Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Thailand competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's official debut in 1952, Thai athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support of the US-led boycott.

Thailand at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTHA
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Thailand
Websitewww.olympicthai.org (in Thai and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors41 in 14 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Naphaswan Yangpaiboon
Savate Sresthaporn
Flag bearer (closing)Sudaporn Seesondee
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Panipak Wongpattanakit Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 24 July
  Bronze Sudaporn Seesondee Boxing Women's lightweight 5 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 2 5 7
Boxing 1 3 4
Canoeing 0 1 1
Cycling 0 2 2
Equestrian 2 1 3
Golf 2 2 4
Judo 0 1 1
Rowing 2 0 2
Sailing 1 2 3
Shooting 2 4 6
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 0 2 2
Taekwondo 1 1 2
Total 15 26 41

Athletics

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Thai athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Kieran Tuntivate Men's 10000 m 29:01.92 23
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Subenrat Insaeng Women's discus throw 59.23 18 Did not advance

Badminton

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Thailand entered seven badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kantaphon Wangcharoen Singles   Schäfer (GER)
W (21–13, 21–15)
  Penty (GBR)
L (19–21, 12–21)
2 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ratchanok Intanon Singles   Sárosi (HUN)
W (21–5, 21–10)
  Cheah (MAS)
W (19–21, 21–18, 21–10)
1 Q   Tunjung (INA)
W (21–12, 21–19)
  Tai T-y (TPE)
L (21–14, 18–21, 18–21)
Did not advance
Busanan Ongbamrungphan   Macías (PER)
W (21–4, 21–9)
  Kuuba (EST)
W (21–16, 21–12)
1 Q   An S-y (KOR)
L (15–21, 15–21)
Did not advance
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
Doubles   Chen Qc /
Jia Yf (CHN)
L (6–21, 10–21)
  Kim S-y /
Kong H-y (KOR)
L (19–21, 22–24)
  G Stoeva /
S Stoeva (BUL)
L (11–21, 21–16, 17–21)
4 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Doubles   Gicquel /
Delrue (FRA)
W (21–9, 21–15)
  Hurlburt-Yu /
Wu (CAN)
W (21-13, 21-6)
  Ellis /
Smith (GBR)
L (12–21, 19–21)
2 Q   Watanabe /
Higashino (JPN)
L (21–15, 16–21, 14–21)
Did not advance

Boxing

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Thailand entered five boxers (two men and three women) into the Olympic tournament. 2018 Asian Games and world silver medalist Sudaporn Seesondee (women's lightweight) and teenagers Thitisan Panmot (men's flyweight) and Baison Manikon (women's welterweight), with men's featherweight boxer Chatchai Butdee going to his third consecutive Games, secured the spots on the Thai squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[5] Meanwhile, Jutmas Jitpong completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Asia and Oceania in the women's flyweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chatchai-decha Butdee Men's featherweight   McGrail (GBR)
W 5–0
  Cuello (ARG)
W 4–1
  Álvarez (CUB)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Jutamas Jitpong Women's flyweight   Boualam (ALG)
W 5–0
  Magno (PHI)
W 5–0
  Çakıroğlu (TUR)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Sudaporn Seesondee Women's lightweight   Palacios (ECU)
W 5–0
  Kaur (IND)
W 5–0
  Dubois (GBR)
W 3–2
  Harrington (IRL)
L 2–3
Did not advance  
Baison Manikon Women's welterweight   Dalgatova (ROC)
W 4–1
  Gu H (CHN)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Sprint

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Thailand qualified a single boat (women's C-1 200 m) for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Pattaya, marking the country's debut in the sporting discipline.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Orasa Thiangkathok Women's C-1 200 m 48.262 5 QF 48.559 5 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

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Road

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Thailand entered one rider to compete in the women's Olympic road race, by virtue of her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.[7]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jutatip Maneephan Women's road race Did not finish

Thailand received one quota spot for women's BMX race at the Olympics, as a result of the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification List.[8][9]

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Chutikan Kitwanitsathian Women's race 18 6 Did not advance

