Singapore competed in the 2008 Summer OlympicsSingapore National Olympic Council 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.The Straits Times Interactive

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.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Feng TianweiLi JiaweiWang Yuegu Table tennis Women's team

Athletics

Men AthleteEventHeatQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankCalvin Kang Li Loong100 m10.736Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionZhang GuirongShot put16.2329Did not advance

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

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRonald SusiloMen's singlesL 13–21, 14–21Did not advanceXing AiyingWomen's singlesL 19–21, 12–21Did not advanceJiang YanmeiLi YujiaWomen's doublescolspan=2 W 21–12, 21–12L 15–21, 12–21Did not advanceHendri SaputraLi YujiaMixed doublescolspan=2 L 12–21, 14–21Did not advance

Sailing

Singapore had qualified the following boats for these Games.

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Koh Seng LeongLaser35412939 44BFD3323336CANEL23926Terence KohXu Yuan Zhen4701517181930OCS810192726EL15922

Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Lo Man YiLaser Radial21141826242726163CANEL12825Deborah OngToh Liying47017171518181820OCS161918EL15619 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankLee Wung YewTrap11028Did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTay Zhirong Bryan200 m freestyle1:50.41 NR41Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLynette Lim200 m freestyle2:02.3028Did not advance400 m freestyle4:17.6730colspan=2 Did not advance800 m freestyle8:45.5630colspan=2 Did not advanceQuah Ting Wen100 m freestyle56.1435Did not advance400 m individual medley4:51.2525colspan=2 Did not advanceTao Li100 m butterfly57.774 Q57.544 Q57.995200 m butterfly2:12.6326Did not advanceNicolette Teo100 m breaststroke1:10.7532Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:34.6035Did not advance

Table tennis

Singles AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGao NingMen's singlescolspan=3 L 0–4Did not advanceYang Zicolspan=2 W 4–2W 4–3L 2–4Did not advanceFeng TianweiWomen's singlescolspan=3 W 4–0W 4–2L 1–4Did not advanceLi Jiaweicolspan=3 W 4–1W 4–3W 4–1L 1–4L 2–44Wang Yuegucolspan=3 L 1–4Did not advance

Team AthleteEventGroup roundSemi-finalsBronze playoff 1Bronze playoff 2Bronze medalFinalOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankCai XiaoliGao NingYang ZiMen's teamGroup BL 1 – 3L 1 – 3W 3 – 03Did not advanceFeng TianweiLi JiaweiWang YueguWomen's teamGroup BW 3 – 0W 3 – 0W 3 – 01 QW 3 – 2colspan=3 L 0 – 3

See also Singapore at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

External links

Team Singapore Beijing 2008 Olympics Microsite SSC Team Singapore Beijing 2008 Olympics