Singapore at the Olympics

Singapore has sent athletes to most Summer Olympic Games held since 1948. The country was created as a separate British Crown Colony from the Straits Settlements about three months before the start of the 1948 Summer Olympics. It sent a team to the Games until 1964.

Singapore at the
Olympics
IOC codeSGP
NOCSingapore National Olympic Council
Websitewww.singaporeolympics.com
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer appearances
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 2018
  • 2022
Other related appearances
Malaysia Malaysia (1964)

At that time, Singapore was part of Malaysia. The team from Malaysia included people from Singapore. When Singapore became independent from Malaysia in 1965, the country began sending its own team again. It sent a team for every summer games after then, except in 1980. The country boycotted the 1980 games along with many other countries. No athletes from Singapore have been in any Winter Olympic Games.

Olympic medals

The country has won four Olympic medals. The first medal was won by Tan Howe Liang, who won a silver medal in lightweight weightlifting in 1960. In table tennis, Jing Jun Hong and Li Jiawei came close to winning medals in Sydney in 2000. They finished in fourth place. They also finished fourth in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Singapore sent many athletes to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was felt that this was their best chance of winning a medal since 1960. This proved to be true.

In the Beijing, Li, together with Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu, beat the South Korea Women's Table Tennis team in the semi-finals. Because of this, they made it to the final match and would win at least the silver medal. Singapore lost to host China in the gold medal final.[1]

Medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
22 Silver Tan Howe Liang1960 RomeWeightliftingLightweight
22 Silver Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu2008 BeijingTable tennisWomen's team
33 BronzeFeng Tianwei2012 LondonTable tennisWomen's singles
33 BronzeFeng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu		2012 LondonTable tennisWomen's team

Medals by sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Table tennis0123
Weightlifting0101
Total0224

References
  1. Medallists for Singapore

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