Singapore sent a delegation to compete at the 2023 SEA Games held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 5 to 17 May 2023.
The team were led by chef-de-mission Dr Hing Siong Chen, a member of the Singapore National Olympic CouncilâÂÂs (SNOC) Executive Committee and President of the Singapore Cycling Federation, assisted by deputies Lim Tong Hai and Jasmine Yeong-Nathan â both were national representatives in football and bowling respectively.
An initial 517 athletes were preliminary selected to represent Singapore across 27 sports. On 28 February 2023, more athletes were selected following appeals to the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC). A total of 558 athletes, including 260 debutants, competed in 30 sports. Terry Tay from MenâÂÂs Gymnastics was the flag bearer.
On 1 March, Joseph Schooling, who was included in the initial selection, announced he would withdraw from the Games for personal reasons.
On 26 April, fencer Samson Lee reportedly missed three training sessions due to the birth of his child, his fatherâÂÂs hospitalisation and work commitments. As a result, he was dropped from the team for the Games. There would be no replacement for Lee in the squad, leaving Bron Sheum, Si To Jian Tong and Simon Lee to represent Singapore for fencing.
Singapore entered ten cyclists, Calvin Sim, Tong Khoon Fung, Darren Lim, Riyadh Hakim, Yeo Boon Kiak, Arfan Faisal, Chelsie Tan, Luo Yiwei, Elizabeth Liau and Faye Foo in the Games.
Singapore entered a women's team comprising Bernice Ting, Jamie Ang, Vanessa Ong and Jovita Ho for the 4x200m surface relay finswimming event.
On 1 July 2024, a committee of inquiry was formed by the SNOC and Sport Singapore (SportSG) to investigate allegations that Singapore Underwater Federation (SUF) had falsified results for the women's 4x200m surface relay finswimming event during the selection process for the SEA Games. Investigations finished in February 2025 and the committee revealed that the results were falsified. As SUF was already suspended due to a suspension by World Underwater Federation, the international organisation for underwater activities, SportSG suspended support for the administrators, athletes and the National Registry of Coaches membership of the coaches who were involved. A police report was lodged on 18 March while SNOC and SportSG revealed the incident on 19 March. In March 2026, it was reported that three former coaches were to be charged for falsifying results for six SUF athletes, allowing them to be selected for the SEA Games.
Singapore won 51 golds medals at the Games with a total tally of 158 medals won, placing the country sixth at the medal table. Singapore topped the medal tally in swimming, fencing and table tennis.
In swimming, the team achieved their best ever results of 47 medals; inclusive of 22 gold medals. Singapore also won their 1000th SEA Games Gold medal through the women's 4x100m freestyle relay team. Swimmer Quah Ting Wen achieved a feat of 60 gold medals in her career spanning two decades.
In athletics, Shanti Pereira becomes the first Singaporean to win both the 100 and 200m while Ang Chen Xiang wins Singapore's first gold in the hurdles since 1967.
The men's water polo team wrestle back the gold medal that they held for 27 consecutive times until 2019. The fencing team dominated their opponents winning seven gold medals out of a possible 12. Also, the womenâÂÂs floorball team wins the gold medal for three consecutive times at the Games.
Swimmer Quah Ting Wen, with Cambodian vovinam exponent Pal Chhor Raksmy, received the best athlete award at the closing ceremony of the SEA Games.
Medalist are arranged in order of colour and date.
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At the women's 200m race, Shanti Pereira defended her title and broke both SEA Games' record of 23.01s, formerly held by Philippinesâ Kristina Knott in 2019 and Singapore's national record of 22.89s, set by herself with a time of 22.69s.
Goh Chui Ling rewrote her national mark for the 1,500m when she came in third with a time of 4:26.33.
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Indoor Hockey
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