Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Singapore at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
IOC code
  
SGP

0
  
1

Competitors
  
5 in 3 sports

Singapore at the 1960 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Singapore National Olympic Council

Website
  
www.singaporeolympics.com

MedalsRanked 32nd
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal0101

Singapore competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Five competitors, all men, took part in three events in three sports. This marked the first and only time Singapore competed at the Olympics as a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom under what would later become the national flag. Tan Howe Liang won the territory's first ever Olympic medal, its only medal until 2008.

Contents

Silver

  • Tan Howe Liang — weightlifting, men's lightweight

    • The following Singaporean athletes participated in the games:

    Sailing

  • Cooke James Bryden
  • Durcan Thomas Kevin
  • Holiday Edward Gilbert

    • Shooting

    One shooter reperesented Singapore in 1960.

    50 m pistol
  • Kok Kum Woh

    • Weightlifting

  • Tan Howe Liang (2nd place)

    • References

    Singapore at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics