Thailand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Thailand competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.

Thailand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	THA
NPC	Paralympic Committee of Thailand
Website	www.paralympicthai.com (in Thai and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	40 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 41st	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 13
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Prawat Wahoram	Athletics	Men's 5000m T54
Silver	Prawat Wahoram	Athletics	Men's 1500m T54
Silver	Saichon Konjen	Athletics	Men's 200m T54
Silver	Saichon Konjen	Athletics	Men's 100m T54
Silver	Saichon Konjen Supachai Koysub Pichet Krungget Prawat Wahoram	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m Relay T53/T54
Silver	Saichon Konjen Supachai Koysub Pichet Krungget Prawat Wahoram	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T53/T54
Bronze	Saysunne Jana	Wheelchair Fencing	Women's Individual Épée Category B
Bronze	Samkhoun Anon	Powerlifting	Women's -52 kg
Bronze	Saichon Konjen	Athletics	Men's 400m T54
Bronze	Prawat Wahoram	Athletics	Men's 800m T54
Bronze	Narong Kasanun	Powerlifting	Men's -52 kg
Bronze	Supachai Koysub	Athletics	Men's 100m T54
Bronze	Peth Rungsri	Athletics	Men's 200m T52

Sports

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Sakon Inkaew	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	597	12	R Olejnik (POL) W 102-89	Onodera (JPN) W 100-96	Meunier (FRA) L 99-103	did not advance
Sathien Phimthong	Men's individual recurve standing	578	18	Sawicki (POL) L 89-104	did not advance
Suthi Raksamai		550	27	Tseng L H (TPE) L 85-104	did not advance
Sakon Inkaew Sathien Phimthong Suthi Raksamai	Men's team recurve	1725	7	—	Great Britain (GBR) W 185-158	Italy (ITA) L 202-206	did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sopa Intasen	T53	100m	15.72	7 q	—		15.20	4
		200m	28.58	13	did not advance
		400m	53.76	14	did not advance
		800m	1:43.84	14	did not advance
Ekkachai Janthon	T54	100m	15.48	18	did not advance
		400m	51.26	23	did not advance
		1500m	3:07.69	3 Q	3:02.30	10	did not advance
		5000m	10:51.15	18	did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:03:30	19
Kitsana Jorchuy	T11	400m	56.78	12	did not advance
Saichon Konjen	T54	100m	14.15 PR	2 Q	—		14.04
		200m	25.33	4 Q	—		25.15
		400m	48.03	4 Q	48.39	2 Q	46.86
Supachai Koysub	T54	100m	14.32	4 Q	—		14.22
		200m	25.79	9	did not advance
		400m	49.32	9 Q	48.75	5 Q	48.39	6
Pichet Krungget	T53	100m	15.41	5 Q	—		15.20	5
		200m	28.03	11	did not advance
		400m	53.71	13	did not advance
		800m	1:45.92	15	did not advance
Jakkrit Punthong	T11	100m	12.23	22	did not advance
Peth Rungsri	T52	100m	—				18.87	6
		200m	—				32.07
		400m	1:01.57	5 Q	—		1:02.12	5
		800m	2:08.61	7 Q	—		2:10.83	8
Ampai Sualuang	T54	800m	1:37.54	7 q	1:41.20	16	did not advance
		1500m	3:17.72	22 Q	3:09.37	13	did not advance
		5000m	10:53.53	21	did not advance
Khachonsak Thamsophon	T54	800m	1:40.22	15 q	1:40.37	8 Q	1:38.73	8
		Marathon	—				1:30:31	212
Prawat Wahoram	T54	800m	1:38.84	11 Q	1:34.59	2 Q	1:37.12
		1500m	3:09.24	8 Q	3:00.10 PR	1 Q	3:10.68
		5000m	10:21.31	8 Q	—		10:22.38
		Marathon	—				DNF
Saichon Konjen Supachai Koysub Pichet Krungget Prawat Wahoram	T53-54	4x100m relay	50.71	2 Q	—		51.93
		4x400m relay	3:15.65	2 Q	—		3:11.63

