Thailand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Thailand has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002 except in 2010.
The National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT), under the patronage of the King, was created in 1948 and recognized in 1950.
Thailand won its first medal at the 1976 Games in Montreal, when boxer Payao Poontarat took home a bronze in the men's light flyweight category. Thailand's first gold medal would also come in boxing at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when Somluck Kamsing won the men's featherweight category. Since then, Thai athletes have won gold medals at every subsequent Summer Olympics with the exception of the 2012 Games in London, with all its gold medals to date having come in men's boxing, women's weightlifting and women's taekwondo. The country's most recent gold medalist is Panipak Wongpattanakit, who earned her medal in the women's 49kg event in taekwondo.
As of 2024, Thai athletes have won a total of 41 medals; 17 in weightlifting, 16 in boxing, 7 in taekwondo, and 1 in badminton. Among countries in Southeast Asia, Thailand ranks first in terms of both the number of gold medals (11) and the number of overall medals (41). Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won eight medals, of which three of them were gold.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 8 0 0 0 0 − 35 0 0 0 0 − 20 0 0 0 0 − 54 0 0 0 0 − 41 0 0 0 0 − 33 0 0 0 0 − 42 0 0 1 1 37 boycotted 35 0 1 0 1 33 14 0 0 1 1 46 46 0 0 1 1 54 37 1 0 1 2 47 52 1 0 2 3 47 42 3 1 4 8 25 47 2 2 2 6 31 37 0 2 2 4 59 54 2 2 2 6 35 41 1 0 1 2 59 51 1 3 2 6 44 future event Total 11 11 19 41 54
Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1 0 0 0 0 − 1 0 0 0 0 − did not participate 2 0 0 0 0 − 4 0 0 0 0 − 4 0 0 0 0 − 3 0 0 0 0 − future event Total 0 0 0 0 −
Medals by summer sport
List of medalists
Medalists by Summer Games Medal Name GamesSportEvent Boxing Men's light flyweight Boxing Men's light welterweight Boxing Men's bantamweight Boxing Men's welterweight Boxing Men's featherweight Boxing Men's bantamweight Boxing Men's flyweight Boxing Men's light middleweight Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Boxing Men's light welterweight Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Boxing Men's bantamweight Boxing Men's middleweight Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Boxing Men's flyweight Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Boxing Men's light welterweight Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Boxing Men's light flyweight Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Boxing Women's lightweight Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Badminton Men's singles Weightlifting Men's 61 kg Weightlifting Men's 73 kg Boxing Women's Welterweight Weightlifting Women's 49 kg
Medals by individual According to official data of the International Olympic Committee, this is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals for Thailand. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender Total 2016–2024 Summer Women 2 0 1 3 2004–2008 Summer Men 1 1 0 2 2012–2016 Summer Women 0 2 0 2 2004–2008 Summer Women 0 0 2 2 People in bold are still active competitors
Flag bearers
Flag bearers by Summer Games Games Flag bearer Sport Shooting did not participate Shooting Shooting Badminton Athletics Boxing Tennis Boxing Swimming Badminton Shooting Athletics Skateboarding
Flag bearers by Winter Games Games Flag bearer Sport Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing did not participate Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Alpine skiing
Olympic participants Summer Olympics Sport19521956196019641968197219761984198819921996200020042008201220162020202420283211888184410418812311242287684677995453755666968354811 877611224122 11315221117444311211111111122122413211213123434 6101110121732322545631 22568622222111132343332322321212421111557794Total83520544133 42351446375242473754415112
Winter Olympics Sport200220062014201820222026222111222Total112443
Milestones In 2002 and 2006, Thailand qualified its first Winter Olympian cross country skier, and first Winter Olympian, Prawat Nagvajara. In 2014, Thailand qualified its first Winter Olympian alpine skier, Kanes Sucharitakul. It then added the first female Winter Olympian for the country, Vanessa Vanakorn (Vanessa-Mae), doubling the size of the previous largest delegation to a Winter Games.
See also Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
Olympics Thailand at the Youth Olympics Paralympic Thailand at the Paralympics Asian Games Thailand at the Asian Games Thailand at the Asian Para Games
Other Thailand at the Universiade Thailand at the World Games
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