| Thailand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | THA |
| NPC | Paralympic Committee of Thailand |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 40 in 10 sports |
| Medals Ranked 41st |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Thailand competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Prawat Wahoram | Athletics | Men's 5000m T54 |
 Silver | Prawat Wahoram | Athletics | Men's 1500m T54 |
| Silver | Saichon Konjen | Athletics | Men's 200m T54 |
| Silver | Saichon Konjen | Athletics | Men's 100m T54 |
| Silver | Saichon Konjen Supachai Koysub Pichet Krungget Prawat Wahoram | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m Relay T53/T54 |
| Silver | Saichon Konjen Supachai Koysub Pichet Krungget Prawat Wahoram | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T53/T54 |
 Bronze | Saysunne Jana | Wheelchair Fencing | Women's Individual Épée Category B |
| Bronze | Samkhoun Anon | Powerlifting | Women's -52 kg |
| Bronze | Saichon Konjen | Athletics | Men's 400m T54 |
| Bronze | Prawat Wahoram | Athletics | Men's 800m T54 |
| Bronze | Narong Kasanun | Powerlifting | Men's -52 kg |
| Bronze | Supachai Koysub | Athletics | Men's 100m T54 |
| Bronze | Peth Rungsri | Athletics | Men's 200m T52 |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Sakon Inkaew | Men's individual recurve W1/W2 | 597 | 12 |  R Olejnik (POL)W 102-89 |  Onodera (JPN)W 100-96 |  Meunier (FRA)L 99-103 | did not advance | ||
| Sathien Phimthong | Men's individual recurve standing | 578 | 18 | Sawicki (POL) L 89-104 | did not advance | ||||
| Suthi Raksamai | 550 | 27 |  Tseng L H (TPE)L 85-104 | did not advance | |||||
| Sakon Inkaew Sathien Phimthong Suthi Raksamai | Men's team recurve | 1725 | 7 | — |  Great Britain (GBR)W 185-158 |  Italy (ITA)L 202-206 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Sopa Intasen | T53 | 100m | 15.72 | 7 q | — | 15.20 | 4 | ||
| 200m | 28.58 | 13 | did not advance | ||||||
| 400m | 53.76 | 14 | did not advance | ||||||
| 800m | 1:43.84 | 14 | did not advance | ||||||
| Ekkachai Janthon | T54 | 100m | 15.48 | 18 | did not advance | ||||
| 400m | 51.26 | 23 | did not advance | ||||||
| 1500m | 3:07.69 | 3 Q | 3:02.30 | 10 | did not advance | ||||
| 5000m | 10:51.15 | 18 | did not advance | ||||||
| Marathon | — | 1:03:30 | 19 | ||||||
| Kitsana Jorchuy | T11 | 400m | 56.78 | 12 | did not advance | ||||
| Saichon Konjen | T54 | 100m | 14.15 PR | 2 Q | — | 14.04 | | ||
| 200m | 25.33 | 4 Q | — | 25.15 | | ||||
| 400m | 48.03 | 4 Q | 48.39 | 2 Q | 46.86 | | |||
| Supachai Koysub | T54 | 100m | 14.32 | 4 Q | — | 14.22 | | ||
| 200m | 25.79 | 9 | did not advance | ||||||
| 400m | 49.32 | 9 Q | 48.75 | 5 Q | 48.39 | 6 | |||
| Pichet Krungget | T53 | 100m | 15.41 | 5 Q | — | 15.20 | 5 | ||
| 200m | 28.03 | 11 | did not advance | ||||||
| 400m | 53.71 | 13 | did not advance | ||||||
| 800m | 1:45.92 | 15 | did not advance | ||||||
| Jakkrit Punthong | T11 | 100m | 12.23 | 22 | did not advance | ||||
| Peth Rungsri | T52 | 100m | — | 18.87 | 6 | ||||
| 200m | — | 32.07 | | ||||||
| 400m | 1:01.57 | 5 Q | — | 1:02.12 | 5 | ||||
| 800m | 2:08.61 | 7 Q | — | 2:10.83 | 8 | ||||
| Ampai Sualuang | T54 | 800m | 1:37.54 | 7 q | 1:41.20 | 16 | did not advance | ||
| 1500m | 3:17.72 | 22 Q | 3:09.37 | 13 | did not advance | ||||
| 5000m | 10:53.53 | 21 | did not advance | ||||||
| Khachonsak Thamsophon | T54 | 800m | 1:40.22 | 15 q | 1:40.37 | 8 Q | 1:38.73 | 8 | |
| Marathon | — | 1:30:31 | 212 | ||||||
| Prawat Wahoram | T54 | 800m | 1:38.84 | 11 Q | 1:34.59 | 2 Q | 1:37.12 | | |
| 1500m | 3:09.24 | 8 Q | 3:00.10 PR | 1 Q | 3:10.68 | | |||
| 5000m | 10:21.31 | 8 Q | — | 10:22.38 | | ||||
| Marathon | — | DNF | |||||||
| Saichon Konjen Supachai Koysub Pichet Krungget Prawat Wahoram | T53-54 | 4x100m relay | 50.71 | 2 Q | — | 51.93 | | ||
| 4x400m relay | 3:15.65 | 2 Q | — | 3:11.63 | | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Akarapol Punsnit | Mixed individual BC3 |  Park K W (KOR) | L 2-8 | 4 | did not advance | |||
 Shen C (CHN) | W 5-4 | |||||||
 Martino (CAN) | L 2-3 | |||||||
| Vilasinee Sukkarath |  Polychronidis (GRE) | L 0-7 | 2 | did not advance | ||||
 Dijkstra (NZL) | W 5-4 | |||||||
| Zhu H (CHN) | W 4-1 | |||||||
