Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, 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

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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

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sent a total of 23 athletes to the Games, 8 men and 15 women, to compete in 9 sports. 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

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, 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.

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, who claimed the bronze for the women's singles event, became the first Singaporean athlete to win an individual medal since

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. Feng also led her compatriots

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and

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to take another Olympic bronze medal for Singapore in the women's team event against South Korea.

Medalists

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 ;Women

Badminton

Canoeing

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

Sailing

Singapore had qualified 1 boat each for the Men's Laser and Women's Laser Radial categories. ;Men ;Women M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

;Women

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)): Singaporean swimmers were all coached by

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, a swimmer competing for Spain who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 m breaststroke event at the

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in Seoul. ;Men ;Women

Table tennis

Singapore has qualified four athletes for singles

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events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011

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and Yang Zi have qualified for the men's event;

and

have qualified for the women's. In the Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament Singapore won a third spot in the men's ( Zhan Jian) and the women's (

), 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.

won the bronze medal for the women's singles event, becoming the first Singaporean athlete to win an individual medal since the

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, where weightlifter Tan Howe Liang won a silver medal. Li Jiawei,

and

'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. ;Men ;Women

Weightlifting

Singapore has qualified 1 athlete.

References

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