Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Thailand at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Thailand.svg
IOC code THA
NOC National Olympic Committee of Thailand
Website www.olympicthai.or.th  (in Thai and English)
in Athens
Competitors42 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Paradorn Srichaphan [1]
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Thailand competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

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The National Olympic Committee of Thailand sent a total of 42 athletes to the Games, 24 men and 18 women, to compete in 13 sports; the nation's team size was roughly smaller from Sydney by ten athletes. Fourteen of them had previously competed in Sydney, including featherweight boxer and 1996 Olympic champion Somluck Kamsing, and Asia's top tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan, who was later appointed by the committee to carry the Thai flag in the opening ceremony. [1] [2] Along with Kamsing, US-based swimmer Ratapong Sirisanont and badminton player Pramote Teerawiwatana became the first Thai athletes to compete in four Olympic Games. Among the sports played by athletes at these Games, Thailand marked its debut in equestrian and taekwondo.

Thailand left Athens with a total of eight medals (three golds, one silver, and four bronze), setting a historic milestone as the nation's most successful Games in Olympic history. [3] Thai athletes continued to dominate in boxing and weightlifting, where they each won more than two Olympic medals, including a prestigious gold from Manus Boonjumnong in light welterweight boxing, and Udomporn Polsak, and Pawina Thongsuk in women's weightlifting. [4] [5]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Udomporn Polsak Weightlifting Women's 53 kg August 15
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pawina Thongsuk Weightlifting Women's 75 kg August 20
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Manus Boonjumnong Boxing Light welterweight August 28
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Worapoj Petchkoom Boxing Bantamweight August 29
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aree Wiratthaworn Weightlifting Women's 48 kg August 14
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wandee Kameaim Weightlifting Women's 58 kg August 16
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yaowapa Boorapolchai Taekwondo Women's 49 kg August 26
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Suriya Prasathinphimai Boxing Middleweight August 28

Athletics

Thai athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [6] [7]

Key
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Trecia Roberts 100 m hurdles 13.808Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Noengrothai Chaipetch High jump 1.8921Did not advance
Juttaporn Krasaeyan Shot put 16.4925Did not advance

Badminton

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Boonsak Ponsana Singles Flag of South Africa.svg  Dednam  (RSA)
W 15–1, 15–0
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee H-I  (KOR)
W 15–11, 15–13
Flag of Singapore.svg  Susilo  (SIN)
W 15–10, 15–1
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Hidayat  (INA)
L 9–15, 2–15
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Kuncoro  (INA)
L 11–15, 16–17
4
Tesana Panvisvas
Pramote Teerawiwatana
Doubles Flag of Australia.svg  Brehaut /
Denney  (AUS)
W 15–3, 15–9
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Choong T F /
Lee W W  (MAS)
L 10–15, 13–15
Did not advance
Patapol Ngernsrisuk
Sudket Prapakamol
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Clark /
Robertson  (GBR)
L 5–15, 9–15
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Salakjit Ponsana Singles Flag of Japan.svg  Tanaka  (JPN)
W 11–7, 5–11, 11–8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gong Rn  (CHN)
L 8–11, 3–11
Did not advance
Sathinee Chankrachangwong
Saralee Thungthongkam
Doubles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Julien /
Rice  (CAN)
W 15–3, 15–4
Flag of Japan.svg  Nakayama /
Yoshitomi  (JPN)
W 15–4, 15–11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang W /
Zhang Jw  (CHN)
L 2–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sudket Prapakamol
Saralee Thungthongkam
Doubles ByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Bergström /
Persson  (SWE)
L 3–15, 17–14, 3–15
Did not advance

