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 Council’s (SNOC) Executive Committee and President of the Singapore Cycling Federation, assisted by deputies Mr Lim Tong Hai and Ms Jasmine Yeong-Nathan – both were national representatives in football and bowling respectively.[1]
Competitors
An initial 517 athletes were preliminary selected to represent Singapore across 27 sports.[2]
On 28 February 2023, more athletes were selected following appeals to the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC).[3][4] A total of 558 athletes, including 260 debutants, competed in 30 sports.[5] Terry Tay from Men’s Gymnastics was the flag bearer.[5] No athlete were fielded in Dance Sports, Jet Ski, Karate, Obstacle Race, Soft Tennis and Weightlifting.
On 1 March, Joseph Schooling announced he would withdraw from the Games for personal reasons. He was included in the initial selection.[6]
On 26 April, Fencer Samson Lee reportedly missed three training sessions due to the birth of his child, his father’s hospitalisation and work commitments.[7] As a result, he was dropped from the team for the Games.[7] 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.[7]
Cycling
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.[8]
Games summary
Summary
At the end of the Games, Singapore tops the medal tally in Swimming, Fencing and Table Tennis. In Swimming, the team achieved their best ever results[9] of 47 medals; inclusive on 22 Gold and swimmer Quah Ting Wen achieved a feat of 60 Gold Medals[10] in her career spanning 2 decades. Singapore also won their 1000th SEA Games Gold medal through the women's 4x100m freestyle relay team.[11]
In Athletics, Shanti Pereira becomes the first Singaporean to win both the 100 & 200m while Ang Chen Xiang wins Singapore's first Gold in the hurdles since 1967.[12]
Team Singapore men's water polo team wrestle back the Gold medal that they held for 27 consecutive times until 2019 while the Fencing team dominate their opponents to come home with 7 Gold medals. Also, the women’s Floorball team wins the Gold medal for 3 consecutive times at the Games.
Medalist are arranged in order of colour and date.
Medal
Athlete
Sport
Event
Date
Gold
Edlyn Basil Heng Daphne Tan En Qi Tan Hui Zhi Ong Jia Min Lim Jie Ying Hoo Mei Hui Michelle Lok Nasha Jeffri Shazana Mohd Noor Shermaine Goh Shannon Yeo Siti Nurhaliza Ong Swee Ling Amanda Yeap Foo Wen Xin Xuan Yeo Shawn Yee Yun Mindy Lim
Chen Aik Yu Loogeswaran Syed Ali Jumaeen Amat Kamsin Arasu Ct Karuppiah Muhammad Mat Rahim Hanif Murid Guhan Mayazhagu Yang Goh Kai Muhammad Syafiq Abdul Rashid Muhammad Shafiq Gerald Wong
At the women's 200m race, Shanti Pereira defended her title and broke both SEA Games' record of 23.01s, formerly held by Philippines’ Kristina Knott in 2019 and Singapore's national record of 22.89s, set by herself with a time of 22.69s.[15]
Goh Chui Ling rewrote her national mark for the 1,500m when she came in third with a time of 4:26.33.[16]
