Thailand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Thailand has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002 except in 2010.
The National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT), under the patronage of the King, was created in 1948 and recognized in 1950.
Thailand won its first medal at the 1976 Games in Montreal, when boxer Payao Poontarat took home a bronze in the men's light flyweight category. Thailand's first gold medal would also come in boxing at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when Somluck Kamsing won the men's featherweight category. Since then, Thai athletes have won gold medals at every subsequent Summer Olympics with the exception of the 2012 Games in London, with all its gold medals to date having come in men's boxing, women's weightlifting and women's taekwondo. The country's most recent gold medalist is Panipak Wongpattanakit, who earned her medal in the women's 49kg event in taekwondo.
As of 2024, Thai athletes have won a total of 41 medals; 17 in weightlifting, 16 in boxing, 7 in taekwondo, and 1 in badminton. Among countries in Southeast Asia, Thailand ranks first in terms of both the number of gold medals (11) and the number of overall medals (41). Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won eight medals, of which three of them were gold.
Medals
Medals by Summer Games
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!Games
!Athletes
!style="background:gold; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold
!style="background:silver; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver
!style="background:#cc9966; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze
!Total
!Rank
|-
|align=left| || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 35 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 20 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 54 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 41 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 33 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 42 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 37
|-
|align=left| || colspan=6| boycotted
|-
|align=left| || 35 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 33
|-
|align=left| || 14 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 46
|-
|align=left| || 46 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 54
|-
|align=left| || 37 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 47
|-
|align=left| || 52 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 47
|-
|align=left| || 42 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 8 || 25
|-
|align=left| || 47 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 31
|-
|align=left| || 37 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 59
|-
|align=left| || 54 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 35
|-
|align=left| || 41 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 59
|-
|align=left| || 51 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 6 || 44
|-
|align=left| || colspan=6; rowspan=2| future event
|-
|align=left|
|-
! colspan=2| Total !! 11 !! 11 !! 19 !! 41 !! 54
|}
Medals by Winter Games
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!Games
!Athletes
!style="background:gold; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold
!style="background:silver; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver
!style="background:#cc9966; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze
!Total
!Rank
|-
|align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || colspan=6| did not participate
|-
|align=left| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|-
|align=left| || colspan=6; rowspan=2| future event
|-
|align=left|
|-
! colspan=2| Total || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −
|}
Medals by Summer Sport
List of medalists
Medalists by Summer Games
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!style="width:6em"| Medal
!style="width:15em"| Name
!style="width:12em"| Games
!Sport
!Event
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's light flyweight
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's light welterweight
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's bantamweight
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's welterweight
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's featherweight
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's bantamweight
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's flyweight
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's light middleweight
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 58 kg
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's light welterweight
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 53 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 75 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's bantamweight
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's middleweight
|-
| || || || 25px Taekwondo || Women's 49 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 48 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 58 kg
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's flyweight
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 53 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's light welterweight
|-
| || || || 25px Taekwondo || Women's 49 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 48 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 58 kg
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Men's light flyweight
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting ||Women's 58 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Taekwondo ||Women's 49 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting ||Women's 58 kg
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 48 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 58 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Taekwondo || Men's 58 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 58 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Taekwondo ||Women's 49 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Men's 56 kg
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Taekwondo || Women's 49 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Women's lightweight
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| || || || 25px Taekwondo ||Women's 49 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Badminton || Men's singles
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Men's 61 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Men's 73 kg
|-
| || || || 25px Boxing || Women's Welterweight
|-
| || || || 25px Weightlifting || Women's 49 kg
|}
Medals by individual
According to official data of the International Olympic Committee, this is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals for Thailand.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Athlete
! Sport
! Years
! Games
! Gender
! style="background-color:gold; width:1.0em; font-weight:bold;"|
