At Paris Olympics 2024, Southeast Asian countries won 15 medals, including five golds.
The Philippines won two gold medals thanks to Carlos Yulo’s double in gymnastics, and Thai taekwondo athlete Panipak Wongpattanakit successfully defended her title in the women’s 49kg event. Indonesia secured gold medals for the first time outside badminton, with Veddriq Leonardo in speed climbing and Rizki Juniansyah in men’s 73kg weightlifting.
Weightlifting has historically brought the most Olympic medals to Southeast Asian countries, with a total of 38, including seven golds. All three Thai weightlifters competing in the Paris Olympics won medals – two silver and one bronze.
Southeast Asian athletes have won Olympic medals in 14 sports, most of which have different weight classes such as weightlifting, boxing and taekwondo. The region has been relatively successful also in traditional Asian sports like table tennis and badminton, and sports that do not require height, such as gymnastics, diving, shooting or archery.
The only two athletics medals belong to the Philippines. However, they were achieved nearly 100 years ago.
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