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Thailand at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Thailand at the; 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	THA
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Thailand
Website	www.olympicthai.or.th (in Thai and English)
in Montreal
Competitors	42 in 11 sports
Medals; Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Thailand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Forty-two competitors, 39 men and 3 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.^[1]

The country won their first Olympic medal, a bronze for boxing's Payao Poontarat. It became the third Southeast Asian country to win the first Olympic medal after the Philippines (won a bronze for swimming in 1928) and Singapore (won a silver in 1960 in weightlifting). It took 20 years until Thailand won its first gold medal in Atlanta, also in the boxing.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Payao Poontarat	Boxing	Light Flyweight	29 July

Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

Am. Kaewbaidhoon — 2282 points (→ 18th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Vallop Potaya — 2060 points (→ 35th place)
Vichit Suksumpong — 2032 points (→ 36th place)

Athletics

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Anat Ratanapol, Suchart Jairsuraparp, Somsakdi Boontud, and Sayan Paratanavong

Heat — 40.53s
Semi Finals — 40.68s (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Payao Poontarat	Men's Light Flyweight	Cosma (ROU) W 4–1	Tkachenko (URS) W 3–2	Gedó (HUN) W 4–1	Byong-Uk (PRK) L RSC–2	Did not advance
Somchai Putapibarn	Men's Flyweight	Chul-Kim (KOR) L 0–5	Did not advance