Singapore_at_the_2018_Asian_Games

Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games

Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation


Singapore participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. It was Singapore's 18th appearance at the Asian Games, having competed at every Games since 1951, and claimed 8 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze medals at the 2006 Doha, as their best achievement this far. At the last edition of 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, the country won five gold, 6 silver, and 13 bronze medals.[1]

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Singapore sent 265 athletes across 21 sports to compete in Jakarta and Palembang. Former Singaporean shooter Lee Wung Yew assigned as chef de mission for the contingent. At the opening ceremony parade, gymnast Hoe Wah Toon was unveiled as the flag bearer. The country made its debut in four sports, include contract bridge, artistic swimming, ju-jitsu and paragliding.[2]

Media coverage

Singaporean public broadcasting conglomerate Mediacorp held the broadcast rights of the 2018 Asian Games in the country. It broadcast the games through seven live channels on digital video on demand service Toggle (now meWATCH) including oktoSports.[3][4]

Medalists

The following Singapore competitors won medals at the Games.

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Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Singapore that participated at the Games:

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Archery

National Sports Associations (NSA) has nominate 9 archers (5 men's and 4 women's) that will compete at the Games. The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) will decide athletes who will compete.[5]

Recurve
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Compound
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Artistic swimming

SNOC were included 8 women's to participate at the Games.[5][6]

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Athletics

NSA has nominate 8 athletes (one men and 7 women's) that will compete at the Games. The SNOC will decide athletes who will compete.[5]

Men
Track & road events
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Women
Track & road events
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Field events
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Bowling

Singapore Bowling announced the 12-strong squad (6 men's and 6 women's) on 3 July 2018.[7]

Men
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Women
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Canoeing

Sprint

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Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Traditional boat race

Men
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Women
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Canoe polo (demonstration)

Singapore Canoe Federation entered their 12 athletes ( 6 men's and women's) at the demonstration sport canoe polo event.[8]

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Contract bridge

Men
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Women
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Mixed
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Cycling

Road

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Track

Pursuit
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Omnium
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Diving

Men
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Women
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Equestrian

Singapore represented by two riders compete at the equestrian dressage event.[9]

Dressage
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Fencing

Individual
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Team
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Golf

Singapore announced 4 men's golfers for the Games. Gregory Foo and Joshua Ho was part of the Singapore team that won the gold medal at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[10]

Men
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Gymnastics

Four gymnasts (2 men's and 2 women's) have qualified to compete at the Games.[11]

Artistic

Men
Individual finals
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Women
Individual finals
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Ju-jitsu

Singapore entered 7 athletes (5 men's and 2 women's) to make their debut at the Asian Games.[12] Constance Lien reached the women's ne-waza 62 kg event finals and clinched the silver medal.[13]

Key:

  • ADV – Won by advantages.
  • RDC – Won by referee decision.
  • SUB – Won by submission.
Men
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Women
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Paragliding

The SNOC sent Goh See Fen to make her debut at the Asian Games.[6]

Women
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Pencak silat

Seni
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Tanding
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Rowing

The Singapore Rowing represented by Joan Poh Xue Hua in the W1X category.[14]

Women
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Rugby sevens

Singapore women's rugby sevens team competed at the Games in group A.[15]

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Women's tournament

Squad

The following is the Singapore squad in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[16]

Head coach: Wang Shao Ing

  • Chan Jia Yu
  • Sim Chiew Hong
  • Ong Pei Yi
  • Eunice Chu
  • Nur S. Mohd Abdul Gaffoor
  • Jayne Chan
  • Christabelle Lim
  • Low Yu Hui
  • Alvinia Ow Yong
  • Arra Heloise Castro Huab
  • Rachel Wang
  • Amanda Ng
Group A
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Source: Results
30 August
11:22
Hong Kong 26–7 Singapore
Try: Kwong S.Y. 2' c
Olson-Thorne 6' c
V. Poon 9' m
Chong K.Y. 10' c
Con: V. Poon (2/3)
Chong K.Y. (1/1)
Try: Low Y.H. 14+' c
Con: Lim (1/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Suguru Kamamuta (Japan)

30 August
14:40
Singapore 22–17 South Korea
Try: Sim C.H. 2' m
Abdul Gaffor 6' c
Chan J.Y. 8' m
J. Chan 14+' m
Con: Ow Yong (0/1)
Abdul Gaffor (1/3)
Try: Gwon S.G. 7' c
Yang S.H. 7+' m
Lee M.H. 12' m
Con: Lee M.H. (1/3)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Phoenix Xu (China)