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Akarapol Punsnit	Mixed individual BC3	Park K W (KOR)	L 2-8	4	did not advance
		Shen C (CHN)	W 5-4
		Martino (CAN)	L 2-3
Vilasinee Sukkarath		Polychronidis (GRE)	L 0-7	2	did not advance
		Dijkstra (NZL)	W 5-4
		Zhu H (CHN)	W 4-1
Tanimpat Visaratanunta		Jeong H W (KOR)	L 3-5	3	did not advance
		Peixoto (POR)	L 0-5
		Slade (NZL)	W 11-0
Akarapol Punsnit Vilasinee Sukkarath Tanimpat Visaratanunta	Pairs BC3	Portugal (POR)	L 1-7	2 Q	—	South Korea (KOR) L 0-15	Portugal (POR) L 1-4	4
		Greece (GRE)	W 5-2
		New Zealand (NZL)	L 2-4

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kannika Aimthisung	Women's 63kg	Bye	Kazakova (RUS) L 0000–1000	—	Bye	Quessandier (FRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Narong Kasanun	52kg	167.5
Thongsa Marasri	56kg	180.0	4
Choochat Sukjarern	48kg	155.0	5
Prasit Thongdee	60kg	160.0	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Samkhoun Anon	52kg	95.0
Arawan Bootpo	60kg	100.0	5
Phikul Chareonying	44kg	75.0	6

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Sungvoy Makcium	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	593	35	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Somchai Duangkeaw	S5	50m butterfly	50.43	12	did not advance
Rattaporn Jearchan	S11	100m backstroke	1:17.64	9	did not advance
Voravit Kaewkham	S5	50m butterfly	42.75	5 Q	40.78	5
Panom Lagsanaprim	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:18.91	6 Q	1:21.13	7
Prasit Marnnok	S11	400m freestyle	5:57.49	13	did not advance
	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:27.73	11	did not advance
Prajim Rieangsantiea	S6	100m backstroke	1:31.55	10	did not advance
Taweesook Samuksaneeto	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:51.18	11	did not advance
Kitipong Sriboonrueng	S12	100m butterfly	1:13.17	12	did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:18.56	9	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wanchai Chaiwut	Men's singles C4-5	Zhang Y (CHN) L 0–3	Lin Y H (TPE) L 0–3	—	3	did not advance
Rungroj Thainiyom	Men's singles C6	Blok (NED) L 0-3	Jensen (DEN) L 1-3	Itkonen (SWE) W 3-0	3	did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Korakod Saengsawang	Men's épée A	Maillard (FRA)	L 4–5	5 Q	Alhaddad (KUW) W 15–9	Zhang L (CHN) L 9-15	did not advance
		Pylarinos Markantonatos (GRE)	L 1-5
		Alhaddad (KUW)	L 4-5
		Davydenko (UKR)	L 5-0
		L Sanchez (ESP)	W 5-0
		Serafini (ITA)	W 5-3
	Men's foil A	Zhang L (CHN)	L 1-5	6	did not advance
		Betti (ITA)	L 2-5
		Alqallaf (KUW)	L 1-5
		Horvath (HUN)	L 1-5
		Granell (ESP)	L 4-5
		Andree (GER)	W 5-3
Saysunee Jana	Women's épée B	Chan Y C (HKG)	W 5-1	1 Q	—	Palfi (HUN) W 15-4	Chan Y C (HKG) L 8-15	Vasilyeva (RUS) W 15-8
		Ye H (CHN)	W 5-3
		Dani (HUN)	W 5-0
		Lukianenko (UKR)	W 5-0
		Hassen Bey (ESP)	W 5-1
	Women's foil B	Chan Y C (HKG)	L 2-5	3 Q	—	Dani (HUN) W 15-8	Yao F (CHN) L 11-15	Ye H (CHN) L 14-15	4
		Ye H (CHN)	W 5-4
		Palfi (HUN)	W 5-1
		Vasilyeva (RUS)	W 5-1
		Demello (USA)	W 5-0

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Suthi Khulongrua	Men's singles	Mazzei (ITA) W 6-7, 6-2, 6-3	Houdet (FRA) L 1-6, 0-6	did not advance
Sumrerng Kruamai		Peifer (FRA) L 2-6, 2-6	did not advance
Suthi Khulongrua Sumrerng Kruamai	Men's doubles	—	Cayulef (CHI) /  Mendez (CHI) W 6-0, 6-2	Lee H G (KOR) /  Oh S-h (KOR) L 2-6, 3-6	did not advance

See also

• Thailand at the Paralympics
• Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee