Vietnam (VIE)

Overview

NOCVietnam Olympic Committee
Flagbearers24

Participants

Olympic Games 118
Youth Olympic Games 39

Description

While South Vietnam had competed in the Olympics between 1952 and 1972, its northern neighbor had not. But after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, a new unified National Olympic Committee was formed on 20 December 1976, which was provisionally recognized at a meeting of the IOC Executive Board in Nagoya, in October 1979, and fully recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in time for the 1980 Olympics. Vietnam has since only missed the 1984 Olympics through boycott. It has never competed at the Olympic Winter Games.

While South Vietnam had competed in the Olympics between 1952 and 1972, its northern neighbor had not. But after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, a new unified National Olympic Committee was formed on 20 December 1976, which was provisionally recognized at a meeting of the IOC Executive Board in Nagoya in October 1979 and fully recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in time for the 1980 Olympics. Vietnam has since only missed the 1984 Olympics through boycott. It has never competed at the Olympic Winter Games.

Vietnam won its first Olympic medal at Sydney 2000, when Trần Hiếu Ngân finished second in women’s 57 kg class taekwondo. Through 2022, it has won five Olympic medals, with two each in shooting and weightlifting, and one in taekwondo. Sport shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh is the only Vietnamese athlete with a gold medal and the only one with a total of two medals.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1980 Summer Olympics Vietnam 22 8 30 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Vietnam 8 1 9 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Vietnam 2 5 7 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Vietnam 3 3 6 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Vietnam 3 4 7 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Vietnam 6 5 11 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Vietnam 7 6 13 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Vietnam 6 12 18 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Vietnam 10 12 22 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Vietnam 8 10 18 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Vietnam 5 8 13 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Vietnam 5 8 13 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Vietnam 7 6 13 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 3 2 5 Results
Athletics 11 14 25 Results
Badminton 1 3 4 Results
Boxing 3 1 4 Results
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) 0 1 1 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 1 0 1 Results
Fencing 2 3 5 Results
Judo 0 3 3 Results
Rowing 0 8 8 Results
Shooting 12 1 13 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 13 9 22 Results
Table Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Taekwondo 3 6 9 Results
Weightlifting 4 4 8 Results
Wrestling 6 1 7 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 2 1 3 Results
Athletics 1 2 3 Results
Badminton 3 2 5 Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball) 0 2 2 Results
Breaking (Dance) 1 0 1 Results
Mixed Sports 1 1 2 Results
Rowing 0 1 1 Results
Shooting 0 1 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 5 5 10 Results
Taekwondo 1 3 4 Results
Weightlifting 4 4 8 Results
Wrestling 0 1 1 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 2 1 0 3
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 1 1 2 4
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 1 1 0 2
2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 1 0 2
2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Shooting 1 1 0 2
Weightlifting 0 1 1 2
Taekwondo 0 1 0 1

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting 2 2 0 4
Swimming 2 0 0 2
Taekwondo 0 1 1 2
Badminton 0 0 1 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hoàng Xuân Vinh VIE 1 1 0 2
Trần Hiếu Ngân VIE 0 1 0 1
Hoàng Anh Tuấn VIE 0 1 0 1
Trần Lê Quốc Toàn VIE 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên VIE 1 0 0 1
Thạch Kim Tuấn VIE 1 0 0 1
B4 VIE 1 0 0 1
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng VIE 1 0 0 1
Ngô Sơn Đỉnh VIE 1 0 0 1
Phạm Như Phương VIE 1 0 0 1
Nguyễn Thanh Thảo VIE 0 1 0 1
Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn VIE 0 1 0 1
Vũ Thị Anh Thư VIE 0 1 0 1
Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang VIE 0 1 0 1