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
19521956196019641968197219761980198419881992199620002004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
20022006

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
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

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