Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics

The Philippines competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, which were held from May 4 to July 27, 1924. The nation's participation at these Games marked its debut, and the debut of any Southeast Asian country, at the Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of one athlete, sprinter David Nepomuceno, and two officials, attaché B. Minelle and athletics coach and executive officer Regino Ylanan. Two other athletes, Fortunato Catalon and Juan Taduran, were supposed to join Nepomuceno at the Games but did not start in their initial events, with the former arriving in Paris yet not competing and the latter sustaining a collarbone injury; Taduran served as a representative as part of the delegation.

After the Philippines became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1918, the nation had to send a team to the 1924 Summer Olympics as a prerequisite. The Hawaiian Amateur Athletic Union (HAAU) invited the nation to qualify for the United States' Olympic team under the Hawaiian team as the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) had granted the HAAU authority over the Philippines within the AAU. Later on, then-secretary of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) Camilo Osías sent a letter to the HAAU rejected the invite. He stated that the Philippines would compete at the Games under the auspices of the PAAF as a member of the Far Eastern Athletic Association as opposed to competing under the auspices of the HAAU.

Before the opening ceremony of the Games, the French Olympic Committee decided that the flag of the United States would have to be displayed alongside the flag of the Philippines during the Parade of Nations and in the event of a possible podium finish, as the PAAF was attached to the American Olympic Association at the time. Flagbearer Nepomuceno and Catalon unsuccessfully protested the decision, as other nations with similar statuses did not have to follow the same procedure. Catalon participated in two events, the men's 100 meters and 200 meters. He failed to medal and advance further.