The Kingdom of Thailand, recognized by the name of Thailand by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), represented by the National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT), competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 6 to 18, 2018.
The National Olympic Committee of Thailand fielded a team of 57 athletes, 25 boys and 32 girls, to compete in 21 sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Youth Olympics. Thailand roster marked its Olympic debut in boxing, BMX cycling, canoeing, handball (beach handball), football (futsal), karate (new to the 2018 Games), and roller speed skating (new to the 2018 Games). Moreover, Thailand delegations led by Varin Tansuphasiri, is scheduled to observe the 2018 games to bid the 2026 Youth Olympics with the city of Bangkok, Chonburi, Chiang Mai or Phuket.
Medal summary
Medals by sport Medals by sportSportGold Silver Bronze Total Ranked Boxing22153 Taekwondo11024 Golf10012 Weightlifting020213 Badminton00114Total 4 5 21113
Medals by day Medals by day Day Date Total1October 7 0 1 012October 8 0 0 003October 9 1 1 024October 10 0 0 005October 11 0 0 006October 12 0 1 127October 13 0 0 008October 14 0 0 009October 15 1 0 0110October 16 0 0 0011October 17 2 1 1412October 18 0 1 00 Total 4 5 2 11
Medalists
The following Thailand competitors won medals at the Games. Medal Name Sport Event Dateas Taekwondo Girls' 55 kg Golf Mixed team Boxing Girls' 57 kg Boxing Boys' 60 kg Weightlifting Boys' 56 kg Taekwondo Boys' 63 kg Weightlifting Girls' −63 kg Boxing Boys' 52 kg Boxing Girls' 60 kg Badminton Girls' singles Boxing Boys' 75 kg as Badminton Mixed team relay Archery Mixed team Supatchanin Khamhaeng was disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance. She was stripped of her gold medal.
Competitors SportBoy(s)Girl(s)TotalAthletics 1 1Archery 1 1Badminton 1 1 2Beach handball 9 9Beach volleyball 2 2 4Boxing 3 2 5Canoeing 1 1Cycling 1 1 2Futsal 10 10Golf 1 1 2Karate 1 1Roller speed skating 1 1Rowing 2 2Sailing 1 1Shooting 1 1Sport climbing 1 1Swimming 2 1 3Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 1 2 3Tennis 1 1Weightlifting 2 2 4 Total 25 32 57
Delegations Team Thailand Thana Chaiprasit – Chef de Mission 26 Officials and staffs 3 Referees Varitta Srijunvong – Thai Youth Olympic Ambassador National Olympic Committee of Thailand Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul – IOC Member Varin Tansuphasiri – Chief of Thailand Youth Olympics Bid Committee The Wild Boar Football Club The IOC invited the Wild Boar Football Club who trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave to participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics.
Athletics
Archery
Aitthiwat Soithong qualified based on his performance (third place) at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Individual AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreAitthiwat SoithongBoys' Individual66912L 4–6colspan=4 17
Team AthletesEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScore Mixed Team129916W 6–2W 5–4W 6–0W 6–0L 1–5
Badminton
Thailand qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.
Singles AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreKunlavut VitidsarnBoys' SinglesW (21–9, 21–8) no matchW (21–14, 21–18)1QL (13–21, 10–21)colspan=2 5Pattarasuda ChaiwanGirls' SinglesW (21–1, 21–4)W (21–5, 21–12)W (21–9, 21–5)1QW (21–9, 21–8)L (21–19, 15–21, 13–21)W (21–9, 21–13)
Team AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreTeam Omega Mixed TeamsW (110–99)W (110–100)W (110–98)1QW (110–102)W (110–109)L (106–110)Team Delta W (110–95)W (110–99)L (108–110)1QL (93–110)colspan=2 5
Beach handball
Both boys' and girls' team qualified based on his performance (best Asian team) at the 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship in Mauritius. However, due to the rules of the Games only allowing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to enter one team sport (futsal, beach handball, field hockey, or rugby sevens) per gender, the event of their participation has not yet been made official.
Summary
Summary TeamEventPreliminary roundStandingMain roundStandingSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankThailand women'sBoys' tournament L 1–2 W 2–0 W 2–0 L 1–2 W 2–03 Q L 1–2 L 1–2 W 2–1 L 0–2 W 2–05colspan=2 5
Men's tournament Preliminary round
Beach volleyball
Phanupong Thanan and Phichakon Narathon, also Thatsarida Singchuea and Pawarun Chanthawichai qualified on their performance (boys' runners up and girls champions) at the 2018 Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 24Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPhanupong ThananPhichakon NarathonBoys'Pool AW 2–1 (21–15, 19–21, 16–14)L 0–2 (12–21, 18–21)L 0–2 (19–21, 20–22)3QW 2–0 (21–18, 21–13)L 1–2 (19–21, 21–13, 9–15)align=left colspan=2 9Thatsarida SingchueaPawarun ChanthawichaiGirls'Pool HW 2–0 (21–11, 21–14)W 2–0 (21–11, 21–14)L 0–2 (14–21, 18–21)2QW 2–0 (25–23, 21–13)W 2–1 (21–18, 22–24, 15–11)L 0–2 (20–22, 16–21)5
Boxing
Sarawut Sukthet, Atichai Phoemsap, Weerapon Jongjohor, and Porntip Buapa qualified on their performance (Asian champions) at the 2018 Youth Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
Boys AthleteEventPreliminary R1Preliminary R2SemifinalsFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultSarawut Sukthet-52 kgW 5–0W 4–1L R1 1:49Atichai Phoemsap-60 kgW 4–1W 5–0W 5–0Weerapon Jongjohor-75 kgW 4–1L 0–5W 5–0
Girls AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultPanpatchara Somnuek-57 kgW R3 1:12W 4–1W 5–0Porntip Buapa-60 kgW 5–0L 0–5
Canoeing
Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming qualified based on her performance (best world ranking) at the World Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.
Girls AthleteEventQualificationRepechageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultPornnapphan PhuangmaimingK1 slalom1:23.648Qcolspan=2 1:23.241QL 1:22.07 – 1:20.29 colspan=2 6K1 sprint2:02.74132:01.352Q2:00.352colspan=3 9
Cycling
Kometh Sookprasert and Panadda Booranawong qualified were given two quotas to compete based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.
Athlete Event 500 metres sprint 1000 metres sprint 5000 metres elimination TotalQuarterfinal SemifinalFinalPointRankSemifinalFinalPointRankResultPointRankPointRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankPtjira SrisathithaGirls' combined events 1:41.878 7 colspan=2 1 14 E 1 14
Futsal
Summary TeamEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankThailandGirls' tournamentL 2–6L 4–6W 14–0W 9–13did not advance
Group C
Golf
Individual AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3TotalScoreRankScoreTotal RankScoreTotal RankScoreParRankAtthaya ThitikulWomen's76 (+6)1474 (+4)1501171 (+1)2212221 +11 8Vanchai LuangnitikulMen's69 (−1)170 (E)139573 (+3)21212212 +24
Team AthletesEventRound 1(Fourball)Round 2(Foursome)Round 3(Individual Stroke)TotalScoreRankScoreRankBoyGirlTotal RankScoreParRankAtthaya ThitikulVanchai LuangnitikulMixed team60 (−10)268 (−2)17169140 (E)3268 −12
Karate
Thailand qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.
AthleteEventGroup phaseSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAika OkazakiGirls' −53 kgL 3–3L 0–2W 2–03colspan=2 5
Roller speed skating
Ptjira Srisathitha qualified based on her performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship in Heerde, Netherlands.
Individual Athlete Event 500 metres sprint 1000 metres sprint 5000 metres elimination TotalQuarterfinal SemifinalFinalPointRankSemifinalFinalPointRankResultPointRankPointRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankPtjira SrisathithaGirls' combined events 1:41.878 7 colspan=2 1 14 E 1 14
Rowing
Thailand qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.
Girls' pair – 2 athletes
Sailing
Thailand qualified one boat based on its performance at the IKA Twin Tip Racing Asian Qualifier.
Girls AthleteEventRace TotalPoints NetPoints FinalRank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12Nichanan RodthongIKA Twin Tip Racing (11)10.58(12)31054.531.511
Shooting
Kanyakorn Hirunphoem qualified based on her performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.
Individual AthletesEventQualificationFinal PointsRankPointsRankKanyakorn HirunphoemGirls' 10 metre air pistol562-10x6Q194.34
Team AthletesEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankPointsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult Mixed 10 metre air pistol740-16x12QL 4 – 10colspan=3 17
Sport climbing
Narada Disyabut qualified based on her performance at the 2017 World Youth Championship in Innsbruck, Austria.
Individual AthleteEvent Event Qualification FinalTotalRankTotalRankNarada DisyabutGirls' combined eventsResults10.851T 2z1:26330016rowspan=2 colspan=5 Points 111520
Swimming
Girls AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSaovanee Boonamphai50 m backstroke32.67 533.34 8colspan=2 100 m backstroke
Table tennis
Jinnipa Sawettabut qualified based on her performance at the Asian Qualification Event in Greater Noida, India. Also Yanapong Panagitgun qualified based on her performance at the Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America in Asunción, Paraguay.
Singles AthleteEventGroup StageRankRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreYanapong PanagitgunBoysGroup D L 0–4 (5:11, 7:11, 8:11, 6:11)4rowspan=3 colspan=4 25 L 0–4 (9:11, 4:11, 11:13, 4:11) L 0–4 (3:11, 7:11, 9:11, 4:11)Jinnipa SawettabutGirlsGroup H W 4–1 (9:11, 11:5, 11:9, 11:5, 11:7)3rowspan=3 colspan=4 17 L 3–4 (8:11, 7:11, 5:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:8, 8:11) L 0–4 (10:12, 4:11, 8:11, 9:11)
Team AthletesEventGroup StageRankRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreThailandMixedGroup G Intercontinental 3 W 2–1 (0:3, 3:0, 3:0)3rowspan=3 colspan=4 17Latin America 1 L 1–2 (2:3, 3:2, 0:3)Russian Federation L 1–2 (1:3, 1:3, 3:2)
Taekwondo
Boy AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultNareupong Thepsen−63 kgW 25 – 20W 28 – 26W 15 – 14L 16 – 21
Girls AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAreeya Chaichana−49 kgL 8 – 17align=center colspan=3 9Kanthinda Saengsin−55 kgalign=center W 3 – 2W 7 – 3W 10 – 6
Tennis
Singles AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals Final / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreThasaporn NakloGirls' SinglesL 0–2 5–7, 1–6colspan=4 17
Doubles AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals Final / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreGirls' DoublesL 0–2 1–6, 3–6, colspan=4 9Mixed DoublesL 0–2 0–6, 1–6colspan=4 9
Weightlifting
Thailand qualified boys and girls (4 athletes) to the tournament.
Boys