Thailand at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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Medals Rank: 47	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
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Thailand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The flag of Thailand shows five horizontal stripes in the colours Red, White, Blue, white and red with the middle blue stripe being twice as wide The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Thailand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then except when The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International Thailand competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Thailand competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Thailand competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Thailand competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Thailand competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Thailand competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Thailand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Thailand competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Thailand competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Thailand competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Thailand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Thailand competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Thailand competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Thailand competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States Thailand, represented by the Olympic Committee of Thailand, sent one athlete to the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Badminton 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Diving 2.5 Sailing 2.6 Swimming 3 References

Medals

Gold

• Wijan Ponlid — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Bronze

• Pornchai Thongburan — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Khassaraporn Suta — Weightlifting, Women's 58 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 4x100m

• Kongdech Netenee, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Visanu Sophanich, Sittichai Suwonprateep
  1. Round 1 — 39. Wijan Ponlid (born April 26, 1976) is a Thai boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight (&ndash 51 kg division at the 2000 Summer The Boxing Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Pornchai Thongburan (born July 1, 1974) is a boxer from Thailand who competed in the Light Middleweight (&ndash 71 kg at the 2000 The Boxing Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Khassaraporn Suta (born December 12, 1971) is a Thai weightlifter who competed in the women's 58 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics Final results for the Weightlifting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested 24 for men and 22 for women 13
  2. Semifinal — 39. 05 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400m

• Senee Kongtong, Jirachai Linglom, Narong Nilploy, Chalermpol Noohlong
  1. Round 1 — 03:11. 65 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Hurdles

• Trecia Roberts
  1. Round 1 — 13. Trecia Roberts (born 04 February 1971) is a Thai hurdler. She competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor 16
  2. Round 2 — 12. 96
  3. Semifinal — 13. 15 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100m

• Supavadee Khawpeag, Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts, Wirawan Ruamsuk
  1. Round 1 — 44. Trecia Roberts (born 04 February 1971) is a Thai hurdler. She competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor 51 (did not advance)

Badminton

Men's Singles

• Boonsak Ponsana
  1. Round of 64: Lost to Richard Vaughan of Great Britain

Men's Doubles

• Pramote Teerawiwatana, Tesana Panvisavas
  1. Round of 32: Defeated Quinten van Dalm, Dennis Lens of Netherlands
  2. Round of 16: Lost to Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia

Women's Singles

• Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn
  1. Round of 64: Lost to Mette Sorensen of Denmark

Women's Doubles

• Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn, Saralee Toongthongkam
  1. Round of 32: Defeated Rayoni Head, Kellie Lucas of Australia
  2. Round of 16: Lost to Huang Nanyan, Yang Wei of China

Mixed Doubles

• Khunakom Sudhisodhi, Saralee Toongthongkam
  1. Round of 32: Defeated Peter Blackburn, Rhonda Cator of Australia
  2. Round of 16: Lost to Kim Dong-moon, Ra Kyung-min of Korea

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Suban Punnon
  • Round 1 — Defeated Dilshod Yuldashev of Uzbekistan
  • Round 2 — Lost to Valeri Sidorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Wijan Ponlid → Gold Medal
  • Round 1 — Defeated Vardan Zakarjan of Germany
  • Round 2 — Defeated Andrew Kooner of Canada
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Manuel Mantilla Rodriguez of Cuba
  • Semifinal — Defeated Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine
  • Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov of Kazakhstan

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Sontaya Chotipat Wongprates
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Justine Kane of Australia (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Somluck Kamsing
  • Round 1 — Defeated Andres Abelino Ledesma Villalba of Colombia
  • Round 2 — Defeated Tulkunbay Turgunov of Uzbekistan
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Ricard Juarez of United States (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Phongsit Wiangviset
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Mario César Kindelán of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Pongsak Hrientounthong
  • Round 1 — Lost to Sven Paris of Italy (did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Parkpoom Jangphonak
  • Round 1 — Defeated Geard Ajetovic of Yugoslavia
  • Round 2 — Lost to Sergey Dotsenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Pornchai Thongburan → Bronze Medal
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Karoly Balzsay of Hungary
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Hekal Mohamed Abdelmawgod of Egypt
  • Semifinal — Lost to Marian Simion of Romania

