Thailand at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	THA
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Thailand
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Competitors:	57
Sports:	21
Flagbearer:	Atichai Phoemsap
Rank:	13
Gold:	4
Silver:	5
Bronze:	2
Officials:	30
Appearances:	auto

The Kingdom of Thailand, recognized by the name of Thailand by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), represented by the National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT), competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 6 to 18, 2018.

The National Olympic Committee of Thailand fielded a team of 57 athletes, 25 boys and 32 girls, to compete in 21 sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Youth Olympics. Thailand roster marked its Olympic debut in boxing, BMX cycling, canoeing, handball (beach handball), football (futsal), karate (new to the 2018 Games), and roller speed skating (new to the 2018 Games).Moreover, Thailand delegations led by Prof.Dr. Varin Tansuphasiri, is scheduled to observe the 2018 games to bid the 2026 Youth Olympics with the city of Bangkok, Chonburi, Chiang Mai or Phuket.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport	width=60 style="background:gold;"	Gold	width=60 style="background:silver;"	Silver	width=60 style="background:#c96;"	Bronze	width=60	Total	width=60	Ranked
Boxing	2	2	1	5	3
Taekwondo	1	1	0	2	4
Golf	1	0	0	1	2
Weightlifting	0	2	0	2	13
Badminton	0	0	1	1	4
Total	4	5	2	11	13

Medals by day

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	October 7	0	1	0	1
2	October 8	0	0	0	0
3	October 9	1	1	0	2
4	October 10	0	0	0	0
5	October 11	0	0	0	0
6	October 12	0	1	1	2
7	October 13	0	0	0	0
8	October 14	0	0	0	0
9	October 15	1	0	0	1
10	October 16	0	0	0	0
11	October 17	2	1	1	4
12	October 18	0	1	0	0
Total		4	5	2	11

Medalists

The following Thailand competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
as
		Taekwondo	Girls' 55 kg
		Golf	Mixed team
		Boxing	Girls' 57 kg
		Boxing	Boys' 60 kg
		Weightlifting	Boys' 56 kg
		Taekwondo	Boys' 63 kg
		Weightlifting	Girls' −63 kg
		Boxing	Boys' 52 kg
		Boxing	Girls' 60 kg
		Badminton	Girls' singles
		Boxing	Boys' 75 kg
as
		Badminton	Mixed team relay
		Archery	Mixed team

• Supatchanin Khamhaeng was disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance. She was stripped of her gold medal.^[1]

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Boy(s)	width=55	Girl(s)	width=55	Total
Athletics	1		1
Archery	1		1
Badminton	1	1	2
Beach handball	9		9
Beach volleyball	2	2	4
Boxing	3	2	5
Canoeing		1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Futsal		10	10
Golf	1	1	2
Karate		1	1
Roller speed skating		1	1
Rowing		2	2
Sailing		1	1
Shooting		1	1
Sport climbing		1	1
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	2	3
Tennis		1	1
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Total	25	32	57

Delegations

Team Thailand

• Thana Chaiprasit – Chef de Mission
• 26 Officials and staffs
• 3 Referees
• Varitta Srijunvong – Thai Youth Olympic Ambassador

National Olympic Committee of Thailand

• Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul – IOC Member
• Prof.Dr. Varin Tansuphasiri – Chief of Thailand Youth Olympics Bid Committee

The Wild Boar Football ClubThe IOC invited the Wild Boar Football Club who trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave to participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Aitthiwat Soithong qualified based on his performance (third place) at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[2]

Individual

Team

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Thailand qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^{[3] [4]}

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Boys' Singles	W (21–9, 21–8)	no match	W (21–14, 21–18)	1Q	L (13–21, 10–21)	5
Pattarasuda Chaiwan	Girls' Singles	W (21–1, 21–4)	W (21–5, 21–12)	W (21–9, 21–5)	1Q	W (21–9, 21–8)	L (21–19, 15–21, 13–21)	W (21–9, 21–13)

