Vietnam at the Olympics

Vietnam at the Olympics
IOC code	VIE
NOC	Vietnam Olympic Committee
Website	www.voc.org.vn (in Vietnamese and English)
Medals Ranked 98th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 5
Summer appearances
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Vietnam first competed in the Olympic Games in 1952 as the State of Vietnam. 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,^[1] Vietnam has sent an average of only around 12 athletes per game until Tokyo 2020.^[2] Stereotypes, such as the Olympics and other sporting events being associated with heavy doping and cheating, have made the event less prestigious for the Vietnamese.^{[citation needed]}