Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Thailand competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

The National Olympic Committee of Thailand 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, and Asia's top tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan, who was later appointed by the committee to carry the Thai flag in the opening ceremony. Along with Kamsing, US-based swimmer Ratapong Sirisanont and badminton player Pramote Teerawiwatana 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 in light welterweight boxing, and Udomporn Polsak, and Pawina Thongsuk in women's weightlifting.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Udomporn Polsak | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg | August 15 |
| Gold | Pawina Thongsuk | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg | August 20 |
| Gold | Manus Boonjumnong | Boxing | Light welterweight | August 28 |
| Silver | Worapoj Petchkoom | Boxing | Bantamweight | August 29 |
| Bronze | Aree Wiratthaworn | Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg | August 14 |
| Bronze | Wandee Kameaim | Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg | August 16 |
| Bronze | Yaowapa Boorapolchai | Taekwondo | Women's 49 kg | August 26 |
| Bronze | Suriya Prasathinphimai | Boxing | Middleweight | August 28 |

## 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).

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Trecia Roberts | 100 m hurdles | 13.80 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Noengrothai Chaipetch | High jump | 1.89 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juttaporn Krasaeyan | Shot put | 16.49 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Boonsak Ponsana | Singles | Dednam (RSA) W 15–1, 15–0 | Lee H-I (KOR) W 15–11, 15–13 | Susilo (SIN) W 15–10, 15–1 | Hidayat (INA) L 9–15, 2–15 | Kuncoro (INA) L 11–15, 16–17 | 4 |
| Tesana Panvisvas Pramote Teerawiwatana | Doubles | Brehaut / Denney (AUS) W 15–3, 15–9 | Choong T F / Lee W W (MAS) L 10–15, 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patapol Ngernsrisuk Sudket Prapakamol | Doubles | Clark / Robertson (GBR) L 5–15, 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Salakjit Ponsana | Singles | Tanaka (JPN) W 11–7, 5–11, 11–8 | Gong Rn (CHN) L 8–11, 3–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sathinee Chankrachangwong Saralee Thungthongkam | Doubles | Julien / Rice (CAN) W 15–3, 15–4 | Nakayama / Yoshitomi (JPN) W 15–4, 15–11 | Yang W / Zhang Jw (CHN) L 2–15, 4–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | Doubles | Bye | Bergström / Persson (SWE) L 3–15, 17–14, 3–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Thailand sent six boxers to Athens.

| 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 |
| Suban Pannon | Light flyweight | Salimov (BUL) W 26–14 | Bartelemí (CUB) L 14–23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Somjit Jongjohor | Flyweight | Kim K-S (KOR) W 22–12 | Gamboa (CUB) L 21–26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Worapoj Petchkoom | Bantamweight | Kim W-I (KOR) W RSC | Khatsigov (BLR) W 33–18 | Bolum (NGR) W 29–14 | Mammadov (AZE) W 27–19 | Rigondeaux (CUB) L 13–22 | |
| Somluck Kamsing | Featherweight | Gaudet (CAN) L 17–32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manus Boonjumnong | Light welterweight | Ioannidis (GRE) W 28–16 | Brin (PHI) W 29–15 | Blain (FRA) W 20–8 | Gheorghe (ROM) W 30–9 | Johnson (CUB) W 17–11 | |
| Suriya Prasathinphimai | Middleweight | Lubega (UGA) W 30–21 | Taghiyev (AZE) W $19^+–19$ | Mashkin (UKR) W 28–22 | Gaydarbekov (RUS) L 18–24 | Did not advance | |

## Equestrian

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Pongsiree Bunluewong | Eliza Jane | Individual | 74.60 | 71 | 4.40 | 79.00 | 43 | 32.00 | 110.00 | 51 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 110.00 | 51 |

## Fencing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Siriroj Rathprasert | Individual épée | El-Din (EGY) W 15–13 | Boisse (FRA) L 5–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wiradech Kothny | Individual sabre | Bye | Medina (ESP) W 15–13 | Lukashenko (UKR) L 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Thai rowers qualified the following boats:

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Phuttharaksa Neegree | Single sculls | 8:24.03 | 5 R | 7:53.52 | 5 SC/D | 8:17.13 | 5 FD | 8:00.44 | 22 |

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

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Arun Homraruen | Mistral | 14 | 28 | 20 | DSQ | 15 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 189 | 21 |

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side 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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Tevarit Majchacheeap | 10 m air rifle | 587 | =35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tevarit Majchacheeap | 50 m rifle prone | 589 | =36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tevarit Majchacheeap | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1159 | =16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jakkrit Panichpatikum | 10 m air pistol | 571 | =36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jakkrit Panichpatikum | 50 m pistol | 549 | =28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Arwut Chinnapasaen | 50 m freestyle | 23.52 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charnvudth Saengsri | 400 m freestyle | 3:59.89 | 33 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charnvudth Saengsri | 1500 m freestyle | 15:54.46 | 27 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ratapong Sirisanont | 100 m breaststroke | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ratapong Sirisanont | 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.39 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pilin Tachakittiranan | 200 m freestyle | 2:05.29 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pilin Tachakittiranan | 400 m freestyle | 4:23.62 | 34 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn | 400 m individual medley | 5:00.06 | 22 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chonlathorn Vorathamrong | 100 m backstroke | 1:05.15 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chonlathorn Vorathamrong | 200 m backstroke | 2:21.11 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Thailand has qualified a single table tennis player.

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nanthana Komwong | Women's singles | Das (IND) W 4–0 | Struse (GER) W 4–1 | Pavlovich (BLR) L 2–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Four Thai taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ussadate Sutthikunkarn | Men's −58 kg | Mouroutsos (GRE) L 2–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Kriangkrai Noikoed | Men's −80 kg | Karami (IRI) L 12–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Yaowapa Boorapolchai | Women's −49 kg | Yagüe (ESP) W 9–5 | Labrada (CUB) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Bye | Gonda (CAN) W 2–(−1) | Mora (COL) W 2–1 | |
| Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen | Women's −57 kg | Athanasopoulou (GRE) W 6–6 SUP | Chi S-J (TPE) W 2–1 | Abdallah (USA) L 7–7 SUP | Bye | Reyes (ESP) L 3–6 | Did not advance | 5 |

## Tennis

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

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Paradorn Srichaphan | Men's singles | Johansson (SWE) L 2–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamarine Tanasugarn | Women's singles | Widjaja (INA) L 6–1, 2–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Five Thai weightlifters qualified for the following events:

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Suriya Dattuyawat | Men's −69 kg | 137.5 | 11 | — | — | — | DNF |
| Aree Wiratthaworn | Women's −48 kg | 85 | 3 | 115 OR | 1 | 200 | |
| Udomporn Polsak | Women's −53 kg | 97.5 | 1 | 125 | 1 | 222.5 | |
| Wandee Kameaim | Women's −58 kg | 102.5 | 3 | 127.5 | 3 | 230 | |
| Pawina Thongsuk | Women's −75 kg | 122.5 | 2 | 150 | 1 | 272.5 | |
