Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	THA
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Thailand
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	51
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Worapoj Petchkoom (opening) Somjit Jongjohor (closing)
Rank:	30
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Thailand competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100 m	11.82	8	Did not advance
	4 × 100 m relay	44.38	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Noengrothai Chaipetch	High jump	1.80	29	Did not advance
Buoban Pamang	Javelin throw	56.35	28	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Wassana Winatho	Result	13.93	1.68		—	—	—	—
Points	988	830	0	—	—	—	—

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Boonsak Ponsana	Men's singles		L (16–21, 14–21)	Did not advance
Salakjit Ponsana	Women's singles		L (23–21, 17–21, 7–21)	Did not advance
	Mixed doubles	W (21–9, 21–9)	L (13–21, 19–21)	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Thailand qualified eight boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Five boxers qualified by placing in the top eight at the 2007 World Championships.^[1] Petchkoom, Manus Boonjumnong, and Chomphuphuang qualified at the first Asian qualifier.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amnat Ruanroeng	Light flyweight	W 14–2	W 7–3	L 2–5	Did not advance
Somjit Jongjohor	Flyweight	W 6–1	W 10–2	W 8–1	W 7–1	W 8–2
Worapoj Petchkoom	Bantamweight		W 12:1	L 2–10	Did not advance
Sailom Adi	Featherweight		L 6–7	Did not advance
Pichai Sayotha	Lightweight		L 4–10	Did not advance
Manus Boonjumnong	Light welterweight		W 8–1	W 7–5	W 10–5	L 4–12
Non Boonjumnong	Welterweight		L 10–11	Did not advance
Angkhan Chomphuphuang	Middleweight	W 9–3	L 3–13	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nontapat Panchan	Individual foil		L 7–15	Did not advance
Wiradech Kothny	Individual sabre		L 7–15	Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

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

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jakkrit Panichpatikum	10 m air pistol	581	7 Q	679.0	7
50 m pistol	549	30	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Thanyalak Chotphibunsin	10 m air rifle	388	40	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	569	35	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sasithorn Hongprasert	10 m air rifle	390	36	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	565	41	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tanyaporn Prucksakorn	10 m air pistol	380	20	Did not advance
25 m pistol	582	8 Q	777.7	7
Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit	Skeet	71	2 Q	92	5

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3		100 m freestyle	56.56	39	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	2:02.88	38	Did not advance
400 m freestyle			Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:02.18	37	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chutchawal Khawlaor	Men's −58 kg	W 4–2	W 2–0	L 1–3		L 2–4	Did not advance	5
Buttree Puedpong	Women's −49 kg	W 1–0	W 2–1	W 2–2	L (−1)–1
Chonnapas Premwaew	Women's −57 kg	L 0–2	Did not advance					11

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pongsak Maneetong	−56 kg	116	10	142	10	258	10
Phaisan Hansawong	−62 kg	132	7	162	5	294	5
Sitthisak Suphalak	−69 kg	147	5	171	11	318	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pramsiri Bunphithak	align=left rowspan=2	−48 kg	84		—	—	—
	85	4	110	4	195
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon	−53 kg	95	1	126	1	221
Wandee Kameaim	−58 kg	98	3	128	4	226

See also

• Thailand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007
2. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=872 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament