1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Singapore)

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Singapore took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with five athletes, one woman and four men, in seven competitions in three sports.

After 1948 the second participation of a Singaporean team in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Weightlifter Thong Saw Pak carried the flag of Singapore during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

• Lon bin Mohamed Noor

  Final: 275 kg, rank 8

  Military press: 77.5 kg, rank 11

  Snatch: 85 kg, rank 9

  Push: 112.5 kg, rank 7

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

• Chay Weng Yew

  Final: 312.5 kg, 6th place

  Military press: 87.5 kg, rank 12

  Tear: 97.5 kg, rank 5

  Push: 127.5 kg, 3rd place

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

• Thong Saw Pak

  Final: competition not ended

  Military press: 95 kg, rank 11

  Tear: not a valid attempt

  Push: not started

athletics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Women

100 m

• Tang Pai Wah

  Preliminary runs : in run 3 (4th place) with 13.8 s (hand-stopped) or 14.08 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter- finals

80 m hurdles

• Tang Pai Wah

  Preliminary runs : in run 3 (rank 5) with 12.8 s (hand-stopped) or 13.09 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi- finals

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

100 m freestyle

• Neo Chwee Kok

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (3rd place) with 1: 00.6 minutes (+ 1.1 s) not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Neo Chwee Kok

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (3rd place) with 4: 57.5 minutes (+ 14.2 s) not qualified for the semi-finals

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
• Singapore Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).