Vietnam first competed in the Olympic Games in Vietnam at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 as the State of Vietnam. After the Partition of Vietnam in 1954, only the South Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam competed in the Games, sending athletes to every Summer Olympics between Vietnam at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 and Vietnam at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972.
Since the reunification of Vietnam in 1976, they have competed as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, attending every Olympics from Vietnam at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 onwards with the exception of 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984. The present Vietnam Olympic Committee was formed in 1976 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1979. Vietnam has never competed in the Winter Olympics.
Vietnam won its first medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, when Trần Hiếu Ngân took home a silver in Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics, Taekwondo in the Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg, Women's -57 kg category. Vietnam won its first gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, when Shooting at the Summer Olympics, shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh was victorious in the Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol, Men's 10m air pistol event.
With a lack of investment into competing in the Olympics, Vietnam has only sent an average of around 12 athletes per game up until 2020 Tokyo.
Stereotypes such as the Olympics and other sporting events being associated with heavy doping and cheating has made the event less prestigious for the Vietnamese.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by sport
Medals by Youth Olympics Summer Games
List of Olympic medalists
See also
* List of flag bearers for Vietnam at the Olympics
* Vietnam at the Paralympics
References
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Vietnam at the Olympics,