Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Singapore at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Singapore.svg
IOC code SIN
NOC Singapore National Olympic Council
Website www.singaporeolympics.com
in Beijing
Competitors25 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Li Jiawei
Medals
Ranked 70th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Contents

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]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Feng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu
Table tennis Women's team [5]

Athletics

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Calvin Kang Li Loong 100 m 10.736Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Zhang Guirong Shot put 16.2329Did not advance
Key

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ronald Susilo Men's singles ByeFlag of Malaysia.svg  Lee C W  (MAS)
L 13–21, 14–21
Did not advance
Xing Aiying Women's singles Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Konon  (BLR)
L 19–21, 12–21
Did not advance
Jiang Yanmei
Li Yujia
Women's doubles Flag of the United States.svg  Lee /
Mangkalakiri  (USA)
W 21–12, 21–12
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee K-w /
Lee H-j  (KOR)
L 15–21, 12–21
Did not advance
Hendri Saputra
Li Yujia
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg  Laybourn /
Juhl  (DEN)
L 12–21, 14–21
Did not advance

Sailing

Singapore had qualified the following boats for these Games. [6]

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Koh Seng Leong Laser 3541293944
BFD
3323336CANEL23926
Terence Koh
Xu Yuan Zhen
470 1517181930
OCS
810192726EL15922
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Lo Man Yi Laser Radial 21141826242726163CANEL12825
Deborah Ong
Toh Liying
470 17171518181820
OCS
161918EL15619

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

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Lee Wung Yew Trap 11028Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tay Zhirong Bryan 200 m freestyle 1:50.41 NR 41Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lynette Lim 200 m freestyle 2:02.3028Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:17.6730Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:45.5630Did not advance
Quah Ting Wen 100 m freestyle 56.1435Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:51.2525Did not advance
Tao Li 100 m butterfly 57.774 Q57.544 Q57.995
200 m butterfly 2:12.6326Did not advance
Nicolette Teo 100 m breaststroke 1:10.7532Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:34.6035Did not advance

Table tennis

Singles
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Gao Ning Men's singles ByeFlag of Croatia.svg  Tan Rw  (CRO)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Yang Zi ByeFlag of Portugal.svg  Freitas  (POR)
W 4–2
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chuang C-Y  (TPE)
W 4–3
Flag of Croatia.svg  Primorac  (CRO)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Feng Tianwei Women's singles ByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Dang Y-S  (KOR)
W 4–0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Li J  (NED)
W 4–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Yn  (CHN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Li Jiawei ByeFlag of Croatia.svg  Boroš  (CRO)
W 4–1
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lin  (HKG)
W 4–3
Flag of the United States.svg  Wang  (USA)
W 4–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Yn  (CHN)
L 1–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Y  (CHN)
L 2–4
4
Wang Yuegu ByeFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Wu X  (DOM)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Team
AthleteEventGroup roundSemi-finalsBronze playoff 1Bronze playoff 2Bronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cai Xiaoli
Gao Ning
Yang Zi
Men's team Group B
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
L 1 – 3
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
L 1 – 3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
W 3 – 0
3Did not advance
Feng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu
Women's team Group B
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
W 3 – 0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
W 3 – 0
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)
W 3 – 0
1 QFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)
W 3 – 2
ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 0 – 3
Silver medal icon.svg

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