1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Singapore)

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Singapore took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital Rome with five male athletes in three competitions in three sports.

Since 1948 it was Singapore's fourth participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete was the sailor James Cooke at 25 years and 184 days , the oldest athlete was the sailor Ned Holiday (59 years and 338 days).

Medals

With a silver medal won the Team Singapore's No. 32 ranked in the medal count .

silver

Tan Howe Liang

Weightlifting

lightweight

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Tan Howe Liang
  • lightweight

  Final: 380.0 kg, second place

  Military press: 115.0 kg, fourth place

  Snatch: 110.0 kg, fifth place

  Push: 155.0 kg, first place

shoot

• Kok Kum Woh
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: Group two, 325 points, rank 30, overall rank 58, not qualified for the final

  Round one: 72 points

  Round two: 81 points

  Round three: 87 points

  Round four: 85 points

sailing

Dragons

• Results

  Final: 1,059 points, rank 25

  Race one: 152 points, 3:50:11 hours, 24th place

  Race two: 152 points, 2:13:32 hours, 24th place

  Race three: 134 points, 3:04:08 hours, 25th place

  Race four: 117 points, 3:22:59 hours, 26th place

  Race five: 134 points, 2:43:39 hours, 25th place

  Race six: 277 points, 2:36:59 hours, 18th place

  Race seven: 210 points, 2:43:39 hours, 21st place

• team

  James Cooke

  Thomas Durcan

  Ned Holiday

Web links

• Singapore Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )