Which sports did Southeast Asia win 2024 Olympic medals in?

At the 2024 Olympics, Southeast Asian sports delegations won 15 medals. Most of the events came from the basic Olympic sports.

Carlos Yulo won 2 gold medals for the Philippines at the 2024 Olympics - Photo: REUTERS

The number 1 sports team in Southeast Asia at the 2024 Olympics is the Philippines, winning 2 gold medals (gymnastics) and 2 bronze medals (boxing). This is the most successful Olympics in the history of Philippine sports. Before Paris 2024, the Philippines had only won 1 gold medal at the Olympics (weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics). Throughout the history of the Olympics, Philippine sports have won a total of 18 medals of all kinds. The medals are concentrated in gymnastics (2 gold medals), weightlifting (1 gold medal, 1 silver medal), boxing (4 silver medals, 6 bronze medals), athletics (2 bronze medals) and swimming (2 bronze medals). It can be seen that most of the Philippines' medals come from basic sports. At the 2024 Olympics, Indonesia won 2 gold medals, 1 bronze medal, ranking 2nd in the Southeast Asian countries' rankings. Indonesia's three medals came from sport climbing (1 gold), weightlifting (1 gold) and badminton (1 bronze). Apart from the relatively new sport climbing, the other two medal-winning sports are all Olympic staples.

Panipak Wongpattanakit won the 2024 Olympic gold medal for Thailand - Photo: REUTERS

Throughout its Olympic history, Indonesia has won 10 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 16 bronze medals. The main sports that helped Indonesia win medals include: badminton (8 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 8 bronze medals), weightlifting (1 gold medal, 7 silver medals, 8 bronze medals), sport climbing (1 gold medal) and archery (1 silver medal).

Thailand ranked 3rd in Southeast Asia at the 2024 Olympics with 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals thanks to the following events: taekwondo (1 gold medal), badminton (1 silver medal), weightlifting (2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal) and boxing (1 bronze medal). In Olympic history, Thailand is the most successful country, having won 11 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 19 bronze medals. The achievements are mainly concentrated in the events: weightlifting (5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 8 bronze medals), boxing (4 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 8 bronze medals), taekwondo (2 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 3 bronze medals), badminton (1 silver medal). Meanwhile, Malaysia won 2 bronze medals at the 2024 Olympics, ranking 4th in Southeast Asia. Malaysia's 2 bronze medals came from badminton. In the past, Malaysia has never won an Olympic gold medal, but has won 8 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. The sports that brought medals to Malaysia at the Olympic arena were badminton (6 silver and 5 bronze), cycling (1 silver, 1 bronze), diving (1 silver and 1 bronze).

Maximilian Maeder, born in 2007, was a two-time world champion before winning a bronze medal for the Singapore sports delegation at the 2024 Olympics - Photo: REUTERS

The last sports delegation to win a medal at the 2024 Olympics is Singapore (1 bronze). Singapore won a bronze medal in the relatively new sport of sailing. Previously, Singapore sports won 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in swimming (1 gold medal), table tennis (1 silver medal, 2 bronze medals), and weightlifting (1 silver medal). It can be seen that Southeast Asian countries won Olympic medals in quite basic sports of the Olympics. What is special is that they have maintained their achievements in the sports in which they won medals through the Olympics. Sports in Southeast Asian countries have focused on their strengths and key sports to be able to win Olympic medals. At the end of the 2024 Olympics, Vietnamese sports and the remaining 5 countries did not win any medals. This is the second consecutive Olympics that Vietnamese sports returned empty-handed.

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