Kingdom of Thailand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Thailand has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002.
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| IOC code | THA |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Thailand |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 57th |
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The National Olympic Committee of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King was created in 1948 and recognized in 1950.
Thailand won its first medal at the 1976 Games in Montreal, when boxer Payao Poontarat took home a bronze in the Men's Light Flyweight category. Thailand's first gold medal would also come in boxing at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when Somluck Kamsing won the Men's Featherweight category. Since then, Thai athletes have won gold medals at every subsequent Summer Olympics with the exception of the 2012 Games in London, with all its gold medals to date having come in men's boxing, women's weightlifting and women's taekwondo. The country's most recent gold medalist is Panipak Wongpattanakit, who earned her medal in the women's 49kg event in taekwondo.
As of 2024, Thai athletes have won a total of 41 medals; 17 in weightlifting, 16 in boxing, 7 in taekwondo, and 1 in badminton. Among countries in Southeast Asia, Thailand ranks first in terms of both the number of gold medals (11) and the number of overall medals (41). Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won eight medals, of which three of them were gold.
Medals
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List of medalists
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Medals by individual
editAccording to official data of the International Olympic Committee, this is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals for Thailand.
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| Panipak Wongpattanakit |  Taekwondo |
2016–2024 | Summer | Women | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Manus Boonjumnong |  Boxing |
2004–2008 | Summer | Men | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pimsiri Sirikaew |  Weightlifting |
2012–2016 | Summer | Women | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wandee Kameaim | Weightlifting |
2004–2008 | Summer | Women | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- People in bold are still active competitors
Flag bearers
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Olympic participants
editSummer Olympics
edit| Sport |  1952 |
 1956 |
 1960 |
 1964 |
 1968 |
 1972 |
 1976 |
 1984 |
 1988 |
 1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
 2004 |
 2008 |
 2012 |
 2016 |
2020 |
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 Archery
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Athletics
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8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
 Badminton
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8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
 Basketball
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9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Boxing
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5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | |
 Canoeing
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1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Cycling
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8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
 Diving
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1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
 Equestrian
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1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Fencing
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5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
 Football
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11 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
 Golf
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4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Judo
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3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Modern pentathlon
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1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Rowing
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Sailing
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2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
 Shooting
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6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
 Skateboarding
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 Swimming
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2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
 Table tennis
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Taekwondo
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4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Tennis
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2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Weightlifting
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 8 | 35 | 20 | 54 | 41 | 33 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 46 | 37 | 52 | 42 | 47 | 37 | 54 | 41 | 51 |
Winter Olympics
edit| Sport | 2002 |
2006 |
 2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
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 Alpine skiing
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2 | 2 | 2 | ||
 Cross-country skiing
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1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Milestones
edit- In 2002 and 2006, Thailand qualified its first Winter Olympian cross country skier, and first Winter Olympian, Prawat Nagvajara.[1]
- In 2014, Thailand qualified its first Winter Olympian alpine skier, Kanes Sucharitakul.[2] It then added the first female Winter Olympian for the country, Vanessa Vanakorn (Vanessa-Mae), doubling the size of the previous largest delegation to a Winter Games.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Thai Skier Vanessa Vanakorn Qualifies for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics". Chiangrai Times. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Sending Kanes to the Winter Olympics in Russia". Siamsport. 15 January 2014.
- ^ Sarah Knapton (20 January 2014). "Winter Olympics 2014: violinist Vanessa-Mae to ski for Thailand at the Sochi Games". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved 7 February 2014.
External links
edit- "Thailand". International Olympic Committee.
- "Thailand". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/THA". olympanalyt.com.