1913: Year when organized sports was introduced in the Philippines with the formation of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation. This was later renamed as the Philippine Olympic Committee.

3: Number of Southeast Asian Games hosted by RP ? in 1981, 1991 and 2005.

113: Total number of gold medals won by Team Philippines in the 2005 SEA Games when RP topped the medal tally for the first time. We also won 84 silver and 94 bronze medals.

50: Estimated number of national sports associations under the Philippine Sports Commission.

1986: Year that the Arnis Philippines Inc. (Arpi) was established. Arpi successfully lobbied for the inclusion of arnis in the 1991 and 2005 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG). RP won 10 of the 14 gold medals in 1991 and bagged the top spot along with Vietnam in 2005.

2009: Year that arnis became a national sport by virtue of RA 9850.

5.8 million: Estimated number of billiards players in the Philippines, according to a February 2009 Social Weather Stations survey

$40,000: Prize money won by Jundel ?Janno? Mazon in the 2010 Guinness World Series of Pool 10-Ball Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia last August.

26: Number of wins registered by the De La Salle Archers against the Ateneo Blue Eagles in their UAAP regulation matches since 1986.

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Source: Olympic.ph, Pinoyswimming.com, psc.gov.ph, boxrec.com, Inquirer Archives