Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singapore at the Olympic Games
Singapore at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	SIN
NOC	Singapore National Olympic Council
Website	www.singaporeolympics.com
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	25 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Li Jiawei
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Singapore competed in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games^[1] held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

The following athletes have qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, although the final selection of names for some events may change are dependent on the relevant sports bodies, and all athletes require approval from the Singapore National Olympic Council^[2].

Singapore won its first Olympic medal since independence in Women's Table Tennis team event, 48 years after its first medal--also a silver—by Tan Howe Liang in the 1960 Summer Olympics, on 17 August 2008.^[3]^[4]^[5]

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu	Table tennis	Women's team^[5]

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Total: 2 athletes

[edit] Men's team

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Kang Li Loong Calvin	10.73	6	Did not advance

[edit] Women's team

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shot Put	Zhang Guirong	16.23	14	Did not advance

[edit] Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ronald Susilo	Singles		(2) Lee (MAS) L 13-21, 14-21^[6]	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Xing Aiying	Singles		Konon (BLR) L 19-21 12-21	Did not advance
Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	Doubles			Lee and Mangkalakiri (USA) W 21-12, 21-12	Lee and Lee (KOR) L 15-21, 12-21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hendri Saputra Li Yujia	Doubles			Laybourn and Juhl (DEN) L 12-21, 14-21	Did not advance

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The following sailors are nominated to compete in the Games.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Koh Seng Leong	Laser	35	41	29	39	(44) BFD	33	23	3	36	-	-	239	26
Terence Koh Xu Yuan Zhen	470	15	17	18	19	(30) OCS	8	10	19	27	26	-	159	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Lo Man Yi	Laser Radial	21	14	18	26	24	(27)	26	16	3	-	-	128	25
Deborah Ong Toh Liying	470	17	17	15	18	18	18	(20) OCS	16	19	18	-	156	19

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lee Wung Yew	Trap	110	28th	Not qualified		28th

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

1 swimmer

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
200 m freestyle	Tay Zhirong, Bryan	1:50.41	41	Did not advance

Women

4 swimmers

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
100 m freestyle	Quah Ting Wen	56.14	35	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	Lim Shu En Lynette	2:02.30	28	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	Lim Shu En Lynette	4:17.67	30	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	Lim Shu En Lynette	8:45.56	30	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	Teo Wei Min Nicolette	1:10.75	32	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	Teo Wei Min Nicolette	2:34.60	35	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	Tao Li	57.77 AS*	4	57.54 AS	4	57.99	5
200 m butterfly	Tao Li	2:12.63	26	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	Quah Ting Wen	4:51.25	25	Did not advance

[edit] Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's singles

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gao Ning	Singles				Tan (CRO) L 6-11, 12-14, 4-11, 7-11	Did not advance
Yang Zi	Singles			Freitas (POR) W 11-4, 6-11, 2-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-6	(7) Chuang (TPE) W 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 11-7, 12-10	Primorac (CRO) L 7-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 6-11	Did not advance

[edit] Men's Team

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team

[edit] Result

August 13


Singapore	3–0	Canada

August 14


Singapore	1–3	Croatia
Germany	3–1	Singapore

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Germany	6	3	3	0	9	1
Croatia	5	3	2	1	6	4
Singapore	4	3	1	2	5	6
Canada	3	3	0	3	0	9

[edit] Women's singles

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Feng Tianwei	Singles				Dang (KOR) W 11-4, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5	Li (NED) W 7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4	(1) Zhang (CHN) L 11-13, 14-12, 12-14, 10-12, 11-13	Did not advance
Li Jiawei	Singles				Boroš (CRO) W 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5	(10) Lin (HKG) W 4-11, 14-12, 10-12, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11	(14) Wang (USA) W 15-13, 11-6, 12-10, 13-15, 11-4	(1) Zhang (CHN) L 11-9, 8-11, 10-12, 8-11, 5-11	(2) Guo (CHN) L 6-11, 12-14, 11-9, 11-7, 3-11, 4-11	4
Wang Yuegu	Singles				Wu (DOM) L 9-11, 11-9, 2-11, 8-11, 10-12	Did not advance

[edit] Women's Team

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's team

[edit] Result

August 13


Singapore	3–0	United States
Singapore	3–0	Nigeria

August 14


Singapore	3–0	Netherlands

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Singapore	6	3	3	0	9	0
United States	5	3	2	1	6	4
Netherlands	4	3	1	2	4	6
Nigeria	3	3	0	3	0	9

Semi-finals

August 15


Singapore	3–2	South Korea

Final

August 17


Singapore	0–3	China 2 Silver

[edit] Officials

Chef de Mission : Dr. Tan Eng Liang

[edit] See also

Singapore at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

[edit] References

^ Singapore National Olympic Council
^ The Straits Times Interactive
^ ir. "Olympics: First medal in 48 years for Singapore". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/368387/1/.html. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
^ "Singapore into table tennis final". BBC. August 15, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/table_tennis/7562910.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
^ ^a ^b "Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/369089/1/.html. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
^ yb. "Olympics: Singapore's Susilo bows out of men’s badminton singles". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/366683/1/.html. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
^ http://www.sailing.org.sg/2008Olympics/index.php

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[1] The Straits Times Interactive

[2] r. "Olympics: First medal in 48 years for Singapore". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/368387/1/.html. Retrieved 2008-08-15.

[3] "Singapore into table tennis final". BBC. August 15, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/table_tennis/7562910.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-15.

[Channel_NewsAsia-4] "Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/369089/1/.html. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

[roncna-5] yb. "Olympics: Singapore's Susilo bows out of men’s badminton singles". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/366683/1/.html. Retrieved 2008-08-11.

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Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Contents

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's team

[edit] Women's team

[edit] Badminton

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Table tennis

[edit] Men's singles

[edit] Men's Team

[edit] Result

[edit] Women's singles

[edit] Women's Team

[edit] Result

[edit] Officials

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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