Thailand at the 2012 Summer Olympics
# Thailand at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Thailand competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth 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 the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1996. A total of 37 athletes, 19 men and 18 women, competed in 15 sports. Among the sports played by the athletes, Thailand marked its Olympic debut in slalom canoeing, and also, its Olympic return in archery and rowing after an eight-year absence. Four athletes received their spots in athletics and swimming by wild card entries, while the other Thai athletes won their spots by participating in various qualifying matches around the world. Four Thai athletes made their fourth Olympic appearance: pistol shooter Jakkrit Panichpatikum (the oldest athlete of the team, at age 39), badminton players Boonsak Ponsana and Saralee Thoungthongkam, and table tennis player Nanthana Komwong. Breaststroke and medley swimmer Nuttapong Ketin, the youngest male athlete of the team, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Thailand, however, failed to win an Olympic gold medal for the first time since 1992, but left London with only two silver and two bronze. Taekwondo jin Chanatip Sonkham managed to repeat the nation's Olympic medal by taking the bronze in women's flyweight division. Other medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, and in boxing, won by Kaeo Pongprayoon from the men's light-flyweight division.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Pimsiri Sirikaew | Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg | 30 July |
| Silver | Kaeo Pongprayoon | Boxing | Men's light flyweight | 11 August |
| Bronze | Rattikan Gulnoi | Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg | 30 July |
| Bronze | Chanatip Sonkham | Taekwondo | Women's 49 kg | 8 August |

## Archery

Thailand has qualified one male archer.

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Witthaya Thamwong | Men's individual | 662 | 38 | Faucheron (FRA) (27) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Supanara Sukhasvasti | Long jump | 7.38 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Wanida Boonwan | High jump | 1.80 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Boonsak Ponsana | Men's singles | Chen L (CHN) L 12–21, 17–21 | — | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit | Men's doubles | Ko S-h / Yoo Y-s (KOR) W 21–15, 21–14 | Cwalina / Łogosz (POL) W 21–0, 21–0 | Ahsan / Septano (INA) W 21–11, 21–16 | 1 Q | — | Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) L 16–21, 18–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ratchanok Inthanon | Women's singles | Santos (POR) W 21–12, 21–6 | Jayasinghe (SRI) W 21–13, 21–5 | — | 1 Q | Schenk (GER) W 21–16, 21–15 | Wang X (CHN) L 21–17, 18–21, 14–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thoungthongkam | Mixed doubles | Xu C / Ma J (CHN) L 19–21, 12–21 | Chan P S / Goh L Y (MAS) W 21–1, 21–15 | Chen H-l / Cheng W-h (TPE) W 21–15, 21–16 | 2 Q | — | Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) L 15–21, 13–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Thailand has already qualified 3 boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

### Men

| 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 |
| Kaeo Pongprayoon | Light flyweight | Flissi (ALG) W 19–11 | Quipo (ECU) W 10–6 | Aleksandrov (BUL) W 16–10 | Ayrapetyan (RUS) W 13–12 | Zou S (CHN) L 10–13 | |
| Chatchai Butdee | Flyweight | Eker (TUR) W 24–10 | Ramírez (CUB) L 10–22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sailom Adi | Lightweight | Zhailauov (KAZ) L $12–12^+$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing

### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hermann Husslein | Men's K-1 | 100.67 | 19 | 95.11 | 17 | 95.11 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jutatip Maneephan | Women's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## 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 |
| Nina Ligon | Butts Leon | Individual | 53.90 | 29 | 16.00 | 69.90 | 22 | 22.00 | 91.90 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 91.90 | 41 |

## Judo

Thailand has qualified 1 judoka

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Teerawat Homklin | Men's −100 kg | Naidangiin (MGL) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Thailand has qualified the following boats.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Phuttharaksa Neegree | Single sculls | 7:52.62 | 4 QF | Bye | Bye | 8:16.50 | 6 SC/D | 8:03.91 | 3 FC | 8:34.11 | 17 |

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Sailing

Thailand has qualified 1 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 |
| Ek Boonsawad | RS:X | 28 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 32 | 31 | 23 | DNF | 34 | EL | 254 | 33 |
| Keerati Bualong | Laser | 47 | 48 | 47 | 42 | 44 | 45 | DSQ | 37 | 47 | 47 | EL | 404 | 48 |

### Women

| 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 |
| Napalai Tansai | RS:X | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 18 | DSQ | 22 | 22 | EL | 206 | 24 |

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

## Shooting

Thailand's Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit has ensured a quota place for Thailand in the women's skeet event.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jakkrit Panichpatikum | 50 m pistol | 558 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jakkrit Panichpatikum | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 578 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jakkrit Panichpatikum | 10 m air pistol | 566 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit | Skeet | 65 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tanyaporn Prucksakorn | 25 m pistol | 586 | 2 Q | 778.4 | 8 |
| Tanyaporn Prucksakorn | 10 m air pistol | 383 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Naphaswan Yangpaiboon | 25 m pistol | 566 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Naphaswan Yangpaiboon | 10 m air pistol | 370 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Thai swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nuttapong Ketin | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.07 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nuttapong Ketin | 200 m individual medley | 2:02.90 | 34 | 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 |
| Natthanan Junkrajang | 200 m freestyle | 2:02.49 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natthanan Junkrajang | 400 m freestyle | 4:16.45 | 29 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Thailand has qualified the following athletes.

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | 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 | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nanthana Komwong | Women's singles | Bye | Mendes (POR) W 4–3 | Vacenovská (CZE) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Pen-Ek Karaket has ensured a quota place for Thailand in the men's −58 kg by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pen-Ek Karaket | Men's −58 kg | Lee D-H (KOR) L 7–8 SDP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bayoumi (EGY) W 6–4 | Muñoz (COL) L 4–6 | Did not advance | 5 |
| Chanatip Sonkham | Women's −49 kg | Kim (RUS) W 13–0 PTG | Yang S-C (TPE) W 6–0 | Yagüe (ESP) L 9–10 | Bye | Zamora (GUA) W 8–0 | Did not advance | |
| Rangsiya Nisaisom | Women's −57 kg | Tseng L-C (TPE) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Thailand has qualified 3 men and 4 women.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Atthaphon Daengchanthuek | −69 kg | 130 | 18 | 170 | 14 | 300 | 16 |
| Chatuphum Chinnawong | −77 kg | 157 | 4 | 191 | 4 | 348 | 4 |
| Pitaya Tibnoke | −85 kg | 152 | 14 | 196 | 10 | 348 | 12 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Panida Khamsri | −48 kg | 81 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Sirivimon Pramongkhol | −48 kg | 82 | 4 | 109 | 4 | 191 | 4 |
| Pimsiri Sirikaew | −58 kg | 100 | 9 | 136 | 2 | 236 | |
| Rattikan Gulnoi | −58 kg | 100 | 9 | 134 | 3 | 234 | |
