Thailand at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Thailand at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	37 (25 men and 12 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Vissanu Sophanich
Medals Rank: 47	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 2
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Thailand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Thailand won its first ever gold medal during this Olympics, making it the second Southeast Asian country to win gold.

Medalists

Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Somluck Kamsing	Boxing	Featherweight
Bronze	Vichairachanon Khadpo	Boxing	Bantamweight

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

• Sayan Namwong, Worasit Vechaphut, Kongdech Natenee, and Ekkachai Janthana

Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay

• Sunisa Kawrungruang, Kwuanfah Inchareon, Savitree Srichure, and Supaporn Hubson

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kitipon Kitikul	Singles	Todor Velkov (BUL) W (15-7,17-15)	Fumihiko Machida (JPN) L (7-15,11-15)	Did not advance
Siripong Siripul Khunakorn Sudhisodhi	Doubles	N/A	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-Jin (KOR) L (8-15,5-15)	Did not advance
Pramote Teerawiwatana Sakrapee Thongsari	Doubles	N/A	Bye	Simon Archer Chris Hunt (GBR) L (14-18,11-15)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Somharuthai Jaroensiri	Singles	Elsa Nielsen (ISL) W (11-1,11-2)	Margit Borg (SWE) L (3-11,11-7,5-11)	Did not advance
Pornsawan Plungwech	Singles	Catrine Bengtsson (SWE) W (11-4,4-11,11-6)	Jeng Shwu-Zen (TPE) W (11-5,11-0)	Han Jingna (CHN) L (3-11,6-11)	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Somrot Kamsing	Light flyweight	Yaşar Giritli (TUR) W 19:4	Sabin Bornei (ROM) W 18:7	Daniel Petrov (BUL) L 6:18	Did not advance
Parmuansak Phosuvan	Flyweight	Khaled Falah (SYR) L 9:11	Did not advance
Vichairachanon Khadpo	Bantamweight	Claude Lambert (CAN) W 12:2	22x20px Carlos Barreto (VEN) W 14:6	Hicham Nafil (MAR) W 13:4	István Kovács (HUN) L 7:12	Did not advance
Somluck Kamsing	Featherweight	Luis Seda (PUR) W 13:2	Phillip Ndou (RSA) W 12:7	Ramaz Paliani (RUS) W 13:4	Pablo Chacón (ARG) W 20:8	Serafim Todorov (BUL) W 8:5
Pongsith Wiangwiset	Lightweight	Irvin Buhlalu (RSA) W 21:5	Jaroslav Konečný (CZE) W 20:6	Terrance Cauthen (USA) L 10:14	Did not advance
Parkpoom Jangphonak	Welterweight	Sergly Dzinziruk (UKR) L 10:20	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Suchart Pichi	3m springboard	257.13	34	Did not advance
	10m platform	290.64	29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sukrutai Tommaoros	10m platform	115.44	33	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race									Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Arun Homraruen	Mistral One Design	13	27	14	47	31	28	17	5	34	135	21

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jakkrit Panichpatikum	50 m pistol	536	43	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	574	29	Did not advance
Surin Klomjai	50 m pistol	542	40	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	547	50	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jarintorn Dangpiam	50 m rifle three positions	570	30	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	388	29	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final A
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Torlarp Sethsothorn	200 m freestyle	1:54.73	33	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:57.08	19	Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:40.04	16	Did not advance
Dulyarit Phuangthong	100 m backstroke	58.32	38	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:05.26	26	Did not advance
Ratapong Sirisanont	200 m breaststroke	1:03.81	26	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:17.32	19	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:05.18	5 QC	2:05.02	15	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	4:26.99	6 QC	4:26.35	12	Did not advance
Niti Intharapichai	200 m butterfly	2:03.88	33	Did not advance
Dulyarit Phuangthong Ratapong Sirisanont Niti Intharapichai Torlarp Sethsothorn	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:56.80	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final A
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ravee Intporn-Udom	200 m freestyle	2:05.77	31	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:21.93	26	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	9:01.14	23	Did not advance
Praphalsai Minpraphal	100 m backstroke	1:04.61	21	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:21.82	30	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.35	27	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:18.19	25	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:22.34	34	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:58.33	27	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
(WC) Benjamas Sangaram Tamarine Tanasugarn	Doubles	Christína Papadáki Christina Zachariadou (GRE) W 2-1 (6-2,6(3)-7,6-2)	Chen Li-Ling Yi Jing-Qian (CHN) W 2-1 (2-6,6-4,6-4)	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 0-2 (2-6,1-6)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nopadol Wanwang	-108 kg	140.0	18th	177.5	17th	317.5	17th

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference