Vietnam at the Olympics

Last updated
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 100th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer appearances

Vietnam first competed in the Olympic Games in 1952 as the State of Vietnam (aka South Vietnam). After the Partition of Vietnam in 1954, only the Republic of Vietnam (aka South Vietnam) competed in the Games, sending athletes to every Summer Olympics between 1956 and 1972. Since the reunification of Vietnam in 1976 following the conclusion of the Vietnam War, Vietnam began competing as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (under the flag of former North Vietnam) when North Vietnamese and Viet Cong communist forces took over South Vietnam, attending every Olympics from 1980 onwards with the exception of 1984.

Contents

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 underwent economic sanctions from the U.S. and the West, until they were lifted in 1994.

Vietnam has won a total of 5 medals to date, winning their 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 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, when shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh was victorious in the Men's 10m air pistol event. Nguyễn Huy Hoàng was the first male Vietnamese swimmer to claim gold at the Youth Olympics in the 2018 Summer Youth Games in Buenos Aires.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Rank
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
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 future event
2028 Los Angeles
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

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1976 Summer Olympics</span> Multi-sport event in Montreal, Canada

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and commonly known as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It was the first and, so far, only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada. Toronto hosted the 1976 Summer Paralympics the same year as the Montreal Olympics, which still remains the only Summer Paralympics to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SEA Games</span> Biennial multi-sport event in Southeast Asia

SEA Games, officially known as the South East Asian Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basketball at the Summer Olympics</span> Sport for men consistently since 1936

Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as a demonstration event in 1904. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">All-time Olympic Games medal table</span> List of medals won by Olympic delegations

The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2022, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC itself does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by adding up single entries from the IOC database.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Argentina at the Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Argentina participated at the Olympic Games for the first time in 1900. It has participated at all subsequent Summer Olympics except in 1904, 1912, and the nation boycotted the Moscow Olympics due to its support for the United States in 1980. It participated at the Winter Olympics in 1928, 1948, 1952 and continuously since 1960.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indonesia at the Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Indonesia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1964, due to controversy around the Games of the New Emerging Forces, and 1980, when they participated in the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Indonesia is yet to participate in the Winter Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cameroon at the Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Cameroon first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation withdrew from the 1976 Summer Olympics after three days of competition, to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation of South Africa, who still had sporting links with apartheid South Africa. Cameroon has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on one occasion, in 2002, with a single representative, Isaac Menyoli.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Korea at the Olympics</span> Participation of athletes from South Korea in the Olympic Games

The Republic of Korea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 which they boycotted. South Korea has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1948, except for the 1952 games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morocco at the Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Morocco first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Morocco also boycotted the 1976 Games, withdrawing after having initially sent a delegation. In doing so, Morocco joined the boycott of the Games by most African countries, in protest against New Zealand's participation following an All Blacks rugby match, unrelated to the Olympics, against an apartheid team from South Africa. Only one Moroccan representative had time to compete before his country's withdrawal: Abderahim Najim took part in the Men's Light Flyweight event in boxing, and lost his first and only match.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zimbabwe at the Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Zimbabwe participated for the first time at the Olympic Games under its current name in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Previously, it competed at the Games under the name Rhodesia in 1928, 1960 and 1964. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi marked Zimbabwe's first participation at the Winter Olympic Games, with Luke Steyn, the Zimbabwean born athlete participating in alpine skiing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malaysia at the Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Malaysia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when Malaysia participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Malaysia made their debut at the Winter Olympic Games in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bermuda at the Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Bermuda first participated at the Olympic Games in 1936, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Bermuda has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1992.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Vietnam competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. It is the 13th summer games in which the nation has competed since its first appearance in 1952. Although it has sent a modest delegation every year it has competed, Vietnam had only earned one Olympic medal before Beijing. The Vietnam Olympic Committee sent thirteen athletes to compete in eight of the 28 Olympic sports. It is the largest ever contingent for the nation, up from 11 in the 2004 games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sport in Vietnam</span>

This article presents an overview of the Sports in Vietnam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Netherlands at the Paralympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The Netherlands participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of five athletes. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It made its Winter Paralympics début in 1984, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Games, except 2006. The Netherlands was the host country of the 1980 Summer Paralympics, in Arnhem.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Vietnam competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hoàng Xuân Vinh</span> Vietnamese sport shooter

Hoàng Xuân Vinh is a Vietnamese sport shooter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol</span> Olympic shooting event

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 10 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center. There were 41 competitors from 29 nations. The event was won by Jin Jong-oh of South Korea, his third consecutive victory in the free pistol. He was the only man to win two gold medals in the event, much less three. Jin was also the second man to win four medals of any color in the event, after Ragnar Skanåker of Sweden from 1972 to 1992. Hoàng Xuân Vinh took silver, the first medal for Vietnam in the event. Kim Song-guk's bronze was North Korea's first medal in the free pistol since 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Vietnam competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Paralympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Vietnam competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

References