Singapore sent a delegation to compete at the 2023 SEA Games held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 5 to 17 May 2023.
The team were led by chef-de-mission Dr Hing Siong Chen, a member of the Singapore National Olympic Council’s (SNOC) Executive Committee and President of the Singapore Cycling Federation, assisted by deputies Lim Tong Hai and Jasmine Yeong-Nathan – both were national representatives in football and bowling respectively.
Competitors An initial 517 athletes were preliminary selected to represent Singapore across 27 sports. On 28 February 2023, more athletes were selected following appeals to the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC). A total of 558 athletes, including 260 debutants, competed in 30 sports. Terry Tay from Men’s Gymnastics was the flag bearer.
On 1 March, Joseph Schooling, who was included in the initial selection, announced he would withdraw from the Games for personal reasons.
On 26 April, fencer Samson Lee reportedly missed three training sessions due to the birth of his child, his father’s hospitalisation and work commitments. As a result, he was dropped from the team for the Games. There would be no replacement for Lee in the squad, leaving Bron Sheum, Si To Jian Tong and Simon Lee to represent Singapore for fencing.
Cycling Singapore entered ten cyclists, Calvin Sim, Tong Khoon Fung, Darren Lim, Riyadh Hakim, Yeo Boon Kiak, Arfan Faisal, Chelsie Tan, Luo Yiwei, Elizabeth Liau and Faye Foo in the Games.
Finswimming Singapore entered a women's team comprising Bernice Ting, Jamie Ang, Vanessa Ong and Jovita Ho for the 4x200m surface relay finswimming event.
Incident On 1 July 2024, the SNOC and Sport Singapore (SportSG) formed a committee of inquiry to investigate allegations that the Singapore Underwater Federation (SUF) had falsified results during the selection process for the women's 4×200 m surface relay finswimming event at the 2023 SEA Games. The investigation, completed in February 2025, found that the results had been falsified. As SUF was already suspended by the World Underwater Federation, SportSG subsequently suspended support for the involved administrators and athletes, as well as the National Registry of Coaches memberships of the coaches involved. A police report was lodged on 18 March 2025 with SNOC and SportSG announcing the incident the next day.
SUF vice-president and head coach Ho Ho Huat had known since December 2022 that the 2023 SEA Games would reduce the number of finswimming events. In January 2023, Ho sent five male athletes to a competition in Malaysia held for Malaysian swimmers. While able to compete in the competitions, no official results were issued for the Singaporean swimmers. Ho subsequently instructed coach Muhammad Faiz Suhaimi to falsify results indicating that six female athletes had competed in various events and achieved qualifying times. Faiz falsified the data under pressure from Ho on 18 January, resulting in four athletes being selected for the SEA Games based on the falsified results, while two others qualified on merit in other events. The SNOC incurred S$15,700 in expenses to send the six athletes to the Games. In December 2023, Ho was removed from SUF which leads to Faiz informing a whistleblower of the falsification in January 2024. On 12 March 2026, Faiz, Ho and former coach Gary Lee Quan were charged with conspiracy to commit forgery for the purpose of cheating. Faiz and Ho were each charged with three counts, while Lee was charged with two. On 14 September, Faiz was sentenced to one week's imprisonment after admitting to falsifying the results. Both prosecution and defence agreed a fine is sufficient but District Judge Ong Luan Tze decided a short jail sentence is still required.
Games summary Summary Singapore won 51 golds medals at the Games with a total tally of 158 medals won, placing the country sixth at the medal table. Singapore topped the medal tally in swimming, fencing and table tennis.
In swimming, the team achieved their best ever results of 47 medals; inclusive of 22 gold medals. Singapore also won their 1000th SEA Games Gold medal through the women's 4x100m freestyle relay team. Swimmer Quah Ting Wen achieved a feat of 60 gold medals in her career spanning two decades.
In athletics, Shanti Pereira becomes the first Singaporean to win both the 100 and 200m while Ang Chen Xiang wins Singapore's first gold in the hurdles since 1967.
The men's water polo team wrestle back the gold medal that they held for 27 consecutive times until 2019. The fencing team dominated their opponents winning seven gold medals out of a possible 12. Also, the women’s floorball team wins the gold medal for three consecutive times at the Games.
Swimmer Quah Ting Wen, with Cambodian vovinam exponent Pal Chhor Raksmy, received the best athlete award at the closing ceremony of the SEA Games.
Medals by sports Medals by sportSportTotalAthletics32510Badminton 0033Basketball0000Billiards0202Boxing0033Chess - Xiangqi2125Cycling0000Cricket1023Diving (Aquatics)0022E-Sports1012Endurance Race (Aquathlon, Duathlon, Triathlon)0022Fencing73616Finswimming (Aquatics)0000Floorball1012Football0000Golf0000Gymnastics0101Hockey0123Judo0044Martial Arts1124Pencak Silat23510Pétanque0000Sailing3407Sepak Takraw0011Swimming (Aquatics)22151047 Table Tennis4239Taekwondo0145Tennis0000Traditional Boat Race0000 Volleyball0000Water Polo1102Wrestling1359Wushu2316 Total 51 43 64 158
Medals by date Medals by dateDayDate Total-14 May000005 May Opening ceremony16 May5241127 May4481638 May7521449 May45716510 May771024611 May96621712 May24410813 May3148914 May139131015 May325101116 May64515Total 51 43 64 158
Medalists
Medalist are arranged in order of colour and date.