Vietnam first competed in the Olympic Games in 1952 as the State of Vietnam. After the Partition of Vietnam in 1954, only the Republic of Vietnam (successor of the State of Vietnam) competed in the Games, sending athletes to every Summer Olympics between 1956 and 1972.
Since the reunification of Vietnam in 1976, they have competed as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, attending every Olympics from 1980 onwards with the exception of 1984. The present Vietnam Olympic Committee was formed in 1976 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1979. Vietnam has never competed in the Winter Olympic Games.
Vietnam won its first medal at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, when Trần Hiếu Ngân took home a silver in Taekwondo in the Women's -57 kg category. Vietnam won its first gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, when shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh was victorious in the Men's 10m air pistol event.
With a lack of investment in competing in the Olympics, Vietnam has sent an average of only around 12 athletes per game until Tokyo 2020.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank as the and 8 0 0 0 0 − 6 0 0 0 0 − 3 0 0 0 0 − 16 0 0 0 0 − 9 0 0 0 0 − 2 0 0 0 0 − as did not participate 35 0 0 0 0 − boycotted 10 0 0 0 0 − 7 0 0 0 0 − 6 0 0 0 0 − 7 0 1 0 1 64 11 0 0 0 0 − 13 0 1 0 1 72 18 0 0 1 1 79 23 1 1 0 2 48 18 0 0 0 0 – 16 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 1 3 1 5 98
Medals by sport
Medals by Youth Olympics Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal2010 Singapore1311242014 China1311222018 Buenos Aires1321032022 Not held due to COVID-192026 Senegal future event Total 4 3 4 9
List of Olympic medalists Medal Name GamesSportEvent Trần Hiếu Ngân Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Hoàng Anh Tuấn Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Trần Lê Quốc Toàn Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Hoàng Xuân Vinh Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol Hoàng Xuân Vinh Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol
See also List of flag bearers for Vietnam at the Olympics Vietnam at the Paralympics
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