| Singapore at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | SIN |
| NOC | Singapore National Olympic Council |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 25 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearers | Derek Wong Zi Liang (opening)[1] Griselda Khng (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 54th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Singapore competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer 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.
The Singapore National Olympic Council sent a team of 25 athletes, 9 men and 16 women, to compete in seven different sports at the Games, matching the nation's full roster size with Beijing.[2] For the fourth consecutive time in its Summer Olympic history, the Singaporean roster also featured more female athletes than males. Sailing had the largest team by sport with a total of ten competitors, roughly forty percent of the nation's full roster size; there was only a single competitor in rowing, the country's Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro.
The Singaporean roster featured nine returning Olympians, with table tennis players Gao Ning and Feng Tianwei, who held a tally of three medals (one silver and two bronze) throughout her Olympic career, headed to their third straight Games. Seven Singaporean athletes, on the other hand, returned for their second appearance in Rio de Janeiro, including rifle shooter Jasmine Ser Xiang Wei, world-ranked butterfly swimmer Joseph Schooling, along with siblings Quah Zheng Wen and Quah Ting Wen, sailors Colin Cheng and Elizabeth Yue Ling Yin, and badminton player Derek Wong Zi Liang, who was selected to lead the delegation as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, becoming the first male to do so since 2004.[1]
Singapore left Rio de Janeiro with its first ever gold medal in Olympic history. It was awarded to Schooling, who established a new Olympic record to claim the men's 100 m butterfly title.[3][4]
- ^ a b Hassan, Nadia Jansen (9 July 2016). "Derek Wong, Yip Pin Xiu named Singapore flag bearers for 2016 Olympics and Paralympics". Channel News Asia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Low, Lin Fhoong (9 July 2016). "Team Singapore gear up for Rio Olympics". Singapore: Today. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Pentony, Luke (12 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Joseph Schooling gives Singapore its first ever Olympic gold medal". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ MacGuire, Eoghan (12 August 2016). "Joseph Schooling beats Michael Phelps, wins Singapore's first Olympic gold". CNN. Retrieved 4 September 2016.