Thailand at the Summer Olympics
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Thailand at the Olympic Games | ||||
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IOC code: THA | ||||
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
2002 • 2006 |
Thailand (THA) had its debut at the Summer Olympic Games in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. They won their first medal in the 1976 Montreal Games for boxing (Payao Pooltarat, light-flyweight, bronze). Their first gold medal also came from boxing (Somluck Kamsing, featherweight, 1996). Thailand's most successful games to date was the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won 8 medals, including their first medal in taekwondo from Yaowapa Boorapolchai (bronze), and the first gold by a Thai woman (Udomporn Polsak, weightlifting).
Thailand at the Summer Olympics | |||||
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Year | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1976 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1984 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1988 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1992 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1996 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2000 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
2004 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |