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Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games

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.

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.

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.

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:

Demonstration events

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.

Recurve
Compound

Artistic swimming

SNOC were included 8 women's to participate at the Games.

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.

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

Bowling

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

Men
Women

Canoeing

Sprint

<span style="font-size:95%">Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal</span>

Traditional boat race

Men
Women

Canoe polo (demonstration)

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

Contract bridge

Men
Women
Mixed

Cycling

Road

Track

Pursuit
Omnium

Diving

Men
Women

Equestrian

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

Dressage

Fencing

Individual
Team

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.

Men

Gymnastics

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

Artistic

Men
Individual finals
Women
Individual finals

Ju-jitsu

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

Men
Women

Paragliding

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

Women

Pencak silat

Seni
Tanding

Rowing

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

Women

Rugby sevens

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

Women's tournament

Squad

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

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


Quarterfinal
Classification semifinal (5–8)
Fifth place game

Sailing

Men
Women
Mixed

Sepak takraw

Men

Shooting

Men
Women
Mixed team

Sport climbing

Speed
Speed relay
Combined

Squash

Singles
Team

Swimming

Men

<span style="font-size:95%"> Swimmers who participated in the heats only.<br> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.</span>

Women

<span style="font-size:95%"> Swimmers who participated in the heats only.<br> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.</span>

Mixed

<span style="font-size:95%"> Swimmers who participated in the heats only.</span>

Table tennis

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

Individual
Team

Water polo

Summary

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: 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


Quarter-final
Classification semifinal (5–8)
Fifth place game

Wushu

Taolu
Sanda

See also

References