Philippines at the 1982 Asian Games

A year after emerging as the country's newest track sensation with a golden double at the 1981 Manila Southeast Asian Games, Lydia de Vega became Asia's sprint darling, winning the century dash in the 1982 Asian Games. The 17-year old De Vega bagged the 100-meter dash in 11.76 seconds to become Asia's fastest woman.^{[citation needed]}

It was only one of the two gold medals won by the 114-man contingent, but it was enough to brighten another dismal performance by the Philippines in the quadrennial meet. A swimmer named William "Billy" Wilson maintained swimming's legacy as a perennial source of medals, winning the gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle. ^[2]

The following Philippine competitors won medals at the Games.

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1	Gold	Lydia de Vega	Athletics	Women's 100m
2	Gold	William Wilson	Swimming	Men's 200m Freestyle

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1	Silver	Efren Tabanas	Boxing	Light flyweight 48kg
2	Silver	Policarpio Ortega	Sailing	Windglider
3	Silver	William Wilson	Swimming	Men's 400m Freestyle

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1	Bronze	Hector Begeo	Athletics	Men's 3000m Steeplechase
2	Bronze	Fernando de Asis	Boxing	Lightweight 60kg
3	Bronze	Raymundo Suico	Boxing	Welterweight 67kg
4	Bronze	Rodolfo Guaves	Cycling	Track 1km time Trial
5	Bronze	Edgardo Pagarigan	Cycling	Track Points Race
6	Bronze	Deogracias Asuncion Jomel Lorenzo Renato Mier Diomedes Panton	Cycling	Track Team Pursuit
7	Bronze	Steven Virata Marielle Virata Fidelino Barba Jose Montilla	Equestrian	Team
8	Bronze	Jose Medina	Shooting	50m Rifle Prone
9	Bronze	William Wilson	Swimming	Men's 1500m Freestyle