Thailand
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competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in
Munich
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,
West Germany
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. Thirty-three competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in seven sports.
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
*
Anat Ratanapol
:* First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
*
Boontud Jeanl,
Surapong Ariyamongkol,
Panus Ariyamongkol, and
Anat Ratanapol
:* Heat — 41.04s (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*
Sripirom Surapong
:* First Round — Lost to
György Gedo (HUN), TKO-3
Cycling
Seven cyclists represented Thailand in 1972.
;
Individual road race
*
Sataporn Kantasa-Ard — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*
Sivaporn Ratanapool — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*
Pramote Sangskulrote — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*
Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong — did not finish (→ no ranking)
;
Team time trial
*
Sataporn Kantasa-Ard
*
Pinit Koeykorpkeo
*
Sivaporn Ratanapool
*
Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong
;
Sprint
*
Taworn Tarwan
*
Suriya Chiarasapawong
;
1000m time trial
*
Suriya Chiarasapawong
:* Final — 1:12.53 (→ 25th place)
Judo
Sailing
Shooting
Ten male shooters represented Thailand in 1972.
;
25 m pistol
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*
Solos Nalampoon
*
Rangsit Yanothai
;
50 m pistol
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*
Sutham Aswanit
*
Somsak Chaiyarate
Somsak Chaiyarate (born 22 January 1923) is a Thai former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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;
50 m rifle, three positions
*
Chawalit Kamutchati
*
Preeda Phengdisth
;
50 m rifle, prone
*
Udomsak Theinthong
*
Chira Prabandhayodhin
;
Trap
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Art and entertainment Films and television
* ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...
*
Damrong Pachonyut
*
Boonkua Lourvanij
Weightlifting
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
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1972 in Thai sport
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