Indonesia at the Olympics

Summary

Indonesia first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1964, due to controversy around the Games of the New Emerging Forces, and 1980, when they participated in the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Indonesia is yet to participate in the Winter Olympic Games. The nation's non-participation in the Winter Olympics is largely due to the lack of sports facilities for winter sports on its territory.[1]

Indonesia at the
Olympics
IOC codeINA
NOCIndonesian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.nocindonesia.id (in Indonesian)
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
8
Silver
14
Bronze
15
Total
37
Summer appearances

The National Olympic Committee for Indonesia was created in 1946 and recognized in 1952.

As of 2020, Indonesian athletes have won a total of 37 medals, twenty-one in badminton, fifteen in weightlifting and one in archery. Among countries in Southeast Asia, Indonesia ranks first in terms of the number of overall medals (37), and second in the number of gold medals (8), only behind Thailand which has 10 gold medals.

Archers Lilies Handayani, Nurfitriyana Saiman and Kusuma Wardhani gained the republic's first-ever podium finish, a silver medal, in the women's team event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Future married couple Susi Susanti and Alan Budikusuma won the nation's first two gold medals in the badminton women's and men's singles events, respectively, at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Barcelona 1992 was also the only Games in which Indonesia won 2 gold medals. Since then, Indonesia has won a single gold medal at every subsequent Summer Olympics, all in badminton, except for the 2012 London Olympics.

The country's most recent gold medalists are Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu, who won the women's doubles event of badminton.[2] Their victory made Indonesia the second country after China to have won gold medals in all five disciplines of badminton at the Olympics.[2][3] At 33 years and 356 days of age, Polii also became the oldest female badminton player to win an Olympic gold medal.[4]

Medals edit

Medals by sports edit

List of medalists edit

  •   Medalist of Demonstration & Exhibition Sports
Medals by gender
 
Gender       Total Percentage
Male 5 6 9 20 54.05%
Female 2 6 6 14 37.84%
Mixed 1 2 0 3 8.11%
Total 8 14 15 37 100%
Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Rudy Hartono 1972 Munich   Badminton Men's singles
  Gold Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
1972 Munich   Badminton Men's doubles
  Silver Utami Dewi 1972 Munich   Badminton Women's singles
  Bronze Christian Hadinata
Utami Dewi
1972 Munich   Badminton Mixed doubles
  Silver Icuk Sugiarto 1988 Seoul   Badminton Men's singles
  Silver Lilies Handayani
Nurfitriyana Saiman
Kusuma Wardhani
1988 Seoul   Archery Women's team
  Silver Dirc Richard Talumewo 1992 Barcelona   Taekwondo Men's Flyweight (50–54 kg)
  Silver Rahmi Kurnia 1992 Barcelona   Taekwondo Women's Finweight (–43 kg)
  Silver Susilawati 1992 Barcelona   Taekwondo Women's Lightweight (55–60 kg)
  Bronze Yefi Triaji 1992 Barcelona   Taekwondo Men's Finweight (–50 kg)
  Gold Susi Susanti 1992 Barcelona   Badminton Women's singles
  Gold Alan Budikusuma 1992 Barcelona   Badminton Men's singles
  Silver Ardy Wiranata 1992 Barcelona   Badminton Men's singles
  Silver Eddy Hartono
Rudy Gunawan
1992 Barcelona   Badminton Men's doubles
  Bronze Hermawan Susanto 1992 Barcelona   Badminton Men's singles
  Gold Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
1996 Atlanta   Badminton Men's doubles
  Silver Mia Audina 1996 Atlanta   Badminton Women's singles
  Bronze Susi Susanti 1996 Atlanta   Badminton Women's singles
  Bronze Antonius Ariantho
Denny Kantono
1996 Atlanta   Badminton Men's doubles
  Gold Tony Gunawan
Candra Wijaya
2000 Sydney   Badminton Men's doubles
  Silver Raema Lisa Rumbewas 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
  Silver Tri Kusharjanto
Minarti Timur
2000 Sydney   Badminton Mixed doubles
  Silver Hendrawan 2000 Sydney   Badminton Men's singles
  Bronze Sri Indriyani 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
  Bronze Winarni Binti Slamet 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
  Gold Taufik Hidayat 2004 Athens   Badminton Men's singles
  Silver Raema Lisa Rumbewas 2004 Athens   Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
  Bronze Eng Hian
Flandy Limpele
2004 Athens   Badminton Men's doubles
  Bronze Sony Dwi Kuncoro 2004 Athens   Badminton Men's singles
  Bronze Susyana Tjhan 2008 Beijing   Wushu Women's Taolu
  Gold Hendra Setiawan
Markis Kido
2008 Beijing   Badminton Men's Doubles
  Silver Nova Widianto
Liliyana Natsir
2008 Beijing   Badminton Mixed doubles
  Bronze Raema Lisa Rumbewas 2008 Beijing   Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
  Bronze Eko Yuli Irawan 2008 Beijing   Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
  Bronze Triyatno 2008 Beijing   Weightlifting Men's 62 kg
  Bronze Maria Kristin Yulianti 2008 Beijing   Badminton Women's singles
  Silver Citra Febrianti 2012 London   Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
  Silver Triyatno 2012 London   Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
  Bronze Eko Yuli Irawan 2012 London   Weightlifting Men's 62 kg
  Gold Liliyana Natsir
Tontowi Ahmad
2016 Rio de Janeiro   Badminton Mixed doubles
  Silver Sri Wahyuni Agustiani 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
  Silver Eko Yuli Irawan 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Weightlifting Men's 62 kg
  Gold Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
2020 Tokyo   Badminton Women's doubles
  Silver Eko Yuli Irawan 2020 Tokyo   Weightlifting Men's 61 kg
  Bronze Windy Cantika Aisah 2020 Tokyo   Weightlifting Women's 49 kg
  Bronze Rahmat Erwin Abdullah 2020 Tokyo   Weightlifting Men's 73 kg
  Bronze Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 2020 Tokyo   Badminton Men's singles

