Singapore at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Singapore at the Olympics
IOC code	SGP
NOC	Singapore National Olympic Council
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 2 2 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 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.

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Tan Howe Liang	1960 Rome	Weightlifting	Lightweight
2 Silver	Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu	2008 Beijing	Table tennis	Women's team
3 Bronze	Feng Tianwei	2012 London	Table tennis	Women's singles
3 Bronze	Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu	2012 London	Table tennis	Women's team

Medals by sport

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes

See also

In Spanish: Singapur en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños