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'{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2013}} {{infobox country at games | NOC = SGP | NOCname = [[Singapore National Olympic Council]] | games = Olympics | year = | flagcaption = | oldcode = | website = {{url|www.singaporeolympics.com }} | location = | competitors = | sports = | flagbearer = | rank = | gold = 1 | silver = 2 | bronze = 2 | officials = | appearances = | app_begin_year = | app_end_year = | summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Singapore|competition=Summer Olympics|begin_year=|end_year= }} | winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Singapore|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=|end_year= }} | seealso = {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Malaysia ([[Malaysia at the 1964 Summer Olympics|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 Summer Olympics|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 Summer Olympics|1980]] when the country participated in a large [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|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 at the 2018 Winter Olympics|short track speed skating]] event.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chia|first=Nicole|date=24 November 2017|title=Winter sports: Cheyenne Goh, 18, becomes first Singapore athlete to qualify for Olympics, will race in Pyeongchang|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/cheyenne-goh-18-becomes-first-singaporean-athlete-to-qualify-for-winter-olympics-will-race-at?xtor=CS3-18 |work=[[The Straits Times]]|location=Singapore |access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=24 November 2017|title=Skater Cheyenne Goh qualifies for Winter Olympics, a first for Singapore|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/skater-cheyenne-goh-qualifies-for-winter-olympics-a-first-for-9437560|work=[[Channel NewsAsia]]|location=Singapore |access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/news/6-new-national-olympic-committees-welcomed-to-winter-olympics-for-the-first-time |title=6 New National Olympic Committees Welcomed to Winter Olympics for the First Time |publisher=pyeongchang2018.com |accessdate=February 4, 2018}}</ref> The country has won five [[Olympic Games#Olympic champions and medalists|Olympic medal]]s, the inaugural was at the [[Singapore at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympics]], the second at the [[Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/369089/1/.html|title=News|publisher=|accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref> and the third and fourth at the [[Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1217245/1/.html|title=News|publisher=|accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref> At the [[Singapore at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]] Singapore won their first ever gold medal and the fifth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1218650/1/.html|title=News|publisher=|accessdate=13 August 2016}</ref> Singapore's first Olympic medal was won by [[Tan Howe Liang]], who won silver in lightweight weightlifting in [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]. The first Olympic gold medal was won by [[Joseph Schooling]] in the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|men's 100 metre butterfly]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. In [[table tennis at the Summer Olympics|table tennis]], [[Jing Jun Hong]] and [[Li Jiawei]] came close to winning medals by finishing in fourth place at the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] and [[2004 Athens 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. In the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], Li Jiawei, together with [[Feng Tianwei]] and [[Wang Yuegu]], beat the [[South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics|South Korea Women's Table Tennis team]], composed of [[Dang Ye Seo|Dang Ye-Seo]], [[Kim Kyung Ah|Kim Kyung-Ah]] and [[Park Mi Young|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 [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|host China]] in the gold medal final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/92A/SIN_T.shtml|title=Medallists for Singapore|accessdate=13 August 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824001509/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/92A/SIN_T.shtml|archivedate=24 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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. 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. 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, beating joint second [[Michael Phelps]], [[Chad le Clos]], and [[László Cseh]] by 0.75 seconds. This is also the first ever gold Olympic medal by a Southeast Asian male swimmer and the first Olympic gold that Singapore achieved.<ref>{{cite news | title = Rio Olympics 2016: Joseph Schooling beats Michael Phelps in 100m butterfly | publisher = BBC | date = 13 August 2016 | url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/37068610}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Joseph Schooling is Singapore's first-ever Olympics champion | publisher = Channel News Asia | date = 13 August 2016 | url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/joseph-schooling-is/3037512.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = How Joseph Schooling achieved the impossible | publisher = The Straits Times | date = 13 August 2016 | url = http://graphics.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/Interactives/2016/08/singapores-first-gold/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Meet Team Singapore | publisher = The Straits Times | date = 13 August 2016 | url = http://graphics.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/Interactives/2016/olympics/meet-teamSG/index.html}}</ref> To date, athletes from Singapore have won a total of 5 medals at the Olympics including 1 gold. ==References== {{commons category}} {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{cite web |title=Singapore |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/singapore }} * {{IOC medals|NOC=SIN}} * {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/athletes?search=1&countryname=singapore }} * {{cite web |title=Singapore |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SIN }} {{National sports teams of Singapore}} {{Nations at the Olympics}} [[Category:Singapore at the Olympics| ]]'