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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 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, Thailand ranked second in the medal tally behind 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 2025 Southeast Asian Games, after 18 years. The last time Thailand hosted the Games was in 2007 in Nakhon Ratchasima.

Southeast Asian Games

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Medals by games

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