Singapore received a universality slot from IAAF to send a female athlete to the Olympics.[6][7]Veronica Shanti Pereira finished in sixth place in her heat and did not advance to the next round of the competition.[8]
Key
Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Singapore entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min were selected to compete at the Games in the men's and women's singles, respectively, based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.[9][10]
Singapore sent one diver (Jonathan Chan) to the Olympic competition by winning the gold medal in the men's platform at the 2019 Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking the country's debut in the sport at the Games. Additionally, Freida Lim qualified in the Olympics after finishing fifteenth in the semifinal round of the women's platform in FINA Diving World Cup thereby making the country's first female diver.[14][15]
With New Zealand withdrawing and Malaysia failing to comply with the minimum eligibility requirements, Singapore received an invitation from FEI to send a dressage rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation within the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (South East Asia, Oceania).[18] This outcome signified the nation's Olympic debut in the equestrian disciplines.[19]Caroline Chew was selected to represent Singapore at the Games.
Singapore entered two fencers into the Olympic competition for the first time since 1992. Kiria Tikanah (women's épée) and American-based Amita Berthier (women's foil) claimed the fencing spots on the Singaporean roster as the sole winners of their respective individual events at the Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifier in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[22][23]
Singapore entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2012. As one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, Tan Sze En received a spare berth freed up by host nation Japan. Neither Sze En nor her team qualified directly through the all-around competition, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
Singapore received an invitation from World Rowing to send a rower competing in the women's single sculls to the Games, as the next highest-ranked nation vying for qualification at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.[27]Joan Poh was entered to compete in the Games.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Singaporean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.[32]
Singaporean shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.[36]
Singaporean swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)). Another swimmer qualified via universality places:[38][39][40]
Singapore entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament and men's single at 2021 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[43] Meanwhile, Clarence Chew scored a zonal-match triumph for Southeast Asia to book a men's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[44]
^Heat results for Athletics: "Women's 200m Overall Results"(PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics Website. 2 August 2021. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^"Men's Laser Final Results"(PDF). Tokyo 2020 Official Olympics Website. 30 July 2021. Archived(PDF) from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^"Women's 49erFX Final Result"(PDF). Tokyo 2020 Official Olympics Website. 31 July 2021. Archived(PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^"Women's RS:X Final Results"(PDF). Tokyo 2020 Official Olympics Website. 31 July 2021. Archived(PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^Qualification results for Shooting: "10m Air Rifle Women"(PDF). Olympics.com. 24 July 2021. Archived(PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
