Singapore at the Olympics

Singapore at the Olympics
IOC code	SGP
NOC	Singapore National Olympic Council
Website	www.singaporeolympics.com
Medals Ranked 101st	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
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]

Under the Major Games Award Programme by the Singapore National Olympics Council,^[4] individual gold, silver and bronze medalists are awarded S$1 million, S$500,000 and S$250,000 respectively.^[5] Team Event and Team Sport medalists are awarded different amounts for each medal type.^[6]

Performance[]

The country has won five Olympic medals, the inaugural was at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the second at the 2008 Summer Olympics^[7] and the third and fourth at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[8] At the 2016 Summer Olympics Singapore won their first ever gold medal and the fifth overall.^[9]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[10]

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.^{[11][12][13][14]}

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

Medal tables[]

Medals by Summer Olympiad[]

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1948 London	1	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Helsinki	5	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Melbourne	52	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Rome	5	0	1	0	1	32
1964 Tokyo	as part of  Malaysia (MAS)
1968 Mexico City	4	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	7	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	4	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	Did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	5	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	8	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	14	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	14	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	14	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	16	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	21	0	1	0	1	70
2012 London	23	0	0	2	2	75
2016 Rio de Janeiro	25	1	0	0	1	54
2020 Tokyo	23	0	0	0	0	-
2024 Paris	Future Event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total		1	2	2	5	98

Medals by Winter Olympic[]

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2018 Pyeongchang	1	0	0	0	0	-
2022 Beijing	Did not participate
2026 Milan–Cortina	Future Event
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	1	0	0	1
Table tennis	0	1	2	3
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Totals (3 sports)	1	2	2	5

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[]

• List of flag bearers for Singapore at the Olympics

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Singapore at the Olympic Games.

External links[]

• "Singapore". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Singapore". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/SIN". olympanalyt.com.