Thailand at the Olympics


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.
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 and women's weightlifting.
Thai athletes have won a total of 33 medals. Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won eight medals, three of them were gold.
The National Olympic Committee for Thailand was created in 1948 and recognized in 1950.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by Summer Sport

Medals by Winter Sport

List of medalists

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.
AthleteSportYearsGamesGenderTotal
2004–2008SummerMen1102
2012–2016SummerWomen0202
2004–2008SummerWomen0022

Flag bearers by Summer Games

Flag bearers by Winter Games

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

Milestones