Medals by individual edit

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals for Indonesia.

Athlete Sport Years Games Gender       Total
Liliyana Natsir   Badminton 2008–2016 Summer Women 1 1 0 2
Susi Susanti   Badminton 1992–1996 Summer Women 1 0 1 2
Christian Hadinata   Badminton 1972–1988 Summer Men 1 0 1 2
Eko Yuli Irawan   Weightlifting 2008–2020 Summer Men 0 2 2 4
Raema Lisa Rumbewas   Weightlifting 2000–2008 Summer Women 0 2 1 3
Triyatno   Weightlifting 2008–2016 Summer Men 0 1 1 2
Utami Dewi   Badminton 1972–1988 Summer Women 0 1 1 2
  • People in bold are still active competitors
  •   Medalist of Demonstration & Exhibition Sports

Olympic participants edit

Summer Olympics edit

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2024
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  Archery Not Held 1 2 2 4 4 3 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 32
  Athletics 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 5 2 2 2 2 2 33
  Badminton Not Held 13 20 19 14 11 9 10 11 9 116
  Beach volleyball Not Held 4 4
  Boxing 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 1 21
  Canoeing 3 1 4
  Cycling 4 2 1 1 1 9
  Diving 1 3 4
  Fencing 1 4 2 2 1 10
  Football 21 21
  Gymnastics 1 1
  Judo Not Held 4 1 2 1 1 9
  Rowing 1 2 2 1 6
  Sailing 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 14
  Shooting 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
  Sport climbing Not Held 2 2
  Surfing Not Held 1 1 2
  Swimming 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 6 3 2 1 2 2 27
  Table tennis Not Held 1 3 2 2 8
  Taekwondo Not Held 1 2 3
  Tennis Not Held 3 5 2 2 2 14
  Weightlifting 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 5 4 1 3 6 5 6 7 5 3 57
  Wrestling 2 2
Total Athletes 3 30 22 6 6 7 16 29 42 40 47 38 24 22 28 28 21 409
Total Sports 3 6 8 2 5 5 6 11 10 11 12 14 7 8 7 8 9 -
Total Events 3 11 19 5 6 11 16 30 31 23 32 27 17 16 20 23 18 -
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Flag bearers edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Alasan Indonesia Tak Pernah Ikut Olimpiade Musim Dingin". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  2. ^ a b "Indonesia take shock gold in women's doubles badminton, People's Republic of China claim silver". International Olympic Committee. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kesabaran Greysia berbuah sejarah manis untuk bulu tangkis Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Antara (news agency). Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Keren, Kak Greysia Polii Pebulu Tangkis Tertua Peraih Emas Olimpiade" (in Indonesian). Koran Sindo. Retrieved August 2, 2021.

External links edit

  • "Indonesia". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Indonesia". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/INA". olympanalyt.com.