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II Thailand Regional Games
Host cityChiang Mai
Teams71 (from 9 regions)
Athletes1,700
Events118 in 14 sports
Opening3 December 1968 (1968-12-03)
Closing9 December 1968 (1968-12-09)
Opened byPrime minister Thanom Kittikachorn
Athlete's OathKhun Sermsurasak
Torch lighterCharoen Wattanasin
Main venueChiang Mai Municipality Stadium
← Bangkok 1967Songkhla 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.

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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

  1. "Thailand National Games History". Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
Preceded byBangkok Thailand National Games
Chiang Mai
II Edition (1969) 		Succeeded bySongkhla
Thailand National Games
Thailand Regional Games
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