Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Thailand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 42 competitors, 39 men and 3 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.[1]

Thailand at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTHA
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Thailand
Websitewww.olympicthai.or.th (in Thai and English)
in Montreal
Competitors42 in 11 sports
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The country won their first Olympic medal, a bronze for boxing's Payao Poontarat. It became the third Southeast Asian country to win the first Olympic medal after the Philippines (won a bronze for swimming in 1928) and Singapore (won a silver in 1960 in weightlifting). It took 20 years until Thailand won its first gold medal in Atlanta, also in the boxing.

Medalists
Further information: 1976 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1976 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzePayao PoontaratBoxingLight Flyweight29 July

Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Am. Kaewbaidhoon — 2282 points (→ 18th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Vallop Potaya — 2060 points (→ 35th place)
  • Vichit Suksumpong — 2032 points (→ 36th place)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

  • Anat Ratanapol, Suchart Jairsuraparp, Somsakdi Boontud, and Sayan Paratanavong
  • Heat — 40.53s
  • Semi Finals — 40.68s (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Payao Poontarat Men's Light Flyweight  Cosma (ROU)
W 4–1		  Tkachenko (URS)
W 3–2		  Gedó (HUN)
W 4–1		  Byong-Uk (PRK)
L RSC–2		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Somchai Putapibarn Men's Flyweight  Chul-Kim (KOR)
L 0–5		 Did not advance

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Thailand in 1976.

Individual road race
  • Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Arlee Wararong — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Chartchai Juntrat — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Prajin Rungrote — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
  • Sucheep Likittay
  • Chartchai Juntrat
  • Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong
  • Prajin Rungrote
Sprint
  • Taworn Tarwan — 24th place
1000m time trial
  • Taworn Tarwan — 1:15.136 (→ 27th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Thailand in 1976.

Men's épée
  • Taweewat Hurapan
  • Sneh Chousurin
  • Sutipong Santitevagul
Men's team épée
  • Sneh Chousurin, Taweewat Hurapan, Sutipong Santitevagul, Royengyot Srivorapongpant, Samachai Trangjaroenngarm
Men's sabre
  • Taweewat Hurapan
  • Sutipong Santitevagul
  • Royengyot Srivorapongpant
Men's team sabre
  • Taweewat Hurapan, Samachai Trangjaroenngarm, Sutipong Santitevagul, Royengyot Srivorapongpant

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Thailand at the 1976 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2015.


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