Thailand (THA)

Overview

NOCNational Olympic Committee of Thailand
Flagbearers49

Participants

Olympic Games 495
Youth Olympic Games 133

Description

The National Olympic Committee of Thailand was formed on 20 June 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 15 May 1950 at the IOC session in København. Competing in the Olympics since 1952, Thailand has missed only the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Thai athletes have won 35 Olympic medals: 10 gold, 8 silver and 17 bronze, all at the Summer Olympics.

Although Thai boxing is not an Olympic sport, “normal” boxing has been a top sport for Thai Olympians, who have collected a total of 15 medals in the sport through 2022. In recent Games, female weightlifters from Thailand have won 13 medals, including five golds (with only one medal for a male weightlifter), and the country’s female taekwondo practitioners also won five medals (out of the six won in this sport).

The most successful athlete from this nation has been boxer Manus Boonjumnong who won gold in the light-welterweight class in 2004 and silver four years later in the same weight class in 2008. Taekwondoka Panipak Wongpattanakit is next on the medal count, with two medals and one gold.

Thailand’s climate is classified as a tropical savanna, which would tell you it has not had much of a winter sports history. It has competed at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, and 2022, with eight Winter Olympians (four men and four women). To date, they have competed only in Alpine and cross-country skiing, with a best finish of 38th, by Alpine skier Nicola Zanon in the 2022 giant slalom.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1952 Summer Olympics Thailand 8 0 8 Results
1956 Summer Olympics Thailand 35 0 35 Results
1960 Summer Olympics Thailand 20 0 20 Results
1964 Summer Olympics Thailand 47 7 54 Results
1968 Summer Olympics Thailand 41 0 41 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Thailand 33 0 33 Results
1976 Summer Olympics Thailand 39 3 42 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Thailand 25 10 35 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Thailand 12 2 14 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Thailand 23 23 46 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Thailand 25 12 37 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Thailand 34 18 52 Results
2002 Winter Olympics Thailand 1 0 1 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Thailand 24 18 42 Results
2006 Winter Olympics Thailand 1 0 1 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Thailand 22 25 47 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Thailand 19 18 37 Results
2014 Winter Olympics Thailand 1 1 2 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Thailand 26 28 54 Results
2018 Winter Olympics Thailand 2 2 4 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Thailand 15 26 41 Results
2022 Winter Olympics Thailand 2 2 4 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Thailand 13 21 34 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Thailand 19 18 37 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Thailand 25 32 57 Results
2020 Winter Youth Olympics Thailand 3 2 5 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 2 3 5 Results
Archery 5 1 6 Results
Athletics 69 38 107 Results
Badminton 15 16 31 Results
Basketball (Basketball) 9 0 9 Results
Boxing 63 4 67 Results
Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) 1 0 1 Results
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) 0 1 1 Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) 2 1 3 Results
Cycling BMX Racing (Cycling) 0 2 2 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 17 2 19 Results
Cycling Track (Cycling) 9 0 9 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 3 1 4 Results
Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) 3 2 5 Results
Fencing 8 0 8 Results
Football (Football) 28 0 28 Results
Golf 4 3 7 Results
Judo 8 3 11 Results
Rowing 3 1 4 Results
Sailing 15 5 20 Results
Shooting 52 13 65 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 14 12 26 Results
Table Tennis 1 3 4 Results
Taekwondo 6 8 14 Results
Tennis 3 3 6 Results
Weightlifting 19 16 35 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
3x3 Basketball (Basketball) 0 8 8 Results
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 1 1 2 Results
Archery 2 0 2 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 2 1 3 Results
Athletics 9 4 13 Results
Badminton 3 3 6 Results
Beach Handball 9 0 9 Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball) 4 4 8 Results
Boxing 3 2 5 Results
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) 0 1 1 Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) 1 1 2 Results
Cycling BMX Racing (Cycling) 1 1 2 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 3 1 4 Results
Futsal (Football) 0 10 10 Results
Golf 2 2 4 Results
Karate 0 1 1 Results
Roller Skating (Roller Sports) 0 1 1 Results
Rowing 0 4 4 Results
Sailing 3 4 7 Results
Shooting 1 2 3 Results
Short Track Speed Skating (Skating) 1 0 1 Results
Sport Climbing 0 1 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 5 4 9 Results
Table Tennis 3 3 6 Results
Taekwondo 2 4 6 Results
Tennis 0 3 3 Results
Triathlon 0 1 1 Results
Weightlifting 5 6 11 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 4 5 2 11
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 4 3 0 7
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 3 2 3 8
2004 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 3 1 4 8
2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 2 2 6
2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 2 2 6
2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 2 3
1996 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 1 2
2020 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 1 2
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 2 2 4
1984 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
1976 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
1988 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting 5 2 7 14
Boxing 4 4 7 15
Taekwondo 1 2 3 6

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taekwondo 3 1 0 4
Weightlifting 2 6 0 8
Boxing 2 2 1 5
Badminton 2 0 2 4
Golf 1 0 2 3
Sailing 1 0 0 1
Swimming 0 1 0 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Manut Boonjumnong THA 1 1 0 2
Panipak Wongpattanakit THA 1 0 1 2
Somluck Kamsing THA 1 0 0 1
Wijan Ponlid THA 1 0 0 1
Pawina Thongsuk THA 1 0 0 1
Udomporn Polsak THA 1 0 0 1
Somjit Jongjohor THA 1 0 0 1
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon THA 1 0 0 1
Sopita Tanasan THA 1 0 0 1
Sukanya Srisurat THA 1 0 0 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sapsiree Taerattanachai THA 1 0 0 1
Siripon Kaewduang-Ngam THA 1 0 0 1
Panipak Wongpattanakit THA 1 0 0 1
Worawong Pongpanit THA 1 0 0 1
Pisit Poodchalat THA 1 0 0 1
Duangaksorn Chaidee THA 1 0 0 1
Rattanaphon Pakkaratha THA 1 0 0 1
Witthawat Thumcha THA 1 0 0 1
Atichai Phoemsap THA 1 0 0 1
Vanchai Luangnitikul THA 1 0 0 1
Panpatchara Somnuek THA 1 0 0 1
Atthaya Thitikul THA 1 0 0 1
Kanthida Saengsin THA 1 0 0 1

IOC Members

Prabhas Charusathiara 1971—1974
Dawee Chullasapya 1974—1990
Dawee Chullasapya 1990—1996
Nat Indrapana 1990—2018
Patama Leeswadtrakul 2017—