Thailand at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Thailand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Thailand won its first ever gold medal during this Olympics, making it the second Southeast Asian country to win gold.

Thailand at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTHA
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Thailand
Websitewww.olympicthai.or.th (in Thai and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors37 (25 men and 12 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Vissanu Sophanich
Medals
Ranked 47th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldSomluck KamsingBoxingFeatherweight
 BronzeVichairachanon KhadpoBoxingBantamweight

Results by event

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Kitipon Kitikul Singles  Todor Velkov (BUL)
W (15-7,17-15)		  Fumihiko Machida (JPN)
L (7-15,11-15)		 Did not advance
Siripong Siripul
Khunakorn Sudhisodhi		 Doubles N/A  Ha Tae-kwon
Kang Kyung-Jin (KOR)
L (8-15,5-15)		 Did not advance
Pramote Teerawiwatana
Sakrapee Thongsari		 Doubles N/A Bye  Simon Archer
Chris Hunt (GBR)
L (14-18,11-15)		 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Somharuthai Jaroensiri Singles  Elsa Nielsen (ISL)
W (11-1,11-2)		  Margit Borg (SWE)
L (3-11,11-7,5-11)		 Did not advance
Pornsawan Plungwech Singles  Catrine Bengtsson (SWE)
W (11-4,4-11,11-6)		  Jeng Shwu-Zen (TPE)
W (11-5,11-0)		  Han Jingna (CHN)
L (3-11,6-11)		 Did not advance

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Somrot Kamsing Light flyweight  Yaşar Giritli (TUR)
W 19:4		  Sabin Bornei (ROM)
W 18:7		  Daniel Petrov (BUL)
L 6:18		 Did not advance
Parmuansak Phosuvan Flyweight  Khaled Falah (SYR)
L 9:11		 Did not advance
Vichairachanon Khadpo Bantamweight  Claude Lambert (CAN)
W 12:2		  Carlos Barreto (VEN)
W 14:6		  Hicham Nafil (MAR)
W 13:4		  István Kovács (HUN)
L 7:12		 Did not advance
Somluck Kamsing Featherweight  Luis Seda (PUR)
W 13:2		  Phillip Ndou (RSA)
W 12:7		  Ramaz Paliani (RUS)
W 13:4		  Pablo Chacón (ARG)
W 20:8		  Serafim Todorov (BUL)
W 8:5
Pongsith Wiangwiset Lightweight  Irvin Buhlalu (RSA)
W 21:5		  Jaroslav Konečný (CZE)
W 20:6		  Terrance Cauthen (USA)
L 10:14		 Did not advance
Parkpoom Jangphonak Welterweight  Sergly Dzinziruk (UKR)
L 10:20		 Did not advance

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Suchart Pichi 3m springboard 257.13 34 Did not advance
10m platform 290.64 29 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sukrutai Tommaoros 10m platform 115.44 33 Did not advance

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Arun Homraruen Mistral One Design 13 27 14 47 31 28 17 5 34 135 21

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jakkrit Panichpatikum 50 m pistol 536 43 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 574 29 Did not advance
Surin Klomjai 50 m pistol 542 40 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 547 50 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jarintorn Dangpiam 50 m rifle three positions 570 30 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 388 29 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final A
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Torlarp Sethsothorn 200 m freestyle 1:54.73 33 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:57.08 19 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:40.04 16 Did not advance
Dulyarit Phuangthong 100 m backstroke 58.32 38 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:05.26 26 Did not advance
Ratapong Sirisanont 200 m breaststroke 1:03.81 26 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:17.32 19 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:05.18 5 QC 2:05.02 15 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 4:26.99 6 QC 4:26.35 12 Did not advance
Niti Intharapichai 200 m butterfly 2:03.88 33 Did not advance
Dulyarit Phuangthong
Ratapong Sirisanont
Niti Intharapichai
Torlarp Sethsothorn		 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:56.80 22 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final A
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ravee Intporn-Udom 200 m freestyle 2:05.77 31 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:21.93 26 Did not advance
800 m freestyle 9:01.14 23 Did not advance
Praphalsai Minpraphal 100 m backstroke 1:04.61 21 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:21.82 30 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:03.35 27 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:18.19 25 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:22.34 34 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:58.33 27 Did not advance

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
(WC)
Benjamas Sangaram
Tamarine Tanasugarn		 Doubles  Christína Papadáki
Christina Zachariadou (GRE)
W 2-1 (6-2,6(3)-7,6-2)		  Chen Li-Ling
Yi Jing-Qian (CHN)
W 2-1 (2-6,6-4,6-4)		  Conchita Martínez
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
L 0-2 (2-6,1-6)		 Did not advance

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Nopadol Wanwang -108 kg 140.0 18th 177.5 17th 317.5 17th
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