1968 Thailand National Games

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II Thailand Regional Games
การแข่งขันกีฬาเขตแห่งประเทศไทย ครั้งที่ 2

Host city	Chiang Mai
Teams participating	71 (from 9 regions)
Athletes participating	1,700
Events	118 in 14 sports
Opening ceremony	3 December 1968 (1968-12-03)
Closing ceremony	9 December 1968 (1968-12-09)
Officially opened by	Prime minister Thanom Kittikachorn
Athlete's Oath	Khun Sermsurasak
Torch lighter	Charoen Wattanasin
Main venue	Chiang Mai Municipality Stadium
← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Thailand National Games, officially known as the II Thailand National Games (Thai: กีฬาเขตแห่งประเทศไทย ครั้งที่ 2), and commonly known as Chiang Mai 1968, was a multi-sport event held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 3 to 9 December 1968 with 118 events in 14 sports and disciplines featured in the games . This was Chiang Mai's first time to host the Thailand National Games. A total of 1,700 athletes from 9 regions participated in the games.

The final medal tally was led by Region 1, followed by Region 7 and Region 6.^[1]

Marketing[]

Emblem[]

The emblem of 1968 Thailand Regional Games was the emblem of Sports Authority of Thailand or SAT and under the logo by the text

การแข่งขันกีฬาเขต ครั้งที่ ๒
เชียงใหม่ ๒๕๑๑

2nd Thailand Regional Games
Chiang Mai 1967

The Games[]

Participating regions[]

The 2nd Thailand National Games represented 9 regions from 71 provinces.

Region 1 (Bangkok and South of Central)

Region 2 (Eastern)

Region 3 (South of Northeastern)

Region 4 (North of Northeastern)

Region 5 (North of Northern)

Region 6 (South of Northern)

Region 7 (Western)

Region 8 (North of Southern)

Region 9 (South of Southern)

Sports[]

The 1st Thailand National Games represented 15 sports.

Gold medal tally[]

1968 Thailand Regional Games Champion
Region 1 (Bangkok and South of Central) 1st Title

References[]

Preceded by Bangkok

Thailand National Games Chiang Mai II Edition (1969)

Succeeded by Songkhla