Singapore at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSGP
NOCSingapore National Olympic Council
Websitewww.singaporeolympics.com
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors23 in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Yu Mengyu
Loh Kean Yew
Flag bearer (closing)Jonathan Chan
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Malaysia (1964)

Singapore competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It is the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1948 Games.[2] In addition, 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. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for Singapore are table tennis player Yu Mengyu and shuttler Loh Kean Yew.[3] Diver Jonathan Chan is the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.[4]

Singapore failed to win any Olympic medals for the first time since the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the last time being at the 2004 edition.[5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Badminton 1 1 2
Diving 1 1 2
Equestrian 0 1 1
Fencing 0 2 2
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Rowing 0 1 1
Sailing 1 3 4
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 2 2 4
Table tennis 1 3 4
Total 6 17 23

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singapore received a universality slot from IAAF to send a female athlete to the Olympics.[6][7] Veronica Shanti Pereira finished in sixth place in her heat and did not advance to the next round of the competition.[8]

Key
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Veronica Shanti Pereira Women's 200 m 23.96 SB 6 Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singapore entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min were selected to compete at the Games in the men's and women's singles, respectively, based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.[9][10]

Athlete Event Group stage[11][12][13] Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Loh Kean Yew Men's singles  Mahmoud (EOR)
W (21–15, 21–12) 		 Christie (INA)
L (20–22, 21–13, 18–21) 		15 Did not advance
Yeo Jia Min Women's singles  Gaitan (MEX)
W (21–7, 21–10) 		 Kim G-e (KOR)
L (13–21, 14–21) 		15 Did not advance

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singapore sent one diver (Jonathan Chan) to the Olympic competition by winning the gold medal in the men's platform at the 2019 Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking the country's debut in the sport at the Games. Additionally, Freida Lim qualified in the Olympics after finishing fifteenth in the semifinal round of the women's platform in FINA Diving World Cup thereby making the country's first female diver.[14][15]

Athlete Event Preliminary[16][17] Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Jonathan Chan Men's 10 m platform 311.15 26 Did not advance
Freida Lim Women's 10 m platform 215.90 30 Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

With New Zealand withdrawing and Malaysia failing to comply with the minimum eligibility requirements, Singapore received an invitation from FEI to send a dressage rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation within the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (South East Asia, Oceania).[18] This outcome signified the nation's Olympic debut in the equestrian disciplines.[19] Caroline Chew was selected to represent Singapore at the Games.

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix[20] Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Caroline Chew Tribiani[21] Individual Eliminated Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singapore entered two fencers into the Olympic competition for the first time since 1992. Kiria Tikanah (women's épée) and American-based Amita Berthier (women's foil) claimed the fencing spots on the Singaporean roster as the sole winners of their respective individual events at the Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifier in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[22][23]

Athlete Event Round of 64[24] Round of 32[25] Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kiria Tikanah Women's épée  Lin (HKG)
W 15–11 		 Popescu (ROU)
L 10–15 		Did not advance
Amita Berthier Women's foil Bye  Kiefer (USA)
L 4–15 		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Singapore entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2012. As one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, Tan Sze En received a spare berth freed up by host nation Japan. Neither Sze En nor her team qualified directly through the all-around competition, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Women
Athlete Event Qualification[26] Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Tan Sze En Balance beam — 11.033 — 11.033 84 Did not advance
Floor — 11.833 11.833 75 Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singapore received an invitation from World Rowing to send a rower competing in the women's single sculls to the Games, as the next highest-ranked nation vying for qualification at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.[27] Joan Poh was entered to compete in the Games.

Athlete Event Heats[28] Repechage[29] Quarterfinals Semifinals[30] Final[31]
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joan Poh Women's single sculls 8:31.12 6 R 8:40.06 4 SE/F Bye 8:47.77 3 FE 8:21.23 28

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singaporean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.[32]

Athlete Event Race[33][34][35] Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Ryan Lo Men's Laser 18 15 6 28 21 24 22 UFD 22 2 — EL 158 21
Amanda Ng Women's RS:X 22 17 20 25 26 27 26 26 23 26 24 25 EL 260 26
Kimberly Lim
Cecilia Low 		Women's 49er FX 12 12 11 15 15 13 3 2 7 8 1 13 20 117 10

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singaporean shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.[36]

Athlete Event Qualification[37] Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Adele Tan Women's 10 m air rifle 625.3 21 Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singaporean swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)). Another swimmer qualified via universality places:[38][39][40]

Athlete Event Heat[41] Semifinal Final[42]
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Quah Zheng Wen Men's 100 m backstroke 53.94 22 Did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 52.39 34 Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:56.42 22 Did not advance
Joseph Schooling Men's 100 m freestyle 49.84 39 Did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 53.12 44 Did not advance
Chantal Liew Women's 10 km open water — 2:08:17.9 23
Quah Ting Wen Women's 50 m freestyle 26.16 40 Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 56.36 36 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Singapore entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament and men's single at 2021 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[43] Meanwhile, Clarence Chew scored a zonal-match triumph for Southeast Asia to book a men's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[44]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1[45] Round 2[46] Round 3[47] Round of 16[48] Quarterfinals[49] Semifinals[50] Final / BM[51]
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Clarence Chew Men's singles Bye  Diaw (SEN)
W 4–2 		 Habesohn (AUT)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Feng Tianwei Women's singles Bye  Xiao (ESP)
W 4–1 		 Han Y (GER)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Yu Mengyu Bye  Shao (POR)
W 4–0 		 Cheng I-c (TPE)
W 4–0 		 Liu (USA)
W 4–2 		 Ishikawa (JPN)
W 4–1 		 Chen M (CHN)
L 0–4 		 Ito (JPN)
L 1–4 		4
Feng Tianwei
Lin Ye
Yu Mengyu 		Women's team Bye  France (FRA)
W 3–0 		 China (CHN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance

See also

References

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  24. ^ Round of 64 results for Fencing:
  25. ^ Round of 32 results for Fencing:
  26. ^ Qualification results for Artistic Gymnastics:
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  29. ^ Repechage results for Rowing:
  30. ^ Semifinals results for Rowing:
  31. ^ Final results for Rowing:
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  42. ^ Final result for Swimming:
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  46. ^ Round 2 results for Table Tennis:
    • "Men's Singles" (PDF). Olympics.com. 25 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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    • "Women's Singles" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
    • "Women's Singles" (PDF). Olympics.com. 27 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  48. ^ Round of 16 results for Table Tennis:
  49. ^ Quarterfinals results for Table Tennis:
  50. ^ Semifinals results for Table Tennis:
    • "Women's Singles" (PDF). Olympics.com. 29 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  51. ^ Final / Bronze medal match results for Table Tennis:
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