Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

held in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

The following athletes have qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, 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

Singapore National Olympic Council

The Singapore National Olympic Council, or commonly SNOC, is a registered society, recognised by the International Olympic Committee...

.

Singapore won its first Olympic medal since independence in Women's Table Tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

team event, 48 years after its first medal

Singapore at the Olympics

Singapore has sent athletes to most Summer Olympic Games 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...

--also a silver—by Tan Howe Liang

Tan Howe Liang

Tan Howe Liang is a weightlifter from Singapore who earned himself a place in history as the first Singaporean to win an Olympic Games medal. He did this in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won the silver medal in the lightweight category...

in the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

, on 17 August 2008.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei is a Singaporean table tennis player, ranked sixth in the world as a singles player as of April 2011. Born in China, she began training in Singapore in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month... Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu Wang Yuegu Wang Yuegu is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she...	Table tennis Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. The competition featured the team events for the first time, replacing the doubles events competed in previous games...	Women's team

Athletics

Total: 2 athletes

Men's team

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification:Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period...	Kang Li Loong Calvin	10.73	6	Did not advance

Women's team

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shot Put Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put The Women's Shot Put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were and .The event was won by Valerie Vili of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres....	Zhang Guirong Zhang Guirong Zhang Guirong is a Singaporean shot putter. She changed nationality from China in late 2003.Her personal best throw is 18.57 metres, achieved at the 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon. This is the current Singaporean record. She is also the national record holder in discus throw and javelin...	16.23	14	Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ronald Susilo Ronald Susilo Ronald Susilo is a Singaporean badminton player of a Chinese-Indonesian origin.He started playing badminton at the age of 8 at the Pelita Jaya Club in Jakarta. He studied in Anglo-Chinese School for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian, and Malay and he...	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...		L 13-21, 14-21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Xing Aiying	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...		L 19-21 12-21	Did not advance
Jiang Yanmei Jiang Yanmei Jiang Yanmei is a Singapore badminton player.Jiang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Yao Jie of the Netherlands in the round of 32.-References:***... Li Yujia Li Yujia Li Yujia is Singapore's national badminton player.Born in Hubei on 18 January 1983, she moved to Singapore at the age of 18 and is now a Singapore citizen....	Doubles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's doubles These are the results of the women's doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...			W 21-12, 21-12	L 15-21, 12-21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hendri Saputra Li Yujia Li Yujia Li Yujia is Singapore's national badminton player.Born in Hubei on 18 January 1983, she moved to Singapore at the age of 18 and is now a Singapore citizen....	Doubles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Mixed doubles These are the results of the mixed doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...			L 12-21, 14-21	Did not advance

Sailing

The following sailors are nominated to compete in the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Koh Seng Leong	Laser	35	41	29	39	(44) BFD	33	23	3	36	-	-	239	26
Terence Koh Xu Yuan Zhen	470	15	17	18	19	(30) OCS	8	10	19	27	26	-	159	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Lo Man Yi	Laser Radial	21	14	18	26	24	(27)	26	16	3	-	-	128	25
Deborah Ong Toh Liying	470	17	17	15	18	18	18	(20) OCS	16	19	18	-	156	19

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lee Wung Yew	Trap	110	28th	Not qualified		28th

Swimming

Men
1 swimmer

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
200 m freestyle	Tay Zhirong, Bryan	1:50.41	41	Did not advance

Women
4 swimmers

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
100 m freestyle	Quah Ting Wen Quah Ting Wen Quah Ting Wen is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2008 Olympics....	56.14	35	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	Lim Shu En Lynette Lim Shu En Lynette LIM Shu-En Lynette or "Lynette Lim" is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2008 Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, 2007 World Championships and the 2007 South East Asian Games....	2:02.30	28	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	Lim Shu En Lynette Lim Shu En Lynette LIM Shu-En Lynette or "Lynette Lim" is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2008 Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, 2007 World Championships and the 2007 South East Asian Games....	4:17.67	30	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	Lim Shu En Lynette Lim Shu En Lynette LIM Shu-En Lynette or "Lynette Lim" is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2008 Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, 2007 World Championships and the 2007 South East Asian Games....	8:45.56	30	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	Teo Wei Min Nicolette	1:10.75	32	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	Teo Wei Min Nicolette	2:34.60	35	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	Tao Li Tao Li Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...	57.77 AS*	4	57.54 AS	4	57.99	5
200 m butterfly	Tao Li Tao Li Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...	2:12.63	26	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	Quah Ting Wen Quah Ting Wen Quah Ting Wen is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2008 Olympics....	4:51.25	25	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gao Ning Gao Ning Gao Ning is a male Table Tennis player from Singapore. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 16 as of May, 2011...	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23....				L 6-11, 12-14, 4-11, 7-11	Did not advance
Yang Zi Yang Zi Yang Zi is a table tennis player representing Singapore.Yang Zi began his table tennis in 2004 when he first participated in the ITTF Pro Tour. He has represented Singapore in many major events such as 15th Asian Games, 18th Commonwealth Games and 23rd SEA Games...	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23....			W 11-4, 6-11, 2-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-6	W 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 11-7, 12-10	L 7-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 6-11	Did not advance

Men's Team

Cai Xiaoli
Gao Ning
Gao Ning
Gao Ning is a male Table Tennis player from Singapore. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 16 as of May, 2011...
Yang Zi
Yang Zi
Yang Zi is a table tennis player representing Singapore.Yang Zi began his table tennis in 2004 when he first participated in the ITTF Pro Tour. He has represented Singapore in many major events such as 15th Asian Games, 18th Commonwealth Games and 23rd SEA Games...

Result

August 13

3–0

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

August 14

Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	1–3	Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	3–1	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
6	3	3	0	9	1
5	3	2	1	6	4
4	3	1	2	5	6
3	3	0	3	0	9

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei is a Singaporean table tennis player, ranked sixth in the world as a singles player as of April 2011. Born in China, she began training in Singapore in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month...	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....				W 11-4, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5	W 7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4	L 11-13, 14-12, 12-14, 10-12, 11-13	Did not advance
Li Jiawei	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....				W 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5	W 4-11, 14-12, 10-12, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11	W 15-13, 11-6, 12-10, 13-15, 11-4	L 11-9, 8-11, 10-12, 8-11, 5-11	L 6-11, 12-14, 11-9, 11-7, 3-11, 4-11	4
Wang Yuegu Wang Yuegu Wang Yuegu is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she...	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....				L 9-11, 11-9, 2-11, 8-11, 10-12	Did not advance

Women's Team

Feng Tianwei
Feng Tianwei
Feng Tianwei is a Singaporean table tennis player, ranked sixth in the world as a singles player as of April 2011. Born in China, she began training in Singapore in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month...
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she...

Result

August 13

Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	3–0	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	3–0	Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

August 14

3–0

Netherlands

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Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
6	3	3	0	9	0
5	3	2	1	6	4
4	3	1	2	4	6
3	3	0	3	0	9

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Semi-finals

August 15

3–2

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

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Final

August 17

0–3

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

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