Thailand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Forty-two competitors, 39 men and 3 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.
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
Medal Name Sport Event Date Payao Poontarat Boxing 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
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPayao PoontaratMen's Light FlyweightW 4–1W 3–2W 4–1L RSC–2Did not advanceSomchai PutapibarnMen's FlyweightL 0–5Did not advanceNarong BoonfuangMen's Light WelterweightW KOL KODid 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)
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