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Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
THA

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Competitors
  
42 in 11 sports

Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
National Olympic Committee of Thailand

Website
  
www.olympicthai.or.th (Thai) (English)

Medals Ranked 37th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

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

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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.

Bronze

  • Payao Poontarat — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

    • 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

    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

    Men's Light Flyweight (–48 kg)
  • Payao Poontarat
    1. First round — Defeated  Remus Cosma (ROU), 4:1
    2. Second round — Defeated  Aleksandr Tkachenko (URS), 3:2
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated  György Gedó (HUN), 4:1
    4. Semifinals — Lost to  Li Byong-Uk (PRK), RSC-2 → Bronze Medal
    • Men's Flyweight (–51 kg)
  • Somchai Putapibarn
    1. First Round — Lost to Jung Chul-Kim (KOR), 0:5

    • 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

    • References

    Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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