Thailand dominates SEA Games 2025: Host nation surges ahead with 185 gold medals
Thailand leaves rivals in dust at 33rd SEA Games, securing a massive lead on medal table through historic wins in cycling, Muay Thai, and tennis.
- As the host nation of the SEA Games 2025, Thailand is dominating the medal tally with a total of 185 gold medals.
- Thailand holds a massive lead of over 100 gold medals compared to the second-place nation, Indonesia, which has 72.
- The nation's strong performance is highlighted by exceptional results in key sports, including sweeping 10 golds in Muay Thai and securing 9 in weightlifting.
- Thai athletes also guaranteed 3 gold medals in tennis by creating all-Thai finals and surpassed their target in cycling by winning 9 golds.
The 33rd SEA Games (SEA Games 2025) in Thailand continues to heat up.
The Thai national team has delivered a dominant performance worthy of the host nation, sweeping gold medals and leaving competitors far behind.
SEA Games Medal Tally Update on Wednesday (December 17) at 8pm, Thailand firmly maintains the top spot on the leaderboard.
The highlight is the soaring gold medal count, which has reached 185, stretching a massive lead of over 100 gold medals ahead of second-placed Indonesia.
- 1st Place: Thailand (Host) 185 Gold, 118 Silver, 78 Bronze | Total: 381
- 2nd Place: Indonesia 72 Gold, 85 Silver, 93 Bronze | Total: 250
- 3rd Place: Vietnam 64 Gold, 68 Silver, 93 Bronze | Total: 225
- 4th Place: Singapore 45 Gold, 68 Silver, 63 Bronze | Total: 150
- 5th Place: Malaysia 40 Gold, 45 Silver, 106 Bronze | Total: 191
- 6th Place: Philippines 37 Gold, 55 Silver, 120 Bronze | Total: 212
- 7th Place: Myanmar 3 Gold, 19 Silver, 34 Bronze | Total: 56
- 8th Place: Laos 2 Gold, 9 Silver, 20 Bronze | Total: 31
- 9th Place: Brunei 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze | Total: 8
- 10th Place: Timor-Leste 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze | Total: 3
Thai Cycling Exceeds Targets: "Jutatip" Pedals to 9th Gold
Jutatip Maneephan showcased her explosive power, sprinting past her Vietnamese rivals in the final 200 meters to claim a beautiful gold medal in the Women's Individual Road Race.
This marks the 9th gold for the Thai cycling team, far surpassing their initial target of 6.
The team still has more gold-medal prospects in the track events on Thursday.
Muay Thai Sweeps 10 Golds – Weightlifting Closes with 9 Golds
Muay Thai: The Thai fighters marched through the finals, seizing 10 gold medals out of the 15 categories they contested.
Additionally, Pittaya Thipprane secured a gold in the Men's Individual Wai Kru.
Weightlifting: The competition concluded grandly on the final day. Thailand added 2 more golds from Chalida Taingdee (Women's 77kg) and Duangaksorn Chaidee, who successfully defended her title for the third consecutive time.
In total, the Thai weightlifters finished with 9 Gold, 2 Silver, and 3 Bronze, winning medals in all 14 categories entered.
Thai Men’s Handball Topples Vietnam for Gold, Women’s Team Fights Hard for Silver
The handball finals at the 2025 SEA Games in Pattaya ended thrillingly, with the Thai national teams delivering excellent results:
Men’s Handball (Gold): The Thai men successfully took their revenge.
In a fierce performance, they defeated long-time rivals Vietnam 39-35, delighting fans.
"Open Kannarong" emerged as the hero, scoring a game-high 9 goals.
Women’s Handball (Silver): The Thai women gave it their all against the defending champions, Vietnam, before falling 16-24 and claiming the silver medal.
Thai Tennis Makes Waves: All-Thai Finals Guarantee 3 Golds
Thai tennis players achieved spectacular results by reaching the finals in all 5 categories.
Notably, the Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles will feature all-Thai matchups, guaranteeing 3 gold medals. Meanwhile, there are high hopes for more gold in the Women's Singles and Women's Doubles.
Nutcharut Dominates, Defeats Junior to Claim 2nd Gold and Cement World Snooker No. 1 Status
The final at Thunder Dome, Muang Thong Thani, was a showdown between two Thai stars: Nutcharut Wongharuthai and 17-year-old rising star Panchaya Channoi.
Experience and precision ultimately favoured Mink, who won 3-1 frames to secure the gold for Thailand, marking her second gold medal of these games.
Summary of Other Sports
Table Tennis: Orawan Paranang and Suthasini Sawettabut won the Women's Doubles gold for the 4th consecutive time.
Snooker: Passakorn Suwannawat made a comeback to defeat Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 4-2 frames, taking the gold in the Men's 15-Red Snooker.
Women’s Football: The Thai women’s team defeated Indonesia 2-0 to claim the bronze medal.
