| Thailand at the 2014 Asian Beach Games | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | THA |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Thailand |
| Website | www |
| in Phuket | |
| Competitors | 367 (232 men & 135 women) in 28 sports |
| Medals Ranked 1st |
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| Asian Beach Games appearances | |
Thailand was the host nation for the 2014 Asian Beach Games held in Phuket from 14 to 23 November 2014. [1] [2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Sports | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Beach Athletics | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| Beach Basketball | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Beach Flag Football | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Beach Handball | 17 | 11 | 26 |
| Beach Modern Pentathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Beach Sepaktakraw | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Beach Soccer | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Beach Volleyball | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Beach Water Polo | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Beach Wrestling | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Extreme Sports | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Foot Volley | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jetski | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Ju-Jitsu | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Kurash | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Marathon Swimming | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Muaythai | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Petanque | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Sailing / Windsurfing | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| Sambo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Sport Climbing | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Squash | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Triathlon | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| WaterSki | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Beach Woodball | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Total | 214 | 128 | 342 |
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total |
 Air Sports | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
 Beach Athletics | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
 Beach Basketball | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Beach Flag Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Beach Handball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Beach Kabaddi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Beach Sepaktakraw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 Beach Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Beach Woodball | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
 Beach Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Bodybuilding | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Extreme Sports | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
 Foot Volley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Jetski | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
 Ju-Jitsu | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
 Kurash | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Marathon Swimming | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Muaythai | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
 Petanque | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
 Sailing / Windsurfing | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
 Sambo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sport Climbing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 WaterSki | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Total | 56 | 37 | 33 | 126 |
| Medals by date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| –1 | 12 Nov | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 0 | 13 Nov | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 14 Nov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 15 Nov | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 16 Nov | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 17 Nov | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 18 Nov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | 19 Nov | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 20 Nov | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | 21 Nov | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | 22 Nov | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | 23 Nov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 56 | 37 | 33 | 126 | |
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