Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics
| Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | THA | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Thailand | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 42 in 11 sports | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 37th |
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Thailand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 42 competitors, 39 men and 3 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.
The country won their first Olympic medal, a bronze for boxing's Payao Poontarat. It became the third Southeast Asian country to win the first Olympic medal after the Philippines (won a bronze for swimming in 1928) and Singapore (won a silver in 1960 in weightlifting). It took 20 years until Thailand won its first gold medal in Atlanta, also in the boxing.
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay
Six cyclists represented Thailand in 1976.
Five fencers, all men, represented Thailand in 1976.
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