THE Philippines chalked up its best Olympic performance at the Paris Games, which ended on Sunday.

Celebrating its 100th year of competing in the Olympics, the Philippines racked up two gold and two bronze medals to finish 35th among the 206 competing countries, the best showing among Southeast Asian nations.

Gymnast Carlos Yulo's two-gold feat eclipsed the country's 1-2-1 gold-silver-bronze finish in Tokyo three years ago when weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz delivered the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold.

The 4-foot-11 Yulo topped the floor exercise event on August 3 to take his first gold, and then claimed his second the following night by ruling the vault competition.

The 24-year-old became the third Filipino Olympic multi-medalist, after the swimmer Teofilo Yldefonso, who landed a bronze each in 1928 and 1932, and Diaz, who won a gold in Tokyo and a silver in Rio.

Boxers Aira Villegas and Nesthy Petecio each won a bronze medal to complete the Philippine medal tally in Paris.

Villegas placed third in the women's 50-kilogram division and Petecio in the 57-kg division.

Petecio also joins the elite club of Filipino Olympians multi-medalists.

Petecio, who became the first Filipino female boxer to get a medal at the Olympics in Tokyo, where she claimed silver, also became the first Filipino boxer to have won two Olympic medals.

Swimmer Kayla Sanchez and Elreen Ando did not make the podium in Paris, but they were able to set national records.

Sanchez clocked 53.67 seconds for a new record in the Philippine women's 100-m freestyle.

Ando raised the bar in women's 59 kg class in clean and jerk (130 kg) and total lift (230 kg).

Her 100 kg in snatch matched the national record she also set.

Pole vaulter Ernest John "EJ" Obiena and golfer Bianca Pagdanganan narrowly missed a podium finish, placing fourth in their sport.