Boxing

Thailand sent six boxers to Athens.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Suban Pannon Light flyweight Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Salimov  (BUL)
W 26–14
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Bartelemí  (CUB)
L 14–23
Did not advance
Somjit Jongjohor Flyweight Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim K-S  (KOR)
W 22–12
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Gamboa  (CUB)
L 21–26
Did not advance
Worapoj Petchkoom Bantamweight Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim W-I  (KOR)
WRSC
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Khatsigov  (BLR)
W 33–18
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Bolum  (NGR)
W 29–14
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Mammadov  (AZE)
W 27–19
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Rigondeaux  (CUB)
L 13–22
Silver medal icon.svg
Somluck Kamsing Featherweight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gaudet  (CAN)
L 17–32
Did not advance
Manus Boonjumnong Light welterweight Flag of Greece.svg  Ioannidis  (GRE)
W 28–16
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Brin  (PHI)
W 29–15
Flag of France.svg  Blain  (FRA)
W 20–8
Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghe  (ROM)
W 30–9
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Johnson  (CUB)
W 17–11
Gold medal icon.svg
Suriya Prasathinphimai Middleweight Flag of Uganda.svg  Lubega  (UGA)
W 30–21
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Taghiyev  (AZE)
W 19+–19
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mashkin  (UKR)
W 28–22
Flag of Russia.svg  Gaydarbekov  (RUS)
L 18–24
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Equestrian

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Pongsiree Bunluewong Eliza Jane Individual 74.60714.4079.004332.00110.0051Did not advance110.0051

Fencing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Siriroj Rathprasert Individual épée Flag of Egypt.svg  El-Din  (EGY)
W 15–13
Flag of France.svg  Boisse  (FRA)
L 5–15
Did not advance
Wiradech Kothny Individual sabre ByeFlag of Spain.svg  Medina  (ESP)
W 15–13
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lukashenko  (UKR)
L 11–15
Did not advance

Rowing

Thai rowers qualified the following boats:

Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Phuttharaksa Neegree Single sculls 8:24.035 R7:53.525 SC/D8:17.135 FD8:00.4422

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Thai sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Arun Homraruen Mistral 142820DSQ153026211713518921

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Two Thai shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Tevarit Majchacheeap 10 m air rifle 587=35Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 589=36Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1159=16Did not advance
Jakkrit Panichpatikum 10 m air pistol 571=36Did not advance
50 m pistol 549=28Did not advance

Swimming

Thai swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Arwut Chinnapasaen 50 m freestyle 23.5246Did not advance
Charnvudth Saengsri 400 m freestyle 3:59.8933Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:54.4627Did not advance
Ratapong Sirisanont 100 m breaststroke DSQDid not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:15.3919Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pilin Tachakittiranan 200 m freestyle 2:05.2935Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:23.6234Did not advance
Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn 400 m individual medley 5:00.0622Did not advance
Chonlathorn Vorathamrong 100 m backstroke 1:05.1532Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:21.1129Did not advance

Table tennis

Thailand has qualified a single table tennis player.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nanthana Komwong Women's singles Flag of India.svg  Das  (IND)
W 4–0
Flag of Germany.svg  Struse  (GER)
W 4–1
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Pavlovich  (BLR)
L 2–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

Four Thai taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ussadate Sutthikunkarn Men's −58 kg Flag of Greece.svg  Mouroutsos  (GRE)
L 2–5
Did not advance11
Kriangkrai Noikoed Men's −80 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Karami  (IRI)
L 12–16
Did not advance11
Yaowapa Boorapolchai Women's −49 kg Flag of Spain.svg  Yagüe  (ESP)
W 9–5
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Labrada  (CUB)
L 1–3
Did not advanceByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gonda  (CAN)
W 2–(−1)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Mora  (COL)
W 2–1
Bronze medal icon.svg
Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen Women's −57 kg Flag of Greece.svg  Athanasopoulou  (GRE)
W 6–6 SUP
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chi S-J  (TPE)
W 2–1
Flag of the United States.svg  Abdallah  (USA)
L 7–7 SUP
ByeFlag of Spain.svg  Reyes  (ESP)
L 3–6
Did not advance5

Tennis

Thailand nominated a male and a female tennis player to compete in the tournament.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Paradorn Srichaphan Men's singles Flag of Sweden.svg  Johansson  (SWE)
L 2–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Tamarine Tanasugarn Women's singles Flag of Indonesia.svg  Widjaja  (INA)
L 6–1, 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Five Thai weightlifters qualified for the following events:

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Suriya Dattuyawat Men's −69 kg 137.511DNF
Aree Wiratthaworn Women's −48 kg 853115 OR 1200Bronze medal icon.svg
Udomporn Polsak Women's −53 kg 97.511251222.5Gold medal icon.svg
Wandee Kameaim Women's −58 kg 102.53127.53230Bronze medal icon.svg
Pawina Thongsuk Women's −75 kg 122.521501272.5Gold medal icon.svg

See also

References

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