31 August
10:30
China 41–0 Singapore
Try: Hu Y. 1' m
Liu X.Q. (2) 7' c, 11' m
Chen M. (2) 8' c, 9' m
Yan M.L. 13' m
Lu Y.Y. 14+' c
Con: Chen M. (2/5)
Yu X.M. (0/1)
Chen K.Y. (1/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
Quarterfinal
31 August
15:24
Singapore 0–34 Kazakhstan
Try: Korotkikh (2) 1' c, 9' m
Nurmatova 3' c
Baktybayeva (2) 7+' m, 11' m
Tkachyova 14+' m
Con: Baktybayeva (2/5)
Nurmatova (0/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
Classification semifinal (5–8)
1 September
15:06
Singapore 17–7 South Korea
Try: Sim C.H. 6' m
Abdul Gaffor 9' m
Low Y.H. 14' c
Con: Abdul Gaffor (0/2)
Ow Yong (1/1)
Try: Lim J.W. 3' c
Con: Lee M.H. (1/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Ai Yoshida (Japan)
Fifth place game
1 September
19:08
Hong Kong 45–0 Singapore
Try: Olson-Thorne (2) 3' m, 14' c
Kwong S.Y. 7' c
Chong K.Y. 7+' m
A. Poon 10' c
S. Chan 13' c
Nam K.M. 14+' c
Con: S. Chan (3/5)
A. Poon (2/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Phoenix Xu (China)

Sailing

Men
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Women
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Mixed
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Sepak takraw

Men
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Shooting

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Women
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Mixed team
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Sport climbing

Speed
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Speed relay
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Combined
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Squash

Singles
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Team
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Swimming

Men
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a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.
b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women
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a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.
b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed
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a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

Singapore entered the table tennis competition with one men and 5 women's players.[17] Zhou Yihan who suffered a wrist injury had been replaced by Pearlyn Koh.[18]

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Water polo

Summary

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Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Serbia Dejan Milaković

  1. Darren Lee (GK)
  2. Loh Zhi shi (CB) (C)
  3. Ooi Yee Jia (D)
  4. Chow Jing Lun (D)
  5. Glen Lim (D)
  6. Samuel Yu (CF)
  7. Chiam Kun Yang (D)
  8. Ang An Jun (CB)
  9. Yu Junjie (CF)
  10. Sean Ang (D)
  11. Lee Cheng Kang (D)
  12. Koh Jian Ying (D)
  13. Lee Kai Yang (GK)
Group A
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Source: OCA
25 August
10:20
Singapore  511  Iran Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–3, 2–3, 0–1
Koh J.Y. 3 Goals Yazdankhah, Abbasi 3

27 August
14:30
Kazakhstan  154  Singapore Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 4–2, 2–1
Ukumanov 5 Goals four players 1

29 August
14:30
Singapore  710  South Korea Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Štampalija (CRO), Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 2–2, 3–2
Koh J.Y. 2 Goals Chu M.J. 3
Quarter-final
30 August
17:50
Singapore  628  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–8, 2–10, 1–5
Loh Z.Z., S. Yu 2 Goals Inaba 5
Classification semifinal (5–8)
31 August
9:00
Saudi Arabia  56  Singapore Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–4
Taleb, Al-Dughather 2 Goals Koh J.Y. 2
Fifth place game
1 September
10:20
Singapore  1012  South Korea Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Safabakhsh (IRI), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–3, 1–1, 2–1  PSO: 2–4
Koh J.Y. 4 Goals Park J.M. 5

Wushu

Taolu
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Sanda
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See also


References

  1. "Participants: Singapore". Asian Games 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. Chia, Nicole (31 May 2018). "Sync swimmers in, footballers out". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. Goh, Philip (21 August 2018). "AG2018: Team Singapore riders enjoy Asian Games outing". www.myactivesg.com. Singapore Sports Council. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. Goh, Philip (26 August 2018). "AG2018: Golfers proud to fly Singapore flag despite missing out on medals". www.myactivesg.com. Singapore Sports Council. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. Meadows, Manie-Lee (21 June 2018). "Singapore gymnast heading to Jakarta for the 18th Asian Games". Singapore Gymnastics. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. "Official Result Book Ju-jitsu" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. Yusof, Amir (25 August 2018). "Asian Games: Singapore's Constance Lien wins silver in jujitsu". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  8. "Asian Games 2018". Singapore Rowing Association. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  9. "Pools announced for Asian Games , Asia Rugby". Asia Rugby. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. "Official Result Book Rugby Sevens" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  11. "Singapore 2018 Asian Games Squad Reveals: No Full Team For Men". tabletennissbsbb.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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