Equestrian

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Thailand fielded a squad of three equestrian riders for the first time into the Olympic team eventing competition by securing an outright berth as one of two top-ranked nations, not yet qualified, at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F and G (Africa, Middle East, Asia and Oceania) in Saumur, France.[10]

Eventing

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The Thai eventing team was announced on May 30, 2021.[11]

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Arinadtha Chavatanont Boleybawn Prince Individual 42.40 57 Eliminated Did not advance
Weerapat Pitakanonda Carnival March 38.20 51 Eliminated Did not advance
Korntawat Samran Bonero K 32.50 27 Eliminated Did not advance
Arinadtha Chavatanont
Weerapat Pitakanonda
Korntawat Samran
See above Team 113.10 14 600.00 713.10 15 300.00 1013.10 15 1013.10 15

Golf

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Thailand entered four (two male and two female) golfers into the Olympic tournament. Jazz Janewattananond and Gunn Charoenkul qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event. Patty Tavatanakit and Ariya Jutanugarn also qualified for the women's event.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Par Rank
Gunn Charoenkul Men's 71 71 71 67 280 −4 =45
Jazz Janewattananond 64 71 72 68 275 −9 =27
Ariya Jutanugarn Women's 77 67 69 72 285 +1 =43
Patty Tavatanakit 71 71 69 68 279 −5 =23

Judo

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Thailand entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[12]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kachakorn Warasiha Women's –52 kg   Iraoui (MAR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Rowing

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Thailand qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by finishing second at the B-final and securing the last of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nawamin Deenoi
Siwakorn Wongpin
Men's lightweight double sculls 7:07.05 6 R 7:20.50 6 FC Bye 6:56.13 18

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

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Thai sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.[13]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Natthaphong Phonoppharat Men's RS:X 24 24 25 24 DNF 20 24 21 24 24 24 24 EL 258 24
Siripon Kaewduang-ngam Women's RS:X 10 20 10 17 19 14 21 16 15 17 18 15 EL 171 17
Kamolwan Chanyim Women's Laser Radial 27 32 36 32 38 36 29 36 35 34 EL 298 38

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

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Thai shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[14]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Isaranuudom Phurihiranphat Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 570 20 Did not advance
Savate Sresthaporn Men's trap 121 12 Did not advance
Isarapa Imprasertsuk Women's skeet 120 (+6) 4 Q 36 4
Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit 118 11 Did not advance
Tanyaporn Prucksakorn Women's 10 m air pistol 570 22 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 583 10 Did not advance
Naphaswan Yangpaiboon Women's 10 m air pistol 560 39 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 580 17 Did not advance

Swimming

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Thailand received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[15]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Navaphat Wongcharoen Men's 100 m butterfly 54.36 50 Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:01.43 36 Did not advance
Jenjira Srisa-Ard Women's 50 m freestyle 25.97 37 Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 57.42 42 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Thailand entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Suthasini Sawettabut scored a repechage play-off victory to book the last of the five available places in the women's singles at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[16] Orawan Paranang topped the field of table tennis players from Southeast Asia in the round robin at the Asian Qualification Tournament, thereby joining Sawettabut on the country's roster for her maiden Games.[17]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Orawan Paranang Women's singles Bye   Díaz (PUR)
W 4–0
  Matelová (CZE)
W 4–2
  Ishikawa (JPN)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Suthasini Sawettabut Bye   Vega (CHI)
W 4–0
  Samara (ROU)
W 4–1
  Ito (JPN)
L 0–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Thailand entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 bronze medalist Panipak Wongpattanakit qualified directly for the women's flyweight category (49 kg) by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings. On the men's side, Ramnarong Sawekwiharee scored a semifinal victory in the flyweight category (58 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Thai taekwondo squad at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[18]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ramnarong Sawekwiharee Men's −58 kg   Khalil (AUS)
W 23–7
  Dell'Aquila (ITA)
L 17–37 PTG
Did not advance   Salim (HUN)
L 22–43 PTG
Did not advance 7
Panipak Wongpattanakit Women's −49 kg Bye   Semberg (ISR)
W 29–5 PTG
  Trương (VIE)
W 20–11
  Yamada (JPN)
W 34–12 PTG
Bye   Cerezo (ESP)
W 11–10
 

References

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