Vietnam at the Olympics

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Vietnam at the
Olympics
IOC codeVIE
NOCVietnam Olympic Committee
Websitewww.voc.org.vn (in Vietnamese and English)
Medals
Ranked 98th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer appearances

Vietnam first competed in the Olympic Games in 1952 as the State of Vietnam, after gaining independence within the French Union in 1949.[1] After the Partition of Vietnam in 1954, only the Republic of Vietnam competed in the Games, sending athletes to every Summer Olympics between 1956 and 1972.

Since the reunification of Vietnam in 1976, they have competed as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, attending every Olympics from 1980 onwards with the exception of 1984. The present Vietnam Olympic Committee was formed in 1976 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1979. Vietnam has never competed in the Winter Olympics.

Vietnam won its first medal at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, when Trần Hiếu Ngân took home a silver in Taekwondo in the Women's -57 kg category. Vietnam won its first gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, when shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh was victorious in the Men's 10m air pistol event.

With a lack of investment in competing in the Olympics,[2] Vietnam has sent an average of only around 12 athletes per game until Tokyo 2020.[3]

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
as  South Vietnam
1952 Helsinki 8 0 0 0 0 −
1956 Melbourne 6 0 0 0 0 −
1960 Rome 3 0 0 0 0 −
1964 Tokyo 16 0 0 0 0 −
1968 Mexico City 9 0 0 0 0 −
1972 Munich 2 0 0 0 0 −
as  Vietnam
1976 Montreal did not participate
1980 Moscow 35 0 0 0 0 −
1984 Los Angeles did not participate
1988 Seoul 10 0 0 0 0 −
1992 Barcelona 7 0 0 0 0 −
1996 Atlanta 6 0 0 0 0 −
2000 Sydney 7 0 1 0 1 64
2004 Athens 11 0 0 0 0 −
2008 Beijing 13 0 1 0 1 72
2012 London 18 0 0 1 1 79
2016 Rio de Janeiro 23 1 1 0 2 48
2020 Tokyo 18 0 0 0 0 -
2024 Paris 16 0 0 0 0 -
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total 1 3 1 5 98

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Shooting1102
 Weightlifting0112
 Taekwondo0101
Totals (3 entries)1315

Medals by Youth Olympics Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total
2010 Singapore 13 1 1 2 4
2014 China 13 1 1 2 2
2018 Buenos Aires 13 2 1 0 3
2022 Not held due to Covid-19
2026 Senegal future event
Total 4 3 4 9

List of Olympic medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Trần Hiếu Ngân 2000 Sydney Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
 Silver Hoàng Anh Tuấn 2008 Beijing Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Bronze Trần Lê Quốc Toàn 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Gold Hoàng Xuân Vinh 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol
 Silver Hoàng Xuân Vinh 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Pentagon Papers, Chapter 2, "U.S. Involvement in the Franco-Viet Minh War, 1950-1954", U.S. POLICY AND THE BAO DAI REGIME". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  2. ^ VnExpress. "Vietnamese sports fail at Tokyo Olympics due to old grievances - VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  3. ^ "Việt Nam sets out to reverse Olympic woes". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2022-03-16.