! style="background-color:silver; width:1.0em; font-weight:bold;"|
! style="background-color:#cc9966; width:1.0em; font-weight:bold;"|
! style="width:3.0em;"|Total
|-
| || || 2016–2024 || Summer || Women || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3
|-
| || || 2004–2008 || Summer || Men || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
| || || 2012–2016 || Summer || Women || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| || || 2004–2008 || Summer || Women || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|}
- People in bold are still active competitors
Flag bearers
Flag bearers by Summer Games
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="width:10em"| Games
!style="width:11em"| Flag bearer
!style="width:10em"| Sport
|-
| || ||
|-
| || ||
|-
| || ||
|-
| || ||
|-
| || ||
|-
| || || 25px Shooting
|-
| || ||
|-
| || align=center colspan=2 rowspan="1"| did not participate
|-
| || || 25px Shooting
|-
| || || 25px Shooting
|-
| || || 25px Badminton
|-
| || || 25px Athletics
|-
| || || 25px Boxing
|-
| || || 25px Tennis
|-
| || || 25px Boxing
|-
| || || 25px Swimming
|-
| || || 25px Badminton
|-
| || <br/> || 25px Shooting
|-
| || <br/> || 20px|class=skin-invert Athletics<br/>20px|class=skin-invert Skateboarding
|-
|}
Flag bearers by Winter Games
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="width:10em"| Games
!style="width:10em"| Flag bearer
!style="width:10em"| Sport
|-
| || || 25px Cross-country skiing
|-
| || || 25px Cross-country skiing
|-
| || align=center colspan=2 rowspan="1"| did not participate
|-
| || || 25px Alpine skiing
|-
| || || 25px Cross-country skiing
|-
| || <br/> || <br/>25px Alpine skiing
|-
|}
Olympic participants
Summer Olympics
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|-
!style="width:30em"|Sport
!<br>1952
!<br>1956
!<br>1960
!<br>1964
!<br>1968
!<br>1972
!<br>1976
!<br>1984
!<br>1988
!<br>1992
!<br>1996
!<br>2000
!<br>2004
!<br>2008
!<br>2012
!<br>2016
!<br>2020
!<br>2024
|-
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|bgcolor=grey|
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|align=center|3
|align=center|2
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|bgcolor=grey|
|bgcolor=grey|
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|bgcolor=grey|
|bgcolor=grey|
|-
|
|align=center|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|18
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|align=center|10
|align=center|4
|align=center|18
|align=center|8
|align=center|12
|align=center|3
|align=center|11
|align=center|2
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
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|align=center|8
|align=center|7
|align=center|6
|align=center|8
|align=center|4
|align=center|6
|align=center|7
|align=center|7
|align=center|9
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|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|9
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|align=center|5
|align=center|4
|align=center|5
|align=center|3
|align=center|7
|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|6
|align=center|6
|align=center|6
|align=center|9
|align=center|6
|align=center|8
|align=center|3
|align=center|5
|align=center|4
|align=center|8
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|align=center|8
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|align=center|1
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|align=center|4
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|align=center|2
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|align=center|3
|align=center|1
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|align=center|5
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|align=center|2
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|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|11
|bgcolor=grey|
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|align=center|17
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|align=center|1
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|align=center|2
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|align=center|1
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|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|4
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|3
|align=center|4
|align=center|3
|align=center|4
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|bgcolor=grey|
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|6
|align=center|10
|align=center|11
|align=center|10
|align=center|12
|align=center|17
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|5
|align=center|4
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|align=center|2
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|align=center|2
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|align=center|5
|align=center|6
|align=center|8
|align=center|6
|align=center|2
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1
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|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|align=center|3
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|align=center|4
|align=center|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|align=center|3
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|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|2
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|
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|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|bgcolor=grey|
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|7
|align=center|7
|align=center|9
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|4
|-
!Total
!align=center|8
!align=center|35
!align=center|20
!align=center|54
!align=center|41
!align=center|33
!align=center|42
!align=center|35
!align=center|14
!align=center|46
!align=center|37
!align=center|52
!align=center|42
!align=center|47
!align=center|37
!align=center|54
!align=center|41
!align=center|51
|}
Winter Olympics
{|class="wikitable" width=35%
|-
!Sport
!<br>2002
!<br>2006
!<br>2014
!<br>2018
!<br>2022
|-
|
|bgcolor=grey|
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|-
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|bgcolor=grey|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|-
!Total
!align=center|1
!align=center|1
!align=center|2
!align=center|4
!align=center|4
|}
Milestones
- In 2002 and 2006, Thailand qualified its first Winter Olympian cross country skier, and first Winter Olympian, Prawat Nagvajara.
- In 2014, Thailand qualified its first Winter Olympian alpine skier, Kanes Sucharitakul. It then added the first female Winter Olympian for the country, Vanessa Vanakorn (Vanessa-Mae), doubling the size of the previous largest delegation to a Winter Games.
See also
- Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
- Olympics
- Thailand at the Youth Olympics
- Paralympic
- Thailand at the Paralympics
- Asian Games
- Thailand at the Asian Games
- Thailand at the Asian Para Games
- Other
- Thailand at the Universiade
- Thailand at the World Games