| Tanimpat Visaratanunta | Jeong H W (KOR) | L 3-5 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
 Peixoto (POR) | L 0-5 | |||||||
| Slade (NZL) | W 11-0 | |||||||
| Akarapol Punsnit Vilasinee Sukkarath Tanimpat Visaratanunta | Pairs BC3 | Portugal (POR) | L 1-7 | 2 Q | — | South Korea (KOR) L 0-15 | Portugal (POR) L 1-4 | 4 |
| Greece (GRE) | W 5-2 | |||||||
| New Zealand (NZL) | L 2-4 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Kannika Aimthisung | Women's 63kg | Bye |  Kazakova (RUS)L 0000–1000 | — | Bye | Quessandier (FRA) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narong Kasanun | 52kg | 167.5 | |
| Thongsa Marasri | 56kg | 180.0 | 4 |
| Choochat Sukjarern | 48kg | 155.0 | 5 |
| Prasit Thongdee | 60kg | 160.0 | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samkhoun Anon | 52kg | 95.0 | |
| Arawan Bootpo | 60kg | 100.0 | 5 |
| Phikul Chareonying | 44kg | 75.0 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Sungvoy Makcium | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 593 | 35 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Somchai Duangkeaw | S5 | 50m butterfly | 50.43 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Rattaporn Jearchan | S11 | 100m backstroke | 1:17.64 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Voravit Kaewkham | S5 | 50m butterfly | 42.75 | 5 Q | 40.78 | 5 |
| Panom Lagsanaprim | SB11 | 100m breaststroke | 1:18.91 | 6 Q | 1:21.13 | 7 |
| Prasit Marnnok | S11 | 400m freestyle | 5:57.49 | 13 | did not advance | |
| SB11 | 100m breaststroke | 1:27.73 | 11 | did not advance | ||
| Prajim Rieangsantiea | S6 | 100m backstroke | 1:31.55 | 10 | did not advance | |
| Taweesook Samuksaneeto | SB5 | 100m breaststroke | 1:51.18 | 11 | did not advance | |
| Kitipong Sriboonrueng | S12 | 100m butterfly | 1:13.17 | 12 | did not advance | |
| SB12 | 100m breaststroke | 1:18.56 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Wanchai Chaiwut | Men's singles C4-5 | Zhang Y (CHN) L 0–3 | Lin Y H (TPE) L 0–3 | — | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Rungroj Thainiyom | Men's singles C6 |  Blok (NED)L 0-3 |  Jensen (DEN)L 1-3 |  Itkonen (SWE)W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Korakod Saengsawang | Men's épée A | Maillard (FRA) | L 4–5 | 5 Q |  Alhaddad (KUW)W 15–9 | Zhang L (CHN) L 9-15 | did not advance | ||
| Pylarinos Markantonatos (GRE) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
| Alhaddad (KUW) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
 Davydenko (UKR) | L 5-0 | ||||||||
 L Sanchez (ESP) | W 5-0 | ||||||||
| Serafini (ITA) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Men's foil A | Zhang L (CHN) | L 1-5 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| Betti (ITA) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Alqallaf (KUW) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
 Horvath (HUN) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
| Granell (ESP) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
 Andree (GER) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Saysunee Jana | Women's épée B |  Chan Y C (HKG) | W 5-1 | 1 Q | — | Palfi (HUN) W 15-4 | Chan Y C (HKG) L 8-15 | Vasilyeva (RUS) W 15-8 | |
| Ye H (CHN) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Dani (HUN) | W 5-0 | ||||||||
| Lukianenko (UKR) | W 5-0 | ||||||||
| Hassen Bey (ESP) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Women's foil B | Chan Y C (HKG) | L 2-5 | 3 Q | — | Dani (HUN) W 15-8 | Yao F (CHN) L 11-15 | Ye H (CHN) L 14-15 | 4 | |
| Ye H (CHN) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Palfi (HUN) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Vasilyeva (RUS) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
 Demello (USA) | W 5-0 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Suthi Khulongrua | Men's singles | Mazzei (ITA) W 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 | Houdet (FRA) L 1-6, 0-6 | did not advance | |||
| Sumrerng Kruamai | Peifer (FRA) L 2-6, 2-6 | did not advance | |||||
| Suthi Khulongrua Sumrerng Kruamai | Men's doubles | — |  Cayulef (CHI) / Mendez (CHI)W 6-0, 6-2 | Lee H G (KOR) / Oh S-h (KOR) L 2-6, 3-6 | did not advance | ||
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