Olympic history of Myanmar

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Myanmar , whose NOK , the Myanmar Olympic Committee , was founded in 1947 andrecognizedby the IOC in the same year, has been participating in the Summer Olympics since 1948. In 1976 they did not participate in the Montreal Games. Athletes from Myanmar have never participated in the winter games. Young athletes took part in both of the youth summer games that have been held so far.

Overview

Myanmar entered from 1948 to 1988 under the state name Burma (Eng. Burma ). The flag of Burma, which was modified in 1974, was used for this. The modified flag was also used under the new state name of Myanmar until 2010. The current flag has been in use ever since.

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  The flag of Burma, which was valid until 1974

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  The flag that was valid from 1974 to 2010

Summer games

The country's first Olympic team consisted of track and field athletes, boxers, and weightlifters. The first Olympian was the sprinter Maung Sein Pe on July 30, 1948. The first women at the Olympic Games were the marathon runner Mar Mar Min and the 3000 meter runner Khin Khin Htwe on September 23, 1988.

At the following Olympic Games, the country's athletes competed in the sports of sailing (from 1956), swimming (from 1960), shooting (from 1964), football (from 1972), judo (from 1992), archery (from 2000) as well as in canoeing and Rowing (from 2008).

A first success could be celebrated in 1972 in weightlifting when Gyi Aung Maung reached 5th place in the flyweight division. The football team qualified for the first time achieved a 2-0 victory over Sudan. Nevertheless, the team was eliminated in the preliminary round. In 2000 in Sydney weightlifter Win Kay Thi was fourth in the flyweight division. Her teammate Win Swe Swe reached fifth place in the featherweight division, while Khin Moe Nwe was sixth in the lightweight division.

Youth games

At the first Youth Summer Games in Singapore in 2010 , four teenagers, two boys and two girls, competed in athletics, taekwondo and weightlifting. In 2014 in Nanjing , four teenagers, again two boys and two girls, took part in athletics, archery, sailing and weightlifting.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports											Medals
	total	m	w																total	rank
1896-1936	not participated
1948	4th	4th	0		1	2	1
1952	5	5	0			3	2
1956	11	11	0		2	4th	3	3
1960	10	10	0		1	3	2	3	1
1964	11	11	0		2	3	3		1	2
1968	4th	4th	0		2	2
1972	18th	18th	0	Win Maung	2	2	1				13
1976	not participated
1980	2	2	0		1		1
1984	1	1	0	Zaw Latt		1
1988	2	0	2	Zaw Latt	2
1992	4th	1	3		3							1
1996	3	2	1	Soe Myint	2					1
2000	7th	1	6th	Maung Maung Nge	2		3		1				1
2004	2	0	2	U Hla Win			1						1
2008	6th	4th	2	Myint Tayzar Phone	2				1				1	1	1
2012	6th	3	3	Zaw Win Thet	2					1		1	1		1
2016	7th	4th	3	Yan Naing Soe	2					2		1	1		2
total																0	0	0	0	-

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
1924-2018	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

List of medal winners

Gold medals

So far (as of 2018) no gold medals

Silver medals

So far (as of 2018) no silver medals

Bronze medals

So far (as of 2018) no bronze medals

Web links

• Myanmar in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Myanmar on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)