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Singapore at the
Olympics
IOC codeSGP
NOCSingapore National Olympic Council
Websitewww.singaporeolympics.com
Medals
Ranked 102nd
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Malaysia (1964)

Singapore has sent athletes to most Summer Olympics held since 1948, when it was established as a separate British Crown Colony from the Straits Settlements just over three months before the commencement of the 1948 Summer Olympics. It continued to send a team to the Games until 1964 when Singapore was part of Malaysia, which sent a combined team. Upon Singapore's full independence from Malaysia in 1965, the country continued to participate in all subsequent editions of the Summer Olympics except in 1980 when the country participated in a large Olympic boycott. Singapore made their Winter Olympics debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics, with speed skater, Cheyenne Goh, competing in the short track speed skating event.[1][2][3] Ethnic Chinese from Singapore had also competed for China at the Olympics as part of their football team, namely Chua Boon Lay in 1936, and Chia Boon Leong and Chu Chee Seng in 1948.[4]

Under the Major Games Award Programme by the Singapore National Olympics Council,[5] individual gold, silver and bronze medalists are awarded S$1 million, S$500,000 and S$250,000 respectively.[6] Team Event and Team Sport medalists are awarded different amounts for each medal type.[7]

Performance

The country has won five Olympic medals, the inaugural was at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the second at the 2008 Summer Olympics[8] and the third and fourth at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9] At the 2016 Summer Olympics Singapore won their first ever gold medal and the fifth overall.[10]

Singapore's first Olympic medal was won by Tan Howe Liang, who won silver in lightweight weightlifting in 1960. The first Olympic gold medal was won by Joseph Schooling in the men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[11]

In table tennis, Jing Junhong, Li Jiawei and Yu Mengyu came close to winning medals by finishing in fourth place for the women's singles events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2004 Athens Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics respectively.

Singapore sent a big contingent to the Beijing Olympics, and many felt that with many top table tennis players in Singapore's squad, this was their best chance of winning a medal since 1960 – they were proven right.[citation needed] In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Li Jiawei, together with Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu, beat the South Korea Women's Table Tennis team, composed of Dang Ye-Seo, Kim Kyung-Ah and Park Mi-Young 3–2 in the semi-finals, assuring Singapore of at least a silver medal and ending Singapore's 48-year Olympic medal drought. Singapore faced host China in the gold medal final.[12]

In the 2012 London Olympics, Feng Tianwei beat Kasumi Ishikawa from Japan 4–0 in the Table Tennis Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match, winning Singapore's first individual Olympic medal in 52 years. In the Table Tennis Women's Team Bronze Medal Match, Li Jiawei, together with Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu, beat the South Korea team composing Dang Ye-Seo, Kim Kyung-Ah and Seok Ha-Jung 3–0, winning another bronze medal.[citation needed]

The two bronze medals won at the 2012 London Summer Olympics marked the first time that Singapore won more than one medal in an Olympiad.[citation needed]

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Olympic swimmer Joseph Schooling won a gold medal in the Men's 100 metre butterfly in an Olympics record of 50.39 seconds, becoming the first gold Olympic medallist of Singapore. This was also the first gold medal by a Southeast Asian male swimmer and the first Olympic gold that Singapore achieved.[13][14][15][16]

As of 2021, athletes from Singapore have won a total of 5 medals at the Olympics including 1 gold.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympics medal table

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Tan Howe Liang 1960 Rome Weightlifting Lightweight
 Silver Feng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu		 2008 Beijing Table tennis Women's team
 Bronze Feng Tianwei 2012 London Table tennis Women's singles
 Bronze Feng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu		 2012 London Table tennis Women's team
 Gold Joseph Schooling 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Singapore at the Olympic Games.
  1. ^ Chia, Nicole (24 November 2017). "Winter sports: Cheyenne Goh, 18, becomes first Singapore athlete to qualify for Olympics, will race in Pyeongchang". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Skater Cheyenne Goh qualifies for Winter Olympics, a first for Singapore". Channel NewsAsia. Singapore. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ^ "6 New National Olympic Committees Welcomed to Winter Olympics for the First Time". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ Auto, Hermes (13 February 2022). "Ex-footballer recounts Japanese Occupation, being screened for execution and 1948 Olympics | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
  5. ^ "Major Games Award Programme". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. ^ Knight, Brett. "These 10 Countries Offer Six-Figure Payouts To Their Olympic Medalists". Forbes. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) Major Games Award Programme (MAP) 2017 to 2020" (PDF).
  8. ^ "News". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  9. ^ "News". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  10. ^ "News". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Joseph Schooling Wins Singapore's First Ever Olympic Swimming Medal With 100 Fly Victory". Swimming World News. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Medallists for Singapore". Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Joseph Schooling beats Michael Phelps in 100m butterfly". BBC. 13 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Joseph Schooling is Singapore's first-ever Olympics champion". Channel News Asia. 13 August 2016.
  15. ^ "How Joseph Schooling achieved the impossible". The Straits Times. 13 August 2016.
  16. ^ "Meet Team Singapore". The Straits Times. 13 August 2016.
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