Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics
# Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Thailand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, 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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Payao Poontarat | Boxing | Light Flyweight | 29 July |

## Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

* Am. Kaewbaidhoon — 2282 points (→ 18th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

* Vallop Potaya — 2060 points (→ 35th place)
* Vichit Suksumpong — 2032 points (→ 36th place)

## Athletics

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

* Anat Ratanapol, Suchart Jairsuraparp, Somsakdi Boontud, and Sayan Paratanavong

   * Heat — 40.53s

   * Semi Finals — 40.68s (→ did not advance)

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Payao Poontarat | Men's Light Flyweight | Cosma (ROU) W 4–1 | Tkachenko (URS) W 3–2 | Gedó (HUN) W 4–1 | Byong-Uk (PRK) L RSC–2 | Did not advance | |
| Somchai Putapibarn | Men's Flyweight | Chul-Kim (KOR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Six cyclists represented Thailand in 1976.

### Individual road race

* Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Arlee Wararong — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Chartchai Juntrat — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Prajin Rungrote — did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Team time trial

* Sucheep Likittay
* Chartchai Juntrat
* Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong
* Prajin Rungrote

### Sprint

* Taworn Tarwan — 24th place

### 1000m time trial

* Taworn Tarwan — 1:15.136 (→ 27th place)

## Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Thailand in 1976.

### Men's épée

* Taweewat Hurapan
* Sneh Chousurin
* Sutipong Santitevagul

### Men's team épée

* Sneh Chousurin, Taweewat Hurapan, Sutipong Santitevagul, Royengyot Srivorapongpant, Samachai Trangjaroenngarm

### Men's sabre

* Taweewat Hurapan
* Sutipong Santitevagul
* Royengyot Srivorapongpant

### Men's team sabre

* Taweewat Hurapan, Samachai Trangjaroenngarm, Sutipong Santitevagul, Royengyot Srivorapongpant
