Vietnam at the Olympics

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Vietnam at the
Olympics
Flag of Vietnam.svg
IOC code VIE
NOC Vietnam Olympic Committee
Website www.voc.org.vn  (in Vietnamese and English)
Medals
Ranked 98th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer appearances

Vietnam first competed in the Olympic Games in 1952 as the State of Vietnam. After the Partition of Vietnam in 1954, only the Republic of Vietnam competed in the Games, sending athletes to every Summer Olympics between 1956 and 1972.

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Since the reunification of Vietnam in 1976, they have competed as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, attending every Olympics from 1980 onwards with the exception of 1984. The present Vietnam Olympic Committee was formed in 1976 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1979. Vietnam has never competed in the Winter Olympics.

Vietnam won its first medal at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, when Trần Hiếu Ngân took home a silver in Taekwondo in the Women's -57 kg category. Vietnam won its first gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, when shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh was victorious in the Men's 10m air pistol event.

With a lack of investment in competing in the Olympics, [1] Vietnam has sent an average of only around 12 athletes per game until Tokyo 2020. [2] Stereotypes, such as the Olympics and other sporting events being associated with heavy doping and cheating, have made the event less prestigious for the Vietnamese.[ citation needed ]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Rank
as Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
1952 Helsinki 8 0000
1956 Melbourne 6 0000
1960 Rome 3 0000
1964 Tokyo 16 0000
1968 Mexico City 9 0000
1972 Munich 2 0000
as Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
1976 Montreal did not participate
1980 Moscow 35 0000
1984 Los Angeles did not participate
1988 Seoul 10 0000
1992 Barcelona 7 0000
1996 Atlanta 6 0000
2000 Sydney 7 0101 64
2004 Athens 11 0000
2008 Beijing 13 0101 72
2012 London 18 0011 79
2016 Rio de Janeiro 23 1102 48
2020 Tokyo 18 0000 -
2024 Paris 16 0000-
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total1315 98

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Shooting pictogram.svg  Shooting 1102
Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 0112
Taekwondo pictogram.svg  Taekwondo 0101
Totals (3 entries)1315

Medals by Youth Olympics Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
2010 Singapore 13 1124
2014 China 13 1122
2018 Buenos Aires 13 2103
2022Not held due to Covid-19
2026 Senegal future event
Total4349

List of Olympic medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Trần Hiếu Ngân 2000 Sydney Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hoàng Anh Tuấn 2008 Beijing Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Trần Lê Quốc Toàn 2012 London Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hoàng Xuân Vinh 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hoàng Xuân Vinh 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol

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References

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  2. "Việt Nam sets out to reverse Olympic woes". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2022-03-16.