Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Singapore competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Olympics, except for two different editions. Singapore was part of the Malaysian team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but did not attend at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support for the United States boycott.

Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SIN
NOC	Singapore National Olympic Council
Website	www.singaporeolympics.com
in London
Competitors	23 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Feng Tianwei (opening) Colin Cheng (closing)
Medals Ranked 75th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Malaysia (1964)

The Singapore National Olympic Council sent a total of 23 athletes to the Games, 8 men and 15 women, to compete in 9 sports.[1] For the second time in its Olympic history, Singapore was represented by more female than male athletes. Seven Singaporean athletes had competed in Beijing, including swimmer Tao Li, who finished fifth in the women's butterfly event. Among the sports played by the athletes, Singapore also marked its Olympic debut in sprint canoeing and artistic gymnastics.

This was Singapore's most successful Olympics after winning two bronze medals in table tennis. Feng Tianwei, who claimed the bronze for the women's singles event, became the first Singaporean athlete to win an individual medal since 1960.[2] Feng also led her compatriots Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu to take another Olympic bronze medal for Singapore in the women's team event against South Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Feng Tianwei	Table tennis	Women's singles	1 August
Bronze	Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu	Table tennis	Women's team	7 August

Athletics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yeo Foo Ee Gary	100 m	10.57	2 Q	10.69	8	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dipna Lim Prasad	100 m hurdles	14.68	7	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Derek Wong Zi Liang	Men's singles	Zilberman (ISR) W (21–9, 21–15)	Jørgensen (DEN) L (14–21, 17–21)	N/A	2	Did not advance
Gu Juan	Women's singles	Fašungová (SVK) W (21–5, 21–11)	Na (AUS) W (21–10, 21–7)	N/A	1 Q	Cheng S-c (TPE) L (18–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Women's doubles	Cheng W-h / Chien Y-c (TPE) L (21–18, 15–21, 15–21)	Fujii / Kakiiwa (JPN) L (21–16, 19–21, 10–21)	Gutta / Ponnappa (IND) L (16–21, 15–21)	4	N/A	Did not advance

Canoeing

Singapore has qualified one athlete for the women's events. This is the first time a Singaporean canoeist has qualified for the Olympics.[3] Geraldine managed to qualify for the semi-finals for the K-1 500 m event.[4] She was eventually placed twenty-first out of 24 competitors in the event, beating her own target of bettering at least one other country.[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Geraldine Lee Wei Ling	Women's K-1 200 m	45.552	8	Did not advance
	Women's K-1 500 m	2:01.037	4 Q	2:01.516	7	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Lim Heem Wei is the only Singaporean gymnast to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the first ever Singaporean gymnast to qualify for an Olympics.[3] She eventually achieved the forty-fifth position in the Women's artistic qualification event.[5]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Lim Heem Wei	All-around	12.033	13.333	12.400	13.033	50.799	45	Did not advance

Sailing

Singapore had qualified 1 boat each for the Men's Laser and Women's Laser Radial categories.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Colin Cheng Xin Ru	Laser	4	25	26	20	28	34	10	2	17	14	EL	145	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Elizabeth Yin Yue Ling	Laser Radial	34	27	29	13	28	12	26	18	19	25	EL	197	24

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

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jasmine Ser Xiang Wei	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	29	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	394	24	Did not advance

Swimming

Singaporean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[6][7]

Singaporean swimmers were all coached by Sergio López Miró, a swimmer competing for Spain who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 m breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Quah Zheng Wen	200 m backstroke	2:03.45	35	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:26.81	33	N/A		Did not advance
Joseph Schooling	100 m butterfly	53.63	35	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:59.18	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lynette Lim	400 m freestyle	4:18.64	30	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:52.92	31	N/A		Did not advance
Mylene Ong	100 m freestyle	56.33	29	Did not advance
Tao Li	100 m backstroke	1:01.60	26	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.34	11 Q	58.18	10	Did not advance

Table tennis

Singapore has qualified four athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Gao Ning and Yang Zi have qualified for the men's event; Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu have qualified for the women's.[8] In the Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament Singapore won a third spot in the men's (Zhan Jian) and the women's (Li Jiawei),[9] however they can not compete in the singles event due to only a maximum of 2 athletes per gender being allowed, though they will compete in the team event. Singapore Table Tennis Association has set a target of 2 medals in this event, 1 more than what they achieved at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[10]

Feng Tianwei won the bronze medal for the women's singles event, becoming the first Singaporean athlete to win an individual medal since the 1960 Summer Olympics, where weightlifter Tan Howe Liang won a silver medal.[2]

Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu's win against South Korea for the women's team Bronze medal match marks the first Olympics in Singapore's history where more than one medal were won consecutively in a single Olympics.[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gao Ning	Singles	Bye			Tokič (SLO) W (4–0)	Wang H (CHN) L (1–4)	Did not advance
Yang Zi		Bye		Drinkhall (GBR) L (1–4)	Did not advance
Gao Ning Yang Zi Zhan Jian	Team	N/A				Australia (AUS) W (3–0)	China (CHN) L (0–3)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Feng Tianwei	Singles	Bye			Chen S-Y (TPE) W (4–1)	Wu Jd (GER) W (4–2)	Kim K-A (KOR) W (4–2)	Ding N (CHN) L (2–4)	Ishikawa (JPN) W (4–0)
Wang Yuegu		Bye			Xian Yf (FRA) W (4–0)	Pavlovich (BLR) W (4–3)	Ishikawa (JPN) L (1–4)	Did not advance
Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu	Team	N/A				Poland (POL) W (3–1)	North Korea (PRK) W (3–0)	Japan (JPN) L (0–3)	South Korea (KOR) W (3–0)

Weightlifting

Singapore has qualified 1 athlete.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Helena Wong Kar Mun	Women's −53 kg	61	16	73	15	134	15

See also

• Singapore at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

References

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