñacao

1. First Round – José Luis Dávalos of Mexico (TKO 3R)

Three shooters represented the Philippines in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Martin Gison
• Félix Cortes

50 m pistol

• Félix Cortes
• Martin Gison

50 m rifle, prone

• Martin Gison
• César Jayme