Thailand at the SEA Games

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Thailand at the
Southeast Asian Games
IOC codeTHA
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Thailand
Websitewww.olympicthai.or.th/eng
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
2,453
Silver
2,127
Bronze
2,182
Total
6,762
Southeast Asian Games appearances (
overview)

Thailand started sending athletes to the

Southeast Asian Games in 1959 as a Founding member of the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) alongside Burma (now Myanmar), Kampuchea (now Cambodia), Laos, Malaya (now Malaysia), and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam
). Thailand first competed in the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (SEAPG) from its namesake of "Peninsular" meaning the Peninsular nations of Southeast Asia would be competing in the said games. There were 8 events held as a Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, 3 of which were held in Thailand. The 1963 edition of the games that would have been hosted by Cambodia was cancelled due to domestic political situation within the nation.

In 1975, the last Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held in Thailand before being renamed to Southeast Asian Games after expressed interest of competing from island nations in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore just of the coast of Malaysia. Thailand hosted the first edition of these games with the new name in 1985, ten years after the 1975 edition.

Thailand in the Southeast Asian Games is considered to be one of the toughest competitors in numerous events, as they have established themselves as a powerhouse in the sports world in Southeast Asia. In the most-recent

Vietnam
. Until today, Thailand was the only country that consistently ranked in the top 3 in every edition of the Southeast Asian Games.

Thailand is set to host the

2007 in Nakhon Ratchasima
.

Southeast Asian Games

Medals by games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Rank
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Bangkok 1959
 35 26 16 77
1
Yangon 1961
 21 18 22 61
2
Kuala Lumpur 1965
 38 33 35 106
1
Bangkok 1967
 77 48 40 165
1
Yangon 1969
 32 32 45 109
2
Kuala Lumpur 1971
 44 27 38 109
1
Singapore 1973
 47 25 27 99
1
Bangkok 1975
 80 45 39 164
1
Southeast Asian Games
Kuala Lumpur 1977
 37 35 33 105
2
Jakarta 1979
 50 46 29 125
2
Manila 1981
 62 45 41 148
2
Singapore 1983
 49 40 38 127
3
Bangkok 1985
 92 66 59 217
1
Jakarta 1987
 63 57 67 187
2
Kuala Lumpur 1989
 62 63 66 191
3
Manila 1991
 72 80 69 221
3
Singapore 1993
 63 70 63 196
2
Chiang Mai 1995
 157 98 91 346
1
Jakarta 1997
 83 97 78 258
2
Bandar Seri Begawan 1999
 65 48 56 169
1
Kuala Lumpur 2001
 103 86 89 278
2
Hanoi−Ho Chi Minh City 2003
 90 93 98 281
2
Manila 2005
 87 78 118 283
2
Nakhon Ratchasima 2007
 183 123 103 409
1
Vientiane 2009
 86 83 97 266
1
Jakarta−Palembang 2011
 109 100 120 329
2
Naypyidaw 2013
 107 94 81 282
1
Singapore 2015
 95 83 69 247
1
Kuala Lumpur 2017
 72 86 88 246
2
Philippines 2019
 92 103 123 318
3
Hanoi 2021
 92 103 136 331
2
Phnom Penh 2023
 108 96 108 312
2
Bangkok–Chonburi–Songkhla 2025
 Future event
Malaysia 2027
 Future event
Singapore 2029
 Future event
Total 2,453 2,127 2,182 6,762
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