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Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	THA
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Thailand
Website	www.olympicthai.or.th (in Thai and English)
inAthens
Competitors	42 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Paradorn Srichaphan[1]
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Thailand competed at the 2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens, 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.

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]

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

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

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Boonsak Ponsana	Singles	Dednam (RSA) W 15–1, 15–0	Lee H-I (KOR) W 15–11, 15–13	Susilo (SIN) W 15–10, 15–1	Hidayat (INA) L 9–15, 2–15	Kuncoro (INA) L 11–15, 16–17	4
Tesana Panvisvas Pramote Teerawiwatana	Doubles	Brehaut / Denney (AUS) W 15–3, 15–9	Choong T F / Lee W W (MAS) L 10–15, 13–15	Did not advance
Patapol Ngernsrisuk Sudket Prapakamol		Clark / Robertson (GBR) L 5–15, 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Salakjit Ponsana	Singles	Tanaka (JPN) W 11–7, 5–11, 11–8	Gong Rn (CHN) L 8–11, 3–11	Did not advance
Sathinee Chankrachangwong Saralee Thungthongkam	Doubles	Julien / Rice (CAN) W 15–3, 15–4	Nakayama / Yoshitomi (JPN) W 15–4, 15–11	Yang W / Zhang Jw (CHN) L 2–15, 4–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	Doubles	Bye	Bergström / Persson (SWE) L 3–15, 17–14, 3–15	Did not advance

Thailand sent six boxers to Athens.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Suban Pannon	Light flyweight	Salimov (BUL) W 26–14	Bartelemí (CUB) L 14–23	Did not advance
Somjit Jongjohor	Flyweight	Kim K-S (KOR) W 22–12	Gamboa (CUB) L 21–26	Did not advance
Worapoj Petchkoom	Bantamweight	Kim W-I (KOR) W RSC	Khatsigov (BLR) W 33–18	Bolum (NGR) W 29–14	Mammadov (AZE) W 27–19	Rigondeaux (CUB) L 13–22
Somluck Kamsing	Featherweight	Gaudet (CAN) L 17–32	Did not advance
Manus Boonjumnong	Light welterweight	Ioannidis (GRE) W 28–16	Brin (PHI) W 29–15	Blain (FRA) W 20–8	Gheorghe (ROM) W 30–9	Johnson (CUB) W 17–11
Suriya Prasathinphimai	Middleweight	Lubega (UGA) W 30–21	Taghiyev (AZE) W19+–19	Mashkin (UKR) W 28–22	Gaydarbekov (RUS) L 18–24	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Siriroj Rathprasert	Individual épée	El-Din (EGY) W 15–13	Boisse (FRA) L 5–15	Did not advance
Wiradech Kothny	Individual sabre	Bye	Medina (ESP) W 15–13	Lukashenko (UKR) L 11–15	Did not advance

Thai rowers qualified the following boats:

Women

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

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

Men

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

Two Thai shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

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

Women

Thailand has qualified a single table tennis player.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nanthana Komwong	Women's singles	Das (IND) W 4–0	Struse (GER) W 4–1	Pavlovich (BLR) L 2–4	Did not advance

Four Thai taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ussadate Sutthikunkarn	Men's −58 kg	Mouroutsos (GRE) L 2–5	Did not advance					11
Kriangkrai Noikoed	Men's −80 kg	Karami (IRI) L 12–16	Did not advance					11
Yaowapa Boorapolchai	Women's −49 kg	Yagüe (ESP) W 9–5	Labrada (CUB) L 1–3	Did not advance	Bye	Gonda (CAN) W 2–(−1)	Mora (COL) W 2–1
Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen	Women's −57 kg	Athanasopoulou (GRE) W 6–6 SUP	Chi S-J (TPE) W 2–1	Abdallah (USA) L 7–7 SUP	Bye	Reyes (ESP) L 3–6	Did not advance	5

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paradorn Srichaphan	Men's singles	Johansson (SWE) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Tamarine Tanasugarn	Women's singles	Widjaja (INA) L 6–1, 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Five Thai weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Suriya Dattuyawat	Men's −69 kg	137.5	11	—	—	—	DNF
Aree Wiratthaworn	Women's −48 kg	85	3	115 OR	1	200
Udomporn Polsak	Women's −53 kg	97.5	1	125	1	222.5
Wandee Kameaim	Women's −58 kg	102.5	3	127.5	3	230
Pawina Thongsuk	Women's −75 kg	122.5	2	150	1	272.5

• Thailand at the 2002 Asian Games
• Thailand at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Thailand Olympic Committee (in Thai)