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Omega	Mixed Teams	W (110–99)	W (110–100)	W (110–98)	1Q	W (110–102)	W (110–109)	L (106–110)
Team Delta	W (110–95)	W (110–99)	L (108–110)	1Q	L (93–110)	5

Beach handball

See main article: Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Both boys' and girls' team qualified based on his performance (best Asian team) at the 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship in Mauritius.^[5] However, due to the rules of the Games only allowing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to enter one team sport (futsal, beach handball, field hockey, or rugby sevens) per gender, the event of their participation has not yet been made official.

Summary

Summary

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Phanupong Thanan and Phichakon Narathon, also Thatsarida Singchuea and Pawarun Chanthawichai qualified on their performance (boys' runners up and girls champions) at the 2018 Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phanupong Thanan Phichakon Narathon	Boys'	align=left align=center	Pool A W 2–1 (21–15, 19–21, 16–14) L 0–2 (12–21, 18–21) L 0–2 (19–21, 20–22)	3Q	align=left align=center	W 2–0 (21–18, 21–13)	align=left align=center	L 1–2 (19–21, 21–13, 9–15)	align=left colspan=2	align=left align=center	9
Thatsarida Singchuea Pawarun Chanthawichai	Girls'	align=left align=center	Pool H W 2–0 (21–11, 21–14) W 2–0 (21–11, 21–14) L 0–2 (14–21, 18–21)	2Q	align=left align=center	W 2–0 (25–23, 21–13)	align=left align=center	W 2–1 (21–18, 22–24, 15–11)	align=left align=center	L 0–2 (20–22, 16–21)		5

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Sarawut Sukthet, Atichai Phoemsap, Weerapon Jongjohor, and Porntip Buapa qualified on their performance (Asian champions) at the 2018 Youth Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[7]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sarawut Sukthet	-52 kg	W 5–0		W 4–1	L R1 1:49
Atichai Phoemsap	-60 kg		W 4–1	W 5–0	W 5–0
Weerapon Jongjohor	-75 kg	W 4–1		L 0–5	W 5–0

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Panpatchara Somnuek	-57 kg	W R3 1:12	W 4–1	W 5–0
Porntip Buapa	-60 kg		W 5–0	L 0–5

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming qualified based on her performance (best world ranking) at the World Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.^[8]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming	K1 slalom	1:23.64	8Q	1:23.24	1Q	L 1:22.07 – 1:20.29	6
K1 sprint	2:02.74	13	2:01.35	2Q	2:00.35	2	9

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Kometh Sookprasert and Panadda Booranawong qualified were given two quotas to compete based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.^{[9] [10]}

Futsal

See main article: Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Summary

Group C

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Atthaya Thitikul	align=left	Women's	76 (+6)	14	74 (+4)	150	11	71 (+1)	221	2	221	+11	8
Vanchai Luangnitikul	Men's	69 (−1)	1	70 (E)	139	5	73 (+3)	212	12	212	+2	4

Team

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Thailand qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.^[11]

Roller speed skating

See main article: Roller speed skating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Ptjira Srisathitha qualified based on her performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship in Heerde, Netherlands.^[12]

Individual

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Thailand qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.^[13]

• Girls' pair – 2 athletes

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Thailand qualified one boat based on its performance at the IKA Twin Tip Racing Asian Qualifier.^{[14] [15]}

Girls

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Kanyakorn Hirunphoem qualified based on her performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.^[16]

Individual

Team

Sport climbing

See main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Narada Disyabut qualified based on her performance at the 2017 World Youth Championship in Innsbruck, Austria.^[17]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Event	Qualification					Final
						Total	Rank				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	Narada Disyabut	align=left rowspan="2"	Girls' combined events	Results	10.85	1T 2z	1:26	3300	16	rowspan=2 colspan=5
Points	11	15	20

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Saovanee Boonamphai	50 m backstroke	32.67	5	33.34	8	colspan=2
100 m backstroke

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Jinnipa Sawettabut qualified based on her performance at the Asian Qualification Event in Greater Noida, India. Also Yanapong Panagitgun qualified based on her performance at the Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America in Asuncion, Paraguay.^{[18] [19]}

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=3	Yanapong Panagitgun	align=left rowspan=3	Boys	Group D L 0–4 (5:11, 7:11, 8:11, 6:11)	4	25
L 0–4 (9:11, 4:11, 11:13, 4:11)
L 0–4 (3:11, 7:11, 9:11, 4:11)
align=left rowspan=3	Jinnipa Sawettabut	align=left rowspan=3	Girls	Group H W 4–1 (9:11, 11:5, 11:9, 11:5, 11:7)	3	17
L 3–4 (8:11, 7:11, 5:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:8, 8:11)
L 0–4 (10:12, 4:11, 8:11, 9:11)

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=3	Thailand	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed	Group GIntercontinental 3 W 2–1 (0:3, 3:0, 3:0)	3	17
Latin America 1 L 1–2 (2:3, 3:2, 0:3)
Russian Federation L 1–2 (1:3, 1:3, 3:2)

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boy

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Areeya Chaichana	−49 kg	L 8 – 17	align=center colspan=3	9
Kanthinda Saengsin	−55 kg	align=center	W 3 – 2	W 7 – 3	W 10 – 6

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Singles

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Girls' Doubles	L 0–2 1–6, 3–6,	9
	Mixed Doubles	L 0–2 0–6, 1–6	9

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Thailad qualified boys and girls (4 athletes) to the tournament.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Natthawat Chomchuen	align=left	−56 kg	109	2	130	2	239
Sittichai Tangsut	align=left	−69 kg	120	5	145	5	265	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Thipwara Chontavin	−63 kg	88	3	114	2	202
Supatchanin Khamhaeng	+63 kg	104	DSQ	132	DSQ	236	DSQ

Notes and References

1. News: Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping. 28 November 2019. 29 November 2019. inside the games.
2. News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Boys . . 15 December 2017.
3. Web site: BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics. BWF Corporate. 19 May 2018.
4. Web site: BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics. BWF Corporate. 19 May 2018.
5. Web site: U17 Beach Handball World Championships – Final Standings. International Handball Federation. International Handball Federation.
6. News: Indonesia, Thailand Share Honours at Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships. 17 April 2018. Asian Volleyball Confederation. 25 March 2018.
7. News: Weerapon, the 2008 Olympics champions' nephew secure the 2018 YOG.. 28 April 2018. Matichon.
8. News: Kayak Women COMBINED WORLD RAKING LIST . ICF . 28 April 2018.
9. News: ไทยเฮผลงานเข้าตามคว้าตั๋วลุยยูธโอลิมปิกอาร์เจนตินา . Khao Sod . 28 April 2018.
10. News: Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics . UCI . 1 June 2018 . 1 June 2018.
11. News: Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018 . . 1 July 2018 . 1 July 2018.
12. News: Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes" . . 5 July 2018 . 6 July 2018.
13. News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained . . 30 October 2017 . 10 November 2017.
14. Web site: TT:R Youth World Champions Crowned in China as Final Youth Olympics Places are Claimed. 10 May 2018. 10 May 2018.
15. News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games – Qualification . World Sailing . 5 June 2018 . 5 June 2018.
16. News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 11 December 2017 . 15 December 2017.
17. News: World Youth Championship . . 10 September 2017 . 13 October 2017.
18. News: Favourites prevail in Greater Noida, Buenos Aires invitations reserved in style . . 5 November 2017 . 10 November 2017.
19. News: Yanapong Panagitgun and Goi Rui Xuan add names to Buenos Aires invitation list . . 16 April 2018 . 10 May 2018.