Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	THA
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Thailand
Website	www.olympicthai.or.th (Thai) (English)
in Montreal
Competitors	42 in 11 sports
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1]

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

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)

Diving

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

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database