Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SIN
Nocname:	Singapore National Olympic Council
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	25
Sports:	6
Flagbearer:	Li Jiawei
Rank:	70
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	Malaysia (1964)

Singapore competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics^[1] held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8 to 24 August 2008.

The following athletes have qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, 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]

On 17 August 2008, Singapore won its first Olympic medal as an independent nation in the women's table tennis team event, 48 years after its first medal (then as a British colony) – also a silver – by Tan Howe Liang in the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ronald Susilo	Men's singles		L 13–21, 14–21	Did not advance
Xing Aiying	Women's singles	L 19–21, 12–21	Did not advance
Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	Women's doubles	W 21–12, 21–12	L 15–21, 12–21	Did not advance
Hendri Saputra Li Yujia	Mixed doubles	L 12–21, 14–21	Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Singapore had qualified the following boats for these Games.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Koh Seng Leong	Laser	35	41	29	39	44 BFD	33	23	3	36	CAN	EL	239	26
Terence Koh Xu Yuan Zhen	470	15	17	18	19	30 OCS	8	10	19	27	26	EL	159	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Lo Man Yi	Laser Radial	21	14	18	26	24	27	26	16	3	CAN	EL	128	25
Deborah Ong Toh Liying	470	17	17	15	18	18	18	20 OCS	16	19	18	EL	156	19

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Lynette Lim	200 m freestyle	2:02.30	28	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:17.67	30	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:45.56	30	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Quah Ting Wen	100 m freestyle	56.14	35	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:51.25	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tao Li	100 m butterfly	57.77	4 Q	57.54	4 Q	57.99	5
200 m butterfly	2:12.63	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nicolette Teo	100 m breaststroke	1:10.75	32	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:34.60	35	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gao Ning	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 0–4	Did not advance
Yang Zi	W 4–2	W 4–3	L 2–4	Did not advance
Feng Tianwei	align=left rowspan=3	Women's singles	W 4–0	W 4–2	L 1–4	Did not advance
Li Jiawei	W 4–1	W 4–3	W 4–1	L 1–4	L 2–4	4
Wang Yuegu	L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semi-finals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cai Xiaoli Gao Ning Yang Zi	Men's team	Group B L 1 – 3 L 1 – 3 W 3 – 0	3	Did not advance
Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu	Women's team	Group B W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0	1 Q	W 3 – 2	L 0 – 3

External links

Notes and References

http://www.snoc.org.sg/olympic_games.php Singapore National Olympic Council
http://www.straitstimes.com/Sports/Story/STIStory_219000.html The Straits Times Interactive
News: ir. Olympics: First medal in 48 years for Singapore. Channel NewsAsia. 15 August 2008. 22 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081122051939/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/368387/1/.html. dead.
News: Singapore into table tennis final. . 15 August 2008 . 15 August 2008.
News: Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final. Channel NewsAsia. 18 August 2008. 28 August 2008. https://archive.today/20080828155629/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/369089/1/.html. dead.
Web site: Singapore Sailing Federation . 2008-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080726212953/http://www.sailing.org.sg/2008Olympics/index.php . 26 July 2008 . dmy-all .