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participated in the

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and

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from 18 August to 2 September 2018. It was Singapore's 18th appearance at the

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, having competed at every Games since

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, and claimed 8 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze medals at the 2006 Doha, as their best achievement this far. At the last edition of

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, South Korea, the country won five gold, 6 silver, and 13 bronze medals. Singapore sent 265 athletes across 21 sports to compete in Jakarta and Palembang. Former Singaporean shooter

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assigned as

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for the contingent. At the opening ceremony parade, gymnast Hoe Wah Toon was unveiled as the flag bearer. The country made its debut in four sports, include contract bridge, artistic swimming, ju-jitsu and paragliding.

Media coverage

Singaporean public broadcasting conglomerate

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held the broadcast rights of the 2018 Asian Games in the country. It broadcast the games through seven live channels on digital video on demand service Toggle (now meWATCH) including oktoSports.

Medalists

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Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Singapore that participated at the Games: ;Demonstration events

Archery

National Sports Associations (NSA) has nominate 9 archers (5 men's and 4 women's) that will compete at the Games. The

Singapore National Olympic Council The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) is the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the Republic of Singapore. It was founded in 1947 as the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council (SOSC) before renaming to its curr ...

(SNOC) will decide athletes who will compete. ;Recurve ;Compound

Artistic swimming

SNOC were included 8 women's to participate at the Games.

Athletics

NSA has nominate 8 athletes (one men and 7 women's) that will compete at the Games. The SNOC will decide athletes who will compete. ;Men ;Track & road events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Bowling

Singapore Bowling announced the 12-strong squad (6 men's and 6 women's) on 3 July 2018. ;Men ;Women

Canoeing

Sprint

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Traditional boat race

;Men ;Women

Canoe polo (demonstration)

Singapore Canoe Federation entered their 12 athletes ( 6 men's and women's) at the demonstration sport canoe polo event.

Contract bridge

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Cycling

Road

Track

;Pursuit ;Omnium

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Singapore represented by two riders compete at the equestrian dressage event. ;Dressage

Fencing

;Individual ;Team

Golf

Singapore announced 4 men's golfers for the Games. Gregory Foo and Joshua Ho was part of the Singapore team that won the gold medal at the

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. ;Men

Gymnastics

Four gymnasts (2 men's and 2 women's) have qualified to compete at the Games.

Artistic

;Men ;Individual finals ;Women ;Individual finals

Ju-jitsu

Singapore entered 7 athletes (5 men's and 2 women's) to make their debut at the Asian Games.

Constance Lien Tian En Constance Lien (born 24 June 1999) is a Singaporean female ju-jitsu practitioner who also formerly trained the sport of swimming. Her sister Charity Lien is a swimmer who has represented Singapore in swimming meets and her mother Yuen Shu ...

reached the women's ne-waza 62 kg event finals and clinched the silver medal. ;Men ;Women

Paragliding

The SNOC sent Goh See Fen to make her debut at the Asian Games. ;Women

Pencak silat

;Seni ;Tanding

Rowing

The Singapore Rowing represented by Joan Poh Xue Hua in the W1X category. ;Women

Rugby sevens

Singapore women's rugby sevens team competed at the Games in group A.

Women's tournament

;Squad The following is the Singapore squad in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. Head coach: Wang Shao Ing *Chan Jia Yu *Sim Chiew Hong *Ong Pei Yi *Eunice Chu *Nur S. Mohd Abdul Gaffoor *Jayne Chan *Christabelle Lim *Low Yu Hui *Alvinia Ow Yong *Arra Heloise Castro Huab *Rachel Wang *Amanda Ng ;Group A ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Classification semifinal (5–8) ;Fifth place game

Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Sepak takraw

;Men

Shooting

;Men ;Women ;Mixed team

Sport climbing

;Speed ;Speed relay ;Combined

Squash

;Singles ;Team

Swimming

;Men Swimmers who participated in the heats only.
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals. ;Women Swimmers who participated in the heats only.
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals. ;Mixed Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

Singapore entered the table tennis competition with one men and 5 women's players.

Zhou Yihan Zhou Yihan (; born 30 January 1994) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, she moved to Singapore in 2009 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. She was eligible to play in 2011. Zhou won a team gold at the 2014 Comm ...

who suffered a wrist injury had been replaced by Pearlyn Koh. ;Individual ;Team

Water polo

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster Head coach: Dejan Milaković #Darren Lee (GK) #Loh Zhi shi (CB) ( C) #Ooi Yee Jia (D) #Chow Jing Lun (D) #Glen Lim (D) #Samuel Yu (CF) #Chiam Kun Yang (D) #Ang An Jun (CB) #Yu Junjie (CF) #Sean Ang (D) #Lee Cheng Kang (D) #Koh Jian Ying (D) #Lee Kai Yang (GK) ;Group A ---- ---- ;Quarter-final ;Classification semifinal (5–8) ;Fifth place game

Wushu

;Taolu ;Sanda

References

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