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Somchai Cimlum
  • Round 1 — Lost to Jorge Gutierrez of Cuba (did not advance)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Meerit Insawang
  1. Preliminary — 306. Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics included five events (men's and women's singles men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles Boonsak Ponsana ( Thai: บุญศักดิ์ พลสนะ born February 22, 1982) is a male Badminton player from Thailand Richard Vaughan (born April 16, 1978) is a male Badminton player from the United Kingdom. Pramote Teerawiwatana (born 14 June 1967) is a male Badminton player from Thailand. Choong Tan Fook ( born February 6, 1976) is a male Badminton player from Malaysia, who competed in Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Lee Wan Wah ( born 24 November, 1975 in Ipoh, Perak) is a male Badminton men doubles player from Malaysia. Mette Sørensen is a retired female Badminton player from Denmark. Huang Nanyan is a female Badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Yang Wei ( Simplified Chinese: 杨维 Pinyin: Yáng Wéi born January 13, 1979 in Guangdong province is a female Peter Blackburn was a Scottish Scholar and Prelate. Born in Glasgow, he became a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Rhonda Cator is a retired female Badminton player from Australia. Kim Dong-moon (born 22 September 1975) is a male Badminton player from South Korea won major titles between the mid 1990's and the mid 2000's Ra Kyung-min (born 25 November 1976) is a female Badminton player from South Korea. The Boxing Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Suban Pannon (สุบรรณ์ พันโนน born May 10, 1978 in Khon Kaen) is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at Wijan Ponlid (born April 26, 1976) is a Thai boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight (&ndash 51 kg division at the 2000 Summer Andrew Singh Kooner (born May 11, 1979 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England) is a Canadian boxer. Wladimir Sidorenko (born September 23, 1976 in Energodar, Ukraine) is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) Bulat Jumadilov (born April 22, 1973) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight (&ndash 51 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics Somluck Kamsing (สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์; born January 16, 1973 in Khon Kaen) is a Thai boxer. Tulkunbay Turgunov (born February 6, 1977) is a boxer from Uzbekistan. Mario César Kindelán Mesa (born August 10, 1971 in Holguín) is a former two time Olympic Gold Medalist amateur boxer Serhiy Dotsenko (Сергій Доценко born July 27, 1979) was a Ukrainian boxer, who won the Welterweight Silver medal at Pornchai Thongburan (born July 1, 1974) is a boxer from Thailand who competed in the Light Middleweight (&ndash 71 kg at the 2000 Károly Balzsay (born July 23, 1979 in Kecskemét) is a boxer from Hungary, who is competing in the Middleweight (&ndash 75kg Marian Simion (born September 14, 1975 in Bucureşti) is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg at the Jorge Gutiérrez (born 18 September 1975) is a former boxer from Cuba. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight Diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized 24 (43rd place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Suchart Pichi
  1. Preliminary — 268. 65 (39th place, did not advance)

Sailing

Men's Mistral

• Arun Homraruen
  1. Race 1 — 27
  2. Race 2 — 26
  3. Race 3 — 13
  4. Race 4 — 25
  5. Race 5 — 29
  6. Race 6 — 26
  7. Race 7 — 19
  8. Race 8 — 16
  9. Race 9 — 23
  10. Race 10 — (30)
  11. Race 11 — (32)
  12. Final — 204 (29th place)

Women's Mistral

• Napalai Tansai
  1. Race 1 — 16
  2. Race 2 — 23
  3. Race 3 — (25)
  4. Race 4 — 21
  5. Race 5 — 16
  6. Race 6 — 15
  7. Race 7 — 14
  8. Race 8 — 17
  9. Race 9 — (25)
  10. Race 10 — 17
  11. Race 11 — 9
  12. Final — 148 (19th place)

Open Laser

• Veerasit Puangnak
  1. Race 1 — 37
  2. Race 2 — 36
  3. Race 3 — 28
  4. Race 4 — 20
  5. Race 5 — 23
  6. Race 6 — 38
  7. Race 7 — 3
  8. Race 8 — (40)
  9. Race 9 — 20
  10. Race 10 — (39)
  11. Race 11 — 33
  12. Final — 238 (31st place)

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Vicha Ratanachote
  1. Preliminary Heat — 1:54. Final results for the Sailing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Medal table RankCountryGold Silver Bronze 1Great Britain320 2Australia211 3Austria200 At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 Swimming events were contested 91 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Torwai Sethsothorn
  1. Preliminary Heat — 03:56. 68 (did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Torwai Sethsothorn
  1. Preliminary Heat — 15:39. 60 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Dulyarit Phuangthong
  1. Preliminary Heat — 02:04. 15 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Ratapong Sirisanont
  1. Preliminary Heat — 02:23. 95 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Dulyarit Phuangthong
  1. Preliminary Heat — 58. 48 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Torwai Sethsothorn
  1. Preliminary Heat — 02:05. 52 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Pathunyu Yimsomruay
  1. Preliminary Heat — 02:08. 38 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Torwai Sethsothorn
  1. Preliminary Heat — 04:28. 42 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Pilin Tachakittiranan
  1. Preliminary Heat — 27. 31 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Pilin Tachakittiranan
  1. Preliminary Heat — 58. 69 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Pilin Tachakittiranan
  1. Preliminary Heat — 02:05. 88 (did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Pilin Tachakittiranan
  1. Preliminary Heat — 04:29. 28 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Praphalsai Minpraphal
  1. Preliminary Heat — 01:02. 99 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Chonlathorn Vorathamrong
  1. Preliminary Heat — 01:05. 98 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Chonlathorn Vorathamrong
  1. Preliminary Heat — 02:21. 59 (did not advance)

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

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