Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

competed at the

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, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the

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in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott. The

National Olympic Committee of Thailand The National Olympic Committee of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King ( th, คณะกรรมการโอลิมปิกแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ� ...

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 Somluck Kamsing (name used in the 1996 Summer Olympics) or Somrak Kamsing ( th, สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์; ; born January 16, 1973) is a Thai kickboxer and Olympic gold medal-winning amateur boxer. During the 1998 Asian Games in ...

, and Asia's top tennis star

Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan ( th, ภราดร ศรีชาพันธุ์; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a retired professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or betw ...

, who was later appointed by the committee to carry the Thai flag in the opening ceremony. Along with Kamsing, US-based swimmer

Ratapong Sirisanont Ratapong "Nuk" Sirisanont ( th, รัฐพงศ์ ศิริสานนท์; born July 1, 1976) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke, but also competed in long-distance freestyle and individual medley. He is a four-t ...

and badminton player

Pramote Teerawiwatana Pramote Teerawiwatana ( th, ปราโมทย์ ธีระวิวัฒน์; 14 June 1967 – 4 October 2012) was a badminton player from Thailand. Career He played in six Southeast Asian Games, won the men's doubles gold in 1 ...

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. 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 Manus Boonjumnong ( th, มนัส บุญจำนงค์; , born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Non Boonjum ...

in light welterweight boxing, and Udomporn Polsak, and

Pawina Thongsuk Pawina Thongsuk (born April 18, 1979 in Sikhoraphum, Surin) is a Thai weightlifter. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won an Olympic gold medal with 122.5 kg snatching and 272.5 kg total in the 75 kg category. In 2005, ...

in women's weightlifting.

Medalists

Athletics

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). ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Badminton

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Boxing

Thailand sent six boxers to Athens.

Equestrian

Eventing

Fencing

;Men

Rowing

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

Sailing

Thai sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events. ;Men M = Medal race; OCS =

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of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Two Thai shooters qualified to compete in the following events: ;Men

Swimming

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

Table tennis

Thailand has qualified a single table tennis player.

Taekwondo

Four Thai taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Tennis

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

Weightlifting

Five Thai weightlifters qualified for the following events:

References

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadThailand Olympic Committee
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