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General interest
- Highlights : Thailand is one of only six countries to have competed in every edition of the Asian Games, and it is the only country to have hosted the Games four times. Bangkok hosted the Games in 1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998.
  
  Thailand is traditionally strong in boxing and sepaktakraw. In the latter, Suebsak Phunsueb has won more gold medals than any other Thai athlete in any sport, with seven. He was part of the Thailand team that won both the team and regu events at three consecutive Games between 1998 and 2006, and he added another team gold in 2010.
  
  Somluck Kamsing is the only Thai boxer to win two gold medals at the Asian Games. He triumphed in the featherweight division in 1994 and 1998, and in between added an Olympic title in 1996.
Anthem
- Title : Phleng Chat Thai [National Anthem of Thailand]
- Composer : Words by Luang Saranuprapan, music by Peter Feit.
- Inducted : 1939
Officials
- NOC President's name : Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapha
- NOC general secretary's name : Mjr Gen Charouck Arirachakaran

Participation

Medals per sport

sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	13	11	19	43
Badminton	1	11	14	26
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Beach Volleyball	1	0	1	2
Bodybuilding	1	0	0	1
Bowling	5	9	7	21
Boxing	19	22	25	66
Cycling Mountain Bike	1	1	1	3
Cycling Road	3	3	3	9
Cycling Track	8	6	3	17
Diving	0	0	3	3
Dragon Boat	0	0	3	3
English Billiards	3	1	1	5
Equestrian Dressage	0	0	1	1
Equestrian Eventing	2	2	1	5
Equestrian Jumping	0	0	1	1
Fencing	0	0	2	2
Gymnastics Artistic	1	0	0	1
Judo	0	0	6	6
Kabaddi	0	1	0	1
Karate	0	1	5	6
Pool	0	0	1	1
Rowing	0	3	5	8
Rugby Sevens	0	0	3	3
Sailing	9	12	16	37
Sepaktakraw	18	5	1	24
Shooting	10	28	35	73
Snooker	0	3	5	8
Swimming	4	3	10	17
Taekwondo	2	10	13	25
Tennis	4	4	9	17
Weightlifting	2	12	5	19
Wushu	2	3	6	11
Total	109	152	205	466

Medals per year

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010	11	9	32	52
2006	13	15	26	54
2002	14	19	10	43
1998	24	26	40	90
1994	3	9	14	26
1990	2	7	8	17
1986	3	10	13	26
1982	1	5	4	10
1978	11	12	19	42
1974	4	2	8	14
1970	9	17	13	39
1966	12	14	11	37
1962	2	6	4	12
1958	0	1	3	4
Total